When COVID-19 really hit outside of China and it was clear this was going to get bad globally, and the first wave of health safety messaging seemed to be more about touching things than breathing contagions in, it was reasonable to think AV solutions that used touch were going to take a big hit. […]
About three years ago I traveled to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Shenzhen in China to see first-hand the ecosystem and process behind direct view LED, a technology that back then was just starting to gain serious traction in North America and elsewhere.The output was a special report that examined that explained the technology in layman’s terms, sorted the different types, and showed how LED displays were being used in the marketplace.Three years on, it is time for an update report. […]
The pro AV trade association AVIXA suggests business in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) will fall off by roughly $9 billion by the time this nutty year closes. […]
Remote hardware management – the software tools that monitor and manage digital signage networks and ideally maximize their uptime – are pretty much critical components for experienced operators. […]
The pro AV-focused trade association AVIXA’s research team has pushed out new business indicators that, for the first time in months, show things on an upswing. Says the new AVIXA business index: We have a long road ahead, but pro AV sales are growing once again. This month, the AV sales index (AVI-S) reached 53.7, indicating growth for the first time since February. […]
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. […]
AVIXA, aka the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association, is forecasting a $7 billion hit to pro AV revenues in the Americas in 2020, dropping 8% from 2019. The trade association’s new 2020 AV Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (IOTA) Americas Summary expects revenues to drop from $93B to $86B this year, but rebound in 2021 and be at $95B in 2022. It will be at $108B in 2025. […]
The global pandemic will suck at least $20 billion out of global pro AV industry revenue expectations this year, according to AVIXA’s 2020 AV Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (IOTA). Revenues reached a peak of $259 billion in 2019, but will dip by $20 billion to $239 billion in 2020. […]
New AVIXA research, based on a large survey, suggests full-time pro AV techs make an average of $65,000 in the US, well above the pay for equivalent work in similar countries. The research, based on feedback from almost 4,000 AV people across 77 countries, also suggests that while the pandemic has been a big kick in the nether regions for the industry as a whole, that has not forced down salaries. […]
A post earlier in the week noted how French computer vision firm Quividi had tweaked its algorithms to do face pattern detection and audience measurement even when people are wearing masks that cover their mouths and lower nose. […]
The latest weekly industry impact survey done by the AV trade association AVIXA suggests the reality is really starting to settle in that the COVID-19 pandemic is going to hurt business for a long time. The top takeaways this past week: Short-term blows to pro AV, while still landing, are no more prevalent than before. Companies still continue preparing to weather declines in revenue. […]
There is not a lot of cause in this space for referencing research published in the New England Journal of Medicine, but we live in curious times. A letter in the much-respected publication outlines the results of testing the lifespan of the novel coronavirus on a variety of surfaces – a hot button issue, for some, in this industry, because of worries about transmitting the pathogen by using a touchscreen. […]
There are hints of business starting to turn around in the most recent Pro AV industry Impact Survey put out by the trade association AVIXA. One survey respondent said POs tripled In April over the March number. More broadly, the weekly survey of 100s of industry people says: Overall sentiment is in a third week of plateau, though revenues continue to be under negative pressure. […]
The Canadian OOH media company PATTISON Outdoor Advertising has released new location traffic data that would confirm the sense most people would have if and when they head out for vital supplies like groceries, potato chips and booze – traffic has been halved. […]
The latest weekly COVID-19 industry impact survey done by the AV trade association AVIXA suggests that while things are anything but rosy, they aren’t just steadily spiraling down. The latest survey of AV pros and end-user suggests: The share of respondents saying they experienced no impact in the last week rose significantly. […]
