DSF Europe New Name And Focus Of What Was OVAB Europe February 10, 2016 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation (DSF) has done up a partnership that sees the organization formerly known as OVAB Europe instead being called Prince. Sorry, instead to be called DSF Europe. The change, says a release, will commence in the coming week, once approved by OVAB Europe members. (???) DSF Europe will maintain its own budget and annual …
ISE 2016: Day 2 Impressions February 10, 2016 by Super User When I return home this weekend, I fully expect my spouse to inform me that she arranged for the kid next door to write a digital signage CMS while I was away, because everyone else on the block had done one, and it would have been embarrassing if we were the only ones without one. …
Diversfied Acquires Atlanta-based Technical Innovation February 9, 2016 by Super User Diversified, the newly rebranded version of DMG, has acquired Technical Innovation, described as a national solutions provider of presentation AV, broadcast, IT and managed services. Diversified picks up skilled staff, clients and an expanded geographic footprint. The expanded company, says a news release, will offer an even broader spectrum of technology and media solutions backed by one of …
ISE Impressions: Day 1 February 9, 2016 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is one big trade show – far bigger than InfoComm and many multiples the size of Digital Signage Expo. It has a similar flavour to InfoComm, in that you have lots of companies showing what they do in other areas of pro AV – like microphones and conference systems – that have …
Looking Ahead To ISE February 5, 2016 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is a trade show I’ve regularly thought about attending, but have never done – much of that owing to it being on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. But … I’d heard enough about ISE that I finally went ahead and did it, and will be there next week for the …
Six Great Ways To Optimize Workplace Communications Using Digital Signage February 4, 2016 by Tim Griffin GUEST POST: Colin Bovet, Enplug Whether you’re the Head of Culture at a tech startup or a manager at a Fortune 500 company, you should care deeply about how to communicate with your team. The study and practice of communication within companies is called internal communications, and it is crucial to boosting employee engagement. One study …
Digital Signage Is A $XX Billion Market!!! Ok, Umm, Sure … February 2, 2016 by Super User I don’t know how many meetings and conference presentations I’ve been at that sees one or more presenters, early on in their sessions, pop up a slide that shows a chart that climbs up and a big, honking number at the end – signifying the market size for digital signage. It’s almost always a number …
CIVIQ Smartscapes Acquires Outdoor Interactive Station Rival Elevate DIGITAL February 2, 2016 by Super User The private equity firm that owns, among many things, CIVIQ Smartscapes, has acquired Chicago-based outdoor interactive station rival Elevate DIGITAL. CIVIQ is the design and manufacturing company that’s part of a consortium putting interactive kiosks on the streets of New York City’s boroughs. That consortium includes Intersection (Titan, Control Group and Google), Qualcomm and CityBridge. CIVIQ …
Preset Group DSE Mixer Now Sold Out February 1, 2016 by Super User It’s six weeks tomorrow to the annual Preset Group DSE Mixer, but as of 9:01 this morning the general admission tickets were sold out. We will be hosting as many as 400 people at the annual networking event, on the eve of the trade show floor opening in Las Vegas. If you did not bag a ticket, …
DSE Announces Apex Digital Signage Project Awards Finalists January 27, 2016 by Super User Digital Signage Expo has released its finalists for DSE 2016 APEX Awards, which highlight great project work from the previous year. It looks like a good bunch, and the numbers of entries was reasonably high (I don’t know why more companies don’t “get” the marketing value of awards). Only nine entries for food and bev …
