League Of Her Own Softball Tournament Raising Funds Supporting Women In AV/IT’s Efforts April 23, 2024 by Super User 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 Super User 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 Super User 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 Super User 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 Super User 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 Super User 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 …
Retail Media: Walmart to Share Performance Data with Advertisers April 19, 2024 by Antonia Hamberger Walmart takes one step further in expanding its retail media offering: the world’s largest retailer connects its advertising platform, Walmart Connect, with its latest performance reporting system, previously accessible only to suppliers.
Digital Creative Collective Universal Everything Ding Months-Long Exhibit In Melbourne April 19, 2024 by Super User 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 …
Digital Signage-Centric Golf Tourney Set For InfoComm Eve April 19, 2024 by Super User Industry veteran Kevin Cosbey has been pulling together somewhat informal golf days ahead of industry events for a few years, and the responses and experiences have been good enough to prompt a more formalized tournament, just ahead of Infocomm in a few weeks. The 1st Annual Velasea & Snap Install Golf Tournament will run at …
Light Festival In Emirate Includes Projection Mapping A Mountain April 19, 2024 by Super User All kinds of big man-made structures have been used as the canvas for projection mapping shows – from grain terminals to mosques to the Empire State Building. But here’s a very different, and challenging, projection surface – a mountain. German language content partner invidis has a post up on its site about a light festival …
