Consulting Firm 1,100+ Sq. Ft. Of Fine Pitch LED In Its New AZ Training Center March 12, 2025 by Dave Haynes It is increasingly common to see keynotes, panels and business presentations on stages that use big digital visuals as the backdrop, but the business consulting company Cardone Ventures has taken what’s usually an event-specific set-up and made it permanent at its new training center in Scottsdale, AZ. The company wanted a tech solution for live …
1,400+ Downloads And E-zine Views Now For Future Displays – Still Available And Still A Free Download March 10, 2025 by Dave Haynes It has been weeks since I checked the download and view totals for the Sixteen:Nine Future Displays report, and I am very pleased to report it is now past 1,400 downloads and e-zine views. It’s 100% free, which certainly helps, but I have also heard from more than enough people to say it’s also quite …
Giant Crystal-Inspired Venue Adds To Over-The-Top Designs Set For Men’s World Cup In Saudi Arabia March 10, 2025 by Dave Haynes Another over-the-top, digital-heavy supports stadium is in the works for Saudi Arabia – a 46,000 seater in southwest Riyadh that will host some group stage and knock-out round games for the 2034 men’s World Cup. This one, like some others, is backed by the Saudi Public Investment Fund, and named after a Saudi real estate development …
Sphere’s Owners Looking At Quarter-Sized Venues To Spur Global Expansion March 7, 2025 by Dave Haynes Hat tip to Guy Campos and AV Magazine, which keeps a close eye on the Las Vegas Sphere’s business fortunes and plans … The company behind the giant LED-clad Sphere attraction in Las Vegas said in a quarterly earnings call with investment analysts this week that it is actively working on a franchise-like model that …
Giant ISLE LED Show Opens Tomorrow In Shenzhen; 1,000+ Vendors, 200K Attendees March 6, 2025 by Dave Haynes The actual numbers are are not at all clear, but what’s certain is that one whole hell of a lot of people will be fighting their way through the exhibition hall corridors of ISLE 2025, the giant LED display manufacturing show that starts a three-day run in Shenzen, China tomorrow. One description: Over 1,800 exhibitors …
Japanese Fashion House Turns Robes Into Pixel-Packed LED Displays March 6, 2025 by Dave Haynes Somewhere, there is a dreamer entrepreneur sitting in front of a monitor right now, having watched the video below, scratching her or his chin and and thinking about clothing as digital ad displays. Guaranteed. I’m not suggesting it’s a good idea – just that someone will be noodling the idea of garments becoming walking posters …
Daktronics’ Longtime Boss Reece Kurtenbach Steps Down From Company His Dad Co-Founded March 5, 2025 by Dave Haynes It would be reasonable to think that word from Daktronics that it had come to an understanding with its activist investors meant the company could focus entirely on making and selling big indoor and outdoor LED displays, but on the immediate heels of the investor fuss being resolved comes word that the company’s longtime President …
LED Giant Daktronics Reaches Settlement with Activist Investor After Years of Conflict March 5, 2025 by Dave Haynes The executive and board of big US LED display manufacturer Daktronics seem to finally have a protracted battle with an activist investor resolved, with news that a “cooperation agreement” has been reached with Alta Fox Capital Management, ending a three-year dispute that went all the way to litigation and public demands. The dispute began in …
QST LED Starts Marketing LED-Faced Portable Podium For Live Events, Retail March 4, 2025 by Dave Haynes The LA-based LED display company QST LED has started marketing and shipping an interesting digitally-wrapped podium meant for things like live events, retail demos and shows. The units are designed as plug and play, have wheels, and can be moved around to different events in a hard-core rollaway case – the sort of thing roadies …
New London Office Complex Includes Custom LED Arches On Protected, Georgian-era Facade February 28, 2025 by Dave Haynes Hat tip invidis for noting this … A new high-rise office development in London’s financial district looks like a lot of sleek, modern skyscraper developments from the outside, but the complex – which opened in 2024 – incorporates a listed (protected) building in its footprint, and has a central square area that mashes up custom …
