Women In AV/IT Running Career Advice Luncheon Dec. 5th At DSE November 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes 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 …
Mega-Project Developer Uses LED On Film For Riyadh Presentation Center November 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is what looks to be a presentation center for a vast mixed-use project in Riyadh – using LED-embedded transparent film on the windows. It is at the themed attraction Boulevard World and, though details are skimpy, is presumably marketing New Murabba, a giga-project backed by the Saudi government-based Public Investment Fund. The development is …
Big European Integrator Trison Acquired By Investment Firm With Direct Ties To Lichtenstein’s Royal Family November 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes The largest digital signage-focused integrator and solutions provider in the European market has been acquired by an investment firm that is based in Lichtenstein and has direct ties to that principality’s royal family. The Spanish firm Trison had been on the market for the last couple of years, but nothing had closed. Now majority shareholder …
How Digital Signage Is Part Of A Sustainable Revolution For Reducing CO2 Emissions November 10, 2023 by Martin Hagen Guest Post: Martin Hagen, SocialScreen In a rapidly evolving world where businesses and organizations are constantly seeking innovative solutions to reduce their carbon footprint, digital signage has emerged as a powerful tool for not only engaging audiences but also for making a significant impact on sustainability efforts. In 2023, the AV and digital signage industry …
Europe’s Largest Media Companies Both Seeing Strong Growth In DOOH Sales November 10, 2023 by Dave Haynes Two of the largest out of home media companies in Europe are both showing big growth on the digital sides of their business, with Ströer and JC Decaux both showing DOOH sales up 28% in the last quarterly reporting period.Sales for Ströer are up despite the overall overall advertising market being down or level in …
Present And Future For Digital Signage Business To be Covered By Pre-Mixer Panel November 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes We’ll be doing a panel again ahead of the sold out Sixteen:Nine Mixer at DSE in a handful of weeks – this time focused on the broad topic of where we are at as an industry, and where we’re going. Sponsors make these mixers possible, and it works out very well that I could get …
Canada’s Bell Media Launches Ad Tech That Syncs Digital Billboards With Radio Ads November 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes Canada’s Bell Media has launched new technology that pairs roadside digital out of home billboards with commercial radio, with ge0-fenced ads on the outdoor LEDs synced with ads on specific radio stations. So, a motorist crawling along the 20 in Montreal or the Gardiner in Toronto might see an ad for the financial company Desjardins …
Las Vegas Sphere Reports $98.4M Loss … But That Mostly Covers Period Before Doors Opened November 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes That giant LED orb in Las Vegas has generated a huge amount of intention since it was lit up and the doors opened for paid admissions, and its backers are undoubtedly hoping it will generate the kind of money needed to make it viable – given that the most recent financials for the Sphere show …
Date And Time Window Now Set For Digital Signage Summit At ISE 2024 November 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes No details yet, but the Digital Signage Summit that’s part of Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) now has a date and time window for Barcelona. The mini-conference will run over four hours in the middle of the trade show day at the ISE venue, in one of the facility’s many, many meeting spaces. It is set …
Sharp, E Ink Collaboration Results In New Color E Poster That Leverages IGZO Technology November 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes E Ink and Sharp have collaborated on a color e paper display that goes beyond re-badging an existing E Ink product, combining that company’s Spectra tech with Sharp’s IGZO technology. I absolutely had to look up IGZO, and I now kinda sorta barely understand that it is technology used for the backplanes of digital displays, …
