Leyard, Planar Light Up Giant 8K Indoor LED Wall At NAB April 19, 2016 by Super User This is what Planar and its parent company Leyard are showing this week at the big NAB broadcast trade show in Las Vegas – about $2.3 million worth of 8K LED wall. The video wall measures more than 31 feet wide by 18 feet tall (9.5 meters by 5.5 meters) and is composed of 64 …
Digital Podium Centre-Stage At Canada’s Music Awards This Weekend April 1, 2016 by Super User The Canadian version of the Grammys – called the JUNOS – goes this weekend in Calgary, and one of the features at the 2016 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards will be a special podium fronted by a digital screen. Dubbed George – The Digital Podium, the set-up will be used to relay social media updates to the crowd as …
Ingram Planning Digital Signage Vendor Fair Apr. 28 In Toronto March 31, 2016 by Super User The Toronto office of giant distributor Ingram Micro is running a Pro AV/Digital Signage vendor fair and what it calls a speed mixer (you drink fast???) on April 28th at the Toronto Congress Centre, which is up by the main airport. The agenda sets up like this: A general vendor fair and lunch starting at noon, …
DSF Mixer Set For April 6th At Charlotte-area Bass Pro March 30, 2016 by Super User I’d got to this just for the food, and craft beer, but it’s a bit of a drive (like 14 hours) … plus I couldn’t drive home after the craft beer. Oh well. The Digital Signage Federation is running a mixer April 6th at the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World store in Concord, NC, which …
InfoComm Gets European Help For Las Vegas Digital Signage Summit March 24, 2016 by Super User The big pro AV trade show InfoComm has for several years had some sort of digital signage educational conference running ahead of the exhibit hall opening, and there will be another one this year – with a European twist. The conference’s educational component – InfoComm will deal with the commercial/sponsor end of things – is …
Pix: Preset Group DSE 2016 Mixer In Las Vegas March 22, 2016 by Super User Ok, back at World HQ after DSE and a mini-vacation three hours northeast of Vegas ay Zion National Park. One word review: Amazing. I arranged for a local guy to run around at the mixer last week and grab shots of the venue and people. He was no pro, but he was family of a …
DX3 Canada – A Poet, A Robot And A Morphing, Projection-Mapped Love Seat March 4, 2016 by Super User DX3 is a technology/digital marketing show and conference that has been running now in Toronto for a few years, and I went Thursday to see what’s up with the mostly Canadian companies that filled up an exhibit hall. It’s not an overly big show, but there’s always stuff that intrigues me. In my walk around, I …
SEGD’s DesignX Event At DSE 2016 Exploring Smart Digital Experiences February 29, 2016 by Super User Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) is one of the sponsors this year of the annual Preset Group DSE Mixer, along with the graphics and signage firm CREO Industrial Arts. The organization is running its first designX event at the Digital Signage Expo, a full day of talk and dialogue focused on learning for creating and …
DSE 2016 Booth Field Guide: Freshwater Digital February 18, 2016 by Super User Freshwater Digital, Booth C12 Here’s why Preset Group Mixer Sponsor Freshwater Digital says people need to swing by the content area, Booth C12, as relayed by EVP Business Development Jon Dodge. Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? Freshwater has a distinct advantage, as …
DSF Revives Pre-DSE Golf Day In Las Vegas February 17, 2016 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation has revived a pre-DSE golf tournament in Las Vegas, the day before the trade show floor opens and in the hours before the Preset Group Mixer. The DSF’s golf outing is at the Painted Desert Golf Club, with an 11:15 am shotgun start. Shuttle service from the Strip and the Las …