Net Display Wisely Using Good Coffee As DSE Booth Bait March 2, 2012 by Super User The line-up at the Starbucks in the Las Vegas Convention Center is always crazy long, so any vendor that has coffee brewing on the trade show floor is going to draw a crowd, including me. The Dutch company Net Display Systems is at Digital Signage Expo this year (not sure they have shown in the past) …
Three DSE Pre-Show Education Sessions To Consider March 1, 2012 by Super User Just a few more sleeps and one very early alarm setting before I head to Lost Wages for Digital Signage Expo. Admittedly, I have been so freaking busy getting the Preset Group Mixer sorted, and also trying to earn a living, that I have not paid a lot of attention to the education sessions that …
NEC’s VUKUNET Hiring Digital OOH Media Salespeople March 1, 2012 by Super User When NEC Display announced VUKUNET in Nov. 2009 the company rather boldly planned to get into the ad media sales business, with media pros carrying Vukunet cards doing the rounds at agencies. That changed, and VUKUNET evolved into more of an enabling technology that other media sales people could use – the idea being the VUKUNET player/agent/thingie …
Mixer Name Badges At The Printer February 29, 2012 by Super User One of the big reasons we’ve been hounding people to register early and carefully for the mixer is because we are doing name badges for the first time at the mixer. I thought for a micro-second about those peel off and stick things, but they don’t actually stick. So … we went in a completely …
Remarkably Dumb Digital Shopping Cart In Beta Testing February 29, 2012 by Super User [youtube id=”16GiO8EEVpE” width=”600″ height=”350″] Bill Gerba saw and tweeted this, correctly noting So, so dumb. He saw it on Engadget, which saw in on The Verge, which saw it on Geekwire … so now that we have followed the bread crumb trail, here’s the story: Whole Foods is testing a motorized, digital shopping cart thing …
Preset DSE Mixer: Sponsor/Partner Profiles – DMG, Planar, Content Interface February 29, 2012 by Super User And finally, phew, we reach the last but not least of the sponsor and partner profiles for the Preset Group DSE Mixer on Tuesday night in Lost Wages … Sponsor Profiles – Diversified Media Group Known mostly as DMG, this company has been a sponsor for all three Preset Mixers and were quick, as always, …
Cirque Coming To DSE … Well Sorta February 29, 2012 by Super User [youtube id=”2Rrree9VV3M” width=”600″ height=”350″] Arrangements have come together to get a version of the BuzzWall that Arsenal Media did for Sun Life Financial and put it in the Christie booth next week at DSE in Las Vegas. The experiential wall has Christie’s MicroTiles as the focal point, and Arsenal’s content is as good as always, …
Hellberg: Get Your Story Right February 29, 2012 by Pat Hellberg My Preset Group partner Pat Hellberg doesn’t write often, but when he does, it’s always good. With almost two decades working with one of the world’s great brands behind him, ex-Nike guy Pat is one of too few “experts” in this sector who can speak with genuine authority about content. As DSE approaches next week, …
Pro AV Giant Extron Bails On Infocomm, ISE February 28, 2012 by Super User I don’t know the AV sector to pass much judgment, but found it interesting to read that pro AV electronics giant Extron is pulling out of its industry’s two biggest trade shows. After serious reflection and review, says president Andrew Edwards, I have decided to make a significant change to our tradeshow schedule. Effective this …
CODACAN Names New Board, New Strategic Plans February 28, 2012 by Super User The Canadian Out-of-Home Digital Association (CODACAN) had its Annual General Meeting last week, electing a new slate of Directors and signing off on plans to build up the organization and industry profile in 2012. The new Board is Bruno Pupo of LG Electronics, John Brosseau of Consumer Media Solutions, Haroon Mirza of Intel, Joe Cotugno …
