SF Giant’s Jumbo Coke Bottle In Ballpark Outfield Adds LED Display To Animate Label April 25, 2025 by Dave Haynes Mitsubishi used to be one of the big dogs in the North American outdoor LED display business, but the flood of competition that started coming into the market by the mid to late 2010s has lessened its prominence. However, it is still out there and still winning some high-profile projects for its Diamond Vision displays. …
In Dubai, A 500-Meter LED Wall Takes Place Of Construction Hoardings And Some “Pardon Our Dust!” Signs April 25, 2025 by Dave Haynes Things are done differently in budget-indifferent places like Dubai. So it is interesting, but not all that surprising, that the communications solution to turning off the Las Vegas Bellagio-style fountains that front the Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa is not plywood hoardings and a Pardon Our Dust sign, but a 500 meter long LED screen …
Industry Golf Tourney Set For Just Ahead Of InfoComm April 24, 2025 by Dave Haynes If you are going to InfoComm in June, and play golf, an increasingly formalized outing is back on for people in the digital signage ecosystem. Industry veteran Kevin Cosbey is again organizing a golf day just head of a big trade show or industry event – with the 2nd Annual Velasea + Snap Install, Inc. …
Registration Opens For “Re-Imagined” Digital Signage Experience Event, Set For San Diego April 24, 2025 by Dave Haynes Show owner-operator Questex has started taking registrations for the re-imagined Digital Signage Experience (DSE) event, which has been shifted to mid-fall with a revised format and new location – the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in Guess Where, CA. The event runs October 19-21, and early registrants can take advantage of discounted registration fees that Questex …
German Apparel Retail Fills Flagship Store Window With Transparent LED April 24, 2025 by Dave Haynes While there are lots of vendors now making or reselling someone else’s near-transparent LED products, they’ve seemingly been more evident at trade shows than out in the real world. However, that also used to be the case with conventional direct view LED displays, which are now EVERYWHERE. So it is probably more a function of …
Sad News: Cardiac Arrest Takes PPDS Exec Martijn van der Woude April 24, 2025 by Dave Haynes More sad news about someone in our industry: Martijn van der Woude, VP Global Business Development and Marketing of PPDS, passed away Monday due to a cardiac arrest. PPDS, aka Philips, says in a statement that van der Woude was: A colleague, a dear friend, and a true business leader, Martijn has been an intrinsic, …
Jose Behar On The Stealthy Success Of Texas-based CMS Software Shop Zynchro April 23, 2025 by Dave Haynes Every so often I’ll get a call or email from an industry friend asking me about a software company called Zynchro, because they were in the mix, or the incumbent, on some sort of deal that was in play. Yes, I’d say. I’ve heard of them. But that was about it. Well, that’s changed, as …
Impressions From InfoComm China 2025 – AI Stitched Into Many Aspects Of LED Display Tech April 23, 2025 by Florian Rotberg I was chatting this morning with Florian Rotberg of Sixteen:Nine content partner invidis, who who was in Beijing last week for InfoComm China, a sister show to InfoComm (US) and ISE in Barcelona. It runs every April and attracts the same kind of vendors and attendees seen at the related shows. What was interesting was …
E Ink’s Premium, Richer-Color Spectra 6 Displays Coming By End Of Year As 75-Inch Poster Replacements April 22, 2025 by Dave Haynes E-paper manufacturer E Ink has now formally announced a large form-factor version of its premium color digital poster product – a 75-inch Spectra 6 display module that will be available as test samples to its third-party partners before the end of 2025. The Taiwan-based manufacturer had started showing, through partners like DynaScan, a 75-inch Kaleido …
Fuel Retailer DOOH Network GSTV Has New Private Equity Owners April 21, 2025 by Dave Haynes Fuel retailer-focused DOOH network GSTV has changed owners, with MidOcean Partners picking up control from another PE firm, Rockbridge Growth Equity, which will hag on to a minority stake in the Detroit company. GSTV is one of the larger DOOH networks out there, with screens at pumps at some 29,000 fuel retailers in the U.S. …
