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We're back with our May news recap, breaking down the latest Daktronics news across multiple markets. Justin and Matt cover a fast-growing out-of-home partnership with Street Media Group, a major stadium upgrade at UNC, a top-ten video display in college baseball at the University of Virginia and details on the upcoming High School Video Summit.    Links: Daktronics Announces 2026 High School Video Summit for Educators and Student-Led Live Event Production University of Virginia, Daktronics Brighten Davenport Field with Top Ten Largest Video Display in College Baseball UNC Improves Fan Experience with 11 Daktronics LED Displays Daktronics Technology Fuels Street Media Group's Rapid Multi-State Expansion      

As the world of AI expands and people are adopting new uses every day, Justin and Matt sat down with Sheila Anderson, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Daktronics, to hear how the company is integrating AI into the business. The conversation covers best practices for AI, what Daktronics is using, how different business segments are capitalizing on AI efficiencies and more.  

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In this sit-down session, we talked with Bradley Drummond, our new Vice President of Strategy. He shares his background and previous experience leading up to joining the company. This includes his career path, which includes the AV scene in hospitality venues, working overseas and his journey back to the Midwest. We round out the conversation with his role at Daktronics and what he's looking forward to digging into in the coming year.  

In this episode of the Daktronics Experience Podcast, Justin Ochsner and Matt Anderson take a look back at April 2026. From major league installations to cutting-edge AV integrations, they break down the latest Daktronics projects and announcements across sports, transportation, higher education, and out-of-home     Links: Daktronics and Circle City Outdoor Strengthen Community Connections with New Digital Billboard Asheville Tourists Bring New Outfield Display to Baseball Games from Daktronics Inter Miami CF opens Miami Freedom Park with 26 LED Displays from Daktronics and DCL Gary SouthShore RailCats Upgrade Visual Experience With Daktronics Display Daktronics Levels Up Esports Experience at UC San Diego Big New Audiovisual Experience Headed to Illinois State University from Daktronics Daktronics Hires Jeff Taggart to Serve High Schools and Community Facilities Daktronics to Join Grass Valley at NAB in Las Vegas Daktronics and New York Yankees Team Up for Display Upgrades, Brighter Visuals at Yankee Stadium USC Calls On Daktronics for Upgraded Video Displays for Athletics LAX Transforms the Travel Experience with Daktronics Video Display System Upgrade at Tom Bradley International Terminal Daktronics to Ring Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell on April 8, 2026  

We're constantly innovating our products, and the latest to receive an update is our Street Furniture. To hear all the details, we spoke with Lori Sieler, Daktronics product manager. She dives into the application, how it makes a positive impact and how the latest version supports our customers and their needs.    Links: Street Furniture Webpage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/products/digital-street-furniture    

We joined forces with Grass Valley at NAB this year, so we visited with Greg Doggett, Grass Valley's VP of Sports, to hear more about the integration our teams provide. He shares the details of the partnership, what visitors to NAB can expect to see at the booth and more.   Links: Grass Valley Website: https://www.grassvalley.com/  NAB Show: https://www.nabshow.com/las-vegas/ Daktronics News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/daktronics-to-join-grass-valley-at-nab-in-las-vegas  

As the College Basketball Madness tips off around the country, we take a look at what that means from a Daktronics perspective by bringing back David Reynhout, Daktronics Customer Success Specialist in the Live Events Business, to break it all down. We cover how many venues are featuring Daktronics equipment, how our services team supports those venues and so much more. We even dig into an industry-specific topic on which clock is official for those buzzer beaters! Spoiler alert – it's not the timer you see at the bottom of the TV screen on the broadcast graphic.    

Follow along as Justin and Matt recap the month of February from a Daktronics perspective. They start with a baseball Spring Training site in Florida, move to a soccer stadium in California, and round things out with a mixed-use development and complete entertainment district for OCVIBE.   Links: Big Upgrade to Spring Training Experience with New Daktronics Displays at Phillies' BayCare Ballpark Dignity Health Sports Park Improves Fan Engagement Through Daktronics LED Display, Control System Upgrade OCVIBE and Global Digital Display Firm Daktronics Announce Technology Partnership  

With a new CEO set to lead the company, we sat down with Ramesh to hear more about him. He shares details of his past work experience, his journey to Daktronics and his family. We also discuss his first impressions of the Brookings community and his visit to our corporate headquarters.   Links: YouTube Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_7iG_itES4  News Announcement: https://investor.daktronics.com/news-releases/news-release-details/daktronics-appoints-ramesh-jayaraman-president-and-chief  Bio: https://investor.daktronics.com/board-directors/ramesh-jayaraman-jayaraman  LinkedIn Profile: https://investor.daktronics.com/board-directors/ramesh-jayaraman-jayaraman  

January brought big partnerships, record-breaking displays and exciting momentum across the industry. From connecting students with real-world gameday production through a new partnership with the American Association of Professional Baseball to massive new video boards at the University of Illinois, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Virginia Tech, there's plenty to recap. We also welcomed a new addition to the Daktronics team. Matt and Justin break down all the highlights from January 2026.   Links: Daktronics Partners with American Association of Professional Baseball to Connect Students with Real-World Career Game-Day Experience Winnipeg Blue Bombers Improve Game-Day Experience with Daktronics Video Displays Daktronics Hires Thomas Welling to AV Channel Partner Team Illinois, Daktronics Install Largest Video Display in College Football Virginia Tech Improves Live Event Experience at Cassell Coliseum with Daktronics Displays

When the professional world interacts with students, everyone wins! Working to make this happen, Lior Kolton, Group Account Executive with the Milwaukee Bucks and Fiserv Forum, introduced Theatre Day in 2025 and is excited for the event's second year coming up in April 2026. He joined us to tell us all the details and so much more.   Links: Contact Lior for more information: 414.908.3773, Lior.kolton@bucks.com  Daktronics at Fiserv Forum: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/photos?k=Milwaukee%20Bucks&project=198612&media=WP-022296 DakClassroom: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/markets/sports/high-schools/dakclassroom   

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If you love college football, you're going to love this quick road trip with Justin and Matt as they take you to every stadium featuring Daktronics technology and event support this bowl season! From Atlanta and Miami to Texas and California, Daktronics is powering the biggest moments in college football.   

Join Justin and Matt as they look back on a big month for Daktronics. From the University of Richmond upgrading the Robins Center with a new display system and Park Outdoor celebrating its 50th digital billboard, to an upcoming Women in Sports event and Dak Prescott's gift transforming Haughton High School, there's plenty to cover. We also recap the three podcast episodes released in November, featuring insights on game presentation, DakClassroom and major display upgrades.   Links: Park Outdoor Celebrates 50th Digital Billboard with High-Visibility Upgrade Near Syracuse Women In Sports Online Event in December to Focus On Fostering an Environment of Excellence Registration Link: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/events/women-in-sports University of Richmond Upgrades Robins Center with Daktronics Display System Prescott Field: How Dak Prescott's Gift Sparked a New Era at Haughton High (VIDEO) Prescott Field Dedication at Haughton High School  

In this episode, we're joined by Lucas Dahlberg, Game Presentation talent and student at the University of St. Thomas. Lucas shares how his journey began with running a high school video board and quickly grew into building full game-day productions, leading student crews, and now working hands-on in a brand-new D1 facility.   He talks through his progression from Elk River High School to St. Thomas, what it was like opening a brand-new arena, and how he landed a role with the Minnesota Wild… all before finishing his first year of college.   Lucas also breaks down how he builds shows using Daktronics tools like Show Control, what he's learned from watching productions at every level, and why giving students access and ownership is so important for growing the industry.   That's all from the transcription I uploaded to ChatGPT, it also suggested adding a "Topics Covered" in the show notes: Topics Covered How Lucas got his start with video boards as a high school freshman Growing an entire student-run events team from scratch Transitioning to the University of St. Thomas and producing D1-level shows Building the first-ever game presentation for the new Lee & Penny Anderson Arena Working promotions for the Minnesota Wild and how that changed his perspective Idea “hacking” — pulling inspiration from pro venues and college gamedays The tools he uses every day, including Daktronics Show Control Advice for students and schools wanting to get into live event production Whether you're in athletics, production, or just love hearing about passionate young talent in sports, Lucas's story is a great look at the next generation of game-day creators.   Links: University of St. Thomas Athletics: https://tommiesports.com/  DakClassroom: ht tps://www.daktronics.com/en-us/markets/sports/high-schools/dakclassroom Camino: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/products/software-and-controllers/show-control/products/camino  Show Control: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/products/software-and-controllers/show-control   

Join Justin and Matt as they look back on a big month for Daktronics! From the excitement of our annual Sales Expo and the record-setting installation at Oklahoma Softball, now home to the largest video board in all of college softball, to a full month focused on our Services team, there was plenty to cover. The duo also recaps the five podcast episodes released in October, featuring conversations with members of our Services group from across the U.S. and around the world.   Links: Oklahoma State Engages Fans with Largest LED Video Display in College Softball from Daktronics Sales Expo 2025 Strengthens Sign Company Partnerships and Showcases Design Excellence Daktronics Blog Site Services Podcast Episodes: 272 – Inside Daktronics Services with Marian Verhaert 271 – Inside Daktronics Services with Jack Pickett 269 – Inside Daktronics Services with Melissa Carson 268 – Inside Daktronics Services with Brandon Johnson 266 – Inside Daktronics Services with Thair Kayed  

Rounding out our mini-series on Daktronics Services, Marian Verhaert, Service Manager for Europe, joins the podcast. She shares her role in supporting our customers, how the process works with the services team in her region, including multiple markets and applications, and more.  

Jack Pickett, account service manager for Daktronics in the southeast region, is the next to join our services mini-series! He shares experiences from his 22 total years with Daktronics, how important a service agreement is for our customers, what success looks like for him and the Daktronics services team, and so much more.  

Next up on our services mini-series, we were joined by Melissa Carson, Market Service Manager of Live Events and Spectaculars at Daktronics. She goes in-depth on her role in customer service and support, how the Daktronics team is there for customers before, during and after large events, and how the company supports 24/7 uptime.   Links Previous episode with Melissa: 113 - Daktronics Approach to Customer Training with Melissa Carson  

Continuing with our services mini-series, we're talking with Brandon Johnson, Daktronics Technical Support Engineer. He shares his role in Daktronics services and how the group is structured to support Daktronics customers around the world, how being proactive can help alleviate potential concerns, his goal of helping create customers for life and more.  

Join Justin and Matt as they cover a packed month of announcements,10 news releases in total! From professional sports venues and universities to transportation hubs and international projects, the team recaps all the highlights and stories that made headlines in September.   News Releases: Daktronics Introduces All Sport Pro for Fixed-Digit Scoreboards CHI Health Center Omaha Refreshes Digital Video Experience with Daktronics Displays Daktronics Delivers 80-Foot Viewing Experience at Circa Kentucky Downs Daktronics Brings Messaging Opportunities to Pedestrian Bridges at Yas Bay Waterfront, Abu Dhabi Collaborative AV and Daktronics Partner to Upgrade Auditorium Experience at Marine Corps University Quantico OG&E Coliseum Brings Video Focus to Live Events with Daktronics Centerhung System Prospera Place Elevates Atmosphere With One of the Largest Centerhungs in CHL from Daktronics Eye On Crime Increases with Daktronics, High Point Networks Collaboration for Pueblo Police Department's Real-Time Crime Center Daktronics Releases Data Studio Volleyball for 2025 Season University of Kansas Kicks Off Football Season with Huge Stadium Improvements Including New Daktronics Video Display

In this mini-series of episodes, we dive into Daktronics Services and all that entails. We're starting with a conversation with Thair Kayed, Regional Services Manager in the Middle East. He shares his experiences working with Daktronics for 13 years, how our Dubai team sets customers up for success, how we remain available for support after the sale and much more.     

Justin and Matt recently sat down with Jim Vasgaard and Tye Dato to discuss Daktronics' advancement into COB (Chip On Board) dvLED solutions for highly secure Federal Government and Military applications across the country. Discover the importance of the Fed/Gov & Military marketplaces choosing products that are designed, engineered, tested and built in the United States using global parts  – and how Daktronics' TAA-compliant dvLED is helping set the standard within command-and-control AV environments.   Links: YouTube Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0PksyIeuNQ  Daktronics Brochure: https://daktronics.widen.net/s/qpphdqgttb/brochure_military-and-government-high-resolution-led-displays Daktronics Infographic: https://daktronics.widen.net/s/fszr2d6cjh/infographic_daktronics-and-department-of-defense  

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What has Daktronics been up to in the month of August 2025? Join Justin and Matt as they recap projects and events that were announced in the past month, from high schools to multi-use arenas to industry conferences and more.   Links: Sign Companies and Industry Experts to Gather for Daktronics Sales Expo 2025 Denny Sanford PREMIER Center Selects Daktronics to Refresh Digital Display Experience for Visitors Plum Senior High School Gets Tech Boost from Daktronics, We're All Mustangs Here Foundation and Benefactor Pat McAfee IDEA Conference Recognizes Daktronics with Multiple Awards South Dakota Enhances Highway Safety with Upgraded Message Displays      

When Sidney Public Schools decided to install an outdoor video display at their stadium, they turned to Daktronics for consistency with their indoor installation from 2021. To hear the details of how they incorporated video displays into the high school setting and involved their students, Justin and Matt talked with Matt McKay, Sidney Public School's Director of IT Services. He expands on the integration as well as his experiences of learning the product, attending the recent Daktronics High School Video Summit and much more.   Links: DakClassroom: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/markets/sports/high-schools/dakclassroom   

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Join hosts Justin and Matt as they explore standout Daktronics projects and announcements from July 2025. From next-gen control systems and fuel price displays to major arena upgrades and landmark digital signage, this month's highlights showcase the innovation and impact of our technology across sports, cities and beyond.   News Releases: University of Tennessee Brings New View to Food City Center with 11-Display Centerhung System from Daktronics Daktronics Hosts 7th Annual High School Video Summit Daktronics Women In Sports Online Event Returns In August 2025 The Now's Corner Cube Display Lights Up Advertising and Art on Sunset Boulevard from Daktronics Daktronics Delivers Centerhung Experience to SM Mall of Asia Arena's The Cube Daktronics Launches Fuelight 5000: The Latest in Fuel Price Display and Control Technology Daktronics Unveils Next Generation of Energy-Efficient Urban Billboards Daktronics and Grass Valley Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver End-to-End Venue Solutions Park Outdoor Lights up Ithaca with Region's First Digital Billboard Utah State Ready to Deliver Improved Game-Day Experience with Daktronics LED Display System Daktronics Unveils New Show Control Experience for Live Events Market

Daktronics and Grass Valley have created a partnership to provide end-to-end production for live events. Justin and Matt visit with Greg Doggett, Grass Valley's VP of Sales, NAM Sports, and  Greg Fleischbein, Daktronics Professional Services, to provide the background of this partnership and what it means for the live event production world going forward. There will also be more conversations to share these details during the IDEA Conference in July.   Links: News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/daktronics-and-grass-valley-announce-strategic-partnership-to-deliver-end-to-end-venue-solutions IDEA Website: www.ideaontheweb.org  

Join hosts Justin and Matt as they dive into six standout Daktronics projects from June 2025. From college and high school athletics to international smart city upgrades, this month's highlights show the wide reach of our display technology.   Links: University of St. Thomas Brings Light to New Multipurpose Arena with Daktronics Displays Roadways in Riyadh Municipality Inform Drivers with 36 Daktronics LED Displays Daktronics Announces First-Annual DakClassroom Student Showcase Award Winners Assumption High School Expands Sports Media Opportunities for Young Women Wake Forest University Brings Elevated Volleyball Experience with Daktronics Displays Continuous Centerhung Coming to the University of Nebraska at Omaha from Daktronics

In this episode, Justin and Matt recap the highlights from May 2025, including several exciting Daktronics news releases. They cover the upcoming Women in Sports online event set for June. Plus, hear about recent display upgrades across the country including the University of Delaware softball, Auburn football, Centreville Bank Stadium and Huron High School. These all enhance the fan experience with Daktronics technology. Women In Sports Online Event in June Focuses On Insights from Coaching and Athletics Business Experience Registration Link: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/events/women-in-sports University of Delaware Brings Large Video Upgrade to Softball Games with Daktronics Technology Auburn University Adds to Football Experience with Daktronics Upgrade Daktronics Brings LED Displays to Life for Centreville Bank Stadium Huron High School Elevates Live Event Experience with Daktronics Digital Display Installation  

The iconic Santiago Bernabéu Stadium underwent a major LED display upgrade, including a massive Halo display. To hear about the impact it is having a Real Madrid C.F. matches, Justin and Matt sat down with Enrique Uriel, the club's head of IT, and Ivan Del Rio, Daktronics lead sales on the project. The conversation includes the decision behind the stadium's new halo, the rest of the displays installed throughout the stadium and how they are using the technology to entertain fans at every event.   Links: Daktronics News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/daktronics-new-real-madrid-official-stadium-supplier Real Madrid Project Highlight Video: https://youtu.be/-mbnoyWWqXU?si=HvlEAaOKW0b5_LN4

Join us as Justin and Matt dive into the latest Daktronics projects and product updates from April 2025. They break down multiple installations, including new LED video displays for the Akron RubberDucks, Chesapeake Baysox and UNC Wilmington. They also cover the massive upgrade at Allstate Arena, a groundbreaking partnership with the Tennessee Titans' new Nissan Stadium and a cutting-edge esports setup at Syracuse University. Plus, they introduce Live Switch, a new video production tool aimed at high schools and small-scale productions. Whether you're a sports tech enthusiast or just love seeing how digital displays transform fan experiences, this roundup episode brings you all the highlights.   Tennessee Titans - Nissan Stadium Rendering   Links: Allstate Arena Lights Up for Audiences with 30 LED Displays from Daktronics Daktronics Introduces Live Switch, a New Video Production Switcher for High School Marketplace Tennessee Titans Bring ‘Ring Of Fire' to Game-Day with 37-Display Super System at the New Nissan Stadium UNC Wilmington Bringing LED Video Experience to Brooks Field from Daktronics Improved Baseball Experience Headed to Chesapeake Baysox with Daktronics Installation Akron RubberDucks Improve Stadium Experience with Daktronics Displays Direct-View LED Video Walls from Daktronics Bring Esports and Gaming to Life at Syracuse University

As our Creative Services team expands, we've added Keith Haeberle as Production Manager. We spoke with him earlier this year to hear about his previous experiences and how they relate to his new role with Daktronics, including a focus on processes and operations.   Links: Daktronics Creative Services Website: daktronics.com/creativeservices

In this quick episode, we take a look back at all the news releases from March. From exciting project announcements to tech upgrades and upcoming events, we cover everything you might've missed. Tune in for a fast-paced recap and stay in the loop with the latest from Daktronics.   Links: Daktronics Women In Sports Online Event Set for April 2025 Webinar Registration Link: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/events/women-in-sports Daktronics Delivers LED Displays for Three Pakistan Cricket Stadiums New Generation of Outdoor High-Resolution Display Available from Daktronics  

With Syracuse University looking to deliver the ultimate gaming and esports experience, they selected Daktronics for two massive video displays. To hear about all the aspects of the project and the entire gaming space, Justin and Matt visited with Joey Gawrysiak, Syracuse Executive Director of Esports, and Sean Kelly, Syracuse Director of Esports Production and Outreach. They shared the intention of the space, how it operates and how the displays help bring it to life for audiences.   Links: News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/direct-view-led-video-walls-from-daktronics-bring-esports-and-gaming-to-life-at-syracuse-university  YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/N8L8wWh7HpA?si=TcWBHi2d0yvTP3in  Syracuse Esports Website: https://www.syracuse.edu/campus-life/sports-recreation/esports/  

The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT All kinds of people in this industry are very aware that while there is lot of dodgy stuff, there is also lots of well made display technology available from Chinese manufacturers who have zero brand recognition outside of that country. Buy potential buyers don't tend to have the time or resources to make the big flights over the Pacific to visit China and directly source reliable manufacturing partners. And they really - if they're smart - don't want to just order stuff, and then cross their fingers and toes hoping the stuff shows up, lines up with what was ordered, works, and then meets necessary certifications. Jacob Horwitz saw an opportunity to create a new company that functions as something as a boutique digital signage distribution company that sources, curates and markets display and related technologies that its resellers can then take to market. Horwitz will be familiar to a lot of industry people for a pair of installation companies he started and ran the U.S. - IST and later Zutek. In both cases, he sold the companies, and he could have just retired ... but he didn't want to retire. Nor did his wife, because a Jacob with too much time on his hands would make her crazy. So he started Illuminology with a longtime industry friend and business partner Stephen Gottlich, who for many years ran the digital file for Gable. I caught up with Horwitz to talk about the origins and rationale for Illuminology, which is just spinning up but has some big plans. Subscribe from wherever you pick up new podcasts. TRANSCRIPT Jacob, it was nice speaking with you. You have started a company called Illuminology, which sounds like you started a cult, but I think that's not what it is.  Jacob Horwitz: Not yet, no, We hope it will be at some point, a good following, but first off, Dave, thanks for having me. It's been nine years since you and I first chatted on a podcast. I don't know if you realize that. It was December of 2016, and we had just finished, I think maybe the nationwide rollout of Burger King, you and I had a chat about that, and it's hard to believe nine years have gone by.  This was when you had IST?  Jacob Horwitz: Installation Service Technologies was a nationwide installation and service company, that was sold in 2018 and then a year later, I restarted a company called Zootech, and I was approached by a customer who was looking to be entrepreneurial and that company is now owned by Karen Salmon. It's a woman-owned business mow, and her father was the founder of Powerpoint of Sale. I took a couple of years off. I have a person that I have worked with for 30 years, my business partner, Stephen Gottlich. I think you've met Stephen, and he has been working with Gable Signs for the last 17 years and I think what Illuminology is now is a culmination of really two parallel journeys. Stephen took a traditional sign company 17 years ago down a path of innovation, and Gable went from a bending metal traditional sign company to a visual solutions company my background, which has been installation and service for the last 20 years, brings together two people who are a little bit older than when you and I first talked nine years ago.  It was probably 60 pounds ago when I talked to you for the first time. I'm a little gray or a little wiser and a little bit older. So the two of us come from really parallel journeys in different areas of digital signage, and we wanted to create something a little different in the United States. We'd seen some business models and other parts of the world that seem to be working. So we wanted to create a marketplace that would expand digital signage to companies interested in expanding their scope of business. So we focus a lot on traditional sign companies other technology-type companies, and installation companies. They all have some type of footprint in the verticals with technology but they're not carrying digital signage.  So we thought, how do we expand digital signage to reach a lot more people? And we've come up with this business model.  So for people who are completely unfamiliar with it, how do you describe it in your elevator pitch? Jacob Horwitz: The easiest way to describe it is to think of us as a traditional distributor of digital signage to authorized resellers. Much like a Blue Star, B&H, except that we're very boutique, and we're very focused, and we're very passionate. Stephen and I are not, we've been fortunate in business. I'm 65, Stephen is 70-ish, so we know we don't have a lot of time to build something that's going to take years and years, but we wanted to build something special.  So you would be like, an Almo or those kinds of companies, but much more focused specifically on digital signage?  Jacob Horwitz: … And being able to support them differently. So take a digital traditional sign company, next month, we'll be at the International Sign Show in Las Vegas, the USA, and a lot of those people are digital, but it's amazing how many fast signs, and banners to go, those types of places that are selling digital signage today and have no idea what digital is. They're very old and traditional.  I think of it if you sold typewriters or telephones a couple of decades ago and you didn't evolve in the IP phones and computers, you're probably not in business anymore. So we're taking a lot of those types of sign companies. We have a course called Illuminology University. We take them through an 8 to 10-week course. These are live training classes and curricula we put together to train them about what is a sign in digital singage, what's LED, what's LCD, what is GOB versus COB, just really teaching them about the industry and they have a lot of reach in the verticals that traditional people selling digital signage today don't have. The other thing that makes us unique. When you go to traditional companies like Blue Stars, you don't have everything available under one distributor. We have an experience center that's opening next week in Kansas City. It's a supermarket of visual solutions, so you'll be able to see not just LED or LCD, but you're also going to see light boxes, you're going to see different kiosks, you're going to see where AI comes into play with digital signage, you're going to have a good understanding in our experience center of the programmatic side of how things can be monetized with a digital retail network. I think that because of the 30 years that Steven and I have been involved in technology and in the last twenty in digital signage, we can be much more of a boutique to help people with a wider range of solutions, not just a traditional 55-inch monitor, but LED posters, you had on your blog a few weeks ago that digital desk, which is part of our showroom, so I think it's about innovation. I think it's about a wider range of solutions, and it's hopefully in our last chapters of life, having a lot of fun with our partners.  So I assume if I call or contact one of the larger distributors who do unified communications, do all kinds of different things, and I start asking them about it, I'm a POS company, I have a customer who's asking me about menu boards and things like that. I don't know where to start.  If you talk to a larger distribution company, they have a sheet or a system that lists all the stuff they have and they can rattle off, here's what we have, what do you want, whereas you're saying because you're much more focused on this area and you have an experience center, people could come in and you can try to find something that's tailored to their needs as opposed to what we have.  Jacob Horwitz: Yeah, I think that all those traditional distribution models are very good at taking orders and taking money. A couple of them even have some departments where they're trying to help you with that consultive part of the business but I think at the end of the day, from my installation side, conservatively, we installed well over 400,000 displays in every kind of vertical you could imagine when I owned IST.  We did the new SoFi Stadium. We did all of their point of sale. Arlington Stadium, we did all of their digital assets when Daktronics had contracted us. And Stephen has done every kind of hardware installs you could think of when he was with Gable. So I think that being able to work with a company and be there to hold their hand too, we've already gotten on a plane and gone to sales calls with our partners. You're not going to get that from a traditional distributor. We work and do the RFPs with them. We work with them on pricing and quotes. So it's a little bit different than just trying to take an order so I think that's what makes us unique and the education and our school of hard knocks, you know, god knows, we've made an awful lot of mistakes in 20 years So I think we're gotten pretty good at what we do.  So are you selling strictly third-party stuff, or are there products that fall under the Illuminology brand or a related brand?  Jacob Horwitz: We've been going back and forth for a decade now to China. Stephen and I's first project together, was Simon Properties, 250 malls, and one of the largest media networks for digital out-of-home in the country, we designed the kiosk 10 years ago that they were still using and running in their malls, and that was a factory direct where we worked directly with the factories, built a kiosk, and were able to give Simon an amazing solution, especially where technology was 10 years ago.  So through that experience and over the last decade, we've met absolutely the best factories in China. There are a lot of stereotypes of what a Chinese factory could look like, and until you go and you see the automation and the technology there, God knows you've done it. You've been all over the world. It's not what a lot of people think. So we work directly with factories. We are creating two brands. There are more later on in the year, we are white labeling or branding our product. There'll be a line of displays called LightScapes, and then there'll be a line of kiosks called EasyOSK. So these are part of our longer-term business plan to have a brand. So you're not just saying, well, we bought these from some factories in Taiwan Korea Vietnam and China. We work very closely with the factories. We work very closely with people like AUO who are on the display side, and the panel side, and we will have some things that are unique within that brand. It will not just be the same product that everybody can buy. But because we're doing factory direct because we've got ten-year relationships with these factories, and they know Stephen and me well. We've been going except during COVID several times a year to China. I think that we're able to buy from them at incredibly good pricing and pass those savings on to our resellers. So what if you had a Chinese manufacturer that's strong domestically in that country and has a lot of them trying to come to the U.S. or over to Europe and say, here we are, and not get anywhere, would you sell their product under their brand or would it have to fall under one of your brands? Jacob Horwitz: No, we sell generic products as well. So for example, that desk that you talk about, I was in that factory last month. The person who owns that factory is a very small equity owner within Illuminology because we've known her for ten years and anything that comes from any factory out of China, she will go do that quality check before it ever hits the container to get over here. So she's a very instrumental part of our business over there, but we sell some of the stuff out of her factory as a generic product. It's not necessarily branded with LightScapes. It might be branded with Illuminology, but when you go look at the certification tags and serial numbers, it's still her company name on it, whereas LightScapes and EasyOSK are true white-labeled products that are going to be unique to us. Does that get around any regulatory issues in terms of what can come over from China if it's coming through you?  Jacob Horwitz: The regulations that are driving everybody in our industry crazy right now are the tariffs. But, to us, I think some of the big things that you don't see out of Chinese companies are the right approvals. We're very focused right now on our products being a UL or UL equivalent. There are five or six laboratories that are like MET. That is exactly like UL. It's UL-approved. We had a very large factory send us apart to test and they looked at it yesterday and we already rejected it because the power supply was not a UL-approved power supply. We said, we're not even going to test it.  So I think that those are things that are not regulatory from the U.S., but they're important to us, from a safety side, especially when you're working with enterprise tier one customers, they, have to have the right certifications, but I think the only thing that's causing us headaches is not the regulatory side, but, trying to figure out the right pricing with tariffs and how we handle that. Cause it's changing by the day.  Jacob Horwitz: Every time I look up, I'm afraid to look at the TV to see if it's higher or whatnot, but all of our pricing that we post to our dealers today is a landed cost from Kansas City. So it's including if we had inbound shipping or we had tariffs, we don't want our resellers to have to worry about that and they know that this is the pricing and if the tariffs go away, then we can lower that price. But if it goes crazy, they need to be prepared. We're working closely with some factories right now in Taiwan, Korea, and others in Vietnam so that we have a backup solution because right now the lion's share is coming from China.  If it's touched in Taiwan or touched in Vietnam, but with Chinese components, does that make a difference? Jacob Horwitz: Yeah, we just had that problem. We had ordered some stuff that came in from Canada, and this was before the Canadian tariff of 25%. This was two-three weeks before that, and we got a bill for tariffs, and we were talking with the U.S. Customs and the experts at DHL and UPS, and it turns out, if you're buying something from, for example, the great area of Canada, where you're sitting at home, but the company we bought it from manufactured their part in China when they ship it to us and their commercial invoice to U.S. Customs asks the company in Canada, where the country of origin it was manufactured and even though I bought it from Canada, had no idea that the part I ordered was not manufactured in Canada, we got hit with that 20 percent tariff on that product, and that surprised us. We didn't think it through or understand and the hard part is even when you talk to the absolute top people at U.S. Customs at the borders that are doing this, they're not even sure hour by hour what the rules are. So it's been hard.  We had another container come in and we had, I think, a $7k or $8k tariff. This is when it was 10%, but it landed in the U.S. before the tariff started and they still would not release it without us paying the tariff. Two days ago, we got that money back from U.S. customs. They realized they shouldn't have even charged it. It was before the date the tariff started. But unfortunately, by the time we released it, they held it hostage for a bit. So it's a hard situation, but we're going to work with other countries and I think that everybody's in the same boat, and I think in terms of pricing, our distribution model is much like the traditional guys. It's on a very low margin. So we have to have a lot of resellers that are looking to expand their business. So I'm curious about markets like Vietnam and India, which I keep hearing about, having gotten into electronics and being alternatives to Korea, Taiwan, particularly China, is that industry, particularly on the display side, mature enough now to buy products from there?  Jacob Horwitz: Since September, I've visited sixteen different countries across the world, I think on three or four continents and getting ready for the right factories and the right things and just enjoying travel at the same time, and the one thing that surprised me is how far behind the U.S. is compared to a lot of parts of the world and how much digital signage you see. Also, when you talk to these people what they're paying for digital signage throughout other parts of the world is far less money than the U.S. customers paying us companies for digital signage. The margins in Asia and Europe are much thinner than the traditional margins that resellers have been getting in the U.S.  Our motto, and you see it across our website, is “The Best for Less”, and we have tried to find the best factories in the world and be able to give it at a price that is not greedy. That's a win for us, for our resellers, and most importantly for the companies that are trying to buy and put that digital signage into their business so they can inspire and tell a story to their customer. And I think that even in the smallest towns of Vietnam, you still see digital outdoor LEDs on the sides of buildings and you go into the shopping malls and it's far more digital than you see here. So that was interesting to me as I've got to travel the world in the last four months. Is it a function of cost or awareness?  Jacob Horwitz: I'm not sure, but I'm assuming first it's a function of cost because where they're working on margins that are so much less, it allows that to get into people's businesses, and when you're charging $1k for a 55-inch commercial grade LCD, 500 nit monitor, it's a barrier to entry. So we're trying to brand something and bring something to the market where we can be 20% less to the end user than a lot of the traditional things, and we think we've accomplished that. The tariffs hurt us a little bit, but they hurt everybody by and large. So I think that's really why the U.S. is slower. I don't want to use the word greed. I own businesses, but people have tried to get margins that I don't think you can get anymore, and I think that you're going to have to find other ways to monetize your business through the installation side, through the content side, and I think that it's also helping companies. It's a big part of what we do. I think of Chris at Stratacash, he has a whole area where he helps monetize their solutions and it's helped, and we're looking at that closely. We're working with three or four companies right now where we can have our resellers work directly with them and educate their end users on how they can monetize the solution, through advertising in certain verticals. Not all verticals are conducive to digital out-of-home, but most are.  So that's an important part of how we're going to help move products into places that normally maybe couldn't afford to put the right solutions in. I assume that there are all kinds of people in North America, the U.S. in particular, who are aware that they can buy stuff via AliExpress or whatever. But they've heard enough to know, yes, you can pay substantially less, but you have to cross your fingers when it shows up.  Is Illuminology positioned as a safe harbor way to do it? Like we're doing the sourcing, we've figured that part out so we could pass on those savings without all the worry. Jacob Horwitz: Look to me, those sites are a lot like a box of chocolates. You never really know what you're going to get when that product shows up. As I said, even with the sample we got from somebody yesterday not being the right display, UL, and approvals, we're not going to be a website where you can buy whatever you want. It's going to be very focused on innovation. It's going to be the same factories. As I'm sure you've seen I get if I get one I get at least three emails every day from some Chinese factory trying to sell you whatever and everyone is a nickel cheaper than the other and I think that's just Pennywise and quality foolish.  So we're not going to be that it's going to be the best for less, and if we can create this supermarket of visual solutions, and it's a great product and the pricing can hit the street to an end user, double-digit, less expensive, and we are distributing through companies that have reached where the traditional resellers aren't touching, then we think that will help expand digital signage across the U.S.  So these would be reached to like the sign companies you mentioned, maybe the point of sale technology companies, those kinds of companies?  Jacob Horwitz: I have a guy I talked to a couple of days ago who sells medical devices. Nothing to do with digital signage. He's out there every day selling blood pressure machines or whatever medical devices he's selling and in the last few days, I've probably talked three times to him now about the opportunity he has to do stuff in the medical world because he's already out there calling on places to put in screens and some LED posters. And, so I think it's all kinds of places that maybe haven't even thought about incorporating digital signage into their end-user business, and these people are now educating why being able to tell a story through digital is so much better than a static sign.  So yeah, it's been enlightening to see all the different verticals you can all of a sudden make inroads that you never thought about. Yeah. So many companies are just going down the same familiar path of chasing QSRs, chasing retail, and I've always advised people to look at those other kinds of companies that already have established trust with your target vertical who supply other things to them and partner with them. Jacob Horwitz: Yeah, it's been interesting. When I was doing the installation side, we did a lot of QSR, McDonald's, Burger King, Sonic, Del Taco, that type of stuff, and a lot of them have seen a few of the first initial posts we've done and they're calling and asking more of what we can do and I'm excited just about window technology whether that be an LED, a double-sided LCD hanging in the window of a fast food restaurant is so much more effective than printing two breakfast sandwiches for $5 and shipping it out to the store, hoping the manager puts it in the window during the promotional time. Half the time, three weeks after the motions are over, they still have that digital thing in there saying breakfast sandwiches or the static poster thing, and then at 10:30 when breakfast is over, they're still talking about breakfast sandwiches instead of talking about Value meals or other desserts or other things they could be buying during dinner. So it makes nothing but sense to have those assets in there.  But the people who are buying their outdoor digital menu board don't even offer that product. So we feel that a supermarket with a full set of solutions, in a C-store to be able to do a stretch screen and a gondola and still do their monitors over their register and doing their digital menu board and having things that inspire people to walk in from the pump into the C-store, we have that full range of product where a lot of people just don't have a full range of offerings to that.  When you say a full range of products, is it purely display technology, or does your supermarket have other things?  Jacob Horwitz: We do light boxes, which are just an aluminum extruded frame that hangs on a wall with backlit LED, but it's a fabric, you see them in every airport. So we do a lot of light boxes, and that's a very affordable and very effective solution. It's a static display, but it pops.  We are doing music. We have partnered with CloudCover. CloudCover is owned by SiriusXM, I believe, and Pandora, because we think that it's part of the whole experience, it's touching all the senses of when you go into that business, we think music is a really important part of branding your business. So there are several out there that are there. We've hitched our ride there on the software side. Because we have to support the dealers, we have, we offer two software platforms, and it's because of relationship and stability and they're the best. There's a saying, if you're the smartest guy in the room, you're in the wrong room and so we've partnered with people that make me where I am not even close to the smartest guy in the room. We love working with Navori. We think Jeffrey Weitzman is amazing. So we offer to our partners and we've worked aggressively to have a good distribution model in Navori to our partners and potential end users. So if I'm sitting in a room with Jeff Hastings, I'm not the smartest guy in the room anymore. So we offer BrightSign, and BrightAuthor, and the players we go with are either the Navori or the BrightSign players, and we offer that CMS. They're not. The cheapest CMS, you had a great interview with Alistair and what they're doing and I listened to you last night. So there are a lot of options, but we have to support the dealer network. So to be able to have a dealer that wants to go off and do a different CMS, we support that. They can send us software and we'll test it to make sure, particularly if it's going to be SOC, that what they're using is going to run properly on that version of Android. So we'll support them that way or just before we order the product, we'll go into our lab and throw that on, but we can't support that dealer network on how to use the CMS. We have BrightAuthor and Novori, and we're good, and then we have two full-time people thatwho NOVA certified. So on the LED side, we're no, we have NOVA-certified experts, so we can help them with Novastar. So we can support that, but we can't support every CMS. So we encourage them, especially if they need a 4-a-month CMS, then I think that Alistair is a great solution, and there are a lot of those types of companies out there. But that won't be us. We'll have a couple of CMS, we'll have the music solution and we hope we can create a visual experience and a sensory experience that when they walk into an end user that's bought a product through one of our resellers, that product's inspiring consumers to spend more money. You and Stephen are hands-on with this, but how many other people do you have working with you?  Jacob Horwitz: Oh gosh, I've tapped into a lot of my old employees in a lot of years, so Stephen and I have known each other for 30 years. For us, it's more passionate at this age. It's certainly not about really the money. This is because your wife said you need to do something.  Jacob Horwitz: After years of being in the house and driving her crazy every 10 minutes, she made it clear I will either go find a job, or I'll have to support her next husband. So that had a little bit to do with it. But Stephen and I are wired the same way. It's about quality. It's about good solutions. It's never been about trying to make money on this. I think it's helping people. The people that I've brought in, I have a Project Manager who worked for me starting 15 years ago, and now she's ahead of our marketing, Becca, and she's been with me for a decade and a half. The girl in my accounting department has been with me for over 15 years. I have a fragment in the house Legal who is my full-time in my old business and they've all been around at least 10 or 15 years. My CIO has been with me since 1999. So he was in college when he started. So we've got a good, like Stephen and I, that these are not newbies to this industry. One of my Project Managers started with me when we first talked nine years ago when she was a Senior Project Manager for Burger King. So, everybody that I've surrounded myself with so far, there's been at least a decade of hitting the shows, doing the installs, and that school of hard knocks. So have you got 20 people, 40 people? Jacob Horwitz: Right now, we're a team of maybe ten or eleven people. I have three people coming in next week for interviews after the experience center is open that are all industry veteran types and we're just getting started. The idea started in September. I went to Infocomm and then maybe I saw you and just started feeling the waters. We were going to launch in early January or February. We're a month old. The container of our showroom sat in Long Beach for six weeks before it got. It took longer to get from Long Beach to our offices than it did from China to Long Beach. So we're just getting started. But we're going to stay in a boutique. We don't want to be all things to all people.  Right, and they can find you online at Illuminology.com?  Jacob Horwitz: Illuminology.com and there's an online brochure of the product and we thank you. And Dave, I said this to you the other day, but I want to say it again. I need to thank you because, for everybody I've ever hired for the last decade, the first thing we have them do is go through your podcast and your blogs and learn about the industry, and what you do for us is so valuable and I mean that with all sincerity.  Thank you.  Jacob Horwitz: We hired a new sales guy and he started a month ago. He called me yesterday and said, Do you know this Dave Haynes guy? He didn't know, he did not know I had a podcast today. He goes, I am learning so much from him. And, I go, yeah, I'm chatting with him tomorrow. So thank you for what you do as well.  Thank you. That's very kind.  Jacob Horwitz: Very well deserved. So thank you for the opportunity to share our story and we look forward to working with the people in the industry, to help and expand digital signage into places that can be more like your Europe where it's everywhere. All right. Thank you!

As the madness of March kicks into high gear, we sit down with David Reynhout to explore how Daktronics is playing a crucial role in this iconic tournament season. David dives into the impressive number of venues featuring Daktronics equipment, from cutting-edge displays to immersive fan experiences. He also sheds light on the behind-the-scenes work of our dedicated service team, ensuring every game runs smoothly and every venue is fully supported.   Links: 236 – Preparing for College Football Bowl Games with David Reynhout  

Join us as we recap the latest news from February 2025. From new video displays at Giants Town Stadium, UC Davis and the University of Houston to cutting-edge esports installations at Dakota State University and massive end-wall displays at UConn, we cover all the latest projects and technology. We'll also discuss our new DB-7000 digital billboard technology.   Links: Baseball Experience Gets Upgrade at UC Davis from Daktronics UConn Basketball Turned to Daktronics for Largest End Wall Video Displays In College Basketball University of Houston Completes Season with Second-Largest Display in Big 12 Football from Daktronics Dakota State University Turns to Daktronics for Esports LED Displays Daktronics Unveils the Latest Digital Billboard Technology Giants Town Stadium Opening with Daktronics Video Display

When it comes to college football, Bowl Games are a BIG deal! This year, there's a brand new 12-team playoff as well. With 43 total games taking place, many venues are using Daktronics products and services to support the action on the field. To hear how our team prepares and supports our customers during this time, Justin and Matt are joined by David Reynhout, Daktronics Customer Success Specialist. He shares the total number of games and venues we're preparing for this busy bowl season.

Inside the walls of Daktronics, engineering and assembly of displays isn't the only thing taking place. Every component used in our systems is tested. To hear all about the testing and so much more, Justin and Matt are joined by Paul Gilk, Daktronics Vice President of Quality, Reliability and Serviceability.   Links: Daktronics Lab Services Webpage: www.daktronics.com/labservices  

When it comes to installing an LED video display on the side of a mountain for ski slopes, Auviso and Daktronics come together to find a solution. To hear about this project and the use of helicopters to complete the installation, Justin and Matt sat down with Martin Elmiger and Markus Bucher with Auviso at the Daktronics International Partner Conference in Madrid. They also shared the uses of this display and whether they see it as a trend for future projects.          

Finding your way around an airport and enjoying your time while you are there can all be helped with LED technology. To hear all about this marketplace, the trends we're seeing and the opportunities for the future, Justin and Matt spoke with Kevin Palmeter, Daktronics' airport market manager.   Links: Daktronics Airports Website: www.daktronics.com/airports Denver International Airport: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/photos?k=denver&project=130049-002&media=WP-025777 Los Angeles International Airport: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/photos?k=LAX&project=141628-003&media=WP-18195  

We recently hosted our High School Video Summit to expand and grow video system experiences. To hear what it's like to attend the summit, Justin and Matt are joined by Willie Thomas, Director of Media Integration for Robinson ISD. He shares his experience as well as the great things he's doing with his video display productions and AV Department in Waco, Texas.   Links: Daktronics Video Summit Webpage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/events/standard-video-training Robinson ISD Website: https://www.risdweb.org/

Applications Engineers at Daktronics really figure out how to take ideas and make them work using our video displays and technology. To hear all the behind-the-scenes information, Justin and Matt are joined by Michael Cruz, longtime Daktronics Applications Engineer. He shares his experiences and what it's like to be putting video displays to work for our customers.   Links: YouTube Interview: https://youtu.be/PNfpT1jQYbA?si=dtIs9Ixes3BYDxZ1

In our special NACDA series, we recorded from our booth in the trade show exhibit hall. To kick things off, we spoke with our President and CEO Reece Kurtenbach to hear about our history with NACDA and the college marketplace. We then spoke with NACDA's Dana LeRoy about the convention, their mission and Daktronics. Finally, we talked with our own Eric Cain, lead sales for the collegiate space, to hear more about our company's approach and trends we're seeing at that level of sports.

In a career, experience with a company goes a long way. To hear about experiences from marching band to field services to becoming the OOH and On-Premise Service Market Manager at Daktronics, Justin and Matt talk with Sherman Dugas. He shares his journey of working at Daktronics and how he leans on those experiences in his recent change in roles at the company.   Links: Daktronics OOH Webpage: daktronics.com/ooh Daktronics On Premise Webpage: daktronics.com/commercial FrameWrx by Daktronics Website: daktronics.com/framewrx     

When a massive direct-view LED video wall is installed to make a completely immersive experience, teams collaborate to make sure it's a successful project. To hear all the details of this project for Flogistix, Justin and Matt are joined by Ali Sylvester, Director of Business Solutions at Flogistix, and Kyle Kempf, CTS-I Director of Commercial Audio Video at ImageNet Consulting. They dig into the vision for the space, the architecture that went into it and everything else that brings the project to life.   Links: Daktronics News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/imagenet-and-daktronics-deliver-led-video-wall-experience-for-flogistix Flogistix Website: https://flogistix.com/ ImageNet Consulting Website: https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/ Rand Elliott Architects Website: https://randelliottarchitects.com/ Daktronics and ImageNet Podcast: https://podcast.daktronics.com/e/143-imagenet-consulting-with-kyle-kempf/