Hat Tip AV Interactive Integrated Systems Europe has postponed from its planned February 2021 dates to some time later next year – likely June. There was a flurry of social media posts from the AV trade press on Monday and overnight, as well as some quiet, unattributed confirmations from stakeholders that plans were changing. […]
The UK-based publication Inavate, which covers the pro AV market in the EMEA regions, has issued the results of a reader survey that suggests few buyers would attend physical industry events for the balkance of this year, but see Q1 of 2021 as the start of a return to normal. […]
The organizers of ISE started their push this week to both market the February show and reassure exhibitors and potential attendees that it will be safe. There were several videotaped segments done in Barcelona shown during the Digital Signage Summit held online earlier this week, from a studio space in Hanover, Germany. […]
With the virtual version of InfoComm completed, AVIXA and co-owner CEDIA have immediately pivoted to talking about plans for their other big pro AV trade show, Integrated Systems Europe. Its organizer, Integrated Systems Events, pushed out PR overnight saying the 2021 show is most definitely on in early February, and that measures are coming together to ensure it is safe. […]
Every year, the UK-based consulting and research firm Futuresource Consulting sends a team of market analysts to walk the many halls of the RAI in Amsterdam to view and review what’s on show at ISE. Their findings are pulled together in a quite thorough free report that’s available as a PDF download. […]
The organizers of Integrated Systems Europe have released its numbers on last week’s trade show in Amsterdam, confirming unofficial reports that total attendance dropped by roughly 30,000 year on year. […]
Here are all the winners – from top prize and outstanding individual through category winners and commendations – from last week’s Digital Signage Awards in Amsterdam. It was a great evening, and there were many great projects. Some projects took multiple awards, but there was a nice mix of company and budget sizes celebrated. […]
I had too full a day Thursday and too early a morning commitment Friday to knock out impressions day by day, so here goes for Days 3 and 4 at Integrated Systems Europe, banged out on my way back to Canada. There was a tweet late Friday afternoon quoting the show director, suggesting the finally attendance was 52,000, which would be a huge 30,000 person drop from 2019. […]
The global Digital Signage Awards – which Sixteen:Nine has been supporting for the last few years – had its big annual night Wednesday evening at a beautiful old theatre and hall in central Amsterdam. I don’t have a full winners’ list – because that would have been smart of me to seek out and prepare – but will have within a day or two. […]
It is remarkable how many companies seem to be in the outdoor LCD display business – there has to be at least 20 companies at ISE all showing various iterations of a super-bright display in a metal box, for advertising street furniture, wayfinding kiosks and drive thru promo and menu screens. […]
Day 1 at ISE was a good day for doing an overall pass around the show, mostly walking and not doing a whole lot of stopping. I wanted to get an overall look at things, and note what I needed to go back to for a closer look. My snap impression was that there was not a whole lot of things that begged a closer look. […]
It will be 16C in Barcelona today, and sunny. It will be 6C, or roughly 20 degree F cooler, plus cloudy and wet and windy, in Amsterdam. So while I generally like this place, I am totally at piece with Integrated Systems Europe being on the Mediterranean coastline this time next year. […]
Integrated Systems Europe is now just a couple of days away, and I am headed there from London – the last leg on my hairy trip over. There was snow and freezing rain in Halifax when I left, and big snow in Montreal (normal for there) when I connected, making the plane late and forcing a mad run from gate 4 or something to gate 60, which is roughly 25 kms away (or felt like it). […]
Here is the official word from LG, which took a day, on pulling its people from its stand at ISE – which was very likely already being built on the RAI hall floor. With the WHO recommending that individuals “promote social distancing,” LG management believed that the most responsible decision was to avoid participating in large public events until the situation stabilized. […]
Here’s the latest update and point of view from ISE’s show managers Integrated Systems Events, and the executive staff of show owners AVIXA and CEDIA, regarding Coronavirus health concerns with next week’s show. The collective group says it is “continuing to monitor this fast-moving situation through the advice of public health authorities. […]
