Emergent Launches Fusion Platform for Interactive Data Storytelling March 16, 2026 by John Berkovich New York startup Emergent has introduced a no-code application platform designed to help broadcasters and corporate media teams turn live data into interactive visualizations for studio displays, dashboards, and online storytelling. The new platform, called Fusion, allows producers to combine images, video, and HTML5 graphics with live data feeds to build interactive maps, dashboards and …
Grass Valley and Netgear Target Broadcast AV Growth With Enterprise IP Production Alliance February 13, 2026 by John Berkovich Grass Valley and Netgear have announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating IP-based production workflows in the growing Broadcast AV and enterprise media segment. The collaboration brings together Netgear AV’s live media-optimized switching and secure IP networking with Grass Valley’s software-defined production ecosystem, including its AMPP platform, to support corporate studios, university campuses, houses of …
TCL Activates Olympic Partnership in Milan With Broadcast and Display Deployment February 11, 2026 by John Berkovich TCL has launched its “It’s Your Greatness” campaign to coincide with the opening of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, combining a high-visibility public activation in central Milan with a behind-the-scenes deployment of broadcast and display technology. The company unveiled TCL Edelweiss Land in Piazza Duca d’Aosta outside Milan Central Station, a 500-square-meter (5,400-square-foot) …
London’s Natural History Museum Launches Immersive Experience Powered by 17 Projectors September 15, 2025 by John Berkovich The Natural History Museum in London has opened its first immersive exhibition, a 360-degree experience narrated by Sir David Attenborough and powered by Hive’s media server platform. Our Story with David Attenborough, staged in the museum’s Jerwood Gallery, was produced by Open Planet Studios in collaboration with Bild Studios and Luke Halls Studio. The 50-minute …
Peerless-AV Makes Its Universal LED Wall Mount System Slimmer And Stronger May 21, 2025 by Dave Haynes The AV infrastructure firm Peerless-AV has announced a set of refinements to its SEAMLESS Connect Universal mounting system, with the idea that an evolved product makes it easier to get direct view LED video walls up tight and proper. The press release suggests the product is just launching but I know I wrote about it …
Korbyt Joins Growing List Of CMS Solutions Supporting Amazon’s $100 Signage Stick April 30, 2025 by Dave Haynes Amazon has signed on another CMS software firm that has developed support for the $100 Amazon Signage HDMI stick, with Dallas, TX-based Korbyt bringing the total to 22 companies. While some of the early adopters were small companies that might raise questions like “Sorry, who???”, the online retailing giant has also signed up some pretty …
New Micro Sensor Gear And API-Backed Platform Offer Fast, Easy And Low-Cost Workplace Occupancy Tool April 9, 2025 by Dave Haynes Back at World HQ and muffler shop after a week and change traveling … hence the minimal pace of posts and near-total Linkedin absence. Clearing emails, I came across this news piece about an LA company with a new micro-sensor for measuring the occupancy of spaces – something that would be relevant to digital signage and …
Compact Pro AV Computing: Velasea Introduces Slim Server with Massive Video Output March 13, 2025 by Dave Haynes Specialty PC manufacturer Velasea has come out with a dual-GPU 1U servers particularly well-suited for big video walls – with the skinny 1U Plus unit capable of support up to 8 4K video out signals. The products are geared to use cases like indoor or outdoor video walls for experience or advertising, command and control …
Watch: I Talk Video Wall Infrastructure With Peerless-AV. You’ll Learn Stuff! February 18, 2025 by Dave Haynes I sat in on a half-hour “AV ON AIR” video podcast panel during ISE, hosted and moderated by well-known AV guy Chris Neto, and joined by Brian McClimans and Nick Belcore, equally well-known execs with Chicago-based Peerless-AV. The premise was about the Sixteen:Nine Future Displays report, which was sponsored in part by Peerless-AV. The video …
Signagelive Makes It 14 CMS Options For Amazon’s $100 Digital Signage Stick January 30, 2025 by Dave Haynes There are now 14 CMS software companies integrated and ready to work with Amazon’s $100 USD dedicated digital signage stick – the latest being UK-based Signagelive. “The Amazon Signage Stick provides Signagelive customers with a cost-effective media player that is easy to purchase and get up and running in a few minutes. The performance and …
