The Digital Signage Federation put on a terrific mixer Wednesday night in Montreal, with a 100+ industry vets and newbies gathered at the splashy top floor event-hosting digs of Stingray Media. […]
If you work in Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City or even upstate New York and Vermont, have a think about getting into Montreal next Wednesday for the Digital Signage Federation’s Meet and Greet mixer. The August 8th evening event will have a lot of great networking, and a presentation on Digital Placemaking For Tomorrow’s Smart Cities by Amahl Hazelton from Moment Factory. […]
The Digital Signage Federation has launched a self-paced online course aimed at industry newbies who want to get a base level of knowledge about what’s what. The course is called DSF Foundations, and is divided into four chapters, with quizzes and comprehensive assessment at the end of the course. Completing the course provides a DSF Foundations digital credential. […]
Nominations are now being accepted for the 15th Annual APEX Awards, the awards program put on each year by Digital Signage Expo and guided/presented by the Digital Signage Federation. The awards recognize and honor achievement in the creation and installation of compelling viewer content and interactive technology in the industry. […]
If you deal with companies over in Europe, you’ve probably been carpet-bombed lately by email requests to update your subscription settings for things like product announcements. That all owes to something called GPDR, the General Data Protection Regulation that goes into effect in the European Union at the end of this week. […]
A last reminder that the Digital Signage Federation is holding a Meet and Greet mixer tonight in amazing Austin, Texas. It’s at the JW Marriott Austin, which is right downtown near the river. The address is 110 East 2nd Street. […]
The European wing of the Digital Signage Federation – DSF Europe – has announced a new leadership set-up. Dirk Huelsermann is stepping back from his long-running position as chairman (since inception nine years ago as OVAB Europe) and the organization will now have a President as its head. […]
A reminder that the Digital Signage Federation is doing a Meet & Greet mixer in Austin, Texas in a couple of weeks – May 9th – and the organizations is hoping to pull a good crowd – notably in a tech-savvy start-up mecca. The event runs at the JW Marriott in downtown Austin, starting at 6. […]
The Digital Signage Federation is doing a Meet & Greet mixer in Austin, Texas on May 9th, and looking to get local and regional digital signage people showing up for good chats, a little education and possibly a Shiner Bock or two. The event runs at the JW Marriott in downtown Austin, starting at 6. […]
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 there. […]
This a multi-sensory pop-up media campaign in the Shanghai subway system, marketing a shopping mall called The MIXC. Put together by JCDecaux, the set-up is a house-like display that blends back-lit graphics with windows that look into flat panel displays, and scent marketing tech. […]
The Digital Signage Federation (aka DSF) has announced who won seats on the 2018 board of directors, as well as who’s on the executive for next year. […]
The Digital Signage Federation has just sent out a link to its membership to vote for the next three weeks on new at-large members of the Board of Directors. There are lots of great industry people on the slate … and me. I don’t think I’ve run for election to anything, ever … or at least I don’t recall. […]
The Digital Signage Federation has started accepting nominations for two-year seats on the volunteer organization’s Board of Directors, with the terms starting in the new year. DSF members can be nominated by other members, or just go ahead and nominate themselves, which sounds much easier. […]
LOTS of interesting stuff in the new IHS Markit Digital Signage & Professional Displays Market Analysis, this one for Q2 2017. Here’s the top-line stuff in the executive summary: For the first quarter of 2017 (Q1 2017), public display monitor shipments increased 2.6%, with shipments reaching over 804,000 units. […]
