Samsung Had To Charter Jets To Bring Home COVID-Hit Execs From CES: Report January 19, 2022 by Super User The Omicron variant is so easily spread that if individuals and businesses opt in to events like trade shows – particularly if there airplanes, hotels and restaurants involved – there’s a pretty solid chance attendees are going to head home with COVID-19 in their airways. Consider the story circulating about Samsung executives who went to …
The Normally Big NRF Retail Show Is Happening In New York, And Appears To Doing OK January 17, 2022 by Super User Much of the attention as we have shifted into the new year and trade show season was focused on CES in Las Vegas, but that event is mainly about consumer technology. The tech-centric National Retail Federation show in New York is very arguably more relevant to the digital signage ecosystem, and it opened its exhibit …
Postponed ISE Creates Pro AV Trade Show Overlaps In UK, And Likely Elsewhere January 12, 2022 by Super User The decision to push the normally big Integrated Systems Europe trade show from three weeks out to four months out has not gone over well with at least some of the people involved in the UK’s pro AV ecosystem. Postponed over coronavirus concerns, the show is now set for the middle of May in Barcelona, …
ISE Pushes Back Its Barcelona Show To Mid-May, And You Know Why January 11, 2022 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) has been pushed back three months, and will now take place in mid-May in Barcelona. The re-scheduling is directly attributable to the pandemic, says ISE’s organizers, “in the light of the increasing impact of the Omicron variant in Spain.” “We’ve been closely monitoring the conditions in Europe and have been working …
The DSE Mixer Is Coming Back January 11, 2022 by Super User With the big qualifier that who knows how things look in a couple of months, the plan is to revive the DSE Sixteen:Nine industry mixer for Las Vegas in March, as kind of the opening party for Digital Signage Experience. The mixer is set to take place on the evening of March 21st at its …
As Expected, CES 2022 Attendance A Fraction Of Pre-Pandemic Throngs January 10, 2022 by Super User No one will be surprised to learn last week’s CES didn’t draw anywhere near as many attendees as it was doing prior to the pandemic, but what’s arguably surprising is that some 40,000 people DID go – given the way omicron is spreading like mad everywhere. Of those 40,000 or so, there were 1,800 global …
CES Doesn’t Look Anything Like Usual, But It’s Not A Ghost Town Either January 6, 2022 by Super User There was a huge amount of speculation in the past month or so about whether this week’s CES show would even happen, and if it did, would anyone attend? It’s on, and there are people. Not the usual hordes that cause line-ups for everything and force you to pay $300/night for a hotel room that …
A Very Different CES Offers Glimpse Of How Big Trade Shows Will Work This Quarter January 3, 2022 by Super User The normally huge and people-crammed CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas kicks off the trade show circuit for numerous companies and individuals involved in the digital signage and pro AV sectors, but as we all know too well, nothing continues to be normal. The show is still on this week, though a pile of …
Tech-Filled SoFi Stadium’s CTO Set For Keynote At DSE; Sony In As Sponsor/Exhibitor December 9, 2021 by Super User The company re-booting DSE as Digital Signage Experience has announced a second keynote speaker for the March trade show and conference – the CTO of a technology-filled new sports stadium in Los Angeles. Skarpi Hedinsson oversees the technology set-up for SoFi Stadium – the home field for the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams AND the Los …
Pix: Check Out A Photo Gallery From Last Week’s DSF Mixer In Atlanta December 6, 2021 by Super User You may vaguely remember a time in the distant past when industry people got together for events, clinked glasses and made up stories that confused or alarmed lurking competitors. They’ve been coming back, at least in some circles and places. The Digital Signage Federation had its first full-scale Meet and Mingle event last week in …
