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#dse2016 @PlanarSystems’ Almost Non-existent Bezels

Monday, March 21st, 2016

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Looking at the displays at Planar’s busy booth at #dse2016 last Thursday made me wonder how some companies can really get it so right: the screens and video walls by Planar have such narrow bezels that they seem almost non-existent. Perhaps we should be saying Leyard’s/Planar’s ‘seamless’ video walls because it’s a little hard to […]

#dse2016 With Panasonic, Lots To See

Monday, March 21st, 2016

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Dan Deem was disappointed when I said that I didn’t want to talk about projectors. Deem holds the title of director of sales, visual systems, at Panasonic System Communications Company of North America, and it was hard to convince him that DailyDOOH was only interested in talking to him about the variety of digital signage […]

#dse2016 @ScalaInc Off To A Great Start

Monday, March 21st, 2016

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

“We made significant investments last year, including our new offices, and we are starting off to have a great year his year,” Tom Nix, CEO of Scala, told us at a breakfast meeting Thursday morning, prior to more meetings at #dse2016. While Nix was hesitant to give an exact percentage over 2015, it seems that […]

#dse2016 @PeerlessAV Is Always Versatile

Sunday, March 20th, 2016

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Peerless AV had what was probably the biggest booth at #dse2016, but we first met Brian McClimans, CEO, and Beth Keuling, the company’s public relations specialist, in a private meeting room in the back of the trade show hall, where we first discussed the company’s name. “While Peerless AV originally meant Peerless Audio Visual, today […]

#dse2016 @NEC_Display Solutions Impressive As Always

Sunday, March 20th, 2016

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Rich Ventura, vice-president business development and solutions at NEC Display Solutions, ran me through the series of new displays that the company was showing at #dse2016, some of which were also seen at #ISE2016. As usual, NEC’s displays are always big, impressive, and interesting for verticals ranging from corporate communications to high-end retail and everything […]

#dse2016 We Interview Mark Cambridge, CEO, @Zytronic

Sunday, March 20th, 2016

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

It’s not many companies in the digital signage or digital out-of-home sector that we run into that have a history like that of Zytronic, based in Blaydon on Tyne in the U.K. While under the name Zytronic since 2000, the company actually began in 1943 providing lens for gas masks. The first person we met […]

#dse2016 @FWiDigitalSigns Growing On All Fronts

Sunday, March 20th, 2016

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We had a short visit with Four Winds Interactive (FWI) Wednesday morning at #dse2016 and met, for the first time, Janet Eden-Harris, chief marketing officer, who joined the company last year, along with David Levin, CEO, and Erin Doherty, director of marketing. The company has a new mobile app. and, as Eden-Harris said, “Anything now […]

#dse2016 Rick Cope Discusses @NanoLumens’ Plans

Sunday, March 20th, 2016

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

As mentioned last week, Norcross, Georgia-based NanoLumens, which usually has a major booth showing off its products, decided to only take a small meeting room at the back of the hall at #dse2016 this year. However, we had a chance to meet the NanoLumens team of Rick Cope, CEO; Joé Lloyd, director of global marketing; […]

John Moore Joins @RMGNetworks

Friday, March 18th, 2016

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

John Moore has joined RMG Networks, Dallas, Texas-based provider of technology-driven visual communications solutions, as senior vice-president, client services – North America, with responsibiiity for managing RMG’s Professional Services and Creative Services teams. Moore’s primary objectives will be to: expand the scope/depth of RMG’s consulting services; add a new strategic element of RMG’s value proposition […]

#dse2016: Day Two Thoughts

Friday, March 18th, 2016

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Well, the exhibits have been taken down and people are scattering hither and yon, mostly heading for airports tonight and tomorrow, although a few hardy souls are staying for the weekend to vacation and play in Sin City. A brand new hockey arena has been built in Las Vegas, but wasn’t yet open so we […]