Swiss Company Uses Mash-Up Of Web, Mobile And Signage To Reach Hard-To-Reach Workers June 18, 2018 by Super User Via HospitalityNet A Swiss company called Beekeeper is using a cross-platform blend of web, mobile and digital signage to inform and motivate back of house workers in a variety of industries, such as hospitality. The company recently announced a deal to provide its digital workforce platform for operational communications at SIXTY Hotels, a small luxury lodgings chain. While …
New, Unnamed Suitor Means RMG Networks May Not Go Private After All June 15, 2018 by Super User It appears RMG Networks has a new suitor, a couple of months after the signage solutions company’s board chair did a merger agreement to take the public company private, but left the door open for a third-party entity to make a “superior” offer before this deal closes. The terms of that agreement at the start of …
Sound In Digital Signage?: Screenfeed Sees Market For Audio-Driven Sports Packages June 15, 2018 by Super User Screenfeed has done sports updates for as long as its been doing subscription content for digital signage networks, but the Twin Cities company is now offering sports video highlight, interview and commentary packages that are built around audio. The company this week pushed out a notice to customers saying: Score the attention of the sports …
Why Buying Digital OOH Should Be As Dead-Simple As Booking AirBnBs June 13, 2018 by Super User A Las Vegas startup called Adomni represents the latest effort through the years to roll up digital OOH networks with the idea of making media buying and execution easy. Many have tried, few have succeeded, but here’s what’s different about Adomni. First, they’re primarily going after outdoor billboards, and they’re not trying to be THE …
inLighten Release CMS-Neutral StudioPro Content Creation Tool For Digital Signage May 31, 2018 by Super User Buffalo, NY-based digital signage software shop inLighten has started marketing an interesting new content creation tool for digital signage networks that’s aimed for users of any skill level and NOT tied to a particular content management system. So an end-user can produce material using StudioPro, but output it to use on whatever CMS software and …
Three Ways Digital Signage Software Can Add Value To Digital Out Of Home May 28, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Balaji Kamineni, Zeetaminds An ideal Digital Out Of Home Network irrespective of the size should be managed without any manual human intervention. Once the signage network is set and running, there should be few or no reasons for an operator to go on site. As important as the entire hardware setup, equally important it is …
ZetaDisplay Acquires Norway Digital Signage Solutions Provider Webpro In Ongoing Scandinavian Roll-Up Campaign May 28, 2018 by Super User Consolidation continues in the Scandinavian digital signage ecosystem, with news overnight that ZetaDisplay has acquired Norwegian solutions provider Webpro in a cash deal worth NOK 21 million, which is about $2.5 million USD. The deal also has performance-based supplemental payments. Webpro would have been attractive to the Swedish firm ZetaDisplay, in part, because clients include IKEA …
Crap Research: You Probably Didn’t Know NEC, Advantech Are Market Leaders In Signage Software (Spoiler: They’re Not) May 25, 2018 by Super User I have seen tweets, Linkedin posts and even news coverage from people who need to invest a little more time thinking (than they do copying and pasting) about a report out in the last few days about top-rated digital signage software platforms. Some rated companies are even congratulating themselves on being selected, etc etc. But …
Chatbot Platform Finds Its Way Into Retail Digital Signage May 15, 2018 by Super User Chatbots are growing increasingly common online, but a pair of companies have teamed up to take that experience to digital displays at retail shelves. A Lyon, France start-up called Botescope has worked with the Raspberry Pi-centric CMS firm Screenly to develop a solution that pairs and controls screens with mobile devices through conversational “smart agents.” …
Sony Shipping Six New Signage-Ready 4K Displays Running Android TV May 14, 2018 by Super User Sony continues to seemingly nibble around the edges of the digital signage business – kinda sorta in it, but not in any big or consistent way. The company has had system on chip smart displays since at least 2013, but has not really gone after a smart signage play in the way rivals like Samsung, …
