Reach Media’s Gibson Joins Three Re-Elected At-Large Members On 2024-25 DSF Board December 11, 2023 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation has announced the results of board of directors voting, with three of four open slots going to currently-serving board members and the final slot being won by Kiersten Gibson of Reach Media, who tried and failed last week to get me in with the Fireball shots crowd at the Sixteen:Nine Mixer. …
Broadsign, SignageOS Folks’ 24-Hr Ski Efforts This Weekend Raise $31K For Kids’ Causes December 11, 2023 by Super User A big tip of the toque to the folks at Broadsign and SignageOS who competed over the weekend at a 24-hour sports relay challenge in Quebec’s Mont Tremblant ski resort area. The combined team raised more than $31,000 for child health cause at the event. Teams of 6 to 12 participants relay each other for 24 …
Exhibition Hub Founder Mario Iacampo Has Passed Away November 22, 2023 by Super User Photo: Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press A service is set for Saturday in Brussels for Mario Iacampo, one of the pioneers in the steadily emerging and evolving immersive attractions space. Iacampo was the CEO and Creative Director of Exhibition Hub, which was putting on touring projection-mapping attractions around the world, most notably Van Gogh: The Immersive …
DSF Opens Voting For Open Board Seats For 2024; Six Candidates For Four Slots November 15, 2023 by Super User Voting starts today for open, at-large director positions on the board of the non-profit Digital Signage Federation, with six very familiar industry folks vying for four available positions. Elections open at 11 AM EST today. The candidates are: Tony Green of Snap Install (running for 2nd term); Kristin Roubie of Elo Touch (running for 2nd …
Women In AV/IT Running Career Advice Luncheon Dec. 5th At DSE November 13, 2023 by Super User The non-profit group Women in AV/IT (or WAVIT) has organized a luncheon during Digital Signage Experience (DSE) next month that looks at “Empowering Women in Digital Signage: Best Career Advice I’ve Ever Received.” The event is set for Tuesday, Dec. 5th at noon at the Keynote Stage during DSE. From PR: The luncheon aims to …
AVI Systems CTO Sousa Passes Away At Company Event November 8, 2023 by Super User The digital signage and particularly the pro AV industry lost a well-known and evidently much liked veteran last night – with the CTO of big US integrator AVI Systems passing away while at a company event in Austin, Texas. Brad Sousa was in Austin with 150 other AVI employees for an event known as AVI …
ZetaDisplay Changes At Top, With Mandorf No Longer CEO; Fully Leaving Company At End Of Year October 23, 2023 by Super User The CEO of one of Europe’s larger, often regionalized digital signage solutions providers has stepped down, with a successor already in place today as the head of Malmo, Sweden-based Zeta Display. Per Mandorf has stepped down down after more than four years, after growing the company organically and through acquisitions, with a main focus on …
Racapé Leaving Post As Global Commercial Head For PPDS; Last Day Just Before ISE October 19, 2023 by Super User I don’t normally write about personnel stuff like new hires and departures because page view metrics clearly suggest few readers have much interest in that kind of news, but this is a big one: the guy who has been a big part of building up the profile and user base for Philips pro displays is …
Fundraiser Page Up For Family Of Diversified’s Rich Daugherty, Dead From Heart Attack Last Month October 5, 2023 by Super User A fundraising page is up looking for help for the family of Rich Daugherty, who was working for the big pro AV integrator Diversified when he had a fatal heart attack around Labor Day. Rich was most known for years spent in a variety of digital media roles with AVI-SPL. I didn’t know him, but …
DSF’s NYC Cocktails And Controversy Event Next Week Focused On AI And Digital Signage October 3, 2023 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation is running an evening mixer and panel next week in New York, at the front end of what has been rebranded as Out of Home New York. The “Cocktails & Controversy” session next Monday will focus on the topic of “AI and Digital Signage – Myth, Marvel or Magic?” My friends …
