Wireless Power For Displays Is Here … Kinda Sorta September 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of the reasons ops and deployment people who are active in digital signage and AV companies tend to insist on doing site visits and surveys before starting on projects is that they want to see what they’re up against with the location, and check on things like the availability of power. Often, there’s no …
The Average Pixel Pitch For Indoor LED Displays Expected To Lower To 2.1mm By 2026: Omdia August 11, 2022 by Dave Haynes You only have to look at marketing materials or pay attention at trade shows to see that average pixel pitch sizes for LED displays are steadily coming down, and research from Omdia now confirms those impressions. The research firm’s latest LED Video Displays Market Tracker – for Q1 of this year – suggests that by …
Consumers, Unsurprisingly, Continue To Worry About Using Touchscreens: Research August 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes A lot of consumers continue to worry about germs on touchscreens and would welcome touch-free options, according to the results of a survey conducted across four countries. Research conducted in the UK, US, China and Japan – commissioned by UK-based Ultraleap, which markets touchless technology – suggests more than half of consumers in these markets (52%) …
Curbside And In-Store Pickup Waning In Popularity With US Shoppers August 5, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of the predictions as the pandemic wore on was that consumers who used Buy Online Pickup In Store services out of necessity were being permanently conditioned and converted to that shopping style, which would prompt a lot of retailers to rethink how they designed and ran stores. Turns out that these services are not …
Global Pro AV Revenues Forecast To Reach $263B For 2022: AVIXA July 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes With all the tumult out there – from contagions to inflation to war – it’s encouraging to read that the pro AV sector is actually rolling along nicely, with the global revenue total expected to reach $263 Billion for 2022. That’s the read from AVIXA’s 2022 Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (also known as IOTA). …
Increasing Use Of MiniLED For TVs Has Spinoff Effect For Fine Pitch LED Video Walls: Research July 20, 2022 by Dave Haynes The research firm Omdia says the increasing use of miniLED backlights in higher quality consumer TVs is having the spinoff effect on the commercial LED display business – driving the production of increasingly fine pixel pitches for video walls. The TV industry has been increasingly using miniLEDs for backlighting in LCD TVs because that technology …
Lamar Holds Biggest OOH Market Share Among US Media Companies: Research July 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes The online publication Billboard Insider, which covers guess what, has done the information-gathering and math to sort out which media companies have the largest shares of the US out of home advertising market. The work clearly shows that Lamar controls 25% of US OOH revenues, followed by OUTFRONT at 21% and Clear Channel Outdoor at …
Touchscreens Represent Biggest Slice Of $18B Revenue Pie In Digital Signage July 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes The biggest revenue generator in the digital signage hardware side of Pro AV right now is, surprising to me at least, the interactive/touchscreen market, according to new research from the research firm Omdia. 2022 industry revenues are forecast to hit $18B, and Omdia suggests more than a third of that revenue went to investments in …
Self Service Kiosks Up Order Values By 18.5% During Burger Chain’s Pilot; Triggers Rollout June 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes Samsung just got a nice little story to share around about the impact its little all-in-one kiosks can have on sales at for a fast casual food chain – touting pilot results that suggest the units boosted average order sizes by 18.5%. Those results undoubtedly influenced a decision by Florida-based BurgerFi – which focuses on …
WOO Launches Global Guidelines For OOH/DOOH Audience Measurement June 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes The World Out of home Organization (or WOO) has launched a set of Global Guidelines for Audience Measurement designed to boost trust and accountability in the Digital Out Of Home ad network sector. Introduced at last month’s WOO Global Congress in Toronto, the Global Guidelines build on the existing 2009 ESOMAR guidelines and update existing …
