CEW Trade Show Discontinued December 29, 2014 by Dave Haynes I saw news elsewhere online that Customer Engagement World – the annual trade show in New York – had been shut down, but wanted to get direct confirmation myself before relaying it here. Joel Davis, the JD in show manager JD Events, confirmed for me via email that the news is accurate: “JD Events has …
DSE Goes On Road To Brazil December 8, 2014 by Dave Haynes Exponation, the company that has for years run the Digital Signage Expo trade show, has struck an agreement that will see a version of the event in Brazil this July. DSE South America is a joint venture with with South American trade show producer BTS Informa, and will be lo-located with something called SERIGRAFIA SIGN …
Programmatic, Not Problematic: 2014 DPAA Video Everywhere Summit November 10, 2014 by Ricard Fortin Guest Post: Stephanie Gutnik, BroadSign Video killed the radio star but programmatic didn’t kill the creative director. The 2014 DPAA Video Everywhere Summit attracted an impressive crowd of over 700 digital place-based networks, vendors and agency folk. Of the latter group, Rob Griffin, EVP Global Head of Digital at Havas, had a lot to say …
Video: The Thinking Behind 9/11 Museum’s Interactive November 10, 2014 by Dave Haynes This is worth a watch, via Wired. Jake Barton’s company, Local Projects, designed the interactive elements for the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York, as well as the amazing interactive wall at the Cleveland Museum of Art. He had the most interesting in what was a string of great talks at last week’s SEGD Xlab …
DPAA Conference: Growth Sector That’s Developing Strong Peripheral Vision November 7, 2014 by Benjamin Schmitt GUEST POST: Steve Schildwachter, rVue Having spent the entire day and evening at the DPAA’s Video Everywhere Summit in New York on Tuesday, I thought I’d add some points to Dave’s whirlwind report of his two hours at the conference. My overall impression was summarized nicely in a quote from media industry analyst Rich Greenfield, who observed that “TV …
DSA Crown Award Winner List November 7, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Digital Screenmedia Association (DSA) did its annual Crown Awards this week in New York City. Here’s the winner list: Category – Point of Sale (content budget of $10,000 or more) Gold: Bank of Ireland, submitted by RMG Networks Silver: Titanfall Video Wall Experience at the Microsoft Stores, submitted by Synect Media Bronze: AT&T Flagship …
DPAA, CEW, Ad:Tech, Xlab Impressions November 7, 2014 by Dave Haynes I kinda fell in the door this morning at 1:15 after getting back from New York City via Buffalo, after three hectic days in the city. I usually like to write a wrap-up focused on an event, but I can’t honestly say I spent enough time at some of them to provide much color commentary …
Some 300 Expected For Next Week’s Xlab In NYC October 30, 2014 by Dave Haynes About this time next week I’ll be running a panel at Xlab, a conference put on in New York by the Society for Experiential Graphic Design. It’s all about how the digital tech that’s converging to change how places – like retail and public facilities – are designed and experienced. I’m running the Make session, on the …
Looking Ahead To CEW In NYC October 28, 2014 by Dave Haynes Customer Engagement World is next week, and I took some time to see what all is there in terms of exhibitors and speakers. It’s really clear now that the event is not at all a digital signage show, something organizer Lawrence Dvorchik has been telling anyone who’d listen for a few years now. He started …
Video: 2014 Digital Trends Showcase In Toronto October 25, 2014 by Dave Haynes Rare sightings in nature include white buffaloes and Florida panthers, but there may be actually nothing more rare than captured footage of Lyle Bunn not wearing a sports jacket and tie. But here it is! Kidding aside, this is a nice marketing video from the recent Digital Trends Showcase held in Toronto. There were, I think …
