New Aerva-Powered LED Board In Cincy Drives More Than Just Ads April 17, 2013 by Dave Haynes News that a software company has renewed a license to drive a big LED board is hardly a big moment, but how the board is being used makes a new press release from Boston-based Aerva interesting. It’s a lot more than a digital billboard. Fifth Third Bank and the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) …
New Seenspire Service Changes Up Content Feeds For Digital Signage April 16, 2013 by Dave Haynes A new company called Seenspire has changed up the approach to syndicated content feeds for digital signage networks in ways that are both similar and very different to another company that turned the whole RSS to screen thing on its ear 3-4 years ago. Based in Antwerp, Belgium, but serving multiple languages and countries, Seenspire …
Arsenal Media Adds US Presence With New Miami-Based Sales Director April 2, 2013 by Dave Haynes Arsenal Media has been doing business in the US for several years now, but the Montreal company has always been kn0wn, logically enough, as a Montreal/Canadian company. Doing business south of the border can be a LOT easier for a Canadian company when you have somebody down there, full-time, shaking trees. That changed a few …
“Thought Leadership” In Pulp Magazine Form March 5, 2013 by Dave Haynes If digital signage content conferences had pulp magazine covers … Courtesy of a strange but very cool service called Pulp-O-Mizer.
DSE Content Winners For 2013 March 3, 2013 by Dave Haynes Here are the Gold, Silver and Bronze Content Award winners from last week at Digital Signage Expo. The DSE 2013 Content Award of the Year: Inwindow Outdoor (InWindow’s Steve Birnhak pictured above), for content created for Beneful Virtual Dog Park/Columbus Circle Interactive Arts, Entertainment & Recreation: GOLD: Second Story Interactive Studios, for content created for Vault …
Christie’s Book Of Shapes Now A Free iPad App (Or PDF) February 1, 2013 by Dave Haynes For the purposes of full disclosure, this is a bit of a shameless plug. Christie has published and released The Book of Shapes – a “coffee table” style book that showcases projects around the globe that have used the company’s MicroTiles to somewhat reinvent the idea of video walls and digital display in retail and arhcitectuarl …
Locbit Takes Swing At Screen To Mobile Integration January 28, 2013 by Dave Haynes The San Diego-area start-up Locbit did an interesting little screen-to-mobile integration project this past week with a PGA Tour supplier, letting golf fans scan a QR code off rented leaderboard screens temporarily positioned around Torrey Pines (famous golf course) to get the full scores at the Farmers Insurance Open. Snapping the code launched a browser window …
Arsenal’s Fountain Of Content Turning Back On For DSE 2013 January 24, 2013 by Dave Haynes The Fountain of Content from ARSENAL MEDIA_DEMO ZONE on Vimeo. My friends at Arsenal Media in Montreal are going to build their Fountain Of Content again, this time for Digital Signage Expo 2013 next month in Las Vegas. The creative shop put together the crazy multi-screen content tower for Infocomm last June, earning raves from …
Phil Cohen New Head Of Digital Signage Federation January 17, 2013 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation has done its annual board vote, and Phil Cohen of Care Media has been pegged as the new Chairman. Consultant/trainer Alan Brawn becomes Chairman Emeritus, Kim Sarubbi of Saddle Ranch Digital shifts to Vice Chairman and Ken Goldberg (Real Digital Media) is the Secretary/Treasurer. Carre Dawson (Harris), Jeff Dowell (3M), Brian …
Digital Signage Makes Kids Eat Their Broccoli January 15, 2013 by Dave Haynes Entering the digital signage sector as a vendor these days requires a lot of careful thinking about what niches still exist out there. Not many, I’d think. But there are some clever people putting together products and services that go right at problems, and coming up with what at least look nice solutions. Like Nutrislice. …
