Digital Projection Says Never Mind To AV Trade Shows In N.A. For Balance of 2021, Citing COVID Risks August 25, 2021 by Super User There’s no end of speculation about the fate of AV and digital signage trade shows this fall, as the Delta variant continues to clobber people who could be vaxxed but, bewilderingly, don’t want to get jabbed. The home technologies trade show CEDIA is still set to go next week, but with way, way fewer stands …
Synnex Calls Off Plans For Annual In-Person Inspire Conference This Fall As US COVID Cases Escalate August 20, 2021 by Super User The AV distribution giant has shut down plans for an in-person version of its big annual conference – saying the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases among unvaccinated Americans makes it too risky. Synnex SVP Bob Stegner, in an email blast to resellers and vendor partners this morning, writes: I hope you and your families continue …
Rebooted DSE’s Organizers Hire On Industry Vet David Drain To Build Conference Side Of Show August 19, 2021 by Super User The company that is re-booting Digital Signage Expo in March 2022 – and undoubtedly praying the U.S. really does get control over COVID by then – has brought on a familiar face to develop and run the conference side of the trade show. The events company Questex has hired industry veteran David Drain to be the Director of …
Philly’s Airport Concourse Lined With Big, Wisely-Designed LED Ad Columns August 16, 2021 by Super User This a great example of an OOH media company using LED display to visually dominate a space, while also factoring in the practical risks of putting a lot of sensitive technology in a very busy environment. It is the airport in Philadelphia, on a concourse that has a long series of LED displays on support …
That Tech Start-Up That Says It’s Putting A DOOH Screen In Space: It’s A Cube Half The Size Of A Toaster, And The Ad Would Be Streamed. Groan. August 13, 2021 by Super User I am immediately declaring that I have no idea WTF these people are going on about, but my general sense is that an energy technology startup in Calgary is hoping to put a form of digital out of home ad screen in space, getting it up there via SpaceX. The plans are riddled with references …
Rising COVID Cases In EU Force Cancellation Of Digital Signage Summit In Munich August 13, 2021 by Super User The accelerated push back to normalcy and vaccine hesitancy or denials has taken out yet more plans for industry events this fall – with news overnight that the annual Digital Signage Summit in Germany has been cancelled. Invidis, the longtime event’s Munich-based organizers, say the “current pandemic development as well as the health requirements for …
InfoComm Says Spiking COVID Cases Mean Masks, 6-Foot Distancing, Will Be Mandatory At October Show August 12, 2021 by Super User The trade association AVIXA has pushed out an update on plans for this fall’s planned InfoComm show that I think most people who were planning to go will greet with one collective, “Oh Crap!” The show’s organizers are saying the event is still going ahead, but those people planning to attend will now have to …
UK Mediaco Ocean Outdoor Launches DeepScreen Creative Service Based On Anamorphic Illusion Billboard Spots August 10, 2021 by Super User The interest and apparent demand for big LED billboard ads that used anamorphic illusion creative techniques has grown to a level that a major UK out of home media company has developed a whole service around it. Ocean Outdoor has started marketing a new service called DeepScreen, with a set of templates that can speed …
Prague’s SignageOS Bolsters Americas Presence By Bringing On Industry Vet Arnett August 9, 2021 by Super User I don’t usually do posts about new hires because analytics suggest not a lot of people care, other than the people hired and their new masters. But I’ll note this one, as it reflects a European company bringing on a familiar face to more effectively project itself into the US and Canadian markets. Prague-based SignageOS …
Tokyo Olympics Used Projection Mapping In Novel Ways, But The Most Stunning Visual Wasn’t Quite Real August 9, 2021 by Super User If you watched any of the Olympics in Tokyo on broadcast TV or online you would have seen some stunning visual effects. The one that hit me was the projection mapping introductions for the highest profile track events – the 100 metre sprints for women and men. The stadium was darkened and the full length …
