BrightSign Adds Pair Of Lower Cost Versions Of New Series 5 Digital Signage Media Players August 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes BrightSign has added a pair of lower cost versions of the Series 5 family of digital signage media players the company announced this spring – XD models that can do HTML5 and happily run 4K, high frame-rate video. The new purple boxes – the XD235 and XD1035 – should be ready to ship in Q4. …
Coates Group Says It Has Won McDonald’s Global Digital Signage CMS Business August 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes Australia-based digital signage solutions provider Coates Group says it has come out of an evaluation process and been named as “McDonald’s single global Digital Menu Board (DMB) Content Management System (CMS) provider, and one of two approved Digital Menu Board hardware providers alongside Acrelec Group.” “This new appointment,” says the company in PR, “is the largest …
Nashville’s Historic Ryman Now Using Dozens Of Screens For Guest Experience August 11, 2022 by Dave Haynes It was not all that long ago when it was encouraging to see an entertainment venue put in a handful of displays – like digital menus and promo screens – around a facility. Now we’re see venues put in 100s of displays – in places like arenas and stadiums – and dozens in smaller concert …
Unique Herringbone LCD Video Wall Celebrates Health Care Provider At New Orleans Airport August 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes With so many case studies being pushed out about the use of LED technology for high-profile video walls, it’s becoming both surprising and nice to see LCD being used – particularly when the finished project is more than a big rectangle. This is a new video wall on a side wall of a concourse at Louis …
Raydiant Launches New Curated Streaming TV Content Via VideoElephant Partnership August 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes San Francisco CMS software firm Raydiant has taken the interesting step of introducing its own streaming TV app for third-party content, working with a video aggregator to make curated broadcast and web content available to supplement the programming schedules of end-user customers. Called RaydiantTV, the app that allows businesses to broadcast semi-live content to multiple …
Video Call Giant Zoom Broadens Digital Signage Capabilities With New Workplace Reservation Functions July 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes It tends to be complicated, time-consuming and expensive for pure-play digital signage software companies to add functionality outside the norms of digital signage, like a CMS adding point of sale software to its overall offer. But it is relatively easy for companies that do other kinds of software to get into basic digital signage, and …
Calendars, Countdowns Top End-User Choices For Dynamic Messaging July 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes I wouldn’t normally write about what’s selling for a company, but a blog post from the subscription content company Screenfeed is interesting because it gives a glimpse into what type of content end-users are pushing to screens. The company did a Top Five post about what end-users are using out of the no-code dynamic messaging …
Japan’s AEON Delight Marketing Sensor-Driven Data Dashboards For Facility Users And Operators July 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes A Japanese facilities management firm has started marketing a system that uses sensors to monitor the state of restrooms and trash cans, with the operating goal of reducing cleaning costs and building user stress. AEON DELIGHT CO., LTD. will start offering its “Restroom and Trash Can IoT System” in August – targeting commercial facilities, offices, …
Mvix Stepping Up Focus, Depth Of Business Intelligence Software Integrations July 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes The DC-area digital signage CMS software and services provider Mvix sees a big future in data-driven content in corporate environments, and has announced moves to increase its investment and focus on tools that integrate enterprise-level business intelligence information. Mvix says it has allocated special and dedicated development resources to gets it platform deeply integrated with …
Robotic Food Prep Kiosks Might Be New Market For Menu Displays, Order Screens July 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes QSR and fast casual restaurants have been early and very active adopters of digital signage technologies because of their ability to display and update pricing and menu options quickly and easily. Now there’s an interesting new dynamic developing in the food services industry – autonomous food prep and serving kiosks. I wrote the other day …
