How and Why Something Called MDEP Might Win the Hearts and Minds of the Dr. No Guys in Corporate IT March 9, 2026 by Dave Haynes The term MDEP started popping up in my inbox and on feeds I pay attention to just around the time last year when I started to mentally check out from the day to day task of knocking out Sixteen:Nine, and from paying attention to all things digital signage. As you can see, mentally checking out …
New LG Smart Display Series Will Ship This Spring With BrightSignOS Onboard January 28, 2025 by Dave Haynes LG’s US pro display group has done an interesting tie-up that will see a new series of LG ultra high definition digital signage displays running BrightSignOS operating system, with units available to U.S. customers Q2 and international markets to follow. The new LG 49, 55, and 65-inch UV5N series models will run BrightSignOS on an …
Bluefin Launches New Flex-OS Displays That Run Built-in Brightsign or Android, Or Use External Player January 8, 2024 by Dave Haynes Atlanta-based specialty display manufacturer Bluefin has broadened its product line to offer more flexibility in what play-out hardware and software can be used with its range of retail-centric shelf-edge and header displays. The company now has an LCD display line-up called Flex-OS that ranges from 27 to 55 inches in standard formats, but also include …
US Grocer Hy-Vee To Use Samsung’s VXT And Retail Ads Solution Across 10,000+ Screens October 12, 2023 by Dave Haynes Samsung has announced a big commercial win for its increasingly integrated digital signage solution, providing smart displays, CMS software AND in-store ad sales and placement for a roll-out of more than 10,000 screens in the US grocer chain Hy-Vee. Hy-Vee will use VXT CMS to manage a network of screens installed in aisles, deli, meat …
LG Launches “First” Digital Signage-Specific Projector, With Built-in SoC Smarts And webOS Support March 29, 2023 by Dave Haynes LG Electronics has taken the interesting step of developing and marketing a new 4K laser, 7,000 lumens projector it says is specifically tuned to the needs of digital signage applications. LG has been manufacturing and marketing projectors for years, but the main use-cases have been applications like corporate boardrooms and lecture theaters. What’s perhaps interesting …
Samsung Coming Out With New Digital Signage Software Solution, VXT CMS, Ahead of InfoComm February 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes There were two main comments at the recent ISE pro AV trade show about Samsung – the electronics giant’s curious booth access policy and word that its CMS software MagicINFO was to be supplanted by a newer, more rounded and accessible CMS software offering called VXT. I eventually found my way behind the restricted access, …
Broadsign, LG Partner On DOOH Ad Solution For Smart Displays February 15, 2023 by Dave Haynes LG’s US Business Solutions unit and DOOH-focused CMS software firm Broadsign has announced a partnership that has what’s dubbed Broadsign for SoC ready to use on the display giant’s multiple lines of proprietary OS “smart” displays. There are numerous software firms that have developed native or web players for LG’s System-On-Chip “smart” displays, but the …
SignageLab Leverages SignageOS Platform To Create Full Digital Signage Platform February 14, 2023 by Dave Haynes I am catching up on notes from ISE, which is already two weeks ago, and trying to relate some of the quicker conversations I had. Every time I go to a big show like ISE, I run into unfamiliar companies, and I try – when I can – to stop and have a chat, so …
Samsung Pairs Smart Display Line-up With Sprinklr’s Unified CXM Platform January 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes Samsung has done an interesting partnership that sees its SMART Signage all-in-one display platform as new endpoints for content published out of what’s marketed as a unified customer experience management platform, or Unified-CXM. The electronics giant announced that NYC-based Sprinklr is now an official Software Partner for Samsung and the Sprinklr platform is now available …
Sony Has Developed Its Own Device Management Toolset For Its Smart Pro Displays December 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes Anyone in digital signage or pro AV who has ever had ops in his or her title will know easy and pretty user experiences are nice, but what can really matter in selecting the right software and hardware solution is boring stuff like device management. Some CMS software companies have always had it, while many …
