Etisalat’s GITEX Booth Went Crazy This Week With Digital October 15, 2018 by Dave Haynes I go to a lot of trade shows, of all sizes, but I have never seen anything like what the UAE-based telecoms company Etisalat has up this week at the huge GITEX trade show in Dubai. Think CES, but in a desert city on the other side of the planet from Las Vegas. Like CES, …
For This Video Wall, The Dreaded Blue Screen Really Is A Feature October 15, 2018 by Dave Haynes This would have to be the first time I have seen the dreaded Windows Blue Screen Of Death used as a an artistic element … During the recent Paris Fashion Week, the Balenciaga fashion’s show featured a runway that was fully surrounded by LED panels, including curved ones for overhead. Based on the video, the …
DSF Toronto’s First Breakfast Event Built Around Cannabis Legalization October 11, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Toronto chapter of the Digital Signage Federation has firmed up plans for its first DSF Toronto Breakfast Session, on Nov. 14. They’ll be talking about cannabis – just weeks after Toronto and thew rest of Canada goes legal. Here’s the synopsis of the planned session: Designing in Prohibition :: My life as a Design …
ISE 2019 Registration Opens; Show Expecting 80,000+ Attendees October 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes Registration has now opened for the 2019 of Integrated Systems Europe – which runs Feb. 5-9 at the RAI Amsterdam. The massive pro AV trade show – which has a big digital signage component – is expected to draw numbers in excess of 2018’s totals of 80,923 registered attendees and 1,296 exhibitors. The thing is a …
LG Holding Nov. 1 Tech Tour Digital Signage Event In NYC October 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes It looks LG has a big cross-section of companies co-exhibiting with it at its Tech Tour event in New York on Nov. 1. LG’s commercial display partners at the event in Hell’s Kitchen include BrightSign, Chief, Peerless Av and numerous CMS companies like Gauddi (from the Netherlands), Hughes, Omnivex, Ping HD, Skykit, Tripleplay and 22 …
Annual DSF Coffee And Controversy Panel Set For Oct. 30 In NYC October 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes The line-up is now set for the annual Coffee and Controversy breakfast event in New York, at the end of the month, during what has grown into New York Digital Signage Week. The Oct. 30th panel will feature the CEOs of two of the most active and aggressive companies in the signage ecosystem – Chris …
DPAA Sets Draft Speaker List For Video Everywhere Summit In NYC Oct. 30th September 17, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Digital Place-Based Advertising Association (DPAA) has released a draft list of speakers for its annual Video Everywhere Summit in New York City, on Oct. 30th. It’s a full day of presentations and panels on “multi-screen engagement, mobile/location data and the role of DOOH advertising in today’s fast evolving media ecosystem.” This year’s speaker roster …
Tripleplay Using Famed Football Grounds As User Group Meet-up Site September 13, 2018 by Dave Haynes User group meetings are not something I normally write about, but the UK software provider Tripleplay has arranged for a very cool venue for its annual meet-up with end-users and partner vendors – Stamford Bridge, the home of pro football (soccer) team Chelsea FC. The central London venue is a client site. Says Tripleplay: Our engineering …
First Buffalo Digital Signage Industry Mixer Set For Tuesday Night September 10, 2018 by Dave Haynes People in the Buffalo, NY-area active in digital signage are getting together tomorrow night in that city for a networking mixer, which I THINK was pulled together by Kevin Cosbey, who does biz dev for Arrow (Seneca). The event is from 6 to 9 pm at EXPO Market, 617 Main Street, in the central district. The first …
DSF Planning Breakfast Education Series For Toronto September 10, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Toronto digital signage community is well known for getting together for drinks, but now they’re doing breakfasts, as well. The Digital Signage Federation (DSF) is in the organizing stages of a series of educational breakfast sessions to be held in the Greater Toronto Area. The sessions are intended to provide local members with education, …
