The InfoComm Blast Furnace Is On June 6, 2016 by Dave Haynes I am in Las Vegas this week, where it is a bit hot. This is what my rental car dashboard was telling me for the outside temperature at about 2 PM yesterday – 115 F. So if you are coming here for InfoComm this week, don’t worry about packing a sweater. I have a series …
Webinars Coming Up This Month On Digital Signage Content Basics, And Data June 3, 2016 by Dave Haynes Not sure what’s up, but lately I’ve been involved in a string of webinars, helping put various companies and organizations. There are at least two more coming up. The Digital Signage Federation, which I’ve finally joined, has a June 15 “Hangout” session on the Basic Content Do’s & Don’ts for Digital Signage, in which I’m guessing I’ll …
DSrupted 2016? Nope. May 30, 2016 by Dave Haynes Several people have asked me if I will be organizing a third version of DSrupted, a conference focused on emerging and disruptive technologies in the signage market. The short answer is No. And here’s the longer answer: The 2015 and 2015 conferences generated very positive feedback, and the events confirmed my sense that there is …
InfoComm Lists 361 Digital Signage Exhibitors – Some Who Actually Do Digital Signage May 26, 2016 by Dave Haynes InfoComm has never really been a big show for the software side of the digital signage business, and that’s a trend that continues in a couple of weeks in Las Vegas. There are 361 exhibitors that have associated themselves to the digital signage category, among many, in the exhibitor directory. But I don’t think there are …
InfoComm’s Speaker Line-Up Set for Digital Signage Summit May 17, 2016 by Dave Haynes The speaker line-up now seems to be in place for the Digital Signage Summit at InfoComm, being run by the German consultancy and event group Invidis Consulting. The summit is on Tuesday, June 7th, from 8 AM (groan) to 3:30 PM, I think/assume/better find out that it is at the Las Vegas Convention Centre. I better find …
PJSC Skeds May 11 Session Taking Pulse Of Digital OOH Industry April 25, 2016 by Dave Haynes The investment banking and advisory firm Peter J. Solomon Company is doing a webinar in a couple of weeks taking a look at the state of the Digital OOH industry. Called Pulse of the Industry: DOOH, the Wednesday, May 11th at 11 a.m. ET session will be led by Verifone Media General Manager Paul Jankauskas …
Digital Signage Talks Drawing SRO Crowds At Print Industry’s Sign Expo April 20, 2016 by Dave Haynes Jim Nista of Insteo sent me a note saying he wondered if perhaps the traditional sign industry might finally be catching on that digital screens are an opportunity, and not either A) a nuisance or B) the devil’s work. He’s a speaker at the International Sign Association’s big trade show this week in Orlando, and …
Leyard, Planar Light Up Giant 8K Indoor LED Wall At NAB April 19, 2016 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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, …
