US Broadcaster Sinclair, Integrator USSI Testing Digital Signage Delivery Using NextGen TV Technologies April 14, 2022 by Super User What if tweaked but largely existing television broadcasting towers and transmitters could be used to deliver digital signage content and DOOH advertising, instead of being delivered using the Internet? That’s the premise that will be tested in the US for a network of screens attached to electric vehicle charging stations, by the Sinclair Broadcast Group …
German Firm Markets Manufacturer-Agnostic Device Management Platform For Digital Signage, Kiosks April 13, 2022 by Super User Via Invidis … A Hamburg, Germany firm called Accenta is marketing a device and supporting platform – called Kiosk IQ – that makes it possible to monitor, diagnose and control digital signage systems in real time, regardless of manufacturer and location. “24/7 monitoring, cloud alarm rules with escalation management and notifications via email or SMS provide …
LG Follows Samsung Into All-In-One Kiosk Market With 27-Inch, Windows-Driven Unit April 12, 2022 by Super User Sixteen:Nine content partner Invidis has a German language post up about how LG has followed the lead of Korean rival Samsung by developing and launching an all-in-one kiosk aimed at self-service applications. The LG Kiosk, reports Invidis, will be launched first in the Korean home market and later in Europe and North America, likely by …
US Grocer Startup Includes Touchless Self-Checkout In Frictionless Experience Mix March 25, 2022 by Super User A U.S. grocery start-up that’s pairing healthy foods with frictionless shopping is including touchless self-checkout screens as part of its technology mix. Called Nourish + Bloom Market, the Georgia-based company has plans to include self-checkout terminals that use hand-tracking hardware and related software from Ultraleap as part of the shopping experience. The store is billed …
Signagelive, meldCX Partner On Retail Audience Measurement Solution March 24, 2022 by Super User The Aussie AI and IoT software and solutions firm meldCX has gone into a new partnership with UK digital signage firm Signagelive to market and deliver retail-centric screen solutions that are informed and driven by audience measurement data. The companies liken what they can collectively measure and use to the kinds of analytics Youtube generates, …
E-Paper Display Totem Firm Soofa Says US Installed Base Tripled In 2021 March 21, 2022 by Super User Cambridge, MA-based Soofa seems to getting some traction with its distinct and somewhat more genuine take on smart city digital displays – with 41 cities across 15 U.S. states now using the solar-powered, large format e-paper totems. The company says its U.S. footprint tripled in 2021. “We’ve had rapid growth over the past year as …
Is Amazon Getting Into Digital Signage And DOOH? Looks Like It. March 18, 2022 by Super User The online publication Modern Retail, which chronicles guess what, has an interesting, mildly speculative piece up that explores the idea of online retailing behemoth Amazon selling ads on the screens it is building into its tech-forward physical retail stores. Last month, Business Insider reported that Amazon was planning on selling in-store digital advertising inventory to sell …
First Arriving Breaks Off Digital Signage Services As Standalone Business March 15, 2022 by Super User The Virginia digital signage company focused on solutions for first responders – like police and fire departments – has taken the interesting step of spinning out its SaaS-based services as a standalone business. First Arriving IO will focus on rapidly scaling its existing dashboard and data infrastructure services while the parent company, First Arriving LLC, …
Electronic Shelf Labels Being Used In Big Retail To Drive Donations For Ukraine Relief Efforts March 14, 2022 by Super User There is lots of evidence of the digital OOH media community stepping up to support what’s going in Ukraine through free media on digital billboards and things like sidewalk ad totems. But now there’s a way to offer support and trigger donations in mass merchandise and grocery retail, using electronic shelf labels (ESLs). The firm …
Portugal’s Moviik Wants More Digital Signage Firms Rolling In Its Queueing Software March 9, 2022 by Super User I have clear memories of talking to queue management hardware and software companies years ago at trade shows, who looked at me then like I was wearing a cocktail dress and heels when I suggested there was an interesting tie-up to be done with digital signage applications. They just didn’t see the relationship between the …
