#ISELondon Welcomed 579 Visitors

Tuesday, July 27th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The final stop of the ill-advised ISE Live and Online event series took place on June 23-24 at Evolution, Battersea and whilst the organisers were seemingly reluctant to release numbers for that individual event, they can be worked out from their latest release promoting ‘all the action from ISE Live and Online’ now available on […]

ISE Live & Online. Fira Barcelona. June 1-2, 2021

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Despite 500+ exhibitors telling the organisers a few months ago that they had no taste for a trade show in Barcelona in June #ISEBarcelona kicks off today. The awful PR and rhetoric continues to spew from the organisers, today’s PR missive said “The opening of ISE’s first show in Barcelona represents a significant milestone in […]

ISE’s Planned Events For Munich and Amsterdam Cancelled

Friday, April 30th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Integrated Systems Events are in serious danger of losing all credibility in the AV industry with the latest news that two of their four planned events set to (sort-of) replace the already cancelled #ISE2021 proper), namely ISE Digital in both Munich and Amsterdam have now also been cancelled. In a statement today, Mike Blackman, Managing […]

#ISE2021 Barcelona Cancelled

Friday, March 12th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

As usual the organisers of Integrated Systems Europe issue a press release, or statement without ever addressing the elephant in the room and the sycophantic AV press lap it up and won’t or daren’t say what is really happening. #ISE2021 which, until last week, the organisers still thought had a chance of taking place in […]

#ISE2021 @PhilipsDisplay aka PPDS No Longer Exhibiting

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

PPDS have just announced that they no longer be participating at #ISE2021. Chris Colpaert, General Manager PPDS told us “The feedback we have received following our first and very successful PPDS Next virtual event last week has proven without a doubt that, for this year, more localised, hybrid events are a more popular choice for […]

What Now For #ISE2021 As The Industry Says ‘Avoid’ ?

Monday, March 8th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

A few weeks ago we asked the industry whether they would ‘Snog, Marry, Avoid’ #ISE2021 (you can see the write up from that webinar here) and the overwhelming answer from the industry last week was ‘Avoid’. By 10:00 last Friday March 5, 2021 we have it on very good authority that over 500 exhibitors from […]

The Spanish Show Loses 500 Exhibitors

Friday, March 5th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Today is the deadline for companies who wish to cancel their exhibition space at #ISE2021, Barcelona, June 1-4, 2021, and avoid a cancellation fee (getting their money back in full). Whilst the likes of biamp, Christie, Lang AG, Panasonic and syscomtec Distribution have publicly voiced their support for the event, hundreds of other companies including […]

Breaking. @SharpNEC_EU Pull Out of #ISE2021

Friday, March 5th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Sharp/NEC announced this morning that they would not be exhibiting at #ISE2021 this year. Bernd Eberhardt, President & CEO, Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe issued a statement that said “For years, Integrated Systems Europe has been an annual highlight for our staff here at Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe, in addition to being the most […]

#ISE2021 @TripleplayServ Cancel Their Booth

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Leading Enterprise Video, IPTV and Digital Signage manufacturer, Tripleplay has withdrawn from the Integrated Systems Europe 2021 show which is still scheduled to be held in Barcelona in June. Their statemtent said “With ongoing global uncertainty over the #Covid19 pandemic, and employee safety being a key priority, Tripleplay has made the difficult decision to withdraw […]

What The Latest #ISE2021 Statement Means To Exhibitors

Monday, March 1st, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

March 1, 2021 was a self imposed deadline from the organisers of Integrated Systems Europe, we quote from their last February 4, 2021 statement “We understand our exhibitors and partners need to make commitments that will incur cost and we do not wish to burden them unnecessarily. For this reason, if circumstances impact our ability […]