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TechRadar: Amid Omicron surge, CES 2022 will have a more subdued show

By Nick Pino. As of right now, (despite all the cancellations) the CTA says that most of the main players will be returning to their usual spots on the Las Vegas Convention Center show floor. In the face of a rapidly-spreading Omicron COVID variant, a significant portion of tech media plans to cover CES remotely (including TechRadar). […]

techradar.com
Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 5:57 PM

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The story behind Times Square New Year’s Eve Countdown (Media4Growth)

By Rajiv Raghunath. Rafale Chang, CEO of Tiger Party provides a detailed account of what it takes to manage the synchronized New Year countdown on Times Square billboards, which the company has been managing over 11 years now. What are the different innovations that you have introduced to make the countdown highly engaging for the audiences? […]

media4growth.com
Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 5:35 PM

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16:9: DSF Announces New Board, Incoming Chairman For 2022

The incoming DSF Chair is Len Dudis, of Grupo Vidanta The newly elected board members: Kristin Roubie of EloTouch; Bryan Meszaros of OpenEye Global; Jeffrey Weitzman of Navori Labs; Tony Green of Snap Install. Current director Frank Pisano of BrightSign was elected to a second two-year term. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 12:23 PM

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How the AV Industry is Getting Smaller (And Why That’s a Good Thing) (Digital Signage Federation)

Jeff Hastings, CEO, BrightSign. As 2022 gets underway, one can’t help but reflect on how transformative the past two years have been. The AV industry endured pandemic-driven changes that nobody could have anticipated. […]

digitalsignagefederation.org
Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 12:20 PM

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Legal Implications of Billboard Leases on Tribal Land (Billboard Insider)

Think you can write a lease with a tribe and be done with it? Not so fast, especially if the tribe hasn’t qualified under the Hearth Act. The Hearth Act is a federal law passed in 2012 which allows Indian tribes to write business leases for a primary term of 25 years and with 2 extensions of 25 years without having to get Bureau of Indian Affairs review and approval. […]

billboardinsider.com
Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 12:17 PM

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16:9: Beauty Brand’s New Andorran Concept Store Uses LED Columns As main Design Feature, Inside And Outside

This is definitely one of the nicer applications of transparent LED technology I’ve seen applied to retail – a concept store for a beauty ... […]

sixteen-nine.net
Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 10:40 AM

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16:9: Venetian Resort’s Faux Venice Streetscape in Vegas Projection-Mapped For Holidays

People involved in projection mapping work on buildings have to – when necessary – explain to clients that the visual experience only works when ... […]

sixteen-nine.net
Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 10:09 AM

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Lindmark buys 18 faces from Tillery in New Mexico, in a second acquisition this month (Billboard Insider)

Lindmark Outdoor Media is one of the largest privately held outdoor advertising companies in the United States with over 6,000 faces in its inventory. Lindmark Outdoor Media announced today the purchase of all Outdoor Advertising displays from Tillery Chevrolet-GMC, Inc. […]

billboardinsider.com
Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 12:11 AM

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How to determine a fair market value for a billboard site lease (Billboard Insider)

By Andy Goodman. So the question here is how do I know that I’m getting fair market value rent for my billboard.  When I’m working with a landowner I’ll ask the billboard company to provide the historical financials for a sign for the past three years.  Pre-covid I can see the revenue generated by the billboard.  Then I can see what type of hit they took during Covid.  Coming out of Covid what I’m hearing is that business has been extremely good, so the revenue should reflect that. […]

billboardinsider.com
Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 6:08 PM

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In-Person CES Show Will Go On Despite Covid Surge, Exhibitor Dropouts (Investor’s Business Daily)

By Patrick Seitz. According to organizers, the exhibitor cancellations make up less than 10% of the show floor. "We're not cancelling," Jamie Kaplan, senior director of CES communications at the Consumer Technology Association, told Investor's Business Daily on Monday afternoon. […]

investors.com
Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 5:51 PM

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Something happened in the District of Colorado Court pertaining to billboard regulations. I wish somebody could explain it in plain words [Ed] (Source: Billboard Insider)

On December 6, 2021 the US District Court for the District of Colorado dismissed a request by Street Media Group and Turnpike Media to throw out Colorado’s billboard regulations. Street Media Group and Turnpike Media argued that Colorado State Department of Transportations sign rules were unconstitutional because they were impermissibly vague and content based. […]

billboardinsider.com
Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 5:15 PM

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What is Programmatic DOOH Advertising? (Hivestack’s take)

Programmatic digital out of home, also known as pDOOH, refers to the automation of out of home (OOH) advertising. This leverages machine learning and computing to plan, buy, target, sell, deliver and measure ads across digital screens. […]

hivestack.com
Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 12:10 AM

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Forbes: The cat-and-mouse game of ‘will there or won’t there’ be a Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January 2022

By Michael Goldstein. Thanks to the raging Omicron COVID-19 variant, exhibitors and attendees alike are cancelling plans to travel to Las Vegas, if they can even fly there. The show is soon; CES media days are January 3 and 4, with the show running Jan. […]

forbes.com
Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 2:40 PM

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TechCrunch: CES 2022: GM, Google, Lenovo, Intel, T-Mobile, AT&T, Meta, Twitter, Amazon, TikTok, Pinterest, and now Microsoft pull in-person presence

Despite the cancellations, CES’ governing body, the CTA, remains steadfast in its decision to continue the physical show, as planned. […]

techcrunch.com
Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 2:38 PM

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ISE 2022 still scheduled for Feb 1-4 in Barcelona, lists full conference program (InParkMag)

Not a word about Omicron concerns [Ed]. Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) revealed details of its thought leadership program for 2022. This content offering will help attendees delve into the issues affecting market verticals, get up to speed with the latest technology developments and discover what the future holds for the industry. […]

inparkmagazine.com
Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 2:25 PM

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