Telecine Launches Digital Signage Ready – A Branded Subscription Content Service May 24, 2023 by Dave Haynes Montreal solutions provider Telecine Multimedia has launched Digital Signage Ready, or DSR – what it calls an à la carte content subscription service for end-user screen networks. It is a branded content library that, similar to established subscription content offers on the market, rounds out programming on screens and, done well, keeps audiences looking a …
Looking Glass Adds Chatbot-Driven Animated Avatars To Its Specialty Displays May 24, 2023 by Dave Haynes Many things remind me that I am getting old – particularly pop culture and the affection at least some people have for gadget-driven tech I just find head-scratching. Consider this new product from the Brooklyn-based display technology firm Looking Glass, which has introduced a chatbot and custom avatars to its range of hologram-ish screens for …
How Is Business Going In Q2? Let Us Know Via This Quick Digital Signage Industry Survey … May 22, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Q2 Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) survey is now online, and companies active in the ecosystems are being asked to take a few minutes and provide their take on the state of the business right now. The DBCI is produced by Sixteen:Nine’s content partners in Germany, the consulting-events-publishing firm invidis. Sixteen:Nine is helping out …
Romanian Start-Up Tranzy Pivots From DOOH CMS To Real-Time Transport Information Platform May 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes Business news from Romania is not routine reading for me, but I stumbled on an interesting online piece about a software firm in that country that pivoted from offering a digital signage CMS to a full-featured, AI-driven information platform for transit systems and their users. The startup, tranzy.ai, related its story with BR Business Review, …
Pitches For Outdoor LED Displays Getting Fine Enough To Rival High-Bright LCD Units May 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes The high brightness outdoor LCD business has been at least a little insulated from the rise of LED displays because the pixel pitch for outdoor units wasn’t anywhere near tight enough to supplant LCDs for applications that had messaging that would be read at close quarters. Outdoor LED was great, at a distance. But now …
Start-up Offering Free Dual-Screen TV To Consumers, In Exchange For Non-Stop Ads May 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes Via Display Daily (pay wall) A start-up has started taking reservations for a free 55-inch 4K TV that has a second ribbon LCD below it that will run ads and information complementary to what’s playing on the primary display. The service – called Telly – is aimed at consumers, but the concept will probably be …
German LED Firm Builds, Stacks Sea Container-Style For Pop-Up Event Screens May 11, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s a variation on that pop-up display used for short-term sports and entertainment events in the UK – a German design that’s been around since 2010, stacking two sea container-like units, the upper one with an LED screen. The company is Stuttgart-based LED rental company Screen Visions, and it markets the Vidibox as a multi-purpose device …
Wendy’s Working With Google To Test Voice AI At Drive-Thru Ordering Stations May 10, 2023 by Dave Haynes QSR giant Wendy’s is going to pilot an AI-driven bot that will handle the voice ordering process in drive-thru lanes, with the goal of speeding up ordering times and improving accuracy. A trial is set to run at a Wendy’s in Columbus, Ohio, where the burger chain has its head office. The trial will be …
DSS Europe Releases Conference Details Ahead Of July 5-6 Munich Conference May 10, 2023 by Dave Haynes My friends at invidis consulting have released details on the conference speaker and panelist line-up for the 2023 edition of its annual Digital Signage Summit Europe (DSS Europe), set for July 5-6 in Munich, Germany. The line-up includes a whole bunch of C-level people from most of the largest digital signage software and solutions providers …
Portable Structures Firm Tops Pop-Up Building With Folding LED Display For Public Events May 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting mash-up of a pop-up portable structure for events with a large direct view LED panel that rests on the roof. Called The Cube Sight and Sound, it’s about the size of a small sea container, but is designed to collapse and fold into a much smaller footprint for transportation. The idea …
