Rome’s Airport Has Shape-Shifting LED Ad Chandelier December 13, 2018 by Super User Anything with moving parts has risks, but using programmed hydraulic arms and LED screens inside and airport is way, way, way less trouble-prone and risky than something with thousands of sync’d, ever-moving bits on an outside display. That’s why comparing this install to the doomed Coca-Cola display in Times Square isn’t all that relevant. This …
RMG Brings Symon Brand Back To Its Digital Signage Offer December 13, 2018 by Super User RMG Networks has revived the Symon brand – which was disappeared some five years ago when RMG acquired the Dallas-based business visual messaging company, Symon Communications. RMG is still the corporate entity, but the enterprise (on-premise) software platform will be called Symon. The relatively new cloud-based CMS will continue to be marketed as Korbyt. Says …
Spectrio Buys Codigo; Gets Footprint & Experience In Financial Services December 12, 2018 by Super User Tampa-based in-store marketing solutions provider Spectrio has acquired Louisville-based Codigo, a digital signage and kiosk software and solutions shop that has long focused on the financial services industry. “Over the years, Spectrio has focused on client growth in automotive, healthcare, hospitality, veterinary, and retail verticals. We are excited to add a fresh focus on the financial industry,” …
Here’s The Judge List For This Year’s Global Digital Signage Awards December 12, 2018 by Super User The 2019 Finalist list of companies was issued Monday for the global Digital Signage Awards, and as head judge I want to thank all of the other industry people – from around the world – who very kindly donated their finite time to review submissions, score them, and help identify the best of the best. The …
STRATACACHE Acquires Chinese Specialty DisplayCo; Rebrands As Scala China December 12, 2018 by Super User There is now a Scala China, in the wake of parent company STRATACACHE acquiring a tablet and computing device manufacturing company based in Ningbo, China. The company, formerly known as POPSCREENS, is now Scala China – positioned as a solution for interactive retail displays. The deal gets CEO Chris Riegel a 250,000 square foot manufacturing …
Why Kaan Gunay’s Digital OOH Media Startup Is Going On Rideshare Cartops December 12, 2018 by Super User There’s nothing new about media on taxi tops, but a San Francisco start-up called Firefly is trying to go about it with a different approach. Firefly describes itself as the first mobility-based SmartScreens platform – an advertising media firm that gets it footprint and scale from the rideshare industry. Firefly is working primarily with the …
Leyard Partners With LED Rival Lighthouse To Chase Sports Venue Signage Business December 10, 2018 by Super User In what seems like a slightly-odd partnership, Leyard (and Planar, which it acquired) have forged a partnership with a competitor to build up its LED display capabilities in the sports and entertainment market. The “strategic partnership” is with Lighthouse Technologies Ltd., which has been around the LED display market for more than 20 years, and has …
Here’s The Finalist List For The 2019 Global Digital Signage Awards December 10, 2018 by Super User The Finalists have been selected by 28 judges for the 2019 Digital Signage Awards, run in conjunction with Sixteen:Nine. The Winners and High Commendations will be presented on the evening of Feb. 6 at the Compagnie Theater in Amsterdam, which puts it in the middle of ISE. The awards team says entries were up more …
Good Crowd In Miami For DSF Networking Mixer December 7, 2018 by Super User Decent crowd out last night in Miami for the Digital Signage Federation’s networking mixer. Not sure how many people, but I saw lots of familiar faces and met some new folks, including some in from Latin America. There is a very active digital signage community in Mexico, and it is pulling in members, producing material …
NJ Transit-Intersection Media Deal Will Add Real-Time Digital Signage, Kiosks December 3, 2018 by Super User The OOH media firm Intersection has landed a new seven-year media concession with NJ TRANSIT that will include a significant investment on digital signage and interactive displays. Systemwide improvements, says an Intersection press release, will include installing and upgrading digital displays and adding new IxNTouch interactive information kiosks, giving riders greater access to real-time transit …
