Android For Digital Signage: A Closer Look At 11Giraffes’ Platform April 25, 2013 by Super User This is the entry #9 in a running series of closer looks at digital signage solution providers who have started working with the Android operating system and low-cost, ultra-small ARM processors. At least 20 companies have introduced products based on the open-source Android operating system that is very widely used for smart devices like handsets …
Outcast Inks Measurement And Planning Deal With Nielsen IMS April 24, 2013 by Super User Here’s more evidence the larger Digital OOH networks are taking serious steps to be proper, measured mediums. Gas pump TV operator Outcast Media has followed the lead of its main rival Gas Station TV in signing a deal with Nielsen’s Interactive Market Systems to build a model, reports MediaPost, that allows media planning agencies to build customized …
BroadSign Marks 10 Years With An X April 24, 2013 by Super User Congratulations to my old colleagues at BroadSign, who are celebrating 10 years in business, which is three or four more than lots of people predicted when the company ran into a perfect storm of cash flow issues and a crippling, lingering recession in 2009. The company is leaner and smarter because of that, and from …
Android For Digital Signage: A Closer Look At DC Media’s Offer April 23, 2013 by Super User This is the entry #8 in a running series of closer looks at digital signage solution providers who have started working with the Android operating system and low-cost, ultra-small ARM processors. At least 20 companies have introduced products based on the open-source Android operating system that is very widely used for smart devices like handsets …
Stratacache Hires On Industry Vet Russell Young April 23, 2013 by Super User Russell Young has signed on with STRATACACHE as the company’s SVP of Interactive and Mobile Experiences, having recently left the very good but very expensive SapientNitro agency, where he’d been for the last few years. My understanding is several people, Young included, got bingo’d right after DSE. Young is probably better known in the industry …
Android For Digital Signage: A Closer Look At SpotForge April 22, 2013 by Super User [youtube id=”Fu3hkWsBnTY” width=”600″ height=”350″] This is the seventh entry in a running series of closer looks at digital signage solution providers who have started working with the Android operating system and low-cost, ultra-small ARM processors. At least 20 companies have introduced products based on the open-source Android operating system that is very widely used for …
Projects: Radford University’s Finance Lab April 22, 2013 by Super User Here’s another example of a trading room simulation put together for a university by Rise Display. Virginia-based Radford University’s finance lab features two interactive touch screens that show indices, currencies, commodities, and bonds, along with tables and charts and financial news updates. Three passive digital displays featuring financial charts, tables, and Reuters news. The room …
Symon Deal Closes; Now Called RMG Enterprise Solutions April 22, 2013 by Super User The reverse merger thing that has led in the last few weeks to RMG Networks being a listed company took another big step with the closing Friday of the acquisition of digital signage software firm Symon Communications. RMG Networks, which has primarily been in the business of selling Digital OOH advertising, is now touting in …
Digital Signs Drive Triple-Digit Sales Spikes At Casino Restaurants April 19, 2013 by Super User There’s an interesting case study now available from partners involved in a late 2012 trial using digital signage and video analytics at some Ontario charity casinos. A couple of key findings in the study nicely reinforce the impact of digital signage in food services, and the utility of automated audience measurement. The five-month test involving …
Android For Digital Signage: A Closer Look At Signagelive’s Android Integration April 19, 2013 by Super User This is the sixth entry in a running series of closer looks at digital signage solution providers who have started working with the Android operating system and low-cost, ultra-small ARM processors. At least 20 companies have introduced products based on the open-source Android operating system that is very widely used for smart devices like handsets …