The 2020 Telecine Holiday Video Is Out December 17, 2020 by Dave Haynes The annual, always-loopy holiday video is out from my friends at Telecine, the longtime digital signage solutions provider in Montreal. The company does a special video each December to end the year, and it is reliably nutty. This one involves a German/Austrian/something psychoanalyst Dr. Frawed, acted by Telecine’s Justin Lachovsky, who did not miss his …
Reminder: Register For Next Week’s Digital Signage D=SIGN Happy Hour December 4, 2020 by Dave Haynes Re-upping this … registrations are coming in, but there are still slots available for industry friends to log in and see what their spare bedrooms, dining rooms or other makeshift home offices. The registration page is now live for the first-ever D=SIGN Happy Hour, a virtual mixer that puts a cap on next week’s two-day …
Chicago’s UPshow Hires On Ex-RMG CEO As President And SVP November 10, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Chicago digital signage CMS and solutions start-up UPshow has hired on former RMG Networks CEO Bob Michelson as its President and SVP, Customer Success. Michelson is hooking back up with UPshow CEO Adam Hirsen, who he worked with years ago at Sterling Partners, a large Chicago-based private equity investment firm. Michelson had been at …
Leedy Joins Sony; Third Digital Signage SME To Leave Diversified In 2020 November 10, 2020 by Dave Haynes I’m not entirely sure what’s happening at the big, NJ-based systems integrator Diversified, but all three of their key people for digital signage business development have now left the company in 2020. Jay Leedy, who ran business development for Diversified’s Digital Media Group, posted on Linkedin that he is now working for Sony. Leedy reports …
DSF, AVIXA Announce Early Plans For Two-Day Virtual Conference, Called D=SIGN October 22, 2020 by Dave Haynes The relationship announced recently between the Digital Signage Federation and AVIXA is starting to get some substance to it, with word today that there will be a two-day virtual conference in early December focused on digital signage and DOOH. The event is called D=SIGN and will run Dec. 8-9. Presented by AVIXA and the DSF, …
Congratulations! Ventura’s A First-Time Dad October 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes Big congratulations to first-time father Rich Ventura, who most industry people will know from NEC Display and more recently at Sony. He also was very active in and then headed the Digital Signage Federation. Jordyn Roselynn was born at 8:24 am on Monday. She was 7 lb. 10oz. and 19” long. I’m an idiot and …
RMG Hires On Silicon Valley Vet Ahlowalia As New Sales-Focused CEO September 10, 2020 by Dave Haynes Dallas-based digital signage CMS firm RMG Networks has a new CEO – a Silicon Valley software sales veteran whose most recent gig involved secured ID technology. RMG hired on Ankur Ahlowalia, who based on Linkedin seems to have been in the role for a couple of months. Says the PR: Ahlowalia previously served as Chief …
Dollevoet, Hofflander Get Chief’d Via Broadsign, Skykit Promotions August 31, 2020 by Dave Haynes As noted in the past, 16:9 doesn’t tend to cover new hires and appointments because analytics show few readers care. But once in a while I stick them in if the news is notable. DOOH-centric CMS Broadsign has promoted Maarten Dollevoet to the role of Chief Revenue Officer, though he was already SVP of GlobalSales and …
After Forever At Rise Vision, Cahoy Joins InReality As CRO August 10, 2020 by Dave Haynes Industry veteran Ryan Cahoy has left Rise Vision after roughly 300 years to sign on with Atlanta-based venue analytics firm InReality, as its Chief Revenue Officer. In a modestly confusing twist, Cahoy still has ownership and keeps an eye on Rise Display, a sister company that functions as an integrator, doing LED-based ticker displays for …
COVID-19, Slowed Economies Force Layoffs At AVIXA August 5, 2020 by Dave Haynes The pro AV trade association AVIXA has sent and also published a letter to members announcing staff layoffs – an unfortunate by-product of COVID-19 and the temporary end of trade shows, as we know them. The association, based outside of Washington, DC, told members: Due to the pandemic and the dramatic impacts to our industry, …
