It’s Impossible And Silly To Cover InfoComm From 2,000 Miles Away, So Here Goes … October 27, 2021 by Dave Haynes It is impossible, and arguably silly, to try to get much of a sense of how a trade show is going in Florida, from a home office in Nova Scotia, but what the hell, here goes … Based on some emails, texts and social media monitoring, the now-open InfoComm trade show hall looks pretty much …
InfoComm Underway, Exhibit Hall Opens Tomorrow October 26, 2021 by Dave Haynes InfoComm is on this week in Orlando, with the the Digital Signage Federation running its D=Sign education event today in collaboration with AVIXA. It will be super-interesting to get photos, video and commentary on how the show works and operates this week, as I will not be there in person. COVID, among a billion things, …
Planar Takes Its Displays On Road This Fall For MicroPalooza Tour October 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes In a nod to the travel-hesitant times, Planar is taking its display pots and pans on the road this fall – on what it calls the MicroPalooza 2021 Tour. The Oregon-based display manufacturer is staging a six-city US product tour in November through mid-December that will see its LCD and LED product showroom hauled to …
AVIXA Pushes Out Details On Virtual Side Of InfoComm Show October 13, 2021 by Dave Haynes AVIXA has been working hard to convince both buyers and sellers that it is safe to be in Orlando in just a couple of weeks (Oct. 27-29) for its pro AV trade show InfoComm, but has announced fuller details on the virtual side of the show aimed at pro AV buyers and sellers who will …
While Many Displaycos Have Revised Or Cancelled InfoComm Plans, Philips Announces It Is All In For 2021 October 12, 2021 by Dave Haynes There has been a periodic drip-drip of announcements from AV companies saying they had decided to pull out of InfoComm at the end of this month because of worries about COVID-19, but in a different twist, PPDS (aka Philips) has pushed out an announcement saying specifically it WILL be there. The PR firm passing that …
ISE Opens Registration For Feb. Show In Barcelona October 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe has opened registration for its 2022 trade show, set for Feb. 1-4 in Barcelona, Spain. The timing seems a bit odd, as show co-owner AVIXA has a full court press on right now convincing pro AV people to come to InfoComm at the end of this month. That show’s attendance and exhibitor …
The Uncertain Return Of Tech Trade Shows October 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Meghan Thompson, STRATACACHE As we march toward 2022 with a still uncertain live event outlook, B2B leaders are looking closely at the business value of these high-cost, face-to-face events and asking the question: “Will the trade show of the past, remain just there … in the past?” You’ll perhaps recall walking the floor …
ISA Running Digital Signage Workshop Today For Traditional Sign Community October 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
