Retail & Hospitality
Retail evolution: From spectacle to strategy
In the lead feature from Installation's new edition, we look at the growing emphasis on technologies that deliver operational value as well as customer...
Technology
Connectivity
PureLink and Clevertouch announce partnership
Strategic alliance will see selected PureLink connectivity products regularly tested and validated with Clevertouch's interactive displays, aimed at collaboration, education and digital signage environments
Retail & Hospitality
Hospitality without boundaries
Hotels, bars and leisure venues increasingly need to support multiple functions, deploying technology to create flexible, adaptive environments
Displays & Signage
ZetaDisplay to build Copenhagen Airport media platform
Company's Engage Suite software will underpin a new digital advertising network across Denmark's busiest airport from January 2027, combining programmatic content delivery, audience analytics...
Displays & Signage
Fusion Signage integrates with Canva’s design platform
Australian digital signage platform now allows users to design content directly in Canva and publish it to screens without the traditional export, download and...
AV/broadcast
AIMS announces second IPMX certification event
Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), together with the Video Services Forum (VSF) and the European Broadcasting Union, will host week-long IPMX product testing...
Displays & Signage
TVD Group opens outdoor AV experience centre
Bolton-based facility lets customers, consultants and specifiers see outdoor displays, LED and audio technologies working together in a real-world environment
Immersive tech
Lightroom marks David Hockney’s 89th birthday
As a tribute to the late artist, immersive art venue in London will host special screenings of David Hockney: Bigger & Closer on July...
Displays & Signage
Prowise wins large order from German armed forces
Dutch interactive touchscreen manufacturer has been awarded a tender by the Bundeswehr – Germany’s armed forces – to supply its technology – the biggest...
AVL
The rise of AVL: real-time, AI and the future of the lighting desk
In the second of our AVL special reports, Installation examines operational realities and asks whether the lighting desk, the dedicated hardware console used to...
Displays & Signage
Tricorne Premium LED selected for world’s largest cinema screen
The 30m × 16m display, supplied by GDC Technology, is scheduled for installation at the CINEMAGNUM auditorium in Nuremberg, Germany, with completion planned for...
Audio
Installation’s latest audio eBook is now available!
Installation's latest eBook explores some of the technologies, projects and ideas shaping today's pro audio sector
Displays & Signage
Sphere’s Exosphere marks America’s 250th birthday
World’s largest LED screen, wrapping the 366ft-tall Las Vegas venue, is running a two-minute AV piece celebrating American innovation every hour from July 1-4
Immersive tech
Sony Pictures invests $100m in immersive company Cosm
Funding will support expansion of Shared Reality venues and further development of the immersive entertainment platform
Displays & Signage
Absen upgrades booking platform for global showrooms
LED display manufacturer has refreshed the interface as it expands its showroom footprint with new sites across Americas, EMEA and APAC
Displays & Signage
BrightSign partners nsign on digital signage deployment
CMS platform has been validated on BrightSign’s XT1145 and LS445 media players, allowing customers to deploy nsign on existing hardware
AV-IT
Utelogy and CybrIQ develop cloud-to-cloud integration
Partnership will bring CybrIQ’s Layer-1 network device discovery and inventory intelligence into the Utelogy AV management platform, with both companies demonstrating progress at InfoComm...
Streaming
Bluesound adds Portuguese music service Waybox to streaming platform
Inclusion gives integrators in Portugal a locally curated commercial music option within the Bluesound Professional ecosystem
AV/broadcast
Driving convergence: The tech behind AV & broadcast
Ahead of June's inaugural AV and Broadcast Summit, Helen Matthews of Futuresource discusses the tech driving convergence between the two industries
Live events
Disguise expands into Middle East with new offices and hires
Visual technology platform is establishing legal entities in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, with new regional staff and partnerships to support live events and...
Ed Tech
Futuresource report challenges assumptions about AI and EdTech
Technology alone is not the key to improving learning outcomes, with pedagogy, teacher training, infrastructure and governance having a greater influence on educational impact...
Control systems
Shifting roles: How AV systems are evolving beyond control
AV control platforms have evolved well beyond basic room management into software-driven tools for monitoring, management and analytics across entire estates
Sustainability
PPDS details sustainability progress in annual report
EcoVadis Platinum, EPEAT Climate+ Gold and low-energy display technologies among key 2025 milestones according to Philips Professional Displays provider
Displays & Signage
DSS celebrates 20th anniversary with focus on AI and platform strategies
Industry leaders at Digital Signage Summit 2026 explored the technologies, business models and partnerships shaping the next phase of digital signage and DOOH growth
Resimercial
The Aesthetic Imperative: Why resimercial demands a new design language
As the boundaries between residential and commercial AV continue to blur, a new priority has emerged: beauty. Integrators and manufacturers reveal how aesthetic demands...
Immersive tech
VDL launches dedicated immersive and 3D division
UK-based Visual Displays Ltd, a specialist in projection-based display systems, has created a new division aimed at making immersive projection environments more accessible and...
Audio
HK Audio debuts COSMO line array in Chilean market
German manufacturer’s flagship line array was demonstrated publicly for the first time in Chile at an open-air event in Villa Alemana, near Santiago, hosted...
Displays & Signage
Digital Signage Summit returns for 20th anniversary in Munich
Two-day event takes place May 20-21 at the Hilton Munich Airport, organised by invidis consulting in partnership with Integrated Systems Events
Sustainability
Klvr brings rechargeable pro audio battery system to US
Oslo-based company's Charger Pro unit holds 48 AA/AAA batteries in a 19in rack-mounted form factor, and is aimed at live events, houses of worship...
AV/broadcast
First wave of panellists confirmed for AV & Broadcast Summit
A joint event in partnership with Installation sister title TVBEurope, AV & Broadcast Summit brings together practitioners from both sectors to examine shared workflows,...
Immersive tech
Pufferfish splits into three divisions ahead of InfoComm
Edinburgh-based immersive display specialist is consolidating its operations just weeks ahead of the Las Vegas show, where it will demonstrate its latest spherical display...
Displays & Signage
Absen outlines global LED service vision in white paper
Chinese manufacturer has published a document setting out the structure and principles behind its AbsenCare support brand
Audio
Sennheiser’s Spectera debuts at Eurovision with its largest deployment yet
Installation reports from this week's Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, where the wireless system was initially deployed during the event's first semi-final, with pre-production...
Immersive tech
New hologram ‘ambassador’ deployed at LaGuardia airport
First-of-its-kind interactive 'Guest Experience Ambassador Hologram' – powered by hologram hardware platform Proto and Holomedia’s AI Concierge Wayfinder application – situated near Terminal B food hall...
AVL
The rise of AVL: How immersive production is reshaping system design
As lighting joins audio and video in a converging technology stack, Installation investigates the forces and the vendors driving the shift towards unified AVL...
AV/broadcast
Vizrt strengthens UK and Ireland presence with new distributor
Partnership with Holdan, part of the Midwich Group, designed to ensures content creators and live production teams have wider access to company's solutions
AV/broadcast
Registration now open for IBC2026
Taking place at the Amsterdam RAI, 11-14 September, the event allows attendees to explore 14 halls at the RAI for free, including an expanded...
AV/broadcast
Vizrt chosen as official Eurovision 2026 supplier
Broadcaster ORF selects Vizrt to bring high-impact visual storytelling and live production workflows to Eurovision Song Contest’s 70th edition
Connectivity
Riedel returns as Commonwealth Games connectivity partner
German company will deliver unified IP backbone with its DIVA+ solution across all venues at Glasgow 2026 event. (Pictured: Jan Sander, Riedel, and Martin...
Displays & Signage
Special report: DVLED – shifting focus
This year’s ISE saw a decisive change in the messaging surrounding many Direct View LED systems, as the focus shifts from pixels to practicality....
Residential AV
ADI upgrades Control 4 in-wall touchscreen
Redesigned interface replaces the T4 with a slimmer profile, faster processing and simplified PoE installation
AR/VR
Avantis Education receives King’s Award for Enterprise
Welsh edtech company's ClassVR virtual and augmented reality platform, used in over 90 countries, has been recognised in the Innovation category of UK's most...