Freelance journalist and PR consultant
Museums are places were objects and stories converge to introduce visitors to different ways of life, history, art and culture. In the last half century, AV technology has started to play an important role in this environment, providing new ways of engaging with the audience. Geny Caloisi reports. Museums collect, document, preserve and display objects. … Read More
If I had to define in a sentence what the In-Store Show pavilion at the Marketing Week Live event was about, I would say it mostly presented solutions to make marketing more engaging. In terms of technology, it was very similar to what we already saw this year at Screenmedia Expo. Large thin-vessel HD displays, … Read More
Russia’s digital signage leaders, DigiSky and Adissy, have organised for a second consecutive year the “Digital Signage – no alternative!” conference. Bringing together more than 300 people from Europe, Moscow, Russian regions and Commenwealth of Independant States (CIS) countries, the two days conference was held at the Korston Hotel in Moscow (May31st-June1st). After last year’s … Read More
This year three companies drove into Earls Court at Screen Media Expo: Eyetease Media, Verifone and Phillips. Philips Public Signage, had partnered with AOpen and NDS, and parked a big lorry in the middle of the hall. The displays were featured inside and outside the vehicle and showed from glasses-less 3D displays to touchscreen solutions, … Read More
For the past three months, the weather forecast looked quite stormy for BroadSign International (BSI), after it filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. But now, the company, which provides software-as-a-service for digital signage networks, claims that ‘it is … Read More
For the past four years Samsung Techwin has been focusing in European market. Since 2008 it has a head office in the UK with sales and support offices across Europe. In January 2010 the security business of Samsung Electronics was transferred to Samsung to create a single Samsung security product offering. Samsung has a … Read More
The cruise ship industry is booming and P&O Cruises’ newest ship, the 115,000 ton, 3,080 passenger Azura knows how to attract its customers with the best entertainment afloat. Geny Caloisi reports on how P&O Cruises has taken the opportunity to enhance the consistency and reliability of the ship’s technical entertainment installation . . . Follow … Read More
So you’ve got the venue, the keynote speaker, some screens, lights and a sound system, but what do you have to do to really engage the audience? What is today’s secret to a successful conference or live event? Geny Caloisi investigates . . . Follow this link to see the PDF: Content comes in all shapes … Read More
The ‘convergence’ of light and video has long been a buzzword, but the rapid progress of LED technology in particular has meant that the past 12 months has seen the true emergence of video as an integrated and indispensable element of stage entertainment – in live touring, on television and at events worldwide. Geny Caloisi … Read More
From The Daily Telegraph to IBC and InfoComm, from the New Scientist to CES and ISE, everyone is talking about 3D. If a-v’s cognoscenti is feeling a sense of wry deja-vu, they can be forgiven – it’s hardly a new technology. But with even specialist-research house Futuresource Consulting tipping 2009 as the year in which … Read More