Reflective LCD Start-Up Azumo Gets $30M In New Backing For Expansion, R&D May 10, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Chicago display start-up Azumo just got a vote of confidence from investors, securing $30 million in new financing to drive international expansion, increase manufacturing capabilities and launch new products that use its low-power reflective LCD technology. Azumo’s core product is sunlight-readable, reflective “LCD 2.0” technology that it says can reduce LCD power consumption by as much …
Wow Factor May Get The Attention, But Give A Little Love To Boring Digital Signage May 9, 2022 by Jeff Juszczak GUEST POST: JEFF JUSZCZAK, SPECTRIO Big budget, grand-scale projects understandably get a lot of the attention when it comes to digital signage deployments, but leave some love in your hearts and busy minds for all the screens out there that are boring, and perfect for their tasks. Most of us get excited walking into a …
PPDS (Philips) Makes Senior Management Changes; Defines Three Global Heads Of “Strategic Pillars” May 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes PPDS – the company that markets Philips digital signage, interactive displays, direct view LED and pro TV products and solutions – has announced a major management re-org just ahead of ISE, the big pro AV trade show this week in Barcelona. General Manager Chris Colpaert has left PPDS after about four years, and three PPDS …
Broadsign Ends Long Holdout, Joins Crowd Of CMS Software Firms Supporting Smart Displays May 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes System On Chip “smart” commercial displays have been around for almost 10 years now, but Broadsign – one of the bigger players in digital signage content management software has steered clear of the technology … until now. The Montreal-based software firm, which is heavily focused on the digital out of home advertising sector, has announced …
DSF Plans May 24 Networking Event In Chicago, Sync’d With Big Restaurant Trade Show May 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation is back to organizing regional Meet and Mingle events, and has one planned for later this month in Chicago. The networking event coincides with the National Restaurant Association trade show, and will be – very suitably – at a restaurant/bar called The Irish Nobleman. Details: May 24th at 6:30 pm, at …
Real Madrid’s Famed Stadium’s Facelift Includes Giant Halo LED Display May 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes It looks like the renovated home grounds of the famed football club Real Madrid will be the first soccer-specific stadium to get a giant halo LED display. The US LED manufacturer Daktronics, along with install partner Legaz Arquitectura e Ingenieria, has won a deal to design, manufacture and install a new 360-degree LED ribbon above …
Embed Signage Partners With Nexmosphere On Interactive Sensors And Controls For Digital Signage May 4, 2022 by Dave Haynes The UK digital signage CMS firm embed signage has worked a deal with the Dutch firm Nexmosphere to directly integrate with that company’s interactive sensors, controls and software platform. A handful of competing CMS companies already have partnerships, but embed says this is distinct. “With the integration in embed, users simply use the built-in drop …
Virtual Mike Blackman To Hover At ISE Next Week, Greeting Attendees May 4, 2022 by Dave Haynes The people in charge of big trade shows are always kind of floating around the exhibition venue, but next week in Barcelona, ISE show director Mike Blackman will be floating at the main entryway greeting attendees. Well, sort of … The British firm HYPERVSN has worked a product positioning deal to get a version of …
Germany’s Holoplot To Demo 3D Focused Audio For Immersive Projects At ISE May 4, 2022 by Dave Haynes The preview material and booth visit invites are now coming in steadily from companies doing stands next week at Integrated Systems Europe in Barcelona, and much of what I have seen suggests a lot of the display tech will be about improvements to existing tech as opposed to reveals of new ideas and ways of …
Materials Firm WL Gore Uses Big Video Walls And Matrix Screen Set-Ups For Award-Winning Briefing Center May 2, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is a very impressive blend of architectural and experiential design put together by a team for the new corporate briefing center of W. L. Gore & Associates, a materials science company. The center in Newark, Delaware is designed to help share the company’s heritage and innovations with partners, customers, and visitors. It recently won …
