Shopper Marketing Expo on in Chicago. Are you there? October 6, 2010 by Dave HaynesI’ve had a couple of emails from industry friends asking if I was going to be in Chicago this week for the Shopper Marketing Expo. Nope. But would like to have been. And I wonder why there are not more people from the sector there. I’ve written before about having a lot of respect for …
Following industry investor conference remotely … October 6, 2010 by Dave HaynesBased on what I am hearing and reading the Strategy Institute’s annual investor conference in New York is going well. I couldn’t go this year – too busy and already at another event starting tomorrow – but I have been following through blog posts from attendees as well as Tweets from several people with smartphones, …
The other couple: DSA and CETW now BFFs October 4, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe Digital Screenmedia Association (DSA) has – SURPRISE!!! – formally hooked up with Customer Engagement Technology World (CETW), the trade show formerly now as The Digital Signage Show, or even more so, as Kioskcom. CETW is now officially the trade show of the DSA, with the first event (informally) set for next month in NYC, …
Industry mixer set for Monday night in NYC September 30, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe Digital Screenmedia Association is organizing an industry mixer for this coming Monday night in New York, ahead of the Digital Signage Investor Conference the next day and at the tail end of the meeting Steve Nesbit is running Monday for the cast of 1,000s who’ve received patent infringement notices recently. They will need a …
Interactive projection/kiosk promos new Nissan Leaf September 28, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe guys at Spyeglass in Minneapolis sent along a release with pix and video of a project that uses their projection film and interactive touch foil. Through the reseller, RTT, USA Inc., and a pile of other companies doing different but related stuff, the projection film was part of a roving promo program for Nissan’s …
Samsung shows off its smart TV widgets (from rAVe) September 27, 2010 by Dave HaynesFrom Sixteen:Nine’s content partner rAVe [Publications], a shaky (but stick with it as it settles out) video demo-ing Samsung’s Smart TV gadgets and general capabilities at last week’s CEDIA show. The webinar I did last week discussed widgets and gadgets and how they can start to make an IPTV loook more and more like a …
Guest Post: Out Of Home Day (Canada) – Recap September 26, 2010 by RajiThis past week I attended OOH Day in Toronto. It was my second time at this event, the first since 2005. Great event, with some noticeable differences from the 2005 event. One difference was the prominence of DOOH suppliers, compared to mainstream OOH suppliers. Meaning everything was digital … from Ad Mirrors, Ad Pods, Cinema …
Webinar tomorrow on where CMS platforms are going September 21, 2010 by Dave HaynesDigital Signage Magazine and NEC asked me to present on a free webinar tomorrow about content management systems for digital signage. Mike Zmuda – a nice, sharp and straight-talking guy who handles biz dev for NEC – will give the skinny on VUKUNET, but I had free reins to blabber on about whatever I wanted. …
DSE Industry Forum in San Diego looks fully subscribed September 13, 2010 by Dave HaynesDigital Signage Expo’s Industry Forum next month in San Diego appears to be fully subscribed with the sponsors needed to make this all click. The first (I think) of its kind targeting the sector, the forum borrows on a popular tech sector event formula that invites some 30 C-level types for a weekend retreat, at …
"Well, duh" Dep't: DSF and DSE are BFF September 9, 2010 by Dave HaynesIn an announcement this evening I would describe as, ummm, quirky … the Digital Signage Federation (DSF) has rather grandly named Digital Signage Expo (DSE) its official trade show, and in turn the DSF is the exclusive trade association sponsor of DSE, the industry’s largest annual gathering. The agreement is described as historic, but I’d venture …