DSA and CETW plan pre-show mixer in NYC September 27, 2011 by Super User CET World is coming on pretty soon in New York, and the Digital Screenmedia Association – which has close ties to the trade show – is planning a mixer on Nov. 8, the night before the show’s doors open. The DSA’s Crown Awards will be announced at the function. The venue is yet to be …
Cosmopolitan’s digital signage lobby wins at Cannes July 3, 2011 by Super User I think it’s fair to suggest that the creative side of the digital signage business has a long way to go, but it’s also important to note there is some amazing work being done in the space. Consider the huge international award a digital signage project just won … Digital Signage Expo has a …
DSE puts out call for 2012 speaker proposals June 28, 2011 by Super UserIt’s hard to think this far out, but Digital Signage Expo is already furiously getting itself organized for the next gathering of the industry clans in early March 2012 in Lost Wages. The call is now out for speakers, or more accurately, proposals to get microphone time at the educational sessions. Educational Oversight Committees comprised of …
Strategy Institute releases agenda for fall investor conference in NYC June 27, 2011 by Super UserThe Strategy Institute’s Investor Conference Oct. 17-18 in NYC now has a fairly robust agenda plotted out, and it’s being sent around looking for attendees. What caught my eye: Garry McGuire of RMG is doing the Day 1 keynote, called Digital Out-of-Home Media 2.0: The Next Generation Is Interactivity There’s a panel on network operations which …
Tickers and zoned screens need to be the exception, not the rule, in digital signage June 24, 2011 by Super UserI was struck at InfoComm by the way technology, good creative and actual thinking were resulting in some really strong content on big fella video walls and totems around the trade show. It’s nice to see how far the industry has moved in really thinking through an idea and execution. On the other hand, I …
Numbers show digital signage display giants differ in North America and globally June 24, 2011 by Super UserA week after getting home from InfoComm I am starting to actually dig into some of my notes, materials stuck on USB drives by PR people, and downloaded conference presentations. I was a little late getting to the DisplaySearch conference and missed much of host Chris Connery’s opening presentation, which had some really interesting stats …
Who is at the target-rich HITEC show? Almost no one in DS June 21, 2011 by Super UserTrade shows should be target-rich environments, so any digital signage vendor looking to crack the hotel and restaurant sector would logically have people and probably a booth at the big Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition & Conference (HITEC) on right now in Austin, Texas. So who is actually there? I know Four Winds Interactive does a …
InfoComm follow-up: Salitek's 16 by 4 video wall June 20, 2011 by Super UserVideo walls, I both heard and saw, are big business at the moment for the AV crowd that packed InfoComm last week. There were a few BIG walls here and there but the one that caught my eye was one from Chicago’s Salitek, which used 64 Orion zero-bezel plasmas in a 16 wide by four …
InfoComm 2011 Wrap-up June 20, 2011 by Super UserBack at world HQ, where it is 20 degrees F cooler and my thoughts extend beyond sources of water and/or beer. Orlando did not seem as hot and humid as it did two years ago, but still … The final event numbers for InfoComm 2011 eclipsed 33,000, so this is a show that is roughly …
InfoComm 2011: Day 2 Impressions June 16, 2011 by Super UserOh my aching tootsies. The Orange County Convention Center is one big building and InfoComm fills a lot of one of the halls. A lot of walking. A lot of standing. Who knows what actual crowd counts are, but Day 2 seemed pretty much as busy as Day 1 at this massive show for the …
