Mall Ad Network Adspace Hires Shazam Exec As New Chief Revenue Officer May 30, 2018 by Dave Haynes The NYC-based shopping mall digital out of home ad network Adspace has hired on the former Chief Revenue Officer for Shazam as its new CEO in a bid to drive sales growth across its 300-plus locations. Greg Glenday was instrumental in Shazam’s successful sale to Apple, having taken the music discovery/audio recognition platform into profitability for …
16:9 Podcasts: Alan Brawn On Educating The Digital Signage Masses, & Talking Some Off The Business Ledge May 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes One hell of a lot of the people involved in some way with the digital signage business – as a vendor or end-user – have spent a day or more learning the fundamentals from Alan Brawn. With his son Jonathan, Alan runs a small San Diego-based consulting firm that has been heavily focused for the …
Freelance AV Tech Marketplace AV Junction Tops 1,000 Members May 7, 2018 by Dave Haynes AV Junction, the start-up that’s set up a dedicated online marketplace connecting AV freelancers with hiring companies like integrators, now says it has more than 1,000 entries in its database and is helping get work done globally. Founder Paul Weatherhead says he’ll have a booth at InfoComm 2018 in early June and will be launching software …
DSF’s European Wing Announces New Leadership May 1, 2018 by Dave Haynes The European wing of the Digital Signage Federation – DSF Europe – has announced a new leadership set-up. Dirk Huelsermann is stepping back from his long-running position as chairman (since inception nine years ago as OVAB Europe) and the organization will now have a President as its head. Simon Jackson, VP Strategic & Vertical Sales EMEA …
16:9 Podcasts: Megan Dutta On The Launch And Goals Of Women Of Digital Signage April 18, 2018 by Dave Haynes Megan Dutta and Andrea Varrone have been longtime friends in AV circles, and spoken often about putting together an organization that represented the interests and aspirations of woman in this industry. They finally saw time open up last summer and started organizing what turned into Women of Digital Signage. The group had its first gathering …
DSF Mixer Set For Austin May 9th April 4, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation is doing a Meet & Greet mixer in Austin, Texas on May 9th, and looking to get local and regional digital signage people showing up for good chats, a little education and possibly a Shiner Bock or two. The event runs at the JW Marriott in downtown Austin, starting at 6. …
DSF Hands Out Women Scholarship And Educator Awards, And The Names Have Familiar Rings April 3, 2018 by Dave Haynes There were a couple of particularly nice little moments last week at the post-day one awards event at Digital Signage Expo – when a couple of people were recognized. The Digital Signage Federation awarded the DSF Geri Wolff Scholarship for the 2017-18 year to Sonia Darlison, a student at the University of Waterloo, in Ontario. The …
All Systems Go For Tuesday’s 16:9 Mixer – Here’s What You Need To Know March 23, 2018 by Dave Haynes Back at the live bait shop after seven weeks of intensive travel, and I am now packing and prepping for leaving Sunday for Las Vegas and DSE next week. A quick look at the EventBrite page says there are 396 registrants for the mixer – between sign-ups and sponsor invites – and I have added …
If Your Company Delivers Corporate Comms, You Need To Hire This Guy March 15, 2018 by Dave Haynes Brad Parler drove up from Houston to Dallas to catch the Samsung Revolution Tour event I was speaking at Wednesday, and he filled me in on what he’s up to with the amazing corporate communications network he put together at Blinds.com. Short story – he’s no longer there, and he doesn’t totally know what’s happening …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Paul Weatherhead Talks About His Freelance AV Marketplace, AV Junction March 7, 2018 by Dave Haynes Paul Weatherhead was working for a systems integrator in Toronto, spending a lot of time trying to find and hire freelance pro AV contractors to do work for him on remote jobs. Like a lot of people in his position, he started thinking there had to be a better way. The difference is that he …
