DSF Seeking Nominees For Educator Of The Year January 16, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation does an annual award to someone who invests a lot of her or his time educating the industry, with the award named after its first recipient, San Diego-based consultant and world-class chatterbox Alan Brawn. The DSF’s Alan C. Brawn Educator of the Year Award “recognizes a deserving individual within our digital …
Quividi Shuffles Exec Team, With New CEO And Co-Founder Back As President January 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes The French computer vision firm Quividi – which has been marketing video analytics into the digital signage and DOOH ecosystems for many years – has shuffled its management team, naming a new CEO, shifting its longtime CEO to the board, and bringing back a founder. Laetitia Lim is the new Chief Executive Officer, with Ke-Quang …
Digital Signage Federation’s 2020 Board Has Three New Faces, Two Returnees January 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation has released the outcome of its 2020 Board of Directors elections. Spencer Graham of Real Digital Media will serve a second year as Chairman. The post is traditionally a one-year thing, but this is the second consecutive extension, as NEC’s Rich Ventura also had an extra year keeping the launch codes …
The Ever-Loopy Telecine Holiday Video Is Out December 17, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Montreal solutions provider Telecine has once again pushed out a loopy video just in time for the holidays – though this one is half new material, half highlight reel from past versions. The premise this time around is that the company is under audit from Revenue Canada for dubious expense claims related to producing …
Re-Elect Dave For DSF December 16, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation is holding elections for two-year seats on its board of directors. The eight people up for election are: Dominic DeSieno, Wells FargoJeremy Gavin, ScreenfeedRobert Heise, Global Display SolutionsChris Freeman, United AirlinesBeth Warren, Creative RealitiesIrina Zeltser, TalonStephanie Gutnik, Outfront (running for second term)Me, also up for re-election Two years ago when I …
DSF’s Coffee And Controversy Privacy Panel Now Up As Video November 20, 2019 by Dave Haynes The edit is done and now you can watch the full video of the Coffee and Controversy panel on privacy issues run last month in New York City. I moderated the session and had a great, very smart bunch of panelists. The edit was done by the Digital Signage Federation, which organized and hosted the …
Europe’s Digital Signage Organisation Plans Dec. 4 Mixer In London November 15, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Organisation is running a members-only mixer at The Royal Opera House in London, UK on December 4th. There will be a technology tour both inside and outside the venue, followed by a Q&A session with the venue’s in-house IT team, and then drinks on the opera house’s balcony, which sounds very cool. …
DSF’s Board of Director Nominations Open October 23, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation has opened up the nominations for two-year positions on its board of directors, with the newly elected beginning terms in 2020. The DSF Nominating Committee is now accepting nominations on the non-profit’s website. Members can nominate themselves, or an associate within the industry. The Nominations Committee is particularly seeking End Users …
All Fine Here After Dorian Blew Through September 10, 2019 by Dave Haynes I’ve had all kinds of nice notes from people asking how World HQ fared after Hurricane Dorian blew through Nova Scotia on Saturday. We’re fine. Place is fine. But thanks to all for the concern. I would have posted yesterday, but that seemed self-indulgent, Still does, but people are still sending me notes, asking if …
Next DSF Meet And Greet Set For Aug. 14th In Chicago July 31, 2019 by Dave Haynes The next Digital Signage Federation Meet and Greet mixer is set for two weeks from today in suburban Chicago, at NEC’s offices out in the ‘burbs. The event on Aug. 14th – 6 to 8:30 pm CDT – will have a couple of presentations: NEXT/NOW will present “Rooted in Greatness” – a discussion about its work …