DSE Day One – DSF Golf Day February 21, 2011 by Dave HaynesGot out of Toronto last night storm nipping at plane’s tail. Nice chunk of locals heading to show in clung Capital Network’s, Angelo Kosmidis from Apex (BUSY Canadian integrator) and Mark Mantha, who has left Alchemy and is town talking about next gig. In very late and now up too early. The DSF has it’s …
DSE 2011 – Looking ahead to next week February 18, 2011 by Dave HaynesI am getting carpet-bombed with emails from public relations inviting me to their DSE vendor clients’ booths next week for private tours and chats with various bosses. I go to DSE as a press guy because I end up writing a lot about the show, I get broad access, and the press room has a …
Mixer Sponsor Profiles: DMG, Harris, POPAI February 17, 2011 by Dave HaynesNote: Part Two, following on a Wednesday post … The big Preset Group DSE Mixer is our way of getting a lot of industry friends together for a casual networking evening just ahead of the mayhem to follow the next day, as the trade show hall opens at Digital Signage Expo. The thing has grown into a …
Giant multimedia arch planned for DSE 2011 entrance February 17, 2011 by Dave HaynesThere was a stack of varied displays at the entrance to last year’s Digital Signage Expo, showcasing technology but looking somewhat cobbled together. It will be very different look this year. A group of companies – including BrightSign, Chief, flixio and Philips have pulled together a huge video archway over and around the main entrance. …
Mixer Sponsor Profiles: Adcentricity, Arsenal Media and DailyDOOH February 16, 2011 by Dave HaynesThe big Preset Group DSE Mixer is our way of getting a lot of industry friends together for a casual networking evening just ahead of the mayhem to follow the next day, as the trade show hall opens at Digital Signage Expo. The thing has grown into a bit of a beast and we were …
Kodak offering digital signage deployment services February 14, 2011 by Dave HaynesWhen I saw Kodak’s name listed as an exhibitor at next week’s Digital Signage Expo, I assumed the company was there do a showcase for its new CoolSign-driven digital picture frames. Nope. The company sent around an email blast inviting people to come around and have a chat about its digital signage deployment services. Better …
PRI filling last seats for DSE Education Forum. Register now. February 11, 2011 by Dave HaynesThe Platt Retail Institute’s End-User Education Forum runs the first day of Digital Signage Expo, ahead of the two trade shows and leading into the big mixer. It runs from noon to 6 p.m. at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Feb. 22, and is free of charge to current or potential end users . …
The Preset Mixer mob – stats breakdown February 10, 2011 by Dave HaynesThe last sponsor registrations are being processed as we speak, and I have been looking at the stats package that EventBrite (great tool) spits out on who all is attending the Preset Group DSE Mixer on the 22nd. It looks like this for the 225 already formally registered (the rest are accounted for … really …
DSA announces new digital signage awards program February 10, 2011 by Dave HaynesThe Digital Screenmedia Association has announced it is launching an industry awards program – with the honors to be handed out at the CET World show this spring in San Francisco. The DSA’s executive director, in a blog post on the DSA site has wisely got out ahead of this and proactively posed and answered …
MediaPost planning 2011 DOOH forum in NYC on April 14 February 8, 2011 by Dave HaynesThe trade publisher MediaPost ran a day-long forum last spring in New York focused on the DOOH sector, and it is now pulling together a 2011 version. The forum is designed to help marketing executives understand the rapidly changing market dynamics and potential of out-of-home digital advertising. The program, says MediaPost, will focus on strategies and …