Digital Signage Awards Extends Submission Deadline To Nov. 10th October 31, 2017 by Dave Haynes It seems like every digital signage awards program out there has a bit of a rolling deadline for submissions, and the UK-based Digital Signage Awards program is no exception. The official deadline is today, but organizer Matthew Davies has let me know it has been extended 10 days based on requests from companies. “We do …
Projection Mapping Festival Now Part Of ISE Week In Amsterdam October 20, 2017 by Dave Haynes If you are at ISE in Amsterdam in not all that long from now, you may want to block out an evening to get over by the main rail station to take in a projection mapping exhibition/competition. The World Masters of Projection Mapping competition is running in that city from Jan. 14th to Feb. 9th, …
DSF Firms Up Plan For Annual Coffee And Controversy Event In NYC September 18, 2017 by Dave Haynes The plan for the Digital Signage Federation’s annual Coffee and Controversy breakfast event during New York City Digital Signage Week now appears to be set, with three sessions on Oct. 31st instead of the one (could be wrong, never been) usually done. There’s a Global Perspective on Digital Signage thing, then one on Digital OOH, …
DPAA Sets Agenda For Nov. 1 NYC DOOH Summit July 20, 2017 by Dave Haynes The Digital Place Based Advertising Association (DPAA) has, admirably, already plotted out much of the agenda for its annual Video Everywhere Summit in New York on November 1. The Summit, to be held at the iconic Roosevelt Hotel, is expected to pull some 800 people representing brands, agencies, digital out-of-home networks, ad tech, mobile/location companies, …
Four Winds Sets Dates For Third Forward Conference June 27, 2017 by Dave Haynes Four Winds Interactive is going ahead with a third edition of its annual Forward conference in Denver, the software company’s home city. The Oct. 10-12 event targets existing and prospective clients, but is also pretty good networking for vendors within FWI’s ecosystem. I know companies like Scala and NDS (Netherlands) also do user events, though …
DSF Sets Date, Location For Toronto Digital Signage Mixer On July 26 June 22, 2017 by Dave Haynes The DSF has set a date and place for a Toronto Meet & Greet mixer in late July, as well as a speaker. The event is July 26, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at The Rec Room, a new mega entertainment place-thingie that I believe is a product of Cineplex, the cinema chain. The invite says …
InfoComm 2017 – Pix From The Floor June 19, 2017 by Dave Haynes I’ve posted photos in earlier reports from last week at InfoComm, but here are some more that didn’t find their way into earlier coverage, with comments added: Transparent LED – those mesh screens you can see through – are getting quite good. The content running on this one was vivid. Fine pitch LEDs are being …
InfoComm 2017: It’s a Wrap – Record Attendance, Up 13.5% From 2016 June 17, 2017 by Dave Haynes My aching feet and back have returned from Orlando, and I am starting to thaw out from the high-performing air conditioning units at the convention center. You know things are weird when you’re doing conference sessions in hot, muggy Orlando and women are putting on sweaters. If you were there and found your way to …
Infocomm 2017: Day Two Impressions – Where Are The Gimmicks? June 16, 2017 by Dave Haynes My time on the floor was pretty finite on Day 2, but here some quick impressions … Panasonic now has a projection mapping software tool aimed at the sports market, going after Christie and its Mystique software, which makes projection mapping possible on the competition surfaces of, for example, an NBA or NHL arena. …
InfoComm 2017: Day One Impressions June 15, 2017 by Dave Haynes It was readily apparent to just about anyone that the big InfoComm pro AV trade show down in Orlando this week would include a lot of exhibit hall real estate filled up by LED display manufacturers. But I’ve never seen as many of them as I saw here – not even at the version of …
