The Daktronics Experience

When fans pack into Lambeau Field to watch the Green Bay Packers, they’re in for the experience of a lifetime. Knowing the stakes, we talked with Kregg Shilbauer, Packers Director of Digital, Broadcast and Game Presentation, to hear about their investment in new LED video displays ahead of the 2023 season – including the highest resolution end zone displays in the entire league.

Links:

• News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/green-bay-packers-select-daktronics-to-deliver-high-resolution-experience-at-lambeau-field
• YouTube Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yPjf3CHuR8 

When Catawba College installed a new LED video display, they turned to an alumnus and creative design consultant, Jacob Parks, who currently works with Ricoh USA. He joins Justin and Matt to tell his story of building the layout and developing a game-day production for the school.

 Links:

• Jacob’s Catawba Project Highlight Webpage: https://jacobparksdesign.myportfolio.com/catawba-college-video-scoreboard

The IDEA Conference is about to kick off in Austin, Texas! What can you expect from the conference and who will be attending? Mark Eisenstadt, Daktronics Professional Services Manager, joins Justin and Matt to answer those questions and much more in this special edition podcast.

Links:

• IDEA Website: ideaontheweb.org
• IDEA Conference Webpage: http://www.ideaontheweb.org/index.php?submenu=IDEAaustin&src=gendocs&ref=2023%20Annual%20IDEA%20Conference&category=2019RedesignEmbed

We’re set to host the inaugural Women in Sports online event on July 25! What is this event all about? We talked with Sarah Rose, Daktronics vice president of global services, to hear all the details, including information on the keynote speaker, Desiree Reed-Francois.

Links:

• Women in Sports Webpage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/events/women-in-sports
• Women in Sports News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/daktronics-connects-women-in-sports-with-online-event
• Previous Podcast with Sarah: https://podcast.daktronics.com/e/40-a-high-level-view-of-daktronics-services-with-sarah-rose/

When getting your display system up and running, Daktronics Application Engineers are your biggest advocates! Justin and Matt sat down with Greg Fleischbein to hear how he helps customers bring their systems online and implement features they need to captivate their audiences. Learn about the multiple things this group does in this episode.

• Daktronics Professional Services Webpage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/markets/sports/services

The trend of sportsbooks and huge LED video screens is continuing to heat up, so Matt and Justin sat down with Keith Nichols, Owners Rep at DKNQ, to hear how he’s integrated dvLED technology in these and other spaces. Keith also shares how he got started in the casino technology industry, aspects of implementation and the back end of designing these spaces using LED technology.  

• In-person interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hBodhu93cqY 

Our Creative Services team has been cooking up some great content over the past few months and we wanted to catch up with Diane Gonzales, Executive Producer at Daktronics Creative Services to hear all about it. She joins Justin and Matt along with new team member Buddy Rose, Creative Account Manager at Daktronics. Buddy shares his new role with the company and some exciting things he’s already been able to work on.

Links:

• Diane’s previous episode: https://podcast.daktronics.com/e/122-getting-creative-using-digital-signage-with-diane-and-mark/
• Daktronics Creative Services Website: daktronics.com/creativeservices

The United Kingdom marketplace has everything from spectacular Out of Home installations to sports’ biggest stages. Justin and Matt sat down with the Managing Director of Daktronics UK to hear all about these types of projects and what’s next for this marketplace.

Links:

• Wembley Stadium Project Highlight: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/search?k=wembley%20stadium&project=177028-001&media=WP-18324
• Piccadilly Lights News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/piccadilly-circus-replacing-iconic-digital-signage
• Tottenham Hotspur News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/tottenham-hotspur-selects-daktronics-for-new-stadium

If you’ve ever wondered what’s on the horizon for venues to learn from their audiences to improve the fan experience at live events, you might want to look into CrowdIQ. Or maybe you’re looking for a picture of yourself in the crowd at a specific event, in which case you could look up the FanCam and zoom in. To hear more about each of these scenarios, Justin and Matt spoke with Chief Revenue Officer for FanCam + CrowdIQ Rachel Goodger.

• CrowdIQ's Website
• FanCam's Website

Justin's FanCam Picture

Harvard University delivers productions for 300+ events per year! To take a peek behind the curtain of how they make it all happen, Justin and Matt are joined by Imry Halevi, Associate Director of Athletics, Content & Strategic Communications at Harvard University. Learn how the university developed their productions from in-venue to broadcasts as well as how they maximize the use of technology to tell a story for each sporting event.

Links:

• Daktronics Live Book Webpage: daktronics.com/livebook
• Daktronics Installation Photos at Harvard: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/photos?k=harvard%20university
• Imry's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/imryh