One World Trade Center Adds Giant LED Welcome Wall, 140-Screen Video Mosaic September 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is a new exhibit that welcomes visitors to the observatory attraction at the top of One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, on the site of the twin towers brought down almost 20 years ago on 9/11. Developed and delivered by Montreal creative and tech shop Float4, there is a set of video displays …
Sept. 23 Online Roundtable Plans Deep Dive On Real-Time Data In Digital Signage September 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes If a CMS software company or solutions provider is serious about chasing business beyond the SMB market, the chosen platform better support real-time data integration or they’re really not in the game. When the content engine is driven by what the data is saying, at that moment, what’s on the screen is relevant. At the …
UPshow Broadens Digital Signage Services From Bars To – Wait For It – K-12 Schools??? August 30, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is one of those company pivots I think few people would have seen coming – a firm that got its start putting screens in bars now also marketing an on-premise messaging solution for K-12 schools. Chicago-based UPshow has announced a partnership with the Taiwan-based tech firm AOPEN “to bring captivating, targeted entertainment; valuable, engaging educational …
Japanese C-Store Chain Family Mart Has Three-Year For Multiple Screens In 16K+ Stores August 30, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Japanese C-store chain FamilyMart has announced a serious investment in in-store digital, with a three-year plan to deploy multiple screens across a footprint of more than 16,600 neighborhood convenience stores. Japan Today reports: This month Family Mart announced a new digital media and advertising plan in which FamilyMart branches around Japan will be equipped with several large-screen …
Chromeboxes Are Still Out There, And Being Used On Digital Signage Jobs August 30, 2021 by Dave Haynes There was a time, a few years back, when hardware devices running Google’s Chrome operating system were thought in some circles to be a next big thing in digital signage – because the devices were relatively inexpensive, used an OS based on the latest web technologies, and were backed by a top three global tech …
LG Now Marketing Full Digital Signage Solution, Inc. Software, For QSR Vertical August 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes If you are active on the software side of digital signage, you’ve undoubtedly seen Samsung evolving its MagicINFO software from a low or no-cost add-on for small jobs to a full-featured enterprise platform that competes against pure-play CMS software companies. LG has also had a product called SuperSign in the market for more than a …
Consumers Jumpy When Business Entries Have No COVID Guidelines Signage: Research August 12, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Greek/American digital signage CMS software firm Yodeck took the interesting step of commissioning research to learn what consumers think about signs being used for COVID-19 safety messaging, with the big insight being how nervous people got when there was no messaging. The survey, involving some 400 Americans back in Q2, suggested 63% of consumers …
Panasonic Gets Serious About Digital Signage in U.S., Canada; Debuts “Complete Solution” August 11, 2021 by Dave Haynes Panasonic has not been an overly visible player in the North American digital signage ecosystem for many years, but the Japanese visual systems and electronics manufacturer is taking a focused run at the business with what it is calling a Complete Digital Signage Solution. The company has announced what could be called a turnkey solution …
Prague’s SignageOS Bolsters Americas Presence By Bringing On Industry Vet Arnett August 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes I don’t usually do posts about new hires because analytics suggest not a lot of people care, other than the people hired and their new masters. But I’ll note this one, as it reflects a European company bringing on a familiar face to more effectively project itself into the US and Canadian markets. Prague-based SignageOS …
Sony Building Up Digital Signage CMS Partners In Android/SoC-Focused Collaborative Alliance July 30, 2021 by Dave Haynes Sony wasn’t an overly active or noticed player in digital signage for a bunch of years, but the company has been steadily trying to boost both its profile and its partnership programs in the last 18 months or so. The company recently announced something called the Collaborative Alliances program, which sounded a bit like a …
