Research: OLED Display Sales Have Surged (Pre-Tariffs), But MiniLED-Lit LCD Sales Even Hotter April 11, 2025 by Dave Haynes Setting aside tariffs (somehow), here’s a look at the state of OLED TV shipments pre-tariffs chaos from the research firm Omdia – which suggests consumers are increasingly big on the skinny and vivid flat panels. The company’s latest monthly TV shipment tracking data shows 19.2% year-on-year growth in global OLED shipments, as of February 2025. …
Tariffs Analysis: Higher Prices, Lower Sales Volumes And Lots Of Uncertainty April 11, 2025 by Dave Haynes Very arguably, about the only certainty right now with the supply chain and costs for the electronics that are fundamental to digital signage deployments is that there is no certainty. While displays, PCs and other gear are coming from all over the place, a lot of the components originate in China – which as I …
NowSignage Powering Retail Media Network Across UK-based Superdrug Chain April 10, 2025 by Dave Haynes UK-based CMS provider NowSignage and its partners have the green light now to talk about how an aggregated solution including software will help drive some 500 screens in a retail media network to be rolled out across Superdrug stores up and down that collection of countries. CEO Nick Johnson and I chatted at ISE about …
Digital Signage Summit Europe Releases First Look At Three-Day Program For Munich April 9, 2025 by Dave Haynes My friends at the German consulting, events and publishing firm invidis have pushed out more details on the 2025 version of the excellent Digital Signage Summit Europe it runs each year in Munich. The event is back at the Hilton Munich Airport from May 21 to 23, 2025 – this year with a full three-day program. …
ScreenCloud Launches $65 Hardware Digital Signage Player; Gets New Growth Funding Via Strategic Partner April 9, 2025 by Dave Haynes The UK-based CMS software firm ScreenCloud has developed and started marketing a new in-house hardware media player that goes at the same entry-level business Amazon is now chasing with its $100 Signage Stick. The PIXI has a list price of just $65. It’s a little box that runs Android 14, supports 4K, and has 64 …
E Ink Develops New Large-Format, Color-Rich Marquee Display Tech Focused On Outdoor Use-Cases April 9, 2025 by Dave Haynes E Ink appears to have sorted out a way to address the main criticism – apart from cost – of its push into large form-factor color e-paper displays as replacements for outdoor advertising and promotional printed posters, with new Marquee technology that uses a four color particle system like E Ink’s smaller, indoor-focused Spectra 6 …
New Micro Sensor Gear And API-Backed Platform Offer Fast, Easy And Low-Cost Workplace Occupancy Tool April 9, 2025 by Dave Haynes Back at World HQ and muffler shop after a week and change traveling … hence the minimal pace of posts and near-total Linkedin absence. Clearing emails, I came across this news piece about an LA company with a new micro-sensor for measuring the occupancy of spaces – something that would be relevant to digital signage and …
Edgefactory Transforms IT Software Firm’s Event From Sales Kickoff To Immersive Experience April 3, 2025 by Dave Haynes While big LED video wall or projection backdrops are now common for business events – particularly those involving tech companies – Quest Software really went to town with its recent NXT 2025 sales kickoff meeting in Boston – hiring on event production company edgefactory to transform a traditional corporate gathering into an immersive, engaging experience. …
BMW Continues To Tinker With Color E-Paper As A Future Lux Car Skin April 2, 2025 by Dave Haynes BMW continues to tinker with the idea of applying color E Ink to the metal skins of its high-end cars – though it concedes the tech is not ready for anything more than controlled showcases at trade shows and other events. The latest iteration is making the rounds of art shows – a BMW i5 …
Spain’s Trison Now Rolling Out 5,000 Digital Signage Projects Annually March 31, 2025 by Florian Rotberg This is an interesting post from German language content partner invidis – an interview with Alberto Caceres, the CEO of Trison, the biggest pure-play digital signage integrator in Europe. The company, you may recall, recently acquired New York-based Zero-In, giving it an office, people and customer footprint in the United States. With more than €120 …
