Research firm IHS Markit says the large format LCD display market is booming at the moment, with panel shipments hitting a record monthly high in July 2018 in terms of unit and area shipment. […]
Getting some great insights from CEOs and CTOs on the current state, pros and cons and future of System on Chip displays – all for an updated special report I am doing with my friends at SignageOS, in Prague. The report should be out in the fall, and we’re looking for as much feedback as we can get on who is using the tech, whether it meets needs, and where it falls down. […]
Click here to get a full-sized, more easily read version. Sixteen:Nine has been following the emergence of System on Chip technology since it came on the market more than five year ago, and last year released a special report that took a detailed look into its merits and limits. […]
LED displays are now a $5 billion global market, with the Americas region reaching a key milestone of $1 billion for the first time in 2017. The data comes from the market research firm Futuresource Consulting, which makes displays one of a relatively short list of vertical markets it studies. […]
I can’t say I’ve been all the enthralled by what I’ve seen so far with smart cities initiatives that involve digital out of home media companies. For the most part, they’re just digital posters with some wifi and maybe some sensors tossed in so the things can be called “smart. […]
Guest Post: Debbie DeWitt, Visix In order to truly use your organizational digital signage to its fullest potential, you need to have a system of continuous assessment in place – what works, what doesn’t and how can less effective messages be improved to get people to follow your calls-to-action? […]
The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) says advertising revenue rose two percent in Q1 2018 compared to the previous year, accounting for $1.68 billion in ad spend. […]
I have seen tweets, Linkedin posts and even news coverage from people who need to invest a little more time thinking (than they do copying and pasting) about a report out in the last few days about top-rated digital signage software platforms. Some rated companies are even congratulating themselves on being selected, etc etc. […]
UK-based Futuresource Consulting has pushed out new research focused on the corporate market and looking at the rise of technology such as digital meeting room signs. […]
There’s a pile of useful data in the presentation deck investment banker Mark Boidman did this morning at the Geopath/OAAA conference and expo in Austin. Boidman, if you don’t know him, closely tracks the digital OOH industry and the company he works for, PJ Solomon, does a lot of M&A advisory work in the sector. He kindly and very helpfully posted a PDF version online here. […]
Hat Tip to Digital Signage Pulse for picking up on this … Samsung’s public information display group, presumably the European wing, did a survey with its digital signage industry panel following ISE 2018, asking 40 or so industry people what they saw and what excited them at the show. […]
Sacramento-based mobility analytics solution provider Citilabs has added another interesting layer of mass data to a platform that shows the movement of people in the U.S. The company has added pedestrian data on top of traffic data. […]
New research is suggesting confidence in the durability of commercial display products will mean the numbers of them will grow, per location, by 20 percent over the next three years. A new report from the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association (AVIXA) and PMA Research says that growth will happen even though replacement cycles for displays are getting lengthier. […]
This is my regular reminder to anyone looking for market research on the digital signage hardware or software industries – MOST of the research reports out there are garbage. This morning’s Google Alerts scrape of news stories that come up under “digital+signage” has four headlines about market research reports on displays and software. […]
Guest Post: Ken Goldberg, Real Digital Media The Independent Credibility Fixes for Ad Supported DOOH Ken Goldberg The positioning of ad-supported digital out of home has always been in flux. As the industry began its ascent, it was considered an alternative to television advertising. The parallels were certainly there, given the reliance upon audio and video on a screen. […]
