Nashville Gets Even Better With Awesome New Airport Terminal Lobby January 26, 2023 by Dave Haynes I’d be very happy if every trade show I went to in the US was in Nashville, and not in Vegas or, ugh, Orlando. But it is my understanding that digital signage and AV trade shows are not organized, weirdly, just to suit me. Nashville is a great place on a bunch of levels (live …
Digital Signage In London: Impressions From The Road: January 25, 2023 by Dave Haynes It’s a big trip and expensive flight to get from North America to Barcelona for ISE 2023, so I broke it up by spending a few days ahead of next week’s trade show in Barcelona with meetings and site visits in London. I’ve had a bunch of good meetings with industry friends like Esprit Digital …
Smaller Digital Signage SaaS Providers In Death Spirals: STRATACACHE CEO January 25, 2023 by Dave Haynes My good friends and content partners at the German language publishing and consulting firm invidis have an interesting post up built around an extended interview with STRATACACHE CEO Chris Riegel, who runs what is very likely the largest digital signage software and solutions business in the industry. There may be a Chinese company with more …
It’s Time For The Digital Signage Community To Start Dabbling With Generative AI January 25, 2023 by Geoff Bessin Guest Post: Geoffrey Bessin, Intuiface The world of generative AI is on fire. Super-powered algorithms are writing code, crafting stories, and creating images that would challenge a Turing test. Under the covers, deeply complex machine-learning processes are burrowing through billions of human-created words, graphics, and code, getting more intelligent and more creative by the minute. …
Reach Media Network Details Its Evolution From DOOH To End-To-End Digital Signage Provider January 24, 2023 by Dave Haynes Reach Media Network has been around the digital signage ecosystem since 2005, and like many of the companies in this sector, its focus and strategy has evolved a lot based on customer needs and marketplace conditions. The Minneapolis-area company got its start as a place-based media network, putting screens in venues on its own dollar, …
In London This Week January 23, 2023 by Dave Haynes Stopping in London on the way to Barcelona and Integrated Systems Europe, with interviews and tours set up for several things, including that new Outernet experiential venue over by Soho. It’s nippy but sunny, so the step counts will be substantial. But I’m not here to sit at a desk so the volume and pace …
ISE Sixteen:Nine Mixer Sponsor Profiles: PPDS (Philips) January 23, 2023 by Dave Haynes Our final Sixteen:Nine digital signage mixer sponsor profile features PPDS, the company that operates as the sales and marketing arm for Philips commercial displays. PPDS will be delivering what it describes as a “wave of innovative and industry-advancing, new-for-2023 products and software solutions, including the highly anticipated global unveiling of a brand new, sustainability-focused Philips …
ISE Sixteen:Nine Mixer Sponsor Profiles: ScreenCloud January 23, 2023 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe is fully back after COVID-era disruptions, and Sixteen:Nine is doing a Barcelona version of the networking mixer it has been doing annually at DSE in Las Vegas for the past decade or so. The event (sold out, sorry!) happens because of eight great sponsors who help cover the considerable costs. I like …
Real Estate Auction House Uses Pair Of Vast Fine-Pitch LED Walls To Monitor Business Activity January 23, 2023 by Dave Haynes Big LED video walls in company lobbies and reception areas are increasingly common, but the set up at the LA offices of CoStart Group is intriguing because of the way it was done, and also because the online auction firm uses more fine pitch LED for its core business activity. CoStar describes itself as a …
Read About The Sophisticated Tech Set-Up At Orlando Int’l Airport’s Moment Vault January 20, 2023 by Dave Haynes The technical and creative teams behind an experiential multimedia installation at Orlando International Airport have pushed out PR that goes into substantial detail about what’s called The Moment Vault – three big, curved fine-pitch LED walls that form a circle. The Moment Vault’s impressive technology was planned out and managed by system designer Smart Monkeys, …