AUO CEO Paul Peng On How His Display Giant Plays In Digital Signage September 25, 2019 by Super User I was in Taiwan recently for a trade show called Touch Taiwan, and managed to grab 20 minutes with Paul Peng, the Chairman and CEO of display manufacturing giant AU Optronics. AUO is based in Taiwan, with its main office about an hour south of Taipei in the manufacturing city of Hsinchu. The company has …
Latin American Digital OOH Industry To Gather Next Week In Buenos Aires September 18, 2019 by Super User People working in the digital OOH sector in central and South America – and those supplying into it – might want to book a trip next week to Buenos Aires for that region’s major industry conference – called the ALOOH LATAM FORUM. This will be the 2nd annual event – with the 2018 version in …
October Conference Focusing On Light Field Displays, Other New Display Tech September 18, 2019 by Super User A lot of companies – mainly startups – have been scratching away for years at display technology that is called three-dimensional or holographic. Sometimes the terms are misappropriated and things get called holograms, for example, when display nerds will say, “Nuh-uh. That’s not a hologram.” One of the reasons I went to the SID display …
DPAA Release Speaker List For Annual NYC DOOH Summit September 4, 2019 by Super User The DPAA has released a preliminary list of speakers and opened registration for its annual Video Everywhere Summit, which will be held on October 15 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel. The ad industry-focused organization says the new hotel space was necessary to accommodate an anticipated record number of delegates and expanded list …
Touch Taiwan Final Impressions August 30, 2019 by Super User Heading home, yay, after almost seven days in Taipei for the Touch Taiwan trade show. When I was out south of Taipei in a city called Hsinchu, my car went past Taiwan Semiconductor, which has a plant footprint that would make automaker plants look like local gas stations. HUGE. That’s the sort of thing Taiwan …
Day One Impressions From Touch Taiwan – Mini And Micro LED On Rise August 28, 2019 by Super User Well this was going to be a pain in the butt, I thought, as I went through airport-level security screening to get into the exhibit hall Wednesday for the first day of Touch Taiwan. There were scanners and bag checkers and line-ups. Then I realized Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s president, was at the opening of the …
DSF Mixer Draws Over-Subscribed Crowd In Chicago August 15, 2019 by Super User Hanging out in the United Club, waiting for a flight back to my socialist paradise from O’Hare, after a couple of days with the Digital Signage Federation board and a great DSF mixer on Wednesday night. The mixer was at NEC’s terrific new digs in a suburban office park south of O’Hare. The event drew …
Next DSF Meet And Greet Set For Aug. 14th In Chicago July 31, 2019 by Super User The next Digital Signage Federation Meet and Greet mixer is set for two weeks from today in suburban Chicago, at NEC’s offices out in the ‘burbs. The event on Aug. 14th – 6 to 8:30 pm CDT – will have a couple of presentations: NEXT/NOW will present “Rooted in Greatness” – a discussion about its work …
The Best Digital Signage Mixer You’ve Probably Never Heard Of July 9, 2019 by Super User Telecine has been doing digital signage content and technology solutions for corporate clients forever – operating out of one of the 1,000s of beautiful old stone buildings that litter the older stretches of Montreal. Founder James Fine has the company offices on two floors, as well as the basement, a residence on the top floor, …
DSF NYC Summer Mixer Set For July 17th June 28, 2019 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation is holding a summertime mixer in New York City on July 17th at the offices of the creative studio C&G Partners. The mixer will run for two hours, starting at 5 PM. There will be drinks and light hors d’oeuvres. RSVPs are limited to 60 people. Admission is free for members, …
