Out Of Home Media Revenues Clobbered During Stay-At-Home Lockdowns: OAAA Data September 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes Data released recently by the Out Of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) reveals just how badly the out of home ad sector was clobbered by COVID lockdowns that expressly encouraged people not to be out of their homes. US media spends decreased significantly across various aspects of out-of-home, both analog and digital, from Q1 …
Korean-US R&D Effort Getting MicroLED Light Emitters Down To The Size Of Virus Particles August 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes If you listened to this week’s Sixteen:Nine Podcast or read the transcript, you may recall SCALA/STRATACACHE CEO Chris Riegel talking about the microLED plant he is spinning up and the huge advances being seen in microLED R&D. He reference how new manufacturing processes are making it possible to make light-emitting, addressable LEDs that are truly …
Large Format LED Display Sales Returning To Pre-Pandemic Levels: Omdia Research August 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes The latest data from research firm Omdia’s LED Video Displays Market Tracker suggests the video wall market is coming back to pre-pandemic sales levels, and the biggest market demand is for fine pitch product. The recovery of the fine pixel pitch (FPP) category, which includes <=1.99mm, is noticeably faster than other wider pixel pitch categories …
Consumers Jumpy When Business Entries Have No COVID Guidelines Signage: Research August 12, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Greek/American digital signage CMS software firm Yodeck took the interesting step of commissioning research to learn what consumers think about signs being used for COVID-19 safety messaging, with the big insight being how nervous people got when there was no messaging. The survey, involving some 400 Americans back in Q2, suggested 63% of consumers …
Global Digital OOH Execs Expecting Dramatic Growth In Next Five Years: Survey July 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes New research from the Miami-based computer vision firm Alfi suggests 95% of advertising executives expect the Digital OOH ad sector to grow over the next two years, with 51% anticipating dramatic expansion. At the end of 2020, a forecast suggested the DOOH market would be worth $41.06 billion in five years, but the survey revealed …
Global Consumers Increasingly Comfy With Return To Physical Stores: Research July 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes The retail-focused solutions provider Mood Media has released new research looking at shopper sentiments globally, finding 80% of consumers are now comfy with the idea of returning to physical stores, up from 71% in 2020. The report – Shopper Sentiments: A June 2021 Global Mood Survey – was done by Censuswide, surveying more than 8,000 …
Pro AV Industry Took $45B Hit In 2020, But Business Starting To Rebound : AVIXA July 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
