NEC Wins Big Display Deal For New Vegas Airport Terminal June 15, 2012 by Dave Haynes NEC announced a nice order this week for 900 displays for the new Terminal 3 at Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, which opens in a couple of weeks. The new terminal (yay, freaking yay … the old terminal I always end up in is just, well, old) will have 182 46-inch and 723 40-inch LCDs to be …
Web’s Open Standards Body Taking Detailed Look At Digital Signage June 5, 2012 by Dave Haynes The body that somewhat guides the development of open standards for the web is taking a serious look at web-based digital signage, and running a special workshop about it next week, in conjunction with the Digital Signage Japan trade show. W3C, aka the World Wide Web Consortium, says this about the June 14-15 event in greater …
DigiCast Picks Up RMG’s Cafe Network May 31, 2012 by Dave Haynes DigiCast Networks and its parent company Brite Media Group have picked up the old Danoo coffee shop-based Digital OOH network run by RMG. DigiCast will roll the network into an digital Café Network and bring the cafe footprint to 650, and DigiCast’s overall footprint to 2,300 total locations in the U.S. “Adding RMG’s …
BroadSign Emerges From Chapter 11 (Details) May 31, 2012 by Dave Haynes As was pretty much expected, BroadSign is now owned by Burr Smith, the guy who has been the primary investor in the company since 2009 and chairman of the company board. Formally, the assets of BroadSign International, Inc. have been acquired by JedFam Group, LLC (Smith). This comes three months after the company filed for Chapter …
Blood Donor Clinics Tap Into Digital Signage May 30, 2012 by Dave Haynes I have either missed stuff or grown immune, or more likely my fellow Canucks at ScreenScape have ratcheted back the PR blast-o-meter and no longer issue press releases on every curling rink and corner bar that plugs into their platform. After a while it was just noise. Now they just do meaningful announcements, and this one …
NYC SmartScreens Start Rolling Out In June May 16, 2012 by Dave Haynes That much discussed network in New York City that plans to replace old sidewalk pay-phones with interactive information and alert stations is starting to hit the street, and the guys behind the project have wisely found people who understand the importance of ruggedizing the hell out of the units. The City 24×7 smart screens are …
US Government Fires Up Emergency Alert Platform May 15, 2012 by Dave Haynes The U.S. government’s has got the agreement of the major wireless carriers and smaller regional operators to support the Wireless Emergency Alert system, a free service that can send location-based messages via SMS-like alerts. The system covers 97 percent of the active subscriber base out there and is described as a “point-to-multipoint system” that targets …
Ronin Losses Continue, Working Capital Down to $3.6M May 12, 2012 by Dave Haynes The latest financials are out for publicly-traded Wireless Ronin Technologies, Inc. (RNIN), and the story looks much the same as it has since I started paying attention. This quarter the net loss was $1.8 million, up from $1.7 million in the previous quarter. I stopped counting, but the last time I did, the accumulated deficit …
Nanonation Founder Walker Steps Down, Cashes Out May 7, 2012 by Dave Haynes Nanonation founder Bradley Walker has sold his interest in the software and services company and stepped down from his role as President and CEO. If you don’t know Bradley, he’s the nano guy who always wears a bowtie. He will remain a Senior Advisor to the Board of Directors for the company during the transition …
DPAA Signs Up PlayNetwork, Roberts May 3, 2012 by Dave Haynes The Digital Place-based Advertising Association has added a couple of new companies to its membership list – PlayNetwork and Roberts Communications. PlayNetwork works with a variety of retailers, delivering media experiences based on audio and video. Some of the Seattle company’s client roster does digital OOH – roughly 7,000 screens across 2,500 locations in 197 …
