ISE Floor Plan Coming Together; Digital Signage Firms Grouped In One Hall Again October 21, 2021 by Dave Haynes I am starting to look ahead to Integrated Systems Europe, even though the next big pro AV show is actually next week – InfoComm in Orlando. I am looking past that because I am not going, and this year’s InfoComm is expected be a shadow of its normal self in terms of numbers. There has …
New Seattle Arena Has 224 Distinct Daktronics Displays; Touted As Most LED-Filled Venue In Sports October 21, 2021 by Dave Haynes The new sports and entertainment venue in Seattle – Climate Pledge Arena – opens tomorrow with 224 distinct LED displays around the building – 28,175 square feet of digital signage totaling more than 145 million pixels of display. The arena is the home of the new pro hockey franchise – the Seattle Kraken – but …
Kramer, Zignage Partner On Data-Triggered Emergency Alerts For Education, Workplace AV Control Systems October 21, 2021 by Dave Haynes Pro AV gear supplier Kramer Electronics has done a partnership with the digital signage management software firm Zignage that enables a range of emergency notifications to be integrated with Kramer’s VIA and Control platforms for the education and workplace markets. This solution, says PR, will help manage hybrid campuses and workplaces and to escalate alerts …
Philips Hires Schuster To Run Its N.A. Pro Display Business; King Shifts To Hotel TV Vertical October 21, 2021 by Dave Haynes PPDS, the company that markets Philips Professional TV and Philips digital signage solutions, has brought on industry vet to Vince Schuster to run the commercial pro display business and put another pro AV lifer, Joe King, in a new leadership gig running the hospitality TV business. Schuster will be well-known to pro AV people, having …
Not On My Bingo Card: Christie Digital Getting Into Pathogen-Killing Ceiling Lights October 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes The pro AV and digital signage communities know Christie Digital for its projector systems and displays, so it’s slightly odd to see the engineering-led company getting into commercial disinfection products … until you remember who owns Christie. The company, which has a big offices in suburban LA but a main R&D and production facility in …
Appspace Buys Workplace Communications Firm Beezy To Boost Workplace Experience Offer October 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes There has been quite a bit of news lately about digital signage companies being acquired or getting major cash infusions, but here’s a variation on that – a digital signage CMS company buying a company outside the industry to bolster its vertical market capabilities. Dallas-based Appspace Inc. has acquired Beezy, described as a leading digital …
New London Pop-Up Venue Brings TopGolf’s Digital Razzle-Dazzle To Footy October 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes A pop-up venue in London, that you could very loosely describe as TopGolf for football players, is using interactive technologies to measure and celebrate skills. Called METRIX, the site at a shopping mall in the White City area creates a reactive sensory experience for players and fans who want to test or show off their …
No Podcast … Again (sigh) October 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes No podcast this week, for the second week in a row … but that’s not because we’ve stopped doing them. First, we had interviews postponed. Then we had technical issues – like my online recording platform going sideways JUST as I was trying to record. Then we had to give up on an interview because …
Planar Takes Its Displays On Road This Fall For MicroPalooza Tour October 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes In a nod to the travel-hesitant times, Planar is taking its display pots and pans on the road this fall – on what it calls the MicroPalooza 2021 Tour. The Oregon-based display manufacturer is staging a six-city US product tour in November through mid-December that will see its LCD and LED product showroom hauled to …
Study Suggests High Affinity For Digital Messaging Displays In Patient Care Environments October 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes Selling non-medical technology solutions into the health care sector is long and involved at the best of times, but in the COVID-era even more so. But health care presents what is likely a big opportunity for companies who decide to go after it with solutions that directly address operational pain points. The e-paper giant E …
