Reminder: DSF Mixer Coming Up May 9th In Austin, TX April 25, 2018 by Super User A reminder that the Digital Signage Federation is doing a Meet & Greet mixer in Austin, Texas in a couple of weeks – May 9th – and the organizations is hoping to pull a good crowd – notably in a tech-savvy start-up mecca. The event runs at the JW Marriott in downtown Austin, starting at 6. There’s a small …
Mark Stross Of ANC On Bringing The Spectacle Of Sports And Live Events To Digital OOH April 25, 2018 by Super User ANC got its start about 20 years ago as a rotational signage company that primarily serviced the pro sports business, and through the years, ANC has grown into a big tech services provider that’s been putting in the visual systems for many arenas and stadiums. If you see a big center-hung set of LED boards …
10 Weeks Out To Digital Signage Summit Europe, This Year In Frankfurt April 24, 2018 by Super User Digital Signage Summit Europe has been a staple on the European digital signage scene for more than a decade, but things are changed up a little this year – with the two-day conference and micro trade show shifting to Frankfurt from Munich. The event is set for July 4th and 5th at the Frankfurt Sheraton Airport Hotel. …
Adidas Auto-Renders Highlights Videos Of Every Boston Marathon Finisher – In 24 Hours April 20, 2018 by Super User Via Adweek This is a fairly amazing take on auto-rendered custom videos than has nothing to do with digital signage, but should certainly get some technical and creative people thinking about the possibilities for mass creation of creative spots. Adweek has a post up about how Adidas created more than 26,000 customized highlights videos for …
Milestone Shutting Down Brand, But You’ll Still Buy Chief Mounts, From Legrand April 19, 2018 by Super User If you are used to dealing with Milestone for Chief display mounts and related tech for your digital signage projects, you should know that the Milestone brand is all but done – and the company is consolidating branding under its new owners, Legrand. Milestone has pushed a notice out to customers and partners that says Chief, …
Struggling German Visual Solutions Firm Eyevis Acquired By Chinese LED Giant Leyard April 17, 2018 by Super User The big LED display manufacturer Leyard, based in China, has acquired the German video wall and display cube company eyevis – giving the company a greater sales and marketing foothold in western Europe and into the Middle East. The announcement names both Leyard and Portland, OR-based Planar (which Leyard acquired) as the companies leading the …
For Just $4,000, Get A Digital Signage Market Report From An Industrial Park In Florida April 12, 2018 by Super User This is my regular reminder to anyone looking for market research on the digital signage hardware or software industries – MOST of the research reports out there are garbage. This morning’s Google Alerts scrape of news stories that come up under “digital+signage” has four headlines about market research reports on displays and software. The photo …
DSE 2018 Foot Traffic Back To Recent Year Averages, But End-User Percentage Up April 11, 2018 by Super User After a seemingly slow day two for foot traffic at Digital Signage Expo a couple of weeks ago, I wondered how the trade show organizers were going to spin the post-show attendance story. The numbers are now out, and DSE is touting how buyer attendance was better than ever. Atlanta-based Exponation, which has run the …
Computer Vision Insights Used To Tweak Content And Boost Photo Booth Sales by 24% April 6, 2018 by Super User The biggest U.S. manufacturer and operator of digital imaging photo booths used audience and attention analytics technology to optimize marketing content on screens outside the booths and boost sales in a test case by 24%. New York-based Innovative Foto, which owns and operates 2,400 booths nationwide, gets tens of millions of customer interactions every year in places …
Instagram Changed Its API, And Now Your Version On Digital Signs Probably Isn’t Working April 5, 2018 by Super User If your digital signage or digital OOH network calls and displays Instagram posts/pix, you may well have an issue because of API changes made by the social media company. The short story is – a lot of what you show may no longer show. If you don’t have logins for Instagram account you want to …
