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16:9: New Research Suggests Average AV Tech In US Earns Far More Than Those In Other High GDP Nations

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. […]

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Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 12:50 PM

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16:9: AdMobilize Also Tweaks Code To Measure Audiences Even When They Wear Masks

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. […]

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Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 7:43 AM

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16:9: AVIXA’s Latest Impact Survey Suggests Reality Of Long-Term AV Industry Pain Sinking In

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. […]

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Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 5:50 PM

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16:9: New Research Offers Clues On How Surfaces We All Touch – Like Screens – Handle Pathogens

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. […]

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Tue, May 26, 2020 at 11:28 PM

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16:9: Hints Of Business Coming Back In Latest AVIXA COVID-19 Impact Survey

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. […]

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Sat, May 9, 2020 at 12:46 PM

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16:9: Canadian Traffic Data Halved By COVID-19, But Starting To Come Back Slightly

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. […]

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Thu, May 7, 2020 at 7:44 PM

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16:9: Positive Hints In AVIXA’s Latest Weekly Pro AV COVID-19 Industry Impact Survey

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. […]

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Mon, May 4, 2020 at 3:34 PM

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16:9: Chinese Bricks And Mortar Back Open, But Sputtering In Recovery: Gartner Research

The research and advisory firm Gartner has an interesting piece up online about how retail is working in China, where COVID-19 started and has pretty much gone (maybe just for now). The piece suggests while stores are mostly back open, the aisles are not filled and bricks and mortar people are feeling even more pressure to add or shift to digital channels. […]

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Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 8:24 AM

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16:9: Research Suggests Massive Shift In Daily Routines

This is research out of Australia, but given we’re almost all under similar restrictions, the data about changed routines is relevant to most locales.  The research, involving some 250,000 residents Down Under, suggests fitness and entertainment venues have taken the biggest hit in this pandemic. It also provides big indicators of what else people are either not doing, or doing far less. […]

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Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 9:18 AM

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16:9: AVIXA’s Latest Impact Survey Confirms Pro AV Business For Many Has Dried Up, Mass Layoffs

The latest COVID-19 Impact Survey, based on feedback last week from more than 325 Pro AV people globally, confirms what we all pretty much know – the pandemic continues to hammer businesses all over. […]

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Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 8:00 PM

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16:9: UK OOH Research Shows Dramatic Drops In Population Movement Amid Pandemic

The Out Of Home media specialist Talon has been tracking the impact of the pandemic on population movement across the UK, and is using its proprietary data management platform, called Ada. Three weeks into a nationwide lockdown, the impact appears to have hit a plateau. […]

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Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 12:08 AM

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16:9: AVIXA Impact Survey: AV Sales Have “Cratered” Because Of Pandemic

The Pro AV trade organization AVIXA has pushed out the latest version of its weekly industry impact survey, launched a month ago to track the tangible and less tangible impacts of the pandemic on integrators, service providers, consultants, vendors and techs. […]

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Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 6:29 PM

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16:9: AVIXA’s Research Head Sean Wargo On COVID-19’s Impact On Pro AV Industry

AVIXA, the trade association for the pro AV industry, has started doing a weekly impact survey with members in North America and internationally – as a way of understanding how hard the pandemic is hitting business, and the collective point of view on what is happening, and will happen. As you might imagine, things don’t look so hot. Sales are down, and revenues with them. […]

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Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 4:25 PM

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16:9: DOOH Audience Not Disappearing, Just Shifting: Billups Research

The tight stay-in-place mandates being enforced in the US and globally would certain make brands advertisers wonder about using out of home advertising when people are being told to stay at home. But new research suggests that while the usual “places” for OOH advertising are suffering, traffic and impressions are actually up in other places. […]

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Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 5:47 PM

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16:9: AVIXA Pro AV Impact Survey Suggests Pandemic, As Expected, Clobbering Industry

It will surprise no one that the pro AV industry is taking a big hit because of the near shutdown of business in the midst of the panic, and the trade association AVIXA has been taking the pulse of the ecosystem to understand what’s happening and prevailing sentiments. […]

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Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 5:38 PM

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