Volume 19, Issue 14 — July 31, 2023

rAVe Europe — Volume 19, Issue 14

31 July 2023 | Volume: 19 | Issue: 14

Did you miss it? “Revenge-Concertgoing Boosts Europe’s Live Events”

Good afternoon, #AVtweeps. In our latest newsletter, Bob Snyder writes about the FIBA Under-19 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2023. But he doesn’t write about it just for the love of the game; this game utilized an ASB GlassFloor. Read to learn more about this technology, how it processes real-time data and its possible uses for things like ad placement and stats.

Our friends over at Futuresource also wrote an insight about the opportunities for esports in our industry. This comes as no surprise; esports is something the AV industry takes quite seriously — especially here in the U.S. However, in this article, you can see exactly how big esports is.

Finally, don’t miss the product news from tvONE, Christie, Extron and more.

Have a great week!

— Steph Beckett

COLUMNS

+ The Way the Ball Bounces: AV Style [Bob Snyder]

In Madrid, the site of the FIBA Under-19 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2023, players dribbled over an innovative ASB GlassFloor. While fans didn’t “dribble” in the same way, their mouths were certainly left agape. The basketball court now becomes an operating system, thanks to the “GlassCourt OS,” a partnership with ASB GlassFloor, dandelion + burdock, and Rapati Studio.

+ The Esports Opportunity for Professional AV [Helen Matthews]

Despite the pervasiveness of online-only events throughout 2021 and 2022, as well as the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, the market saw a 76% rise in ProAV sell-in, when comparing 2022 to pre-Covid 2019. Despite this mammoth increase, spend remains below pre-pandemic levels, achieving $243m in 2022, in comparison to $246m in 2019.