Running Digital Signage Networks On Windows? Pour A Three-Finger Drink Instead Of Morning Coffee Before Reading This July 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes People on the America side of the Atlantic are sipping coffee and taking in news this morning that enterprise devices running Windows on networks – like digital signage media players using that OS – were blue-screened if they also were using security software from CrowdStrike It is not a Windows error directly, but one caused …
This Digital Signage Software Firm Is Letting Customers Decide If They Want AI-based Functionality July 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes While a lot of digital signage CMS software and solutions companies are trying every which way to work AI into their marketing and PR messages, the CEO of a UK CMS firm has taken the interesting step of saying his company is dialing back its AI support and enabling customers to unilaterally switch off AI-backed …
Spectrio Launches Menu Board App Intended To Simplify, Streamline Messaging Across Multiple Use-Cases July 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes Spectrio has developed a set of online tools intended to streamline and simplify what can be arduous tasks of organizing, populating and updating business-critical digital menu boards, whether that’s at quick service restaurants, attractions ticket windows or business service and order counters. The Tampa company’s new Menu Board App is position as a toolset that …
TelemetryTV Debits Own Digital Signage Operating System, Optimized Hardware Player July 17, 2024 by Dave Haynes Vancouver, BC-based TelemetryTV is the latest digital signage solutions firm to develop its own operating system and play-out hardware tuned to it, with the intent of maxing out reliability, simplifying management and reducing costs. The company now has an online store featuring what it calls the TelemetryOS Box. “Designed for 24/7 commercial use in sectors such …
Have Your Power BI-driven Data Dashboards Stopped Working On Networked Screens? If So, Here’s The Likely Reason July 15, 2024 by Dave Haynes Signagelive CEO Jason Cremins has an interesting post up on Linkedin making the industry aware of a problem some digital signage networks may now be having: displaying real-time data dashboards powered by Microsoft’s Power BI. Microsoft has raised minimum browser support requirements to properly show a URL tied to a Power BI dashboard visualization, so …
Happy 30th To PADS4/NDS Team! July 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to the Dutch software firm NDS (Net Display Systems), which has been at this for 30 years and now markets itself as PADS4, the company’s flagship software platform. The Eindhoven company developed its first digital signage solution, for the airports sector, in 1994, and much of its work continues to be focused on …
Wallboard Acquires Keywest Technology And Unified Brand July 8, 2024 by Dave Haynes The CMS software and solutions firm Wallboard, which has offices in both Dallas and outside Budapest Hungary, has announced a pair of acquisitions aimed at growing its deployed base, but also bolstering staff and skillsets. Wallboard has acquired the Kansas City-area company Keywest Technology and Unified Brand, which operates out of Phoenix. “These acquisitions represent a major …
LG Follows Samsung’s Move Into Pro Versions Of IoT Sensors, Via Majority Buy Of Homey July 5, 2024 by Dave Haynes LG has a funny way of mirroring developments by its Korean electronics rival Samsung, and that appears to be happening again as LG has acquired 80% of a Dutch IoT platform that offers the same kind of sensors ecosystem as Samsung’s Smartthings. Samsung has recently added a pro version of its consumer-centric, and now LG …
Nordics CMS Software M&A: Sweden’s PLAYipp Acquires Norway’s Databeat July 5, 2024 by Dave Haynes A pair of small to mid-sized digital signage software providers in the Nordics region have consolidated, with Sweden’s PLAYipp acquiring Databeat, a software provider based in Norway. The M&A activity is backed by PLAYipp’s “software growth investor” Monterro. From PR: This strategic partnership marks a milestone in PLAYipp’s growth mission, enhancing our capacity to deliver …
UPshow Acquired By Sports And Entertainment Platform; Back-Of-House Tools Being Spun Out As Independent Entity July 2, 2024 by Dave Haynes Chicago-based UPshow, which does what it calls on-premise entertainment and performance marketing platform for venues, has been acquired by a media platform that distributes live sports and entertainment content to the same kinds of venues where UPshow has built a footprint for almost a decade. Founded just last year, NYC-based EverPass Media launched initially as …
