PPDS (aka: Philips Professional Displays) announced the latest expansion of its North American business, with the grand opening of its stunning new PPDS Master Showroom experience center on the outskirts of New York City. Located in Fairfield, NJ — a short drive from Midtown Manhattan – the new multidisciplinary venue is the second PPDS Master […]

Amsterdam, 25 September 2024: PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary solutions, is excited to announce another important milestone for its hotel TV range, including the revolutionary Google Cast and Netflix ready Philips MediaSuite TVs, which have become the number one bestselling hospitality TVs in Europe, with significant gains in North […]

PPDS (aka: Philips Professional Displays) announced the appointments of experienced #AVtweeps Robert Luther and Brandon Wilkinson to its leadership team in North America. Robert and Brandon add over 50 years of combined experience and expertise – including sales, project management and engineering — working at AV manufacturers, distributors and resellers. Reporting to Bruce Wyrwitzke, director […]

Fersa Bearings, a leading multinational manufacturer of transmission and wheel components for some of the world’s most successful automotive brands – such as Mercedes Benz – has installed two supersize Philips Public LED High Brightness 7000 Series displays inside its new HQ in Zaragoza, delivering new visually enriching brand communication and presentation experiences for visitors […]

PPDS (aka Philips digital signage) announced the promotion of Andrea Barbuti to the newly created position of global product management lead for the EMEA region. Based in Ghent and reporting to William Xiong, VP of global product management, PPDS says Barbuti is one of the company’s most experienced and accomplished professional display specialists, having started […]

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary solutions, is proud to announce its industry-leading range of Google Cast and Netflix ready Philips MediaSuite TVs have been selected and installed in the luxury guestrooms at the prestigious five star Grove Hotel in the UK. A short distance from Central London and synonymous […]

We’ve been giving away our Best of InfoComm Awards for a long time — since before my time at rAVe. And every year, after InfoComm, the team sits down and discusses the products that stuck out to us. Not ~just~ because they’re cool (but these are all really cool), but because of the potential they […]

The latest in PPDS’ growing portfolio of ‘elementary’ 5000 Series direct view LED displays, the new Philips Unite LED 5000 Series, utilizes the latest advances in flip chip COB technology for high impact, sustainability-driven, 16×9 LED wall installations in corporate and education environments. Amsterdam, June 2024: PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays, […]

PPDS (aka: Philips Professional Displays) added to its ePaper with Android SoC signage range with a 13” Philips Tableaux 4150. Available to be VESA-mounted in portrait or landscape, 13” Philips Tableaux 4150 Series will be aimed at retail, corporate, hospitality, food and beverage, healthcare and transportation and is part of the same 25” 4150 and […]

PPDS (Philips Professional Displays) announced a new flip chip COB-based LED dubbed the Philips Unite LED 5000 Series. The company says the Philips Unite LED 5000 Series is PPDS’ second elementary-level dvLED launched this year, complementing the Philips Public LED 5000 Series designed for larger public indoor spaces, which was announced in April. The company […]

PPDS (aka: Philips Professional Displays) announced the launch of its new, technology agnostic Philips Genius educational software, bringing unrestricted collaborative teaching and learning experiences to any classroom and on any interactive display. A year in development, Philips Genius – the first in-house educational software from PPDS – is a brand new, GDPR compliant platform, bringing […]

PPDS announced that Appspace is certified as an official PPDS Wave ProStore premium application, making it easier to deploy with Philips Android SoC displays, including the Philips Signage 3000 Series (Q-Line), Philips Signage 4000 Series (D-Line) and the Philips Interactive (T-Line). Features: Digital signage: Get information across on workplace displays, allowing visitors and staff to […]

Charlotte, 14 May 2024: PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary solutions, is excited to confirm its attendance at InfoComm 2024 (June 12-14), with another bumper schedule of brand new, transformational, and sustainability-inspired digital signage, dvLED, software, and AI-driven strategic partnership announcements, plus much more – all exhibiting on Philips Booth […]

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays, is delighted to announce the official launch of its full Philips LED portfolio in the Middle East and Africa, delivering new, highly sustainable and unlimited creative possibilities for partners and customers to achieve their creative visual ambitions. Immediately available with PPDS’ distribution partner, Avientek, and continuing […]

  Amsterdam, 15 April 2024: PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, interactive displays, dvLED and videowalls, professional TVs, and dedicated AV software, is delighted to announce the promotion of experienced AV engineer, Jan Van Tieghem, as its new Director of Technical Sales Support. Based in Ghent, with an EMEA remit, Jan is […]

PPDS announced the Philips Cast Server, a dedicated hotel TV solution designed to deliver seamless and secure casting and app streaming experiences for hoteliers and their guests. The new all-in-one Philips Cast Server has Chromecast built-in and PPDS says it was developed with feedback from customers, hotel managers and guests. PPDS says the single unit […]

PPDS (aka: Philips Professional Displays) announced an entry-level line of dvLED solutions; the Philips Public LED 5000 Series. Available globally — including EMEA, India, North America and APAC — the new Philips Public LED 5000 Series is aimed at indoor public spaces — such as retail stores, shopping centers, corporate spaces and offices, cinemas, theaters, […]

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, interactive displays, videowalls and dvLED, has confirmed its attendance at NAB Show 2024 (April 13-17) in Las Vegas, showcasing its latest suite of solutions for the broadcast industry. Exhibiting on booth C3544 (Central Hall) at the Las Vegas Convention Center — which attracted more than 65,000 […]

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays, is delighted to announce the installation of 13 “game-changing” Philips interactive displays at Oracle Red Bull Racing’s renovated MK-7 marketing team offices in Milton Keynes, UK, sending team collaboration and creative capability into overdrive.   Signaling the latest evolution of an ever-deepening partnership with the reigning Formula […]

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays, is a firm industry advocate for promoting equality and gender diversity in the workplace. Today, PPDS continues to see positive trends in the number of females pursuing a career in the AV industry, with the number of female employees operating in some of its biggest global […]

PPDS (aka: Philips Professional Displays) announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom, developing new commercial opportunities with Philips Tableaux ePaper displays. Deutsche Telekom has selected the Philips Tableaux ePaper Series as part of plans to extend and expand upon its digital out of home (DOOH) communications. In 2023, PPDS became the world’s first display manufacturer to […]

Welcome to my 24th annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball! It’s been an honor to have written this for 24 straight years and even more of an honor for it to have so many thousands of readers annually — it’s almost always our most-read article of the year on rAVe [PUBS]. So, if you’re reading this right […]

What a show! I am proud to say we sent reporters from rAVe [PUBS] to every single booth at ISE 2024 earlier this month to shoot videos of new (and returning!) products. We amassed a cache of more than 2,100 videos, and we posted them all on our (beautiful) ISE microsite, which also includes photos, […]

PPDS (aka: Philips Professional Displays) says it just sold its 500,000th Philips MediaSuite TV to a leading hotel group. With Chromecast built-in and Netflix-ready entertainment solution reached the half-a-million milestone during ISE 2024 in Barcelona this month, less than five years since the series was first introduced. Said to have exceeded PPDS’ own internal targets, […]

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary solutions, is delighted to announce the launch of its debut range of ‘All In One’ direct view LED displays, with four new “industry advancing” Philips Unite LED All In One Series’ offering 4K and 8K larger than life viewing for a range of environments. […]

January 2024: PPDS, the exclusive provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary solutions, will be showcasing its latest generation of complete across-campus hardware and software innovations on stand 1434 at FETC 2024. This year’s special event also includes the official global launch of the brand new 4K, interactive Philips Collaboration displays for Education, together with […]

PPDS (aka: Philips Professional Displays) announced the launch of a new line of Philips Hospitality TVs with Chromecast built in. The Philips Hospitality TV 4500 Series is an entry-level product line. Launching in 24”, 32”, 43” 50”, 55” and 65” sizes, PPDS says the TVs are native 4K UHD and include two 10-watt built-in speakers […]

Amsterdam, February 2023: PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary solutions, is delighted to announce the launch of a brand new line of Philips Hospitality TVs with Chromecast built in, delivering the features and functionality expected from a premium TV, at a lower price tag. Unveiled for the first time on […]

PPDS (aka: Philips Professional Displays) announced its first All-in-One direct LED displays and it’s available in either 4K and 8K resolutions; dubbed the Philips Unite LED All In One (AIO) Series. The new Philips Unite LED AIO 16:9 range consists of – at launch –of four new models, including the 4000, 4200, 5000 and 7000 […]

PPDS (aka: Philips Professional Displays) announced its expansion into the outdoor display market, with the launch of the new 10,000 nit, Ultra High Bright, Philips Urban LED 6000 Series. The Philips Urban LED 6000 Series is aimed at sporting venues. Designed to take centre stage in any environment the Ultra High Bright Philips Urban LED […]

Amsterdam, January 2024: TPV – the world’s leading supplier of displays and the group behind TP Vision, MMD-Monitors and Displays, AOC, and PPDS – is proud to announce a partnership with the FC Barcelona Foundation, confirming a long-term commitment to the raising of invaluable funds to support the health, wellbeing, and education of vulnerable and […]

PPDS (aka: Philips Professional Displays) launched a suite of K-12 and higher-ed applications and products today. Available in 65”, 75” and 86” sizes across both model variants, the new Philips Collaboration Series for education  features “a tailored design with the latest advances in educational software delivering unrivalled levels of engagement and inclusivity inside any learning […]