Distributor Exertis Pro AV Shutting Down Canadian Operations April 3, 2024 by Super User There’s no formal announcement on the company site, but it appears very much that distributor Exertis Pro AV is leaving the Canadian market. Exhibit A is a Linkedin post noting that the company’s “closing sale is in its final days, and the savings are too good to pass up!” Exhibit B is a somewhat cryptic …
Spectrio’s New Private Label TV Allows Venue Operators To Avoid Cable TV Viewing Conflicts In Common Areas April 2, 2024 by Super User Digital signage software and experiential solutions firm Spectrio has developed a new service that lets operators curate and control what’s on the screens in common areas – like customer waiting rooms and staff break lounges. Called Private Label TV (PLTV), the service allows businesses like car dealerships to better control what’s airing on the TVs …
LinkNYC DOOH Ad Totems Set For $20M In Upgrades April 2, 2024 by Super User The widely-deployed LinkNYC digital OOH ad network on the sidewalks of New York City has had a spotty business history since it was launched a decade ago, culminating with a New York state audit noting in Sept. 2021 revenue and build-out shortfalls. But there is evidently enough confidence in the media model that $20 million …
Saudi Expo Exhibit In Qatar Uses 435 Vertical LED Columns To Showcase Environmental Efforts April 2, 2024 by Super User Hat Tip AV Interactive for first posting on this … The grounds of the Saudi pavilion at the just-ended International Horticultural Expo in Doha, Qatar were surrounded by a swirling wall of 435 LED columns set at different eights, running a set of low rez visuals supporting the exhibit and expo’s environmental theme. The columns …
Pop Star Olivia Rodrigo Makes Live Appearance At LA Target Store, But Does So From NYC … Using Transparent LCD Tech April 1, 2024 by Super User I have my doubts about some of the use-cases I have seen for those shower stall-like transparent LCD box thingies marketed by Proto and a growing number of other companies you might say were “inspired” by the hologram-ish tech the LA company cooked up. But here’s a recent project that I think works well … …
Energy Calculation: One LCD Consumes Roughly Same Energy As 240 E-Paper Displays April 1, 2024 by Super User The main selling proposition of e-paper technology companies is that their displays consume just a fraction of the energy needed to drive conventional LCD-based displays. That’s well established, but it is nonetheless interesting to see the difference calculated … The Slovenian tech firm Visionect has years been focused on e-paper displays and supporting technologies, and …
40-Meter-Tall Projected Wave Filled Interior of Reimagined Gas Storage Tower In Germany April 1, 2024 by Super User Here’s an interesting use of blended projectors that create 40-meter-tall visuals on a screen inside a gas storage cylinder that’s been made into an exhibition space near Essen, Germany. The Wave, as it is called, is paired with a translucent screen on the floor to deliver some 1,200 sq. meters of underwater-themed visuals, as part …
Research Firms Futuresource, BCC Merge March 28, 2024 by Super User Research companies aren’t what leap to mind when there’s word of mergers and acquisitions, but we have a second one in the last few months involving firms known for watching and quantifying the pro AV sector. UK-based market research consultancy Futuresource Consulting and Boston-based market research firm BCC Research have announced a strategic merger. “There …
Mimo’s Flashcast Device Aimed At Simplifying Mass Notifications Across Complicated Screen Networks March 28, 2024 by Super User The small form-factor display manufacturer Mimo Monitors has started marketing the beta release of a little box that’s designed to do rapid alerts across digital signage and other, similar kinds of large footprint networks. Called Mimo Flashcast, the little sub-$140 box puts a visual alert overlay on screens – based on auto-triggered messaging pushed by …
Video From Shakira Pop-Up Concert Shows How That Combo DOOH Billboard And Stage In Times Square Works March 28, 2024 by Super User Colombian pop star Shakira did a pop-up show in New York’s Times Square on Tuesday night to launch a new album, and that’s relevant here because the show was done using the hybrid DOOH billboard and concert stage at the TSX Broadway complex. That’s the building that has a stage with swing-in doors and a …
