Movie theatre giant Cineplex buys Canada's DDC June 17, 2010 by Dave HaynesIn a really interesting move, Canada’s biggest movie theatre chain has agreed to acquire one of the country’s oldest and most respected digital signage services companies, DDC. (Disclosure: clients and friends, but this was news to me this morning) Says the release: Canada’s movie exhibitor Cineplex Entertainment LP, which is owned by Cineplex Galaxy Income …
Is 3D the digital signage future? June 14, 2010 by Dave HaynesIs all this sudden 3D buzz the product of hype? Sure. Does it work? Well, yes, in a “this will really be cool when it gets better” way. Read on: https://www.sixteen-nine.net/?page_id=2570
Captivate drops screwball ad format; goes mainstream June 14, 2010 by Dave HaynesWhen the old Elevator News Network and Captivate Network merged almost a decade ago I was, for a few months, a Captivate guy. Then, like the rest of the Canadian executive team, I got walked off the plank. I stayed interested in what they were doing, and was dismayed and confused when the Captivate guys …
Another display vendor gets into digital signage software game June 10, 2010 by Dave HaynesLG Electronics has announced a turnkey digital signage solution called LG SignNET, that includes hardware, software, news feeds from CNN, and a dozen starter templates. Aimed at the SMB market, the service is set to come available by end of summer, and gives customers a full-meal deal at $179/month, for three year agreements. The deal …
NEC's digital signage software now free, to anyone June 1, 2010 by Dave HaynesNEC Displays made an announcement this morning that will likely make a number of people in the software start-up side of this industry get up to find a very large coffee. Or drink. The Chicago-based company is now making its hosted digital signage software solution available free of charge to anyone, regardless of whether they …
Show Me The Digital Signage Money Summit Back On May 24, 2010 by Dave HaynesOne of the more popular and successful Strategy Institute conferences the company does on this sector is the one on investors, probably because raising money is anything but easy. The 5th annual Digital Signage Investor Conference has been announced for Oct. 5-6 in New York, this time moving up from the Wall Street area and …
Toronto's Sick Kids Hospital turns on multilingual wayfinding (yay!) May 18, 2010 by Dave HaynesFor two or three years now I have been blabbering on with people about the opportunity hospitals present to use screens in a meaningful way, and it finally looks like someone is doing it. There are likely others, but this is the first install I know of that uses interactive screens in hospital lobbies to …
The Screen sets first US DOOH event for June in NYC May 17, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe guys behind The Screen in the UK – driven by Digital View and a few others, I think – has been doing events in London for a few years now and next month jumps the pond for its first North American event – a morning event on June 22nd done in collaboration with the …
Digital Signage Federation adds student chapter May 17, 2010 by Dave HaynesLike most people I thought the whole tomato fight between the Digital Screenmedia Association and the Digital Signage Federation would have been resolved after a few weeks. But it’s been almost three months and the two sides are still pushing out PR and trying to be the prettiest girl at the dance. The DSA has …
Media Post DOOH awards: And the winners are … May 14, 2010 by Dave HaynesI don’t know if this is indicative of much, but I nonetheless find it interesting that virtually all of the winners of last night’s MediaPost Digital Out Of Home Awards are companies that would be considered part of the digital signage and DOOH sector, as in companies that show up at trade shows and conferences …