Video: Dave’s Daily – Chatting at ISE 2023 About Digital Signage Software Advances February 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s the second edition of what my friends at invidis are calling Dave’s Daily – this one looking at software advances seen at ISE 2023. You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. More …
Great Success: Sixteen:Nine Mixer Well-Received (But I Need Pix!) February 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes The curious element of the digital signage industry “mixer” events that I have been doing since forever is that as they have grown in size and scope, I experience less and less of the event. I spent most of last night’s event in Barcelona outside the venue entrance, welcoming people and taking advantage of relative …
Full List Of Winners & Finalists: Global Digital Signage Awards 2023 February 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Global DIGITAL SIGNAGE AWARDS for 2023 were handed out last night in Barcelona, with the big winners projects at property developments and airport passenger experience systems. The awards were at the same venue, up a set of stairs, as last night’s Sixteen:Nine digital signage networking mixer during ISE 2023. Sixteen:Nine has been a media …
Mixer Done, Attendees Happy, And Dave Survives Drinks With The Norwegians February 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes It’s 12:30, back at the rental flat in Barcelona, kinda tipsy, and very pleased I managed to extricate myself from a lengthier night out with “the Norwegians.” The Sixteen:Nine Mixer was at a lovely hillside pavilion that was a great venue, but a little hard to find and even harder to get a cab from …
ISE 2023 Day Two Impressions – Seriously Packed Event February 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes When Integrated Systems Europe announced it was shifting locations from its longtime home of Amsterdam to Barcelona, there were questions from some quarters about the business viability of the giant pro AV trade show about its ability to attract the same kinds of vendor counts and crowds as it was seeing in the 2010s. The …
Video: Dave’s Daily – Day One Impressions From ISE January 31, 2023 by Dave Haynes Think I need to find a shop in Barcelona that sells straight-jackets, so my hands aren’t flying around like I was born in Naples. My wife Joy learned years ago to move wine glasses out of harm’s way when I start talking … This is what my friends at Invidis have set up for ISE …
ISE Impressions – Day One: Nice Place, Shame About The Lines January 31, 2023 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe has always struck me as a well-oiled machine, but the process of getting into the venue in Barcelona was a bit of a shambles on Day One. I assume that will all be fixed come Day Two … fingers crossed. I went a day early to get my badge printed off, so …
LED Display Analyst Ted Romanowitz Of Futuresource On What To Expect And See At ISE 2023 January 30, 2023 by Dave Haynes Ted Romanowitz has been around the commercial display and tech sectors for a whole bunch of years, and for the last two or so, has been an industry analyst for the research firm Futuresource Consulting. Futuresource is in the UK, but Ted works out of the Portland, Oregon area – spending his time looking at …
Activist Investor Firm Pushing For Removal Of Daktronics CEO And CFO In Wake Of SEC Filings January 30, 2023 by Dave Haynes An investment firm that owns just shy of 6% of the South Dakota LED display manufacturing firm Daktronics is pushing the company and its board to punt CEO Reece Kurtenbach, citing “deep-rooted issues” with how the company is being run and its performance. Alta Fox Capital Management published a letter, and replicated it as a …
Spotted: Update Screens For Toilet Occupancy Status January 27, 2023 by Dave Haynes Running around madly for meetings and site visits in London this week, so minimal desk time for knocking out posts. That curious polka dot painter from Japan, which had big digital installs in NYC, has a version in London outside Harrod’s – but it is mostly a huge figurine in front of a door. There …