ISE 2019 Registration Opens; Show Expecting 80,000+ Attendees October 9, 2018 by Super User Registration has now opened for the 2019 of Integrated Systems Europe – which runs Feb. 5-9 at the RAI Amsterdam. The massive pro AV trade show – which has a big digital signage component – is expected to draw numbers in excess of 2018’s totals of 80,923 registered attendees and 1,296 exhibitors. The thing is a …
LG Holding Nov. 1 Tech Tour Digital Signage Event In NYC October 9, 2018 by Super User It looks LG has a big cross-section of companies co-exhibiting with it at its Tech Tour event in New York on Nov. 1. LG’s commercial display partners at the event in Hell’s Kitchen include BrightSign, Chief, Peerless Av and numerous CMS companies like Gauddi (from the Netherlands), Hughes, Omnivex, Ping HD, Skykit, Tripleplay and 22 …
Annual DSF Coffee And Controversy Panel Set For Oct. 30 In NYC October 9, 2018 by Super User The line-up is now set for the annual Coffee and Controversy breakfast event in New York, at the end of the month, during what has grown into New York Digital Signage Week. The Oct. 30th panel will feature the CEOs of two of the most active and aggressive companies in the signage ecosystem – Chris …
PATTISON Onestop Says It Has Surpassed Captivate As Largest Elevator Screen Network In Canada October 5, 2018 by Super User The Canadian OOH media company PATTISON Onestop, a division of Vancouver-based PATTISON Outdoor Advertising, says it now has the largest elevator screen network in Canada – surpassing the footprint of rival Captivate. PATTISON Onestop says it now has more than 2,200 displays across all eight major markets in Canada, delivering over 3.2 million viewable ad …
RMG Acquired By Its Chairman And A Private Equity Firm; Goes Back To Being Private Company October 4, 2018 by Super User The winding road that has characterized the story of RMG Networks in the last 10 years has added another turn with news that the Dallas-based digital signage solutions company has been acquired and taken off the stock market, converted to a privately-held entity. The transaction being announced Thursday was led by Austin, TX-based Virgo Capital, …
Peter Livesey Discusses Esprit Digital’s Rise From The London Underground October 3, 2018 by Super User Anyone with technical chops who uses a subway system to get around would understand that those are seriously challenging environments to put in sensitive display technology – and the UK display technology company Esprit Digital effectively got its start in digital signage doing just that. If you have been in the signage market for a …
Another Subway, Another Wind-blown Hair Model October 2, 2018 by Super User As the saying goes, everything old is new again. In this case, we have the Montreal-based out of home media company Astral doing a campaign in the subway system that updates an idea that first (maybe) surfaced a few years ago in the Stockholm subway. In both cases, a video on a digital screen or …
Moscow Subway Kiosk Demands Riders Give It 30 Squats, For A Free Ticket October 2, 2018 by Super User Today in Stupid People Tricks in Digital Out Of Home we have the people of Moscow being asked to do 30 squats in front of a subway kiosk to then get a free ride. The Moscow metro system, presumably in some sports-themed co-promotion with the Visa credit card people, has set up a camera-based sensor …
New Balance Uses Machine Learning With Digital Poster To ID And Reward NYC Fashionistas October 1, 2018 by Super User The footwear brand New Balance did an interesting machine learning-driven digital signage piece on the streets of New York recently, putting up a screen and sensors that scanned approaching pedestrians and flagging those people who weren’t dressing like everyone else. The “activation” – run for a day during New York Fashion Week – used camera-based …
SICOM Acquired By Global Payments In $415M Cash Deal September 28, 2018 by Super User SICOM Systems, which provides digital signage, POS and other software solutions into the QSR and fast casual restaurant sect ors, has been acquired by Global Payments, which does payment technology and software solutions. Global, based in Atlanta, paid roughly $415 million in cash for the transaction. The S&P 500-listed company says, in a press release, it …
