Barcelona’s Admira Is Big On Retail And DOOH, But Also On Sneakers And Star Wars February 20, 2024 by Dave Haynes I am finally getting back to notes and recordings done during ISE week, including one of my favorite memories of that recent show – a visit with the Barcelona-based software and solutions provider Admira. The company is not known all that much outside of Europe, but is a substantial player in the signage market – …
PPDS Plans Solutions And Tech Summit For April In Amsterdam February 20, 2024 by Dave Haynes It is tech expo and road show season, the gap in big trade show schedules that sees some of the larger display vendors and distribution companies doing their own events – fixed site expos and touring events. Sony did one in San Diego right after ISE and now PPDS, which markets Philips pro displays, has …
BOE Prototype LCD Gets 2,500 Nits Visuals From A 1,200 Nits Panel February 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes One of the big challenges with wandering into stands for Chinese display manufacturers is clearing what can be a big language hurdle, so I was very, very happy during the recent ISE trade show to get a detailed walk around the BOE stand from a senior sales manager who comes from South Africa and works …
Get Set For Buzz & Bullseyes – The Digital Signage Industry Mixer At InfoComm February 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes Sixteen:Nine and the Experience United Social Club have paired up to organize a big digital signage industry mixer this June in Las Vegas, during the giant InfoComm pro AV trade show. Bryan Meszaros of the New Jersey-based experience design agency OpenEye Global, which has been doing for a few years now a series of XUSC …
North America Gets First Look At Interactive Playing Surface During NBA All Star Weekend February 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes The North American sports market got a look this past weekend at German technology that turns a basketball floor into a vast interactive display. The just-ended NBA All-Start Weekend in Indianapolis included a Saturday night set of skills contests run on a 27 million pixel LED screen embedded in a modular glass-based floor called LumiFlex, …
InfoComm Opens Registration, Provides Show Details, On June 2024 Event Back in Vegas February 14, 2024 by Dave Haynes With Integrated Systems Europe now in the rear-view mirror, the co-owner of that giant pro-AV trade show and conference is able to start marketing the one it fully owns and runs in the United States – InfoComm. AVIXA is now accepting registrations and has started talking about what people will see, do and experience as …
The Top 10 Digital Signage Trends Coming Out Of ISE: Invidis April 15, 2026February 12, 2024 by Dave Haynes My friends at German content partner Invidis have a good post up today rounding up ISE and the top 10 digital signage industry trends emerging from the recent show. I am shattered after wrestling my snowblower this morning through 30 cm of snow that’s perfect (wet and heavy) for making a snowman (the guy who …
Back At HQ – Time For A Long List Of Thank Yous! February 12, 2024 by Dave Haynes Back at a snowy world HQ after two-plus weeks on the road, hacking my way through the seemingly inevitable ISE cold and dry cough (not COVID, tested!). Thank you notes are in order … Thanks to the Integrated Systems Europe people for putting on a massive show that was nonetheless well-run. The crowds were huge …
Digital Signage CMS Software Benchmarking So Far Suggesting They’re All Pretty Darn Similar February 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes Sixteen:Nine’s German content partners Invidis did a micro-conference last week during ISE and I finally had some spare time today to review notes about the session they did about the CMS software market. The company, which also does a lot of consulting, set aside time to talk about the findings so far from what they …
ISE Mixer Back For 2025: Here’s Some Pix From Last Week February 7, 2024 by Dave Haynes The venue used for the last couple of mixers has been secured for 2025, and we’re exploring ways to open up the numbers, so more people can attend. That would involve canopies on the outdoor plaza, and heaters. I’d like that as we turned a lot of people away, and outside is quieter. We keep …
