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 …
ISE 2022 Observations, Albeit From Afar May 10, 2022 by Dave Haynes Photo: Invidis The giant scissors came out, a big ribbon sacrificed in the name of a photo, and Integrated Systems Europe opened up in Barcelona today – the first normal-ish version of the big pro AV trade show in three years. I did not make the trip over, as the sister show InfoComm is just …
The Rise Of No Code And What That Means For Digital Signage, With Intuiface’s Geoff Bessin May 10, 2022 by Dave Haynes NOTE – Podcasts normally come out on Wednesdays, but as a favor to Intuiface – which is at this week’s ISE trade show in Spain – I moved it up a day to coincide with the show’s opening day … One of the big trends in the software world is the whole idea of no …
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 …
AT&T Discovery District Continues To (Admirably) Invest In World-Class Creative For Giant Screens May 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes Big tip of the hat to the folks who budget and then run the media displays at the AT&T Discovery District in Dallas, for the investment continuing to go into the creative on the displays. Lots of projects launch with ambitious creative that gets the desired Wow from the viewers, and from the people who …
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 …
Grocery TV Gets $30M In New VC Funding; Will Soon Be In 3,000 Stores In US May 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes The screens in the checkout lane retail media model mostly escapes me, because consumers are pretty much done shopping at that point, but an Austin, Texas-based firm has nonetheless secured $30M in new investment funding to continue building out its retail digital signage network, called Grocery TV. The new money is on top of $5 …
