DSE '09 announces breakout show for something pretty much everyone at DSE does July 30, 2008 by Dave HaynesThere’s a reason for this … just what, we’re not sure. Digital Signage Expo (DSE) will introduce a new Out-of-Home Network Show, Feb. 25-26, 2009, in Las Vegas, reports Digital Signage Today. “We are introducing the Out-of-Home Network Show to showcase private networks, an innovative result of the digital signage industry, because they are becoming …
IBC show joins the DS party July 29, 2008 by Dave HaynesWell, if you were trying to figure out a way to get a quick European holiday in this year, maybe you can talk your boss into the absolute importance of attending the big IBC 2008 show in Amsterdam in September. This year, the show has bolted on a digital signage component. IBC2008 organizers will add …
OVAB adds another six members July 2, 2008 by Dave HaynesThe Out-of-Home Video Advertising Bureau (aka OVAB) has added another six companies to its list of members, mostly networks but also what is OVAB’s second software supplier member. The new members are CNN Airport Network, Danoo (hyperlocal ad network on US west coast), EnQii (software, my last business card), NBC Everywhere, PumpTop TV and Ripple …
InfoComm drew big crowds June 23, 2008 by Dave HaynesInfoComm International says its big AV trade show last week in Las vegas was a resounding success, at least in terms of numbers of bodies. Reflecting strong demand for AV communications technologies in business, education and government as well as the retail, healthcare, entertainment, worship markets, attendance at the exhibition so far has topped 34,600. …
InfoComm day 1 June 19, 2008 by Dave Haynes Crazy hot. Not a cloud to be seen. Pretty busy inside, though compared to Day 1 at DSE a few months ago the traffic was nothing. It was mercifully free (well … almost) of AV integrators wandering up and asking what we did. I expect that tomorrow, as day 1 at a show is usually …
InfoComm opens its doors in Las Vegas June 18, 2008 by Dave Haynes Technically, bits and pieces of the show have been on for a fews days and there is quite a big co-locates show called NexComm (I think) already running, but it was full of telephony and connectivity gear and people who love acronyms. The real show infoComm starts in an hour so off I got to …
The next wave of projectors June 17, 2008 by Dave Haynes The use of projectors for digital signage has always been limited by a couple of critical factors: the short lifespan of the bulbs, and the cost of servicing (mostly to swap those 2000-hour bulbs). So many people have been watching with fascination as projector systems get smaller and smaller … and smaller. This is still …
Using DS to keep a campus safe June 16, 2008 by Dave HaynesYou can tell alot about the quality of the presentations at a conference by how many people are firing up their laptops and fiddling about with their BlackBerries. Suffice to say, there was a fair amount of idle email checking this morning during the opening presentations at the Strategy Institute’s conference here in Las Vegas, …
InfoComm '08 opens with Strategy Institute conference June 16, 2008 by Dave Haynes There’s a lot more than digital signage going on with infoComm, a massive AV show whose organizers decided June in Las Vegas would be a smashing idea. It’s a little hot. But drinking a lot of beer is no longer recreation, just necessary hydrating. The latest incarnation of the Strategy Institute series of DS-focused shows …
