Scala Gets Healthy Crowd For Its Retail Media Networks Day In London April 23, 2024 by Dave Haynes It looks like Scala got a healthy crowd out to its retail media networks learning day in London, run today ahead of the Retail Technology Show that starts tomorrow. The What’s in Store for Retail Media Networks is a UK spin on a retail media network-focused one-day conference that Scala’s parent company STRATACACHE did ahead …
Registration Now Open For Commercial Integrator Expo In Denver This Fall April 23, 2024 by Dave Haynes Registration has now opened up for Commercial Integrator Expo 2024, the pro AV-centric trade show that started co-locating last year with CEDIA Expo, a long-running trade show and conference that focuses on residential tech like audio-visual and lighting. The two shows are back in Denver, Sept. 4-7 (the trade hall says are Sept. 5-7.) “This …
Huge Digital Mirror Adds Experience In Sevilla Shopping Mall April 23, 2024 by Dave Haynes This has been operating for a while, but I just stumbled across it this morning … It’s about the biggest digital mirror I have seen to date, in a shopping mall in Sevilla, Spain. Most of the displays I have seen that have a digital layer behind the glass have been in dressing rooms and …
League Of Her Own Softball Tournament Raising Funds Supporting Women In AV/IT’s Efforts April 23, 2024 by Dave Haynes This looks like fun for pro AV people living in the US northeast – a softball tournament on Long Island next month built thematically around the movie League Of Her On and put on by Women in AV/IT (WAVIT), the nonprofit organization that has a mission of advancing women in the audio-visual industry. The tournament …
InfoComm Announces LATAM Version, Set For Oct. 22-24 In Mexico City April 23, 2024 by Dave Haynes A big cohort of Mexican pro AV and digital signage people were likely making the InfoComms cycling annually between Vegas and Orlando part of their business travel plans, but starting this fall they’ll have an InfoComm dedicated to Mexico and the the broader LATAM region.. The trade association AVIXA, which owns and runs InfoComm, has …
Ross Video Boosts Real-Time Graphics Capabilities Via Bannister Lake Acquisition April 23, 2024 by Dave Haynes The live video production technology company Ross Video has an agreement to acquire another Canadian company, Bannister Lake Software (BL Soft). Ottawa-based Ross Video is a major player in solutions and services for live broadcasts and events, and Bannister Lake’s data-driven graphics capabilities fit nicely within broad list of products. The flagship BL Soft product Chameleon …
LED Mainstreamed: A Retail POP Fixture On A Pallet, With A Display On Its Front Face April 22, 2024 by Dave Haynes I have seen merchandising tables in big box environments like Best Buy and even Costco that have LED displays below the counter, so to speak, to draw attention and market product – but in another sign of this stuff being mainstreamed, it’s now being used for temporary POP displays on pallets that get plopped in …
Paris Mall Refreshes 250 Sq. Meters Of LED For DOOH-Focused “New Digital Dream” April 22, 2024 by Dave Haynes The operators of one of the larger shopping malls in Europe and its OOH media partner pushed a big red symbolic button last week to officially turn on 250 sq. meters of new LED display in its central courtyard, under the name New Digital Dream. The display set-up includes a big feature screen intended to …
Phish’s Four-Night Sphere Run Takes Predictably Different Visual Approach From U2 April 22, 2024 by Dave Haynes On Sunday night, the American rock band Phish finished the last of a four-night weekend run at Sphere in Las Vegas – the second touring act to put on performances that use the giant 16K curved screen as a backdrop. The freeform music of Phish is wildly different from Ireland’s U2, and that was reflected …
Digital Creative Collective Universal Everything Ding Months-Long Exhibit In Melbourne April 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes Another creative studio well known for generating visuals for big screens has got into the exhibition game – with the UK-based art and design collective Universal Everything putting on a special months-long event at the ACMI (formerly Australian Centre for the Moving Image) in Melbourne. The ticketed show is called Beings and will run from …
