High School Student Hacks Entire School District’s Screens, Then Rickrolls Viewers October 18, 2021 by Super User Here’s a cautionary tale for anyone running an enterprise-level digital signage network: an Illinois high school student managed to take over the digital signage and other IPTV-connected screens across a full school district back in April. But instead of running naughty videos, he rickrolled them. A post on WhiteHood Hacker details: On April 30th, 2021, …
Canonical Launches Ubuntu Frame To Ease Development Work For Digital Signage, Kiosks October 12, 2021 by Super User The company behind the widely-used version of Linux – called Ubuntu – has released a new product aimed at developers who do digital signage and interactive appliucations. Canonical’s newly announced Ubuntu Frame is described as “a solution that allows developers to easily build and deploy graphical applications for interactive kiosks, digital signage solutions, or any …
More Evidence COVID Era Has Blown Up Demand For Self-Service Screens, This Time Out Of Canada October 8, 2021 by Super User Just about every piece of market research I come across that touches on digital signage is built around data developed in the US market, or sometimes from the EU. I never see research focused just on the Canadian market, but I just stumbled on some focused on self-service displays, aka kiosks. The survey suggests a …
Broadsign, DOOHX Partner On New Online Courses Intended To Demystify The Very Mystifying World Of Digital Out Of Home October 7, 2021 by Super User Sixteen:Nine doesn’t heavily cover the digital OOH industry for three main reasons: There’s more than enough broadly going on in digital signage to keep me busy; Digital OOH is very much a distinct thing – an advertising medium and separate ecosystem that uses digital signage technologies; I can’t always figure out WTF these companies are …
Digital Display Usage In Drive-Thru Spiked In COVID Era, But Research Suggests Industry Far From Built Out: Study October 6, 2021 by Super User QSR Magazine covers guess what and does an annual, very thorough study of what’s happening with the drive-thru side of that business. It is required reading for anyone selling display hardware or software into that space, and provides some intriguing insights about how much things changed when COVID-19 turned up. Under a headline suggesting the …
SageNet Merges Capabilities From Convergent Acquisition Into Full Meal Deal Digital Signage Solution October 5, 2021 by Super User Tulsa-based managed network services provider SageNet has revealed its intentions and use of the intellectual property and insights it got from acquiring Atlanta-based Convergent earlier in the year – launching a suite of integrated SageVIEW Digital Signage solutions. The solutions combine Convergent’s content creation and integration capabilities and Digital Signage as a Service (DSaaS) approach …
BrightSign Has Sold And Shipped 1M Little Purple Play-out Boxes In Last Four Years October 5, 2021 by Super User BrightSign has announced it has now shipped two million of its little purple media play-out boxes, half of those in just the last four years. That’s about 1,000 units shipped per day lately, which is impressive. I have lately been referring to BrightSign as a category, as opposed to a player option. When I hear …
Ransomware Attack Takes DC-Area University Offline, Including Its Digital Signage Network October 5, 2021 by Super User A DC-area university is in the midst of a ransomware attack that has taken down just about anything network-connected around the campus, including the digital signage network that might otherwise let students and faculty know what’s going on. Washington Adventist University was hit Saturday night and, by the absence of an update on the college …
IT Services Firm Velocity Adds Motel 6 Lobbies To Fast-Growing Digital Signage And DOOH Footprint In US October 5, 2021 by Super User A really good example of how AV, digital signage and IT services are converging is an Ohio IT managed services company called Velocity, which has broadened its scope to include screen networks and even digital OOH media sales. The company has announced a partnership with a hotel group – G6 Hospitality – to deploy digital …
Hong Kong Startup Displayforce Launches Digital Signage CMS And AI-Based, Ad-Focused Platform In $299 “Box” October 5, 2021 by Super User A Hong Kong start-up called Displayforce has launched an interesting new product and service that pairs a digital signage play-out device with a camera used to do audience measurement and trigger content. The Displayforce Box is an L-shaped unit that can be parked on the top or bottom of a flat panel display and powered via …
