Numbers show digital signage display giants differ in North America and globally June 24, 2011 by Super UserA week after getting home from InfoComm I am starting to actually dig into some of my notes, materials stuck on USB drives by PR people, and downloaded conference presentations. I was a little late getting to the DisplaySearch conference and missed much of host Chris Connery’s opening presentation, which had some really interesting stats …
RMG exploring $250-million IPO June 22, 2011 by Super UserThe Bloomberg news service is reporting that San Franisco-based RMG Networks is putting the components together for an estimated$250 million IPO that would, if it went out successfully, go a long way to making RMG the dominant Digital OOH network in North America. There are arguments to be made that the company already is among …
Who is at the target-rich HITEC show? Almost no one in DS June 21, 2011 by Super UserTrade shows should be target-rich environments, so any digital signage vendor looking to crack the hotel and restaurant sector would logically have people and probably a booth at the big Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition & Conference (HITEC) on right now in Austin, Texas. So who is actually there? I know Four Winds Interactive does a …
Would you drop $185K for .sign? June 21, 2011 by Super UserWord Monday from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (aka ICANN) that just about any word out there could be a new top-level domain name – meaning .dumb is just like .com – got me thinking. Until I heard the price tag. Application fees are $185,000 and that just to apply. ICANN says that …
InfoComm follow-up: Salitek's 16 by 4 video wall June 20, 2011 by Super UserVideo walls, I both heard and saw, are big business at the moment for the AV crowd that packed InfoComm last week. There were a few BIG walls here and there but the one that caught my eye was one from Chicago’s Salitek, which used 64 Orion zero-bezel plasmas in a 16 wide by four …
Zoom bags Canada's biggest fitness chain for Digital OOH expansion June 20, 2011 by Super UserZoom Media has bagged a nice deal in Canada to get its digital screens running in the country’s dominant fitness chain, GoodLife. The high-definition overhead entertainment and digital signage system will run in some 275 venues and be operated by ClubCom, a subsidiary of the Montreal-based digital OOH company, reports Marketing magazine. The content will be …
InfoComm 2011 Wrap-up June 20, 2011 by Super UserBack at world HQ, where it is 20 degrees F cooler and my thoughts extend beyond sources of water and/or beer. Orlando did not seem as hot and humid as it did two years ago, but still … The final event numbers for InfoComm 2011 eclipsed 33,000, so this is a show that is roughly …
InfoComm 2011: Day 2 Impressions June 16, 2011 by Super UserOh my aching tootsies. The Orange County Convention Center is one big building and InfoComm fills a lot of one of the halls. A lot of walking. A lot of standing. Who knows what actual crowd counts are, but Day 2 seemed pretty much as busy as Day 1 at this massive show for the …
NanoLumens wins big US breakthrough tech award June 16, 2011 by Super UserNanoLumens beat out some very impressive technologies – including Kinect – to win the Breakthrough Technology category for the American Technology Awards, described as the only national “Best Of” awards recognizing all technology products and services throughout the U.S. Atlanta-based NanoLumens — which has gained a lot of attention and market traction for its lightweight, …
InfoComm 2011 – Day 1 Impressions June 15, 2011 by Super UserResting my aching feet and back after a day of wandering about and chatting through the first of three days at InfoComm in Orlando. The international reception across the road promises the chance to “partake” (who still uses that word???) of drinks and snacks. Thirsty me is highly likely to partake. Day 1 at least …
