Pro AV Trends

Why content and creative are what truly drive long term value in digital signage.

The AV industry faces disruption as tariffs reshape costs, supply chains, and investment. Margins are shrinking, China dependence persists, and shifting production brings quality challenges. Price volatility and low-cost inventory shortages delay projects, pushing firms toward flexible pricing, diversified sourcing, and stronger services.

Germany's DigitalPakt 2.0 launches procurement from 2026 with €5bn and a mandate that rewards lifecycle thinking over hardware delivery. If you're still pitching kit, you're already behind.

Discover the role of professionals who shape the sound of concerts, events, and live performances. Explore the skills, tools, and pathways that lead to a successful career in live audio.

Cirque du Soleil’s Alizé transforms the Theater am Potsdamer Platz into a laboratory of illusion. The show revolves around making the invisible visible through large‑venue projection, seamlessly integrated LED scenery, and a sophisticated tracking system that synchronizes light, video, and performer movement with millimetric precision.

Curious about how interactive whiteboards are reshaping classrooms? Discover the benefits of interactive whiteboards, and 8 creative ways that teachers can use this technology to inspire and educate.

Rise Women on Stage at EVS (Liège, 9 March 2026) cut through IWD theatre and focused on three things that decide delivery quality in 2026: keeping technical talent, earning younger audiences’ attention, and using AI where it genuinely reduces workload.

Networked AV systems rely on encryption that quantum computing is expected to weaken within their working life. The real risk isn’t future technology—it’s the installed base still running when today’s crypto stops holding.

Germany’s NIS2 implementation turns “AV on the network” into a governance and delivery issue. If you ship AV-over-IP, UCC rooms, signage, or control, you now need security proof, not promises.