ISA Running Digital Signage Workshop Today For Traditional Sign Community October 5, 2021 by Super User There have been many efforts through the years to bridge the traditional commercial sign and printing industries to the digital signage community and ecosystem, but I think it is entirely fair to say it hasn’t really happened to the degree that would seem logical. Billboards and posters are heavily going digital, so you’d think the …
DPAA’s Annual NYC DOOH Summit Is Back, Both Live And On Tape September 30, 2021 by Super User The DPAA is once again doing its big annual Video Everywhere event in New York – live but also virtual in an interesting, COVID-era twist. The annual digital OOH-focused live event is Oct. 12th at Chelsea Piers in New York City, with the familiar day of brand and agency speakers, an exhibit area, network breaks …
Time’s Running Out – Get Your Entries In For The 2022 Global Digital Signage Awards! September 21, 2021 by Super User A last reminder that vendors, service providers and end-users like network operators and agencies have a little more than a week left to pull together submissions for the 2022 edition of the global Digital Signage Awards, which are backed, in part, by Sixteen:Nine. As I have noted a number of times, a little bit of …
CEDIA Attendance Clobbered By COVID September 20, 2021 by Super User The numbers for the recent home AV/residential tech trade show CEDIA Expo are in, and both attendee and exhibitor numbers were utterly clobbered. The last normal times version of the show, in 2019, attracted almost 20,000 attendees and 500 exhibitors, when it was held in Denver two years ago. The 2021 show was held at …
OpenEye Mixer One Highlight From Upcoming NY Digital Signage Week September 17, 2021 by Super User New York Digital Signage Week is coming up next month in October, and one of the events being touted is a mixer put on by OpenEye Global – under the banner of Experience United Social Club (or XUSC). Says the NJ-based consulting firm: On October 13th, we will host a XUSC event called “The Night …
NAB Formally Cancels Trade Show Planned For Next Month; Says It’ll See Everyone In April 2022 September 15, 2021 by Super User The National Association of Broadcasters has opted to cancel its already deferred 2021 trade show – which had been moved from April to October – and the organization is now crossing its collective fingers and toes that COVID won’t affect plans come April 2022. The show – which attracts a lot of pro AV people …
The Sixteen:Nine Mixer At InfoComm Is Unfortunately Now A No-Go September 10, 2021 by Super User When I was speaking with my friends at AVIXA several months ago, the prospects for a digital signage mixer tied in with InfoComm this fall seemed entirely solid. It would pull together the digital signage crowd at what is an event with many different interests and crowds, and would deliver much needed networking for people …
AVIXA CEO Labuskes: InfoComm Going Ahead In October Unless Local Restrictions Block It September 9, 2021 by Super User AVIXA CEO David Labuskes said barring government intervention – like local or county shutdowns – the InfoComm trade show his organization puts on is going ahead in late October, in Orlando, FL. “We believe that holding this event is the right thing to do,” he said, talking today on a YouTube livestream with AVNation’s Tim …
Sony Formally Cancels InfoComm And NAB Plans Next Month, Citing Health Safety Concerns September 7, 2021 by Super User I think this has been quietly known for some time, but Sony has made it official that it is passing on putting up a stand at InfoComm in Orlando next month – citing health safety concerns. It will also skip the broadcast-focused NAB Show in October. Sony normally has a very large, front-row, visible as …
Sept. 23 Online Roundtable Plans Deep Dive On Real-Time Data In Digital Signage September 2, 2021 by Super User If a CMS software company or solutions provider is serious about chasing business beyond the SMB market, the chosen platform better support real-time data integration or they’re really not in the game. When the content engine is driven by what the data is saying, at that moment, what’s on the screen is relevant. At the …