Chatbot Platform Finds Its Way Into Retail Digital Signage May 15, 2018 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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, …
How To Use Digital Signs To Boost Your Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies May 11, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Jill Perardi, Visix With millennials now the dominate group in the workforce, organizations are looking at what makes them tick – what they expect, what gets them engaged, and what encourages them to stick around at a job for longer than a year. One of the things this group says is very important …
FDA’s Food Menu Label Regulations Are Finally In Effect. What That Means For Digital Signage Vendors May 7, 2018 by Dave Haynes The US Food and Drug Administration’s much-discussed, often-delayed regulations for food menu labeling are now finally, formally, in place as of today. The FDA regulations require grocers and restaurants with 20 or more locations to list calorie counts for their menu items, and are seen as a way of harmonizing a mish-mash of different requirements …
NoviSign Adds Sharp SoC Android Displays To Digital Signage Solution Set May 7, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Israeli digital signage software shop NoviSign now has its platform and media player running on Sharp’s Open Architecture system-on-chip displays. The company’s online Studio editor runs on the new Sharp 40 and 50-inch PN series 24/7 displays. “For the last several months, NoviSign’s engineering team has been working closely with SIICA to test NoviSign’s …
ONELAN Acquired By Hotel-Focused Solutions Provider Uniguest May 4, 2018 by Dave Haynes The UK-based digital signage CMS company ONELAN has been acquired Uniguest, a Nashville-based company best known for operating the business centers in hotels, across several major chains. The acquisition, says a press release, will strengthen ONELAN’s presence in the U.S., with customers and partners benefiting from Uniguest’s team of 180 US-based staff and a further 75-person …
Reflect Teams With Universus Media On Auto Dealer-Focused Digital Signage Solutions May 4, 2018 by Dave Haynes An auto industry-focused media publisher in Toronto and the Dallas-based CMS and solutions provider Reflect have formed a strategic alliance aimed directly at providing in-store solutions for auto dealers. “This alliance makes it much easier for dealerships to bring a broad range of digital media into their stores, and for automotive manufacturers to incorporate digital content …
Data-driven DOOH Campaign Targets Ads To Peak Traffic Times For Specific Vehicle Types May 2, 2018 by Dave Haynes Broadsign has pushed out a set of press releases and case studies highlighting a partnership with the demand side media platform Outmoove, and going into how live data is being used to fine-tune targeted digital OOH advertising. The most interesting of them is a campaign for Peugeot to promote its corporate minivans with SMBs and …
Sharp Broadens Options For Smart Signage With Two New 24/7 Android-based Displays May 2, 2018 by Dave Haynes Sharp has expanded the range of 24/7 commercial displays shipping with built-in system on chip media players and Android. The company has added 39.5-inch and 49.5-inch PN-M series displays that ship with built-in SoCs driven by Arm Cortex-A17 quad core processors, with 2 GB memory and 8 GB storage. The monitors are 50% brighter than the company’s …
Mvix Integrates Digital Signage Solution With Cannabis Tech Platform MJ Freeway April 25, 2018 by Dave Haynes More and more digital signage software companies are starting to catch on to how the cannabis industry presents a lot of opportunity for menu boards, promo displays and interactive product information stations. A few companies – existing and start-ups – are already serving the space with pure-play products and services, or with functionality and partnerships …
