The NUC: Not As Cheap As Thought, But Getting Good Reviews December 12, 2012 by Super User I wrote a little while back about Intel’s Next Unit of Computing, or NUC, and how it looked like an impressive little digital signage player for a very low price point of $300. I put the caveat in there that I didn’t think an OS was in there, so the actual cost would be higher. …
DSE Locking Down Its 2013 Seminar Plans & Sked December 11, 2012 by Super User Digital Signage Expo is now only a few weeks off and the education sessions are starting to get fully locked down and promoted. Among them is what looks to be a solid and worthwhile one going through the basics of Network Design, Management and Operations. Way too many people get caught up in the deliverable …
Project Profile: Giant LCD Columns At Changi Airport December 10, 2012 by Super User This is impressive in terms of scale and visual dominance, which is critical for ad recall in a cavernous environment like Changi Airport in Singapore. Four support columns in Terminal 3 have been wrapped on all sides with 46-inch LCDs stacked in portrait mode four-high. That’s 192 in total, all playing the same media. The …
Bar-based Digital OOH Network Selects Signagelive For Platform December 9, 2012 by Super User So, my first question looking at this picture, was: “What the heck is this thing?” My second was: “What the hell is the woman on the right wearing?” Can’t help on the choral-master thing, but I can tell you this is a vending machine used in clubs and bars in the UK to dispense products …
Excalibur Hotel And Casino Places Bets On Digital Menu Boards December 9, 2012 by Super User The Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Lost Wages has done a major refresh of its food court area, and eight different concessions are all using digital menu boards developed by WAND Corporation. The Castle Walk food court in what is – to my surprise – the 7th biggest hotel in the world, has outlets ranging …
Harris On Harris: New Masters Excited By “End-To-End Offering” December 7, 2012 by Super User Here’s what Harris Broadcast’s president, Harris Morris, has sent around this morning to industry partners and customers (and dumb bloggers), about the acquisition announcement … I am very pleased to share with you the news that The Gores Group, a global investment firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses, has made …
A Day At The Mall: Screens Everywhere December 7, 2012 by Super User My own crazy year and lots of discussions had already told me that retail is now finally, really starting to integrate digital signage into store presentations in meaningful ways. But a day spent at Canada’s premium shopping mall – in terms of the mix of retailers – really confirmed things are moving. Sponsored by Digital …
Harris Broadcast, Including Digital Signage Unit, Acquired in $225M Deal December 6, 2012 by Super User A little more than a half-year after announcing plans to divest its Broadcast Communications, Harris Corporation has reached a $225 million deal with a private equity firm. The deal with The Gores Group is $160 million in cash at closing, a $15 million subordinated promissory note and an earnout of up to $50 million based …
PC Built To Take A Licking (Or Shower) December 6, 2012 by Super User My crash course in digital signage, going back to the late 90s, involved trying to sort out whether it was possible to get a computer designed that would survive all the hard bumps, the debris, the power spikes and the general nastiness that comes with sitting on top of an elevator. We never did get …
Posterscope CSO: OOH Measurement Still In Dark Ages December 5, 2012 by Super User One of the top thinkers, and one with particular clout, weighed in Wednesday about the necessary mash-up of mobile and Out Of Home. James Davies, Posterscope’s U.S. and U.K. Chief Strategy Officer, reinforced his long-held assertion that mobile was the key to transforming OOH into two-way engagement. Davies was speaking at an Advertising Club of …
