BrightSign Launches Cloud Management Platform That Helps (And Maybe Competes With) CMS Software Options January 30, 2019 by Dave Haynes Silicon Valley-based BrightSign continues to evolve its go-to-market position – having pretty quickly transitioned from a company known for reliable but proprietary little purple media player boxes and software, to a very open platform that’s doing partnerships all over the place lately. The company is launching a new API-centric product called BSN.cloud, described as a robust player-management …
Santiago’s Subway Rolls With Smart Stations, Data-Driven Screens January 24, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is an information-rich digital sign on Chile’s Santiago Metro. It runs ad messaging and educational messages, but what I like is the amount of detail in the train status messaging. The city’s transit system is using DENEVA, the transit-focused digital signage system developed by Spain’s ICON Multimedia. The project, says the company, includes 18 “smart stations.” DENEVA platform enables …
Mvix Puts 150 Business Data Sources And Widgets In New Portal January 23, 2019 by Dave Haynes DC-area CMS software firm Mvix has announced a data integrations portal with more than 150 business data sources and integrations – enabling end-users to automate the presentation of content from sources as diverse as HubSpot and court dockets. The portal, says Mvix in a press release, includes data sources like Salesforce, Google Analytics, HubSpot, MySQL, Quickbooks, …
inLighten Debuts Web-based Customer Check-in Solution January 23, 2019 by Dave Haynes No end of PR on solutions looking for problems find their way daily to my Inbox, so I’m always happy when I read about a new product or functionality that addresses and appears to resolve a common problem. Buffalo, NY-area software firm inLighten has launched a nice little application called here – described as a …
Broadsign Puts Ad Supply On Adomni’s Demand-Side Media Buying Platform January 23, 2019 by Dave Haynes Las Vegas-based demand side digital OOH media platform Adomni has struck a partnership with Montreal-based and DOOH-focused software shop Broadsign to make the latter’s end-users 33,000-plus screens available to buy online. The Broadsign Reach supply-side platform (SSP) is now seamlessly integrated into Adomni’s demand-side platform (DSP), says a press release. “It was a natural choice for us to partner …
Digital Signs Of The Times: Shutdown Time Counters And Birdbox Challenge Warnings January 18, 2019 by Dave Haynes The digital signage CMS software company Rise Vision produces a lot of free, ready-to-use templates for its big base of 9,000-plus customers, and while most of them are things like welcome messages, promotions, menus and calendars, the company’s creatives have also produced things that are more public service-oriented, like anti-bullying messages. Reflecting how things have …
Best Western Rolls Out Smart, webOS-based Screen Network To 2,400+ Hotels January 18, 2019 by Dave Haynes LG is seeing what must be one of the largest deployments yet of smart digital signage displays – one or several webOS-based smart commercial screens in more than 2,400 Best Westerns across the US and Canada. Typically, Best Western guests will see one to three displays at each property, providing travelers with instant access to …
Broadsign Fights “Patent Troll” To Draw As Both Sides Drop Actions January 17, 2019 by Dave Haynes Montreal digital OOH software shop Broadsign has fought its way to a draw with a company widely labelled as a patent troll – getting released from current action from T-Rex Property AB while agreeing in turn to dismiss the counter lawsuit it filed against T-Rex. A Broadsign press release says: T-Rex acquired patents in 2006 relating …
What You’re Getting Wrong About Digital Signage – And What To Do About It January 14, 2019 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Geoff Bessin, Intuiface You’ve been careful. You’ve studied all the angles. Thought about your audience, quality content, the project’s goals, hardware. You’ve given your digital signage project everything you have. It’s now deployed, left on its own like a child leaving his/her nest to face the world. Ask yourself this. What did you …
What Research Says Is Working With Digital Signage In Retail Banking January 9, 2019 by Dave Haynes This week we look at how the financial services industry is using digital signage in branches, and more to the point, what works and why. Angela Vanderburg is the Digital Practice Lead for Consumer Banking and Retail Financial Services for Q Division, the retail-focused digital strategy consultancy that was launched by STRATACACHE. She’s a shameless …
