Digital Signage Federation Starts Vote For New and Renewed Board Members November 10, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation is in the process of electing new board members, with a very good crowd of candidates for the five open positions. The people running for the spots are: Frank Pisano of BrightSign, who is seeking a second term; Kym Frank of Intermx (previously of Geopath); Tony Green of Snap Install; Michael …
Sixteen:Nine ISE Mixer Set For Feb. 2 In Barcelona; Call For Sponsors November 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes With InfoComm out of the way, the next major trade show focused on digital signage and pro AV (if you set aside CES and NRF) is Integrated Systems Europe in Barcelona, at the start of February. Sixteen:Nine will be doing a digital signage industry mixer during that week, off-site and in conjunction with the global …
To No One’s Surprise, Last Month’s InfoComm Saw Attendee Numbers Down By 70%-85% November 8, 2021 by Dave Haynes AVIXA has released the numbers for its 2021 InfoComm trade show, run in Florida couple of weeks ago. As anyone paying attention expected, the numbers were way down. Verified attendance was 7,335, a little more than half of the 14,017 who registered to attend. The AVIXA press release does not say if the verified total …
The First, Likely Inevitable COVID Case Surfaces In Wake Of Last Week’s InfoComm Show November 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes There was a small shit-storm whorling away on social media in the weeks and days before last week’s InfoComm trade show in Orlando, focused on the health safety and overall business merits of the event in the midst of a pandemic. And that little storm is continuing as reports emerge of people who went to …
AVIXA Announces 2021 AV Professional Awards October 29, 2021 by Dave Haynes AVIXA – aka the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association – yesterday announced the 2021 winners of its AV Professional Awards. While a lot of the winners may be more familiar to other corners of the pro AV, there are some great people like Brandy Alvarado-Miranda who work in or touch on digital signage. The awards, …
Rebooted DSE Lines Up Data Viz Artist Refik Anadol As Keynote Speaker October 25, 2021 by Dave Haynes In a move I would describe as cheeky, the team pulling together the DSE reboot in March has announced its keynote speaker – just as InfoComm starts its exhibits and conferences this week in Orlando. It’s a great “get” for Questex – Refik Anadol, the most known and arguably successful creator in the emerging discipline …
AV Vendor Draper Nearing Funds Goal For Wounded US Military Vet October 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to the folks at the AV mounts and gear firm Draper, which is nearing a fundraising goal that would provide a mobility chair to a catastrophically wounded U.S. military veteran. Sue Downes, a mother of two from Tazewell, TN, sustained serious injuries while serving as a Corporal with a military police unit in …
Philips Hires Schuster To Run Its N.A. Pro Display Business; King Shifts To Hotel TV Vertical October 21, 2021 by Dave Haynes PPDS, the company that markets Philips Professional TV and Philips digital signage solutions, has brought on industry vet to Vince Schuster to run the commercial pro display business and put another pro AV lifer, Joe King, in a new leadership gig running the hospitality TV business. Schuster will be well-known to pro AV people, having …
Ex-Geopath Head Kym Frank Joins Intermx As Global Chief Experience Officer October 12, 2021 by Dave Haynes The location data and platform-provider Intermx has hired on former Geopath head Kym Frank in a newly-created role of Global Chief Experience Officer (CxO). Frank is very well known in digital OOH circles as the longtime, very knowledgeable head of the audience measurement bureau Geopath, but she resigned very abruptly at the start of the summer …
The Uncertain Return Of Tech Trade Shows October 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Meghan Thompson, STRATACACHE As we march toward 2022 with a still uncertain live event outlook, B2B leaders are looking closely at the business value of these high-cost, face-to-face events and asking the question: “Will the trade show of the past, remain just there … in the past?” You’ll perhaps recall walking the floor …
