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Ground Support Labs’ 2025/26 Review: Catherine Hansen on Why Digital Signage Networks Are Becoming Mission-Critical Infrastructure

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As digital signage networks scale across regions, verticals, and use cases, 2025 marked a turning point in how organizations manage performance, reliability, and operational visibility. Ground Support Labs’ Catherine Hansen reflects on a year defined by rising expectations around uptime, unified systems, and proactive monitoring — along with the industry trends shaping how digital signage …

SMPTE Updates Engineering Report on AI’s Growing Role in Media Workflows

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SMPTE has released an updated Engineering Report examining the impact of artificial intelligence on media production, distribution, and standards development, reflecting the rapid evolution of AI technologies since the report’s initial release in 2023. Developed in collaboration with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), the revised report stems from the …

LED Set to Overtake LCD in Corporate Meeting Rooms by 2029, Says Futuresource

Direct-view LED, like the Philips Unite series shown here, are gaining market share, particularly in the corporate segment. (Image: PPDS)

Corporate meeting rooms are entering the next phase of a long-running display transition, with LED forecast to become the dominant display format by value within four years, according to newly published research from Futuresource Consulting. In a video briefing (available through registration) following the release of the firm’s latest global corporate professional displays report, Futuresource …

Interpublic Study Shows In-Store Media Has Always Been Powerful – Brands Just Haven’t Used It Properly

A new Interpublic Group–commissioned study suggests that in-store media isn’t experiencing a “resurgence” – it never lost influence, it was merely underused. Conducted with experiential agency Momentum Worldwide, the research positions the physical store as a critical intersection of technology, emotion, and human behavior, even as agentic commerce and AI-driven personalization reshape retail. Carly Johnson, …

Ex-Avixa Executives Partner With Jetbuilt To Deliver AV Market Intelligence

Sean Wargo and Lee Dodson

Jetbuilt has announced a new partnership with Apogee Insights, the research firm recently launched by former Avixa executives Sean Wargo and Lee Dodson, to provide deeper, data-driven market understanding for manufacturers, integrators, and consultants. The collaboration will integrate Jetbuilt’s project-management ecosystem with Apogee Insights’ analytical expertise in research, market strategy, and data science. Together, the …

Glass-Media and Digi Point Media Launch Transparent LED Poster, Targeting Retail’s Poster Problem

Transparent Mesh LED by Glass-Media (Image: Glass-Media)

Dallas, USA-based Glass-Media, in partnership with Digi Point Media, has unveiled a transparent LED poster designed to replace printed storefront graphics with lightweight and remotely managed digital displays – the latest addition to a fast-growing category of transparent LED displays. According to Glass Media, its new display weighs just 13 pounds and can be installed …

OAAA and Leading Platforms Unite for First-Ever Programmatic OoH Transparency Pledge

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The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) has announced the launch of the industry’s first Programmatic OoH Transparency Pledge, developed in partnership with leading programmatic platforms including Broadsign, Perion, Place Exchange, Viooh, and Vistar Media. The initiative establishes a unified framework for integrity, accountability, and openness across programmatic out-of-home transactions. Drawing inspiration from …