MediaPost Digital OOH Forum Set For April 11 January 30, 2012 by Dave Haynes The annual MediaPost Digital Out-of-Home Forum and Awards has been fixed for April 11 in New York City. I’ve virtually attended the last two years via video stream but this year intend to be there bothering people in person. The agenda is still taking shape but the organizers are looking for entries for awards crossing 10 categories …
Dx3 Canada Impressions January 27, 2012 by Dave Haynes I took the commuter choo-choo (boy I do not miss that grind) yesterday into the heart of Toronto yesterday to catch day 2 of the Dx3 digital media conference. The event and crowd is a blend of online and mobile, with a few dabs of digital signage and digital out of home. First impression – …
Preset Mixer 2012: We Go Old School In Las Vegas January 24, 2012 by Dave Haynes Ok, the details are set – The 3rd Annual Preset Group DSE Mixer is March 6th at the Golden Nugget on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas. The event is 5:30-8:30 PM in the Gold Diggers lounge at the famed Nugget, with an open-air patio-balcony that looks down on the street and up at the …
DSA Looking For Industry Excellence January 23, 2012 by Dave Haynes The Digital Screenmedia Association has put a call out for entries for its Industry Excellence Awards, which celebrate self-service, digital signage and mobile technology deployments across a bunch of vertical market segments. The DSA says it welcomes entries from all interested companies – both members and non-members. Categories: Technology (you can enter your project for …
NRF Sees Record Crowds In 2012 January 17, 2012 by Dave Haynes CNBC is reporting record crowds for this year’s National Retail Federation conference, with about 24,000 people expected to attend the event in New York. The NRF is forecasting U.S. retail sales to rise by 3.4 percent, to $2.53 trillion. That would be slower than last year but still faster than GDP growth. Should you have …
DSE Announces 2012 Apex Award Finalists For Installations January 17, 2012 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Expo folks have announced 33 finalists for its Apex Awards, which celebrate innovation in the development and deployment of digital signage technology. The nominees in 11 categories were chosen from a field of 88 entrants, representing 18 countries. The judges were five industry journalists. <start mild rant> I don’t know who the judges are, …
DSA MXR At NRF In NYC January 13, 2012 by Dave Haynes If you are going to the National Retail Federation’s Big Show in New York next week (not I), the Digital Screenmedia Association is doing an informal mixer. No sponsors, no agenda, just networking, says DSA executive director David Drain. It’s this coming Tuesday, Jan. 17th, at 6:30 pm at Stitch Bar & Lounge, 247 West 37th Street, between 7th …
Jan. 24 DSA Webinar Set On Location-Based Marketing & Mobile January 13, 2012 by Dave Haynes You could just imagine how this could turn into a Pitch-O-Rama, but we’ll have faith that the moderator will keep the participants in an upcoming DSA webinar on location-based marketing educational and not promotional. The Digital Screenmedia Association webinar on Jan. 24, 1 EST, is called Using Location-Based Marketing Technology to Reach the Mobile Consumer. …
Early Details: Preset Industry Mixer January 13, 2012 by Dave Haynes Three emails in the past 12 hours is a good enough signal for me that I need to update news about The Preset Group’s 2012 Digital Signage Industry Mixer in Las Vegas. First, yes, it’s on. The third edition of this event (4th if you count the 2009 edition in that weird flaming fire-pool and …
Wall To Wall DSF Webinars Next Week January 12, 2012 by Dave Haynes If webinars are your thing, then next week will get you all excited, as the Digital Signage Federation has arranged three consecutive days with them. On Tuesday, Jan. 17th at 2pm EST, there is “Putting Digital Signage to Work For You, Part II.” Designed for professionals in all industries who are thinking of implementing a digital …
