Dutch Start-Up Mashes Up Large Format E-Paper Displays And Newspaper Front Pages As Functional Art July 13, 2023 by Super User As spotted in TechCrunch … E Ink displays have been touted as replacements for a lot of different monochrome and basic color print products, like transit schedules and posters. But now there’s a company selling a 32-inch e-paper display that shows the front pages of newspapers. My first 20 years of working were at daily …
Nanolumens Develops Pre-Kitted LED Display Solutions Aimed At Mass Transport Environments July 12, 2023 by Super User Atlanta LED display manufacturer Nanolumens has taken the interesting step of developing a series of pre-kitted display solutions for the airport and transportation hubs that are delivering a lot of business for them, operating with the idea of removing complexity both in selling and deploying. The move is in line with a much broader trend …
No NUCs: Intel Getting Out Of Direct Manufacturing Of Mini PCs July 12, 2023 by Super User Intel has been notifying its ecosystem partners that it is backing out of direct investment its small form factor Next Unit of Computing (NUC) business, sunset-ing its own product line but encouraging partners to keep working with the reference designs. So specialty computing vendors in the digital signage and pro AV sectors that have their …
Hastings Stepping Back From CEO Role At BrightSign; But Only To Work Instead As Its CTO July 11, 2023 by Super User Jeff Hastings is stepping back from his longtime role as CEO of the media player firm BrightSign, but sticking with the company as co-CEO through 2023 and then CTO in the new year. His co-pilot will be Steve Durkee, who if I have the right guy from LinkedIn has been with manufacturer Legrand I AV …
Spectrio Acquires inReality, Adding AI-Driven Venue Analytics To Solution Stack July 11, 2023 by Super User The Tampa-based digital signage software and solutions firm Spectrio has added to its solution stack with the acquisition of inReality, an Atlanta-area company that does audience engagement and analytics. Disclaimer – Spectrio acquired and now publishes Sixteen:Nine. From the announcement: Spectrio, one of the nation’s leading providers of comprehensive digital signage systems, has broadened an …
Cenareo Adds Video Production To Its Offer Via Acquisition Of Another French Software Firm, EasyMovie July 11, 2023 by Super User The French CMS software firm Cenareo has acquired another French software firm EasyMovie, expanding its range of solutions to include video production capabilities aimed mainly at corporate customers. Based in Paris, EasyMovie is positioned as an all-in-one video suite for busy people who don’t have “video production” in their job title. That would seemingly align …
DSSE 2023 Wrap-Up: Key Observations From Presenters And Panelists July 10, 2023 by Super User My friends at the German consulting and publishing firm invidis just made my day a little easier by publishing a nice set of summary quotes from last week’s two-day Digital Signage Summit Europe event in Munich. The company, based in that city, puts the event on in partnership with Integrated Systems Events, the company whose …
Global Digital Signage Displays Business Expected To Surpass $18.6 Billion In 2023: Omdia July 7, 2023 by Super User The research firm Omdia has pushed out some information nuggets from a paywalled report about key themes observed last month at InfoComm in Orlando, and suggesting the digital signage display market will be an $18 billion-plus business in 2023. This year’s display products showcased a wide range of use cases for LCD, OLED, and direct-view …
Digital Signage Summit Europe Is Next Week In Munich June 30, 2023 by Super User I will be in Munich, Germany next week for the annual Digital Signage Summit Europe put on by the publishing and consulting firm invidis, in partnership with the same company that produces ISE each year in Barcelona. My friends at invidis have been inviting me over for a few years now, and the schedules this …
Vericast, Intel Partner On Context-Driven Retail Media Networks Solution June 27, 2023 by Super User The marketing solutions firm Vericast has partnered with Intel on what’s described as a new, programmatically-enabled digital in-store retail media network, having come out of a trial deployment in 50 c-stores. The solution pairs Vericast’s “intelligent targeting technology” and Intel’s Edge software platforms “to deliver contextually relevant advertising and product information throughout the shopping experience. …