Pro AV Industry Took $45B Hit In 2020, But Business Starting To Rebound : AVIXA July 2, 2021 by Super User The global pro AV industry – likely to no one’s surprise – took a massive financial hit in 2020 due to the pandemic, with overall industry revenues dropping by $45 billion. The new 2021 AV Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (IOTA) produced by the industry association AVIXA says after peaking at $259 billion in 2019, pro AV industry …
DSCC Suggests Large Flat Panel Display Market Shifting From Shortages To Oversupply June 8, 2021 by Super User Just as many industry people are scratching around trying to find what they need to deliver on work in the midst of technology shortages, there’s word the display part of the business is flipping from shortage to oversupply. The industry analysts at Display Supply Chain (or DSCC) have pushed out a new report that suggests …
Display Week: DSCC’s Analysis Suggest MicroLED A Niche Product; Manufacturing Challenges Remain May 17, 2021 by Super User MicroLED has received a ton of buzz in digital signage circles the last 2-3 years because of the proposition of building big seamless video walls that look as good as LCD or OLED. The big barrier to widespread adoption has been cost – driven in part by a need to make production more efficient and …
Gartner Forecasts Chip Shortages Will Stretch Well Into 2022 May 14, 2021 by Super User The research and analysis firm Gartner is forecasting that the worldwide semiconductor shortage that is hitting most tech industries, including digital signage, will persist throughout 2021 and not return to more normal levels until Q2 2022. “The semiconductor shortage will severely disrupt the supply chain and will constrain the production of many electronic equipment types …
World Out of Home Organization Launching New Audience Measurement Initiative May 13, 2021 by Super User Audience measurement is a huge factor in the out of home media business – both analog and digital – and the global volunteer body that’s trying to herd the media company cats has developed a set of guidelines designed to help more easily sell the mediums. The World Out of Home Organization (or WOO) will …
New Research Suggests Touchscreens Leading Public Display Sector Recovery May 7, 2021 by Super User As digital signage and retail tech sellers continue to tout touchless solutions – using voice, gesture, hover and QR-to-smartphone set-ups – the main buyers out there appear to be opting for screens that get touched. New research from OMDIA says the Interactive Touch (IFP/Touch) segment actually leads the recovery being seen in the total Public …
Big Sales Growth Being Tracked For Flat Panel Displays Through NA Pro AV Channel: PMA Research April 30, 2021 by Super User If you are looking for signs of Pro AV sector being re-animated, here’s data from PMA Research (which does guess what) suggesting commercial flat panel demand has ticked up. The market research firm’s sales tracking report on large-format flat panel displays sold in the North American Pro AV channel were up substantially, monthly and year …
Growth Expected In Bundled, All-In-One DV LED Displays: Omdia April 16, 2021 by Super User There is now enough activity and demand in the area of all-in-one, bundled LED displays to warrant marketplace research and analysis, with a new report from the global research firm Omdia looking specifically at this narrowly-defined product category. Omdia has broken out data from its regular LED Video Displays Market Tracker to look specifically at …
IDtechEx Report Takes Deep Dive On MicroLED; Full Report Is $6K, But Here’s Exec Summary April 16, 2021 by Super User The UK-based research firm and consultancy IDtechEx has pushed out an interesting discussion paper about the state and potential marketplace applications for microLED, sorting out its value proposition versus competing technologies like OLED and Quantum Dots LCDs. Unlike other reports from legit research firms (most of the “research” on digital signage tech comes out of …
Take The Survey: How Does Digital Signage Fit In Post-COVID Workplaces? April 14, 2021 by Super User Workplace has developed into one of the most active vertical markets for digital signage technology, with screens provided an obvious and relatively easy solution for workforces that don’t open company-wide emails or click their way through to an intranet site. It’s particularly valuable in companies that have few other means of reaching out to and …
