AMX releases beefed-up Inspired XPert platform at ISE February 1, 2011 by Super UserAMX has announced a new version of its Inspired XPert digital signage platform that improves support for larger deployments, adds a new player box that can install at the panel, and some emhanced and streamlined content management workflow features. The new version is on display at the Inspired XPert booth this week at Integrated Systems Europe …
Ayuda's OpenSplash Player SMIL-based, touted as new standard February 1, 2011 by Super UserSo now I know why Adrian Cotterill has been in Montreal a lot in the past year. Mr. DailyDOOH is touted as the inspiration and champion of Ayuda Media Systems’ newly announced OpenSplash free digital signage player. There is now a release on the new product, which was announced during a presentation by Ayuda’s CEO yesterday …
More detail on Kodak-Haivision deal February 1, 2011 by Super UserThat deal between Haivision’s CoolSign digital signage unit and Kodak is now official, with an announcement page on the Haivsion website talking about how the software is now directly integrated into Kodak’s new JV700 (7inch) and JV1000 (10 inch) digital signs. It’s not about getting pictures or video to every screen; it’s about controlled content …
Preset DSE 2011 Mixer: SOLD OUT January 31, 2011 by Super UserSORRY ABOUT THAT. LAST YEAR IT TOOK 24 HOURS OR SO TO RUN OUT OF TICKETS. THIS YEAR, SEVEN. MAYBE WE NEED A BIGGER VENUE IN 2012? We saw a few duplications, and we will ask people to let us know if they can’t come after all … so watch this space as we expect …
Ayuda makes Splash with free playback software for DOOH January 31, 2011 by Super UserOne of my stops last week in Montreal was at the offices of Ayuda Media Systems, in a historic riverfront building in old Montreal. I didn’t know a whole bunch about the company, except that its background was in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems for the OOH media business. I also knew the company had …
CoolSign/Haivision announcing Kodak deal next week January 29, 2011 by Super UserA deal with Kodak that’s been done for a buncha weeks and chattered about quietly around Haivision and its recently-acquired CoolSign unit gets announced next week. In a nutshell (as was whispered across the pond by DailyDOOH), the deal sees a a couple of Kodak’s networked digital picture frames driven by CoolSign’s enterprise-grade software. The …
Preset Mixer Registration – Monday 11:15 ET January 28, 2011 by Super UserOk, we are trying to coordinate this across several time zones, and ensure people are up and at ’em even on the West Coast. So, Sixteen:Nine and sponsor DailyDOOH will schedule posts on both blogs to activate at 11:15 Monday morning Eastern Time, 8:15 in LA and 4:15 PM in London. The posts will link …
Ryanair staffers watching signagelive-powered screens at airport bases January 28, 2011 by Super UserNice deal. Not all that big. But nice profile. Jason Cremins and the team at UK-based signagelive bagged a deal to provide the software platform for staff-facing digital signage displays at all of Ryanair’s bases across Europe. Low fares airline Ryanair is installing signagelive-powered digital displays at all of its bases across Europe to steadily …
Onestop pitching Toronto schools to move its DOOH pilot to full rollout January 27, 2011 by Super UserThe Toronto District School Board Administrative, Finance and Accountability Committee met last night and deferred for a few weeks the discussion and decision Onestop Media Group’s pitch to put screens in high schools that run information, backed by inoffensive advertising. That’s probably bad news for Onestop because it gives the local media a few weeks to …
ClearChannel expanding its interactive bus shelter program January 21, 2011 by Super UserThose very cool giant touchscreens that Clear Channel Out of Home has been running at selected bush shelters in San Francisco and (didn’t know this part) Washington, D.C. went off well enough that the program is being expanded. Twenty new interactive digital shelters have been installed on major public transportation routes in San Francisco with plans for …