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Two-Day Digital Signage Summit Kicking Off Online This AM

Getting set to log in and mostly monitor the 2-day Digital Signage Summit, which is normally a live event held each summer in Germany, but is virtual – like just about everything – this time around. I am moderating a panel midday focused on retail re-opening and ops challenges, as well as talking about the state of the DS industry globally. […]

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Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 7:54 AM

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16:9: CES 2021 Cancels Physical Event; Will Be Online-Only

The trade show dominoes keep tumbling, with cancellations now stretching into the new year with words that the mammoth CES show set for Las Vegas in January is now going to be an online-only thing. […]

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Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 11:37 PM

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16:9: NRF Shifts Its Big Show In NYC From Jan. To Jun. 2021

  The National RetaiI Federation in the U.S. has announced it is pushing back the dates for its annual trade show and conference in New York City from mid-January to early June.   The retail industry’s largest show, which is heavily focused on tech and attracts numerous vendors from the digital signage ecosystem, will now run June 6-8, 2021. […]

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Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 9:39 PM

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16:9: Computex Delayed To 2020, Despite Taiwan Having Fully Contained COVID-19

In a prime example of the phrase “abundance of caution,” the organizers of the computing trade show Computex have cancelled the 2019 show, having already postponed it from this month to fall. The show is in Taipei each year, and is being cancelled to remove any risk of transmission. […]

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Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 8:04 AM

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16:9: SID Converts Its 2020 Display Week To A Virtual Event

The display industry nerd-fest known as SID/Display Week has been converted to a virtual event, scheduled for August 3-7. […]

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Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 1:15 PM

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DSE Updates Show Plans; Still Tracking For September And Saying Fall Shows Are New Norm

You have likely seen news out of Las Vegas that at least some of the casino resorts are back in operation, and the city is opening up again. That news is at least one box checked in the efforts by the Exponation people to stage a delayed Digital Signage Expo in the city, shifted from early spring to September. The DSE people issued an update Wednesday, saying the show still intends to go on. […]

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Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:24 AM

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16:9: The Huge IFA Tech Trade Show Is Going Ahead For September In Berlin, But Will Be Very Different

Anybody who regularly attends trade shows will likely have been wondering when those kinds of events will resume, and how they’ll work going forward – at least pre-vaccine. The giant consumer and business technology show IFA may hold a clue. In 2019, the Berlin show attracted 245,000 visitors, dwarfing even the insanely crowded CES show in Las Vegas. […]

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Tue, May 19, 2020 at 8:53 AM

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16:9: ISE Says It Is Staying The Course With Plans; Warns Against Communing With Animals

Here’s the latest update and point of view from ISE’s show managers Integrated Systems Events, and the executive staff of show owners AVIXA and CEDIA, regarding Coronavirus health concerns with next week’s show. The collective group says it is “continuing to monitor this fast-moving situation through the advice of public health authorities. […]

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Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 7:14 PM

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16:9: Digital Signage Will Again Be Biggest Tech Segment At ISE

The email invites to come visit booths and set up interviews have started piling in for Integrated Systems Europe, which will be on four weeks from now in Amsterdam. As with its related show InfoComm (the trade organization AVIXA is an owner of both), ISE is not a digital signage show, but has a lot of digital signage at it. […]

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Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 6:55 PM

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16:9: Samsung Launches More MicroLED, Portrait Mode TV At CES2020

The massive CES consumer gadgets show is on this week in Las Vegas, and there are plenty of poor souls from this industry who are obligated to be there this week – dealing with endless line-ups for everything and supply/demand hotel pricing that sees terrifying places like Circus Circus charging $300+ a night. […]

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Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 9:01 AM

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16:9: Giant Information Towers Target Trade Show Attendees In Dortmund

Navigation help and current information are very important in big footprint facilities like convention centers and exhibition halls, so it’s interesting to see the solution that went in this fall at the Messe Dortmund in Germany. […]

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Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 9:27 AM

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DSE Opens Registration For 2020; Offers 20% Off Conference Pkgs For Early-Birds

Registration has now opened for the 2020 edition of Digital Signage Expo (DSE), which is set for March 31 – April 3 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. […]

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Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 9:59 AM

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16:9: Registration Opens For 2020 Version Of ISE In Amsterdam

Registration has opened now for 2020 edition of Integrated Systems Europe, set for the RAI Amsterdam on Feb. 11-14. For the unfamiliar, this is the biggest pro AV show on the planet in terms of attendance counts and sheer footprint. […]

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Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 7:48 AM

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16:9: Touch Taiwan Final Impressions

Heading home, yay, after almost seven days in Taipei for the Touch Taiwan trade show. By day three I had very thoroughly walked the floor and saw what I needed and what was relevant. It is a show focused on manufacturers and that ecosystem, which makes sense for a country known for its technology manufacturing. […]

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Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 7:22 PM

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It May Be Summer, But Still Time To Think About Winter 2020 Speaking Gigs

Back at my desk after a week of travel and meetings in my old haunts. It is clearly summer now, as emails and press releases have gone from a pretty much steady flow to a slow drip-drip. Though it is summer, it is time to think about late winter, if one of your things is raising your profile and that of your company at trade shows like Digital Signage Expo. […]

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Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 9:15 AM

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