Archive for June, 2011

Kein Mehr Schimmernd Neon Licht

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

With the news this week that Hyundai will replace Sanyo as advertiser in a multi-million pound deal with Land Securities to advertise on London’s Piccadilly lights also comes the news that there will now no longer be any Neon in the area come this autumn. As part of the deal Hyundai will convert the space […]

#InfoComm11 LG Electronics, Booth 2543

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Among LG Electronics’ displays at InfoComm will be SuperSign Elite and SuperSign Premier. SuperSign Elite is made for the VAR/Integrator that needs a fully customized solution for its end user, and who has the ability to pull together all the necessary pieces and parts to create that solution (hardware, software, content creation, content management, newsfeeds, […]

Third Mexican Digital Signage Forum

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

The Third Mexican Digital Signage Forum is being held in Mexico City Thursday August 11, 2011 at the WTC Salon Palenque. See speakers line up here.  

#InfoComm11 Cool Little Signs

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Gerry Smart, worldwide director of market development at Eastman Kodak and Raffi Vartian, director of business development at Haivision will be among the many speakers at InfoComm this year. Smart and Vartian will be speaking on one-to-one communications and how inexpensive ‘Cool Little Signs’ are revolutionizing digital signage. Vartian says, “When most people think about […]

#InfoComm11 Salitek, Booth 2821

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Salitek, Northbrook, Illinois, will showcase huge MPDP video walls as well as various DID products with stunning content at InfoComm June 15-17 we are told. Salitek provides information technology services to businesses and organizations . Its innovative visual display solutions create high impact multimedia presentations and digital signage for medium to large venues. Its objective […]

#InfoComm11 AOpen, Booth 4791

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The AOpen America booth at InfoComm will display four different solutions, including mobile proximity marketing with interactive content; 2D into 3D content rendering technology; interactive way-finding; and an interactive reception. AOpen is announcing its new Digital Engine DE67 product, which boasts built-in Remote Management technology via Intel vPro and Intel’s new WiDi network content broadcasting. […]

PRN Upfront Confirmed Oct. 18

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We’ve just learned that the 2011 edition of the PRN Upfront, one of our favourite events of last year, has been confirmed for October 18 in New York City, once again the night before the DPAA Digital Media Summit. While details are still in the planning stage, we’ve learned that the team is already hard […]

Bombay Power Station, Battersea

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

Premium gin Bombay Sapphire, showcased the winner of its ‘Project Your Imagination’ Competition onto London’s iconic Battersea Power Station last night. Bombay Sapphire launched the global competition in December 2010. Entrants from all over the world were asked by Bombay Sapphire to demonstrate their imagination by submitting ideas including drawings and poems, to be used […]

#InfoComm11 HDBaseT Alliance, Booth 2474

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The HDBaseT Alliance will be demonstrating devices and displays with integrated HDBaseT technology at InfoComm 2011, June 15-17, in Orlando. HDBaseT Alliance is a cross-industry alliance of companies that was formed to promote and standardize HDBaseT technology for whole-home and commercial distribution of uncompressed high definition multimedia content. The demos at InfoComm will showcase end-to-end […]

Mediatech Africa 2011

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

From July 20-22, Africa’s AV industry will gather at the Coca-Cola dome, in Johannesburg, South Africa for Mediatech Africa. This is the continent’s largest media and entertainment trade exhibition and it allows visitors to view, experience and engage with the very latest in technology. The trade exhibition will showcase cutting edge technologies and services from industry leaders in: […]