The 16:9 DSE Mixer Is Back For 2018 January 10, 2018 by Super User It’s a new year and people are starting to get into trade show season mode and plan their schedules for things like DSE, and the emails are already coming in asking about the annual Sixteen:Nine DSE Mixer. Yes, it’s on again. Same format. Same location. Same timeframe – the evening before the trade show floor …
DSE Lookahead: Globalshop On Same Week, Wrong City, But Bar Show On Next Door January 10, 2018 by Super User A friend pointed out that Globalshop this year is again on the same week as Digital Signage Expo, but unlike last year, the cab ride over to that show for DSE is a bit more involved. Last year, the big retail merchandising show was at the south end of the strip at the Mandalay Bay …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: ISE Director Mike Blackman Previews The 2018 Show January 10, 2018 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is now just a matter of weeks away, with the doors to the massive pro AV trade show in Amsterdam set to open on February 6th. The show has broken attendance records in recent years, and it looks very much like the 2018 number will exceed last year’s count of 73,000-plus. ISE …
You Walk Through An OLED Slot Canyon To Get To LG’s CES Booth January 9, 2018 by Super User Via Korea Times and AV Interactive The entrance to LG’s monster booth at CES in Las Vegas this week is a 28 metre-long winding walkway of flexible OLED displays, set up to mimic one of the slot canyons hikers might find in nearby Utah or Arizona. The LG OLED Canyon has 90 concave and 156 …
OAAA Releases Report On How Out Of Home Mediacos Fit In Smart Cities January 8, 2018 by Super User The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) has released a study looking at how the development and implementation of smart cities creates opportunities for the out of home advertising industry, and how media companies need to plug in. “The smart cities phenomenon is creating real opportunities for the OOH industry,” the report says. “As cities …
Intel’s Newest NUC Can Drive Six Digital Signage Displays At Once January 8, 2018 by Super User Intel is showing off a new, very powerful version of its NUC mini-PCs, which have been widely used by some digital signage network operators, software vendors and systems integrators. Liliputing, reporting from CES, has a video and story up about $800 and $1,000 barebones versions of a NUC – that’s before OS, RAM and storage …
Digital Signage Awards Entries Now Shortlisted, Winners Announced Feb. 7 at ISE January 8, 2018 by Super User The judges for the Digital Signage Awards have put in their assessments and short lists have been developed across the various categories. The winners will be announced and awards handed out on February 7 at Integrated Systems Europe, as part of the trade show’s Digital Signage Summit. I’m among the judges and can say there were …
Samsung Now Marketing Micro LED Technology; Jumbo 146-Inch TV Showing At CES January 8, 2018 by Super User Samsung confirmed rumors today and announced a massive, modular MicroLED TV called The Wall. The easiest way to think of it is a fine pitch LED wall for the consumer market. The announced configuration for CES this week is 146-inches diagonal, but it is positioned as something that can be made bigger, smaller or a …
IHS Markit: 55-Inch Screens Still The Digital Signage Sweet Spot January 5, 2018 by Super User One of the nice perks of being a Digital Signage Federation member – along with the private jet access I assume I now get as a newly-minted director – is access to the quarterly industry summary put together by IHS Markit. Q3 is now available, and as might be expected, there’s some interesting stuff in …
Retail Services Provider SageNet Hires Director Of Digital Signage January 4, 2018 by Super User Tulsa, OK-based managed services and cybersecurity solutions provider SageNet appears to be getting seriously interested in the digital signage business, having just hired industry vet IV Dickson as the company’s new Director of Digital Signage. “Our digital signage business unit is continuing to enjoy strong growth, and IV brings to the team the leadership, experience …
