DSF Opens Voting For Open Board Seats For 2024; Six Candidates For Four Slots November 15, 2023 by Dave Haynes 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 …
Being In Europe Full Time Generating Business For Chinese LED Display Vendor Dahua November 15, 2023 by Dave Haynes I get inundated daily by emails and Linkedin requests from Chinese LED manufacturers I’ve never heard of, while just about every LED project I write about – if it is outside of China – uses product from a relatively short list of major Chinese vendors like Absen, Leyard, Sansi and Unilumin. So it’s interesting to …
Vast Abu Dhabi Mosque Using Fine Pitch LED Ribbon Displays To Guide Visitors November 15, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s an interesting application of fine pitch LED to deliver what I’d call boring but very useful digital signage – wayfinding in a big mosque. This is in the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. The Wikipedia page for the place of worship says it is the largest of its kind in that country …
Intuiface Says Its Just-Launched Player Next Gen Software Enables Cross-Channel Delivery Of Rich Interactive Experiences November 15, 2023 by Dave Haynes The French software firm Intuiface has advanced new interactive player capabilities from broad beta testing to general availability, making it possible for solutions providers and end-users to create and deploy rich interactive experiences on any screen, whether using a device’s native player software or a progressive web app on a browser. Player Next Gen is …
New Phoenix Casino Makes LED Halo Over Gaming Floor Bar A Focal Point For Guests November 15, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s a great example of how LED is increasingly becoming a material for people who design built spaces – in this case a splashy new casino in the greater Phoenix area. The Santan Mountain Casino in Chandler is a 160,000-square-foot gaming destination features that, among many things, has a central bar that serves as a …
InfoComm Is Still Many Months Off, But Organizers Closing Call For Presenters Soon November 14, 2023 by Dave Haynes InfoComm is many months off – June 2024 in Las Vegas – but the AVIXA people who organize the big pro AV trade show are already telling the digital signage and AV communities their people better chop-chop if they want to get time in front of a conference microphone. From AVIXA: There are just over …
Jetbuilt’s DSE Presence To Show How Platform Bridges Organizational Silos And Streamlines AV Project Planning November 14, 2023 by Dave Haynes Having gone to a few trade shows through the years, I’ve often walked right on past exhibit stands because I either had no idea what the company did or how what they had applied to the industry, so a big hat tip to a vendor that will be at DSE in a few weeks, who …
UK OOH Industry Counteracts Citizen Opposition To Ad Spread With Report On Positive Contributions To Economy, Infrastructure November 14, 2023 by Dave Haynes The marketing body organized by top UK OOH media companies has a report out that counteracts the sentiments and advocacy of citizen organizations that oppose the spread of billboards on roadsides and advertising street furniture on the country’s high streets. The report, prepared by the consulting firm PwC and commissioned by Outsmart, suggests the UK …
Dave Stewart Relates How Design Huddle Takes The Grunt Work Out Of Motion Graphic Design November 14, 2023 by Dave Haynes Everybody who is active and experienced in the digital signage space knows the big evergreen challenge for solutions providers and end-users is content production – keeping programming on screens fresh and relevant, but also attractive. A lot of companies in the ecosystem – and not just the software guys – have some degree of template …
300 Meters Of LED Ribbon Lines Tracks For Pro Cycling Champions League Events November 14, 2023 by Dave Haynes LED ribbon boards have grown common on the perimeter of pro football/soccer pitches, and we’ve seen venues like Grand Slam tennis main courts surrounded by dynamic LED walls. But here’s something you maybe wouldn’t expect – almost 300 meters of linear LED ribbon display at a cycling velodrome. The displays were a featured component of …
