Medialon Sold By @Barco‬⁩ To ⁦‪@7thSenseDesign‬⁩

Tuesday, June 18th, 2019

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Ahead of #InfoComm19, ⁦Barco continued to shed its AV assets by announcing that 7thSense Design had reached an agreement with them , in principle, with regard an intended sale of the Medialon brand and ShowControl activities. The team behind 7thSense Design has led the acquisition to form a new company, Medialon Ltd., which will acquire […]

Final #InfoComm19 Twitter Analysis

Monday, June 17th, 2019

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Since 2017 our sister site aka.tv has shown that twitter traffic for many big shows has been falling and unlike reported attendance figures (make of that what you will) shows in general have not seen year-on-year increases in twitter traffic since then. This drop in twitter traffic has been seen with CES, ISE and InfoComm but […]

Next-Generation AV Industry Takes Shape at #InfoComm19

Sunday, June 16th, 2019

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

From Friday’s AVIXA Foundation Career Day, welcoming students to the show, to the more than 40 percent of registered attendees under the age of 40, #InfoComm19 held last week June 8-14 in Orlando, continued to draw the next generation of audiovisual professionals, as well as a broad cross-section of engaged AV customers from higher education, […]

#InfoComm19 ‪Historical Show Attendee Numbers

Friday, June 14th, 2019

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Replying to an #InfoComm19 tweet that repeated a common misconception, that Orlando attendance was typically less than that of Las Vegas, we put together this list of attendance figures going back to 2010. * InfoComm 2010 32,000 (Las Vegas) * InfoComm 2011 33,001 (Orlando) * InfoComm 2012 34,286 (Las Vegas) * InfoComm 2013 35,126 (Orlando) […]

New @NEC_Display Global Channel Programme

Friday, June 14th, 2019

Andrew Neale

NEC Display Solutions Europe today announced its global channel programme, part of its NEC One initiative, designed to provide global support and services to AV/IT reseller partners. The announcement was made yesterday at the NEC Display booth at #InfoComm19. Recently promoted Simon Jackson, Senior Vice President of Sales EMEA at NEC Display Solutions Europe told […]

#InfoComm19 ‪@ONELAN_Ltd ‬New Room Booking Solution

Wednesday, June 12th, 2019

Andrew Neale

ONELAN has launched a dedicated digital room booking solution Reserva Edge, bringing a new level of ergonomic design and performance to the product range, with step change improvements in security, management, monitoring and functionality. Reserva Edge features an innovative industrial design based on a wealth of feedback from partners and customers, delivering a product with […]

#InfoComm19 @Barco Enforces its ClickShare Patents Again

Tuesday, June 11th, 2019

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Once again, ahead of a major industry show, this time of course #InfoComm19, Barco has filed suit to in order to protect its Barco ClickShare patents. This time its Vivitek Corporation and its parent company Delta Electronics, Inc. who are accused of infringing Barco’s ClickShare patents via their wireless presentation devices, including the LauncherPlus device […]

#InfoComm19 @Ultrahaptics Partners w/ @BrightSign

Tuesday, June 11th, 2019

Andrew Neale

Ultrahaptics, the world leader in mid-air haptics technology, this week announced that it is now an approved technology partner of BrightSign, one of the market leaders in digital signage media players. Ultrahaptics’ technology provides tactile feedback in mid-air using ultrasound and patented algorithms. It enables users to tangibly interact with digital displays without the need […]

#InfoComm19 @KramerElec Announce Zignage Partnership

Tuesday, June 11th, 2019

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Kramer Electronics this week announced a partnership with Enterprise digital signage provider Zignage – a move that is described as delivering enhanced functionality and additional value to Kramer’s powerful VIA platform. We have never heard of Zignage but the press release states that they specialise in flexible and reliable digital signage software. Neta Lempert, Vice […]

Crestron Unveils New Digital Signage and Media Player

Monday, June 10th, 2019

Andrew Neale

Crestron is debuting its new Network Media Endpoint (NME-100) at #InfoComm19, June 12 – 14 in Orlando. The device enables organizations to deliver consistent communications enterprise-wide via high-quality digital signage and media playback. Combined with in-room signage solutions, including AirMedia 2.0 presentation systems and the Crestron Mercury tabletop meeting and collaboration systems, Crestron has signage […]