Todd Hoffman On Doughnut Theater, And Krispy Kreme’s Ambitious NYC Flagship September 30, 2020 by Dave Haynes The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT The iconic doughnut chain Krispy Kreme has something of a cult status, with people flocking to their stores to get a fresh, warm, melt-in-your-mouth yeast doughnut. There are Krispy Kreme stands and small shops, but a real Krispy Kreme store – the kind that …
ACE Roundtable: Making Connected Experiences Work Now, And Post-COVID September 23, 2020 by Dave Haynes Advocates for Connected Experiences is an umbrella organization created several months ago, that pulls together the people and shared interests of a variety of organizations that deliver experiences to guests. That can be in places like retail, in museums, commercial properties or theme parks. The short form for the group is ACE, and it was …
Getting Clemson Orange Right On TV Screens, And Why That Can Matter For Digital Signage September 16, 2020 by Dave Haynes The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT If you have been around digital signage for a while, you have almost certainly heard a discussion at some point about accurate color reproduction on screens, and the problems big brands can have with that. The example used most often is Coca-Cola Red, which …
Moment Factory’s Amahl Hazelton On Delivering Visual Experiences In Public, In The Midst Of A Pandemic September 9, 2020 by Dave Haynes The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT Montreal’s Moment Factory has done many of the most visually interesting digital experiences you’ll see these days – from airports and big shopping malls to ancient churches, old forts and forests. As with just about every company out there, COVID-19 has impacted what Moment …
David Levin On Where Four Winds Interactive Is At, And Why It Acquired A Company September 2, 2020 by Dave Haynes The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT Four Winds Interactive is one of the largest and most well-known pure play digital signage companies in the industry. But the Denver-based company went a little quiet about 18 months ago, when a venture capital company based in Austin, Texas took on a majority …
Nancy Radermecher Of JohnRyan On How Retail Banking Is Digitally Transforming August 26, 2020 by Dave Haynes The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT Ask a digital signage provider about its target markets, and a hell of a lot of them will list banks among them. But only a small handful of companies are solely focused on the financial services sector, and the best known and most enduring …
Bobby Marhamat Talks About Raydiant’s Different Angle On Retail/SMB Digital Signage August 19, 2020 by Dave Haynes The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT A seemingly oversaturated ecosystem has not stopped more and more companies from entering the digital signage market with their own software solutions. I get lots of email pitches from companies, and admittedly, I do a mental sort, with a bucket for no-hopers, and a …
Stephen Borg On How meldCX’s Platform Fast-Tracks, Simplifies Solutions Development August 12, 2020 by Dave Haynes The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT There are times when I come across an unfamiliar company and it’s clear, really quickly, what they do and offer. But other times, not so much. When digital signage industry veteran Raffi Vartian joined a company called meldCX a few months ago, my core …
No Podcast This Week, But Several On Way August 6, 2020 by Dave HaynesA new 16:9 podcast normally pops mid-week, but a file I needed has been delayed. So, no podcast this week, sorry. That said, I just recorded a really great interview last night and have several scheduled in the next two weeks.
Bodle Technologies CEO Peiman Hosseini Explains His Next-Gen Reflective Film Displays July 29, 2020 by Dave Haynes The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT Reflective display technology has been around for 20 years or more, heavily led by E-Ink. A start-up that comes out of the R&D labs of Oxford University in England – called Bodle Technologies – is just beginning to make the shift from development to …