The Japanese C-store chain FamilyMart has announced a serious investment in in-store digital, with a three-year plan to deploy multiple screens across a footprint of more than 16,600 neighborhood convenience stores. […]
Here’s a closer look at some of the AV news, products and projects you might have missed this week. We call it AV News to Know: New AV Products MAXHUB Debuts the Raptor Series LM220A18 Integrated LED Wall Display MAXHUB, a provider of collaborative communication and interactive class delivery solutions, introduced the LM220A18 Integrated LED Wall Display. […]
Crestron and Philips Professional Display Solutions have formed a new strategic partnership that includes Crestron XiO Cloud certification for Philips OPS displays, allowing customers to deploy, monitor and manage the displays from a centralized location. […]
Last May, a few months into the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, we wrote about drive-thru technology and how AV integrators who provide services to fast food restaurants’ drive-thru lanes were seeing an uptick in business. […]
These days, digital advertisements are seen basically anywhere you can mount a display, including store windows, building facades, lobbies and dozens of other places. Thanks to the help of Elon Musk and a Canadian technology company, you can add outer space to that list. […]
I don’t usually do posts about new hires because analytics suggest not a lot of people care, other than the people hired and their new masters. But I’ll note this one, as it reflects a European company bringing on a familiar face to more effectively project itself into the US and Canadian markets. […]
By Dave Haynes. More consolidation news, this time from the UK, where the workplace tech firm Aura has acquired the Reading-based full-service audio-visual integrator Reflex. Aura is a private equity-based company put together from a pair of companies, and is focused on workplace solutions for mid to large-size enterprise companies. […]
The North American AV/IT integrator business continues to consolidate, with the latest acquisition deal seeing NJ-based Diversified acquiring HB Communications, which is based up the turnpike in Connecticut. Diversified, by most measures the most active and knowledgeable big integrator in digital signage, says buying HB gives it even more of a footprint in the U.S. northeast region. […]
Diversified, one of the largest U.S.-based AV integrators, on Monday announced its first acquisition since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, buying Connecticut-based HB Communications. Although founded and headquartered in New Jersey, the acquisition of HB Communications gives Diversified a stronger foothold in the Northeast and grows the company’s team in the region. […]
Sony wasn’t an overly active or noticed player in digital signage for a bunch of years, but the company has been steadily trying to boost both its profile and its partnership programs in the last 18 months or so. […]
Audiovisual professionals are all well aware of the immersive qualities of LED technology – especially particularly large installations. However, they are not just being used in commercial installations, theatres, stadiums or homes. […]
Here’s a closer look at some of the AV news, products and projects you might have missed this week. […]
Sit back and grab a hot cup or a cold drink and (hopefully) enjoy the discussion. This one is about those of us in commercial AV, IT, and/or digital signage… because it touches all of us (and our customers) in one way, shape, or form. […]
Samsung Electronics has launched the 2021 model of its modular display The Wall. The model has new AI processing technology, 120Hz frame rates, and various installation options, along with innovating and expanding display technologies allowing businesses much more flexibility when showcasing content. […]
The OOH media firm Lamar Advertising has taken an equity position in the programmatic technology firm Vistar Media, putting $30 million in Series B funding into the company. Lamar gains a minority equity stake in Vistar and a seat on the Board of Directors, but Vistar “will continue to operate as an independent technology partner to buyers and sellers across the global OOH ecosystem. […]
