My Day One Impressions From The Shoptalk Retail Show In Las Vegas March 5, 2019 by Dave Haynes I am in Las Vegas attending Shoptalk, a retail tech conference that has some 8,400 attendees and a way bigger trade show hall than I expected. The conference side of Shoptalk is what compelled me to get on a long flight here, just three weeks before I need to be back for Digital Signage Expo. …
DSE 2019 Releases Apex Awards Finalist List February 27, 2019 by Dave Haynes Digital Signage Expo has announced 36 finalists for the 15th annual APEX Awards, from a field of 112 entrants from 13 countries. The 2019 APEX Awards, presented by the Digital Signage Federation, recognizes and honors achievement for installs, interactive technology and content creation. The awards involve 12 major digital signage categories. Gold, Silver and Bronze awards will be presented …
LG-iGotcha Demo’ing Transparent LED Film At Next Week’s Dx3 In Toronto February 26, 2019 by Dave Haynes I’m not totally sure LG has publicly shown its LED on transparent film product in Canada, but if not, that will change next week at a retail marketing and tech event in Toronto, called Dx3. LG is working with Montreal’s iGotcha Media on a couple of showcases for the annual trade show, including a demo of …
DPAA Changes Venue, Moves Up Date, On Annual Video Everywhere Summit February 25, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Digital Place-based Advertising Association is moving to bigger digs, and also moving up the event date for its annual NYC Video Everywhere Summit. The annual conference and micro trade show will be held this year on Tuesday, Oct. 15th at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel – the move brought on by a …
Women Of Digital Signage Group Announces DSE Luncheon Plans February 19, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Women of Digital Signage are holding what will be their second annual luncheon next month at Digital Signage Expo ion Las Vegas. The lunch meeting will be run at noon on the Thursday of the trade show. “We’re very excited for our second year as an organization,” says Andrea Varrone, DSCE, co-founder of the …
16:9 DSE 2019 Mixer Now Sold Out February 15, 2019 by Dave Haynes The 2019 DSE Mixer is now sold out – a little more than a couple of days after registration went live on Wednesday morning. That’s 350 tickets plus the 90 I hold back for sponsors’ invites. I plan for 400, so I anticipate at least 40 no-shows (and there are usually more than that). There …
16:9 Digital Signage Expo Mixer Tickets Disappearing Rapidly February 14, 2019 by Dave Haynes It has been 24 hours since registration went up on the 2019 16:9 Digital Signage Expo Mixer, and there are less than 80 badges left for open registrants. I hold back about 100 of the 440 for sponsors and their invited guests. SO … if you wanna go, don’t procrastinate. They’ll all go soon enough. …
ISE Breaks Attendance And Exhibitor Records Again, Though Just February 14, 2019 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe has released the final numbers on last week’s trade show in Amsterdam, and it once again exceeded previous numbers, though just barely this time. ISE has seen some dizzyingly rapid growth in recent years, with big jumps in attendance and other key indicators year on year. For 2019, 81,268 people turned up. …
ISE 2019 – Final Thoughts and Impressions February 11, 2019 by Dave Haynes Back at World HQ after a week in Amsterdam – and for the 2nd time in four ISE visits dealing with a whopper of a cold no doubt picked up when amongst 80,000 people. I have not seen formal attendance numbers, but assume foot traffic would be similar to or exceed 2018. It didn’t SEEM …
Here Are The 2019 Digital Signage Awards Winners February 11, 2019 by Dave Haynes The globally-based Digital Signage Awards were handed out last week in Amsterdam, with about 120 nominees and guests attending the awards reception and dinner at an old theatre right in the old city’s central district. The awards are done in association with Sixteen:Nine, and happen because of sponsors like TRISON, BBV, Mvix, NanoLumens and Gable. …
