Just as business has started picking back up for suppliers and solutions providers active in digital signage and pro AV, there is a new global problem to throw off business prospects – more demand for computer chips than supply. […]
Nashville-based solutions provider Uniguest has acquired a Hawaiian software company, Sagely, to build out its growing vertical focus on senior living communities. Sagely will merge into Touchtown, which is Uniguest’s senior living brand via the earlier acquisition of Touchtown. […]
A firm that has been selling pro AV mounting hardware from a base in the U.K. has seen the sale of Premier Mounts as an opportunity to amplify expansion efforts into the U.S. and Canada, even hiring a 25-year Premier vet to run U.S. […]
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 Barco Overview LCD Video Walls Set the Standard Barco this week announced the next generation of its OverView range LCD video walls. […]
Guest Post: Colin Farquhar, VITEC One year on from lockdowns imposed in countries around the world and we now face a starkly different world. No one could have predicted the far-reaching impact that the COVID-19 outbreak would have and how phrases such as ‘social distancing’ and ‘lockdown’ would become standard in people’s vocabulary. […]
My time as a professional journalist has given me the opportunity to cover some very cool and historic stories, including some of the first recreational marijuana sales on the East Coast. What struck me inside those stores was the immense amount of technology, like digital signage, self-service kiosks, professional sound systems, access management, security cameras and more. […]
In an ecosystem that still … STILL … sees new software companies popping up with their own spin on a solution, it’s kind of crazy to think there are digital signage companies out there marking three decades in the business. One of the oldest, by far, is Toronto’s Capital Networks, which is marking 30 years in business this week. […]
Many people across the AV industry saw the bankruptcy of Exponation LLC last year as the final nail in the coffin of the Digital Signage Expo, but Questex today announced it has acquired the Digital Signage Expo brand. […]
The trade publication i-micronews has a Q&A post up on its site featuring STRATACACHE CEO Chris Riegel, providing detail and color about his plans for that big, old semiconductor plant in Oregon that he’s turning into a microLED factory. […]
For much of its life, digital signage was reserved for corporate lobbies and retail stores at your favorite shopping malls. These days, though, digital signage has become ubiquitous across just about all vertical markets, especially as the need to deliver health-related information quickly has increased. […]
In February, as the media began reporting on the global semiconductor shortage, I posed this question in a Commercial Integrator blog: Could the global chip shortage impact pro AV? For a few months, it seemed like the global shortage was generally impacting automakers and other consumer electronics industries like gaming. […]
New guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control suggests that the risk of becoming infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 through touching objects is generally low, which means touchscreens, touch panels and other hands-on AV technology is generally safe to use – provided surfaces and hands are routinely cleaned. […]
Integrated Systems Events will present “Digital Signage: New Solutions for a New Era” on Tuesday, April 13 as the sixth installment in its RISE Spotlight series. This edition will explore “how digital signage has responded to changing consumer and employee behaviors to become an essential tool for many businesses, retailers and government,” according to the ISE announcement. […]
A pair of IP streaming firms with substantial offers for digital signage have merged, broadening their collective reach and portfolion. The French firm VITEC acquired the Scottish company Exterity, with a plan to converge platforms and leverage a blended engineering team of some 200 around the globe. […]
Daktronics recently worked with DGI Communications to design, manufacture and install two new LED video walls for PTC at their corporate headquarters in Boston. A physical exhibit of the company’s technologies, PTC’s Corporate Experience Center (CXC) features six rooms, with two of these housing new digital displays to tell the company story and engage with visitors. […]
