Digital Signage Expo (DSE) announced 33 finalists for its Apex Awards and 31 finalists for its Content Awards for 2014.
The annual DSE Apex Awards honor innovation in the development and deployment of technology in the global DOOH industry. Nominees are the end-use sites of the installation. The annual DSE Content Awards recognize originality in content applications tailored specifically for the many and varied global DOOH audiences. Nominees are content developers, whether advertising agencies, network operators or end-use network owners.
This year’s Apex Award finalists were chosen by an independent panel of nine industry journalists from a field of more than 100 entrants vying in 11 major digital signage categories. Some of the 2014 Apex Award finalists include:
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
Basic Fit, Nominated by Scala
Crayola Experience, Nominated by GestureTek Systems Inc.
Freedom Hall, George W. Bush Presidential Center, Nominated by Barco
Business, Industry & Government
Christie Digital Systems, Nominated by Arsenal Media & RP Visual Solutions
GE Digital Energy, Nominated by Advanced
HP Enterprise Services Briefing Center - The Experience, Nominated by AMS Pictures
Food & Beverage
Church's Chicken Int'l, Nominated by WAND Corp.
Juicy's, Nominated by WAND Corp.
Sodexo @ State Street Financial, Nominated by Sodexo
Hospitality
Boulder Station Hotel & Casino, Nominated by BrightSign
MGM Properties, Nominated by NEC Display Solutions
The Queen Mary, Nominated by Insteo
Interactive Self-Service
Garrett Popcorn Shops, Nominated by elevate DIGITAL
Heidi.com, Nominated by Intel Corp.
Umajin, Nominated by Intel Corp.
This year’s Content Award finalists were chosen by an independent panel of nine industry professionals named from a field of nearly 90 entrants also vying in 11 major digital signage categories. Some of the 2014 Content Award finalists include:
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
GestureTek Systems Inc., for content created for Crayola Experience - Art Alive!
Niles Creative Group, for content created for Freedom Hall, George W. Bush Presidential Center
Unified Field Inc., for content created for Space Shuttle Atlantis Digital Interactives
Business, Industry & Government
AMS Pictures - Creative Strategy, for content created for HP Enterprise Services - Innovation Story
Arsenal Media, for content created for Christie Cypress Lobby
Materials & Methods, for content created for Interactive Art Video Wall at SECU
Food & Beverage
ARAMARK Sports Entertainment & Allure Global, for content created for M&T Stadium - Optimized Digital Menuboards
Equalize Advertising Solutions, for content created for Pear Street Bistro
Hospitality
Digital Kitchen, for content created for The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Insteo, for content created for The Queen Mary
Multi-platform
MaxMedia, for content created for AT&T Store of the Future
Seenspire, for content created for Seenspire Content Feeds
Young & Rubicam, for content created for DrinkUp
Gold, Silver and Bronze Apex and Content Awards will be presented in each category at a special awards banquet slated for the opening night of DSE 2014 on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 from 7 to 9 pm at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. DSE will also present the Apex Award of the Year and the Content Award of the Year to one of the Gold finalists respectively.
