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While catching up on the details of Smart Technologies’ IPO share sale – worth an eye-watering $660m – it struck me that many a-v markets are currently (or have been historically) the preserve of duopolies. In a lot of markets there isn’t a single monopolist...
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Last week turned out to be a funny time during which to try and research the trade’s views in advance of AV’s forthcoming industry confidence survey. On the one hand, industry folk returning from the bullish glories of Las Vegas were confident about the...
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Normal 0 0 1 459 2618 21 5 3215 11.1280 0 0 0 New to Vegas? Here are some local cultural experiences that give the trade show visitor a real flavour of the city. 1. Find the clock Here’s a challenge – try and find out the time in a Las Vegas casino without...
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Normal 0 0 1 552 3148 26 6 3865 11.1280 0 0 0 Los Legends In the 30 years I have been going to Las Vegas for a-v and television exhibitions, industry colleagues and I have frequented a bewildering number of watering holes, for purely social and business...
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This week all the sales teams at InfoComm will be bullish and upbeat. And one wouldn’t want to bet against the industry’s trade association and analysts releasing figures that state that the a-v sector is growing fast, that it is so diverse that it is...
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I’m surprised at the lack of industry comment on the new government’s decision to do away with Becta. Despite past criticisms of the way it awarded contracts and set interactive whiteboard pricing, the organisation pioneered the use of technology in schools...
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Industry watchers anxious to predict the industry’s future should be keeping an eye on Electrosonic, now that it has bought DRV. Last year, we were celebrating the company’s longevity in the a-v business. But, rather surprisingly, it has since stopped...
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Screenmedia Expo, which takes place at Earls Court from today, is a good illustration of how things change in the a-v world. A decade ago, the show was all about Captive Audience Networks (CAN) and luminaries such as Instrumental Media’s Bob Clarke and...
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The whole av sector is largely about enabling client organisations to communicate with their stakeholders, employees and customers. In the past, it has been more closely allied to trade customer and employee communications that with the consumer communications...
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The very idea of an a-v reseller surviving for 50 years is almost indecent in this age of specialists, niche markets and fast-changing technologies – so it was a very special occasion when Gordon Audio Visual celebrated its 50th anniversary on –wait for...
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The very fact that so many av users and suppliers are now IT-dependent has led to a natural increase in the amount of e-business they are doing. When we all buy our Christmas presents online, what's the chance of us ordering our business stationery...
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Like partners who can't live with each other or live without each other, the IT and av sectors still don't know whether to engage or divorce. There are compelling reasons why more and more corporate IT resellers should get more involved with av...
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For some time, there's been a feeling that if the av systems business were to be invented now it would be controlled by a piece of software and a generic touch screen rather than by lumps of kit running their own protocols over dedicated cable runs...
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National performances apart, the prospects for the 2010 World Cup are puzzling. In both 2002 and 2006 the av installation and displays sector did well from the football extravaganza. In 2002 LCD and DLP projector installation business flourished as decrepit...
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In some client eyes, one of those ‘running a proper business' criteria is going to be ecological soundness. We have already seen ‘green' purchasing criteria introduced into the weighting schemes that banks use when evaluating av bids, and other...
