DSF Draws Big Crowd For Micro-Conference, Mixer In Toronto May 5, 2023 by Super User Linkedin and Twitter posts suggest the Digital Signage Federation pulled a good crowd for its events run yesterday in Toronto. The organization routinely pairs board meetings that executive members together in the same city a few times each year, with sponsor-driven educational sessions and then a cocktail party. I had people who don’t know Canadian …
UK IT Services Firm Markets Digital Signage As Output, Like Print, From Software Suite May 5, 2023 by Super User A UK-based IT services company that focuses on retail solutions software is marketing a broad communications suite that includes digital signage capabilities, and warning potential customers to not “go down the rabbit hole” of using narrow-purpose digital signage software platforms. ECS Global says its Enterprise Communication Suite platform – called ECS5 – is a retail …
Atmosphere TV Jumps Pond; DOOH-Supported Streaming Service Now In UK May 4, 2023 by Super User The streaming on-premise content service Atmosphere has jumped to Europe, adding some 1,000 venues that are using free Apple TV boxes to run curated, ad-supported content channels on in-house TV screens. The Austin, Texas company also has its eyes on Australia and New Zealand as future expansion countries. The company now has 30 people in …
Global Digital Signage Awards Are Back, But With Better Defined Categories That Level The Entry Field May 4, 2023 by Super User The global Digital Signage Awards are back for 2023-24 – with Sixteen:Nine again being the main media sponsor. But there are some big changes in place for awards categories, with much more focus on impacts as opposed to market segments. Instead of celebrating the best submitted work in categories like workplace or digital out of …
Skykit Pivoting From Marketing CMS Software To Device Management Solutions Available To Competitors May 4, 2023 by Super User Minneapolis software firm Skykit is in the middle of a business pivot from a focus on chasing digital signage CMS software business in a crowded competitive field to offering a device management platform for signage that its competitors are welcome to integrate and use. The company has zeroed in on the Android operating system and …
Unilumin Running Two-Day Partner Event Next Week In NYC May 3, 2023 by Super User If you are in New York next week, one of the larger LED display manufacturers on the planet is having a two-day partner event and showcase at its experience center on West 31st Street. The May 10-11 event is intended as a way for the China-based Unilumin’s US partners to network with clients, and to …
Uniguest Acquires NYC-Based Enterprise Video Firm Bunch May 2, 2023 by Super User Uniguest has been one of the more active companies in digital signage M&A, and the Nashville digital signage solutions company announced today it has brought another firm under its corporate umbrella – the enterprise video and collaboration provider Bunch. Founded in 2016, NYC-based Bunch, says PR, has built an impressive client list and kept a …
Minimum Five To 10 Screens Recommended To Reach A Target Audience: Research May 2, 2023 by Super User The Swiss adtech firm Adtrac has released research that tries to get a handle on how many digital signage or digital out of home screens are needed for messaging or ads to reach a target audience and have an impact. The company ran three sets of tests over the past year, and concluded from that …
COVID’s Collateral Damage: Biggest Place-Based Cinema Network In US Goes Chapter 11 May 2, 2023 by Super User This happened about three weeks ago, but I just noticed … National CineMedia, one of the larger and more established place-based media networks in the US, filed for Chapter 11 in mid-April and announced a debt restructuring plan designed to keep the lights on and restore growth that was crippled in the COVID era, when …
LED Display Market Seeing Double-Digit Growth, But LCD Market Still Has Life: Omdia May 2, 2023 by Super User The research firm Omdia expects the LED video display market to grow at a 12.1% CAGR clip over the next three years, but notes there is still plenty of life left for at least some aspects of the LCD public display market because of the cost delta between fine pitch LED and LCD. From Omdia’s …
