SageNet Merges Capabilities From Convergent Acquisition Into Full Meal Deal Digital Signage Solution October 5, 2021 by Super User Tulsa-based managed network services provider SageNet has revealed its intentions and use of the intellectual property and insights it got from acquiring Atlanta-based Convergent earlier in the year – launching a suite of integrated SageVIEW Digital Signage solutions. The solutions combine Convergent’s content creation and integration capabilities and Digital Signage as a Service (DSaaS) approach …
BrightSign Has Sold And Shipped 1M Little Purple Play-out Boxes In Last Four Years October 5, 2021 by Super User BrightSign has announced it has now shipped two million of its little purple media play-out boxes, half of those in just the last four years. That’s about 1,000 units shipped per day lately, which is impressive. I have lately been referring to BrightSign as a category, as opposed to a player option. When I hear …
IT Services Firm Velocity Adds Motel 6 Lobbies To Fast-Growing Digital Signage And DOOH Footprint In US October 5, 2021 by Super User A really good example of how AV, digital signage and IT services are converging is an Ohio IT managed services company called Velocity, which has broadened its scope to include screen networks and even digital OOH media sales. The company has announced a partnership with a hotel group – G6 Hospitality – to deploy digital …
Hong Kong Startup Displayforce Launches Digital Signage CMS And AI-Based, Ad-Focused Platform In $299 “Box” October 5, 2021 by Super User A Hong Kong start-up called Displayforce has launched an interesting new product and service that pairs a digital signage play-out device with a camera used to do audience measurement and trigger content. The Displayforce Box is an L-shaped unit that can be parked on the top or bottom of a flat panel display and powered via …
AI-Driven Generative Art For Video Walls Generates $5M At Sotheby’s NFT Auction October 4, 2021 by Super User Let me immediately get out of the way the reality that I know very close to zippo about cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens, aka NFTs. I take considerable comfort in how some very smart people who I follow on tech podcasts and in publications also say they can’t quite wrap their heads around it all, and …
Hypersign, Workplace Audio Giant Jabra Partner On Virtual Meeting/Presentations Solution October 4, 2021 by Super User Digital signage software shops have increasingly been going after the workplace communications market through partnerships and mergers, but the South Carolina digital signage CMS firm Hypersign has gone down the unusual path of integrating its platform with Jabra, one of largest suppliers of workplace audio technology. The partnership sees Hypersign’s parallel products for live video …
Start-up Smartify Switches Up Place-Based Ad Model With Two-Sided Displays In Windows September 27, 2021 by Super User A start-up called Smartify Media is taking an age-old, largely unproven place-based ad formula for retail and trying it out in what may be a more opportune location – store and services businesses windows. Smartify says it works directly with retailers, commercial landlords, and manufacturers “to assess the media value of physical space and implement …
Unilumin’s USA Wing Brings On Former D3 Exec Barak As VP Strategic Markets September 24, 2021 by Super User The big Chinese LED companies that do a huge amount of work in their domestic markets aren’t always all that good on the sales and marketing side in North America, so it’s interesting to see Unilumin USA hiring on industry vet Jason Barak as its new VP of Strategic Markets. Barak has 25 years in …
Uniguest Acquires LA-based Digital Signage CMS Software Shop UCView September 23, 2021 by Super User Nashville-based Uniguest continues to acquire companies in the digital signage and digital engagement technology space, with news this morning that it has acquired longtime LA-based CMS UCView. This is the third acquisition announcement made by Uniguest in 2021, and one of several in the last 2-3 years involving companies with digital signage capabilities. The company, …
When Your Pro AV Company Is Named Covid, All You Can Do Is Laugh, Shrug And Carry On September 23, 2021 by Super User The organizers of the InfoComm trade show coming up in a few weeks are doing everything possible to keep COVID out of the convention center venue, but in an exceptionally weird twist, Covid has booth 3354 on the exhibit hall floor. A Tempe, AZ company called Covid has been manufacturing audio-visual connectivity solutions for nearly …
