Do people want to watch TV out of home? November 30, 2010 by Super UserTurner Broadcasting and IndoorDIRECT have worked a content deal that will see the broadcaster’s broad portfolio of content available to run in some fashion on DOOH screens installed in some of the bigger quick-service and fast casual restaurant chains in the U.S., including McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. Reports Adweek: The deal underscores the importance of …
VIF hits 1,000 digital signage screen milestone in Quebec November 25, 2010 by Super UserBenoit Johnson, who runs Montreal-based VIF Communication, sent a note along to note his company just installed digital signage display no. 1,000 on its managed networks in Québec. The bulk of those screens are in the fresh produce sections of some 200 IGA supermarkets around the province, which are intended to influence purchase behavior. VIF is also …
Think BIGGER: Think Digital Signage Networks (rAVe video) November 24, 2010 by Super UserMy content partners over at rAVe [Publications] have pulled together a presentation and put it to video to make the case in the Pro AV sector for more companies to get involved in digital signage. “Think BIGGER: Think Digital Signage Networks (Why you should do DS)” walks viewers through the rationale for digital signage networks. …
NanoLumens gets big, curved profile at Vegas gaming expo November 23, 2010 by Super UserI’ve said to the NanoLumens guys one of the things I really like about their flexible LED technology is how it can conform to curved surfaces. They’ve said, “Yup, but we hardly get asked about that.” Slightly weird, given how many rounded walls and support columns are out there that wouldn’t look very good with …
National Retail Federation show adds dedicated digital signage area November 19, 2010 by Super UserA handful of digital signage software and gear companies have been at the big NRF show in New York in January for the last few years, but were scattered here and there around the show floor. The NRF and Digital Screenmedia Association people have reached an agreement that will see the sector organized into what …
Scala's Jeff Porter: Why the HP deal is big (and not a yawn-fest) November 19, 2010 by Super UserSchedules conspired against us, but Jeff Porter from Scala and I finally sync’d up this morning and he walked me through a demo of the new program they have with HP – a program I called a big yawn when it was announced recently. I wasn’t getting tingles because HP was marketing digital signage on …
Nielsen's corporate offices lit up by Arsenal Media with digital displays November 16, 2010 by Super UserDenys Lavigne of Arsenal Media has been telling me for a while now about a project his company was working on for The Nielsen Company’s executive offices in Connecticut. That project is now switched on, and Lavigne has passed along a link to a video case study that explains what was done and why. I …
Castrol bankrolling digital signage network for Canadian service partners November 16, 2010 by Super UserScreenScape Networks has done a deal with the marketing company that handles Castrol’s business in Canada that will see a digital signage solution put into auto service centres and retailers. Wakefield Canada does the sales, marketing and distribution of Castrol consumer and commercial lubricants in Canada, and with its client sees digital signage as a powerful tool for …
LG formalizes software ties with BroadSign November 16, 2010 by Super UserLG Electronics USA has made formal its relationship with BroadSign as the software under the hood of its turnkey digital signage solution, called SuperSign Premier-s. The solution was called SignNET when it was unveiled at InfoComm, and BroadSign’s involvement was kept very quietly in the background. To align with another LG digital signage software platform, …
Confirmed: CognoVision acquired by Intel November 16, 2010 by Super UserCongratulations to Haroon Mirza (right) and Faizal Javer, the two main front men at CognoVision have been doggedly selling their video audience analytics the last few years and have now, I assume, reaped the benefit of being acquired by tech giant Intel. The rumor bubbled up the last few days via DailyDOOH (not a lot …
