How To Capture An LED Display On Camera (So It Looks Good!) February 22, 2023 by Zach Todd I was sifting through Linkedin last week and saw a company’s post celebrating the installation of a set of outdoor LED screens, and using a set of photos that made the screens look like junk. I’m sure they weren’t junk, but it reinforced the challenges of marketing a product that can look amazing to naked …
Delphi Display Systems Acquired By Another Restaurant-Focused Tech Firm, Toast February 22, 2023 by Dave Haynes Delphi Display Systems, which has been mainly focused on a variety of menu and ordering screens for the QSR sector, has been acquired by Toast, a Boston cloud-based software company that likens its products to a restaurant operating system. “As the needs of guests rapidly evolve and the importance of developing incremental revenue streams grows, …
“Boring” But Effective Digital Signage Guides Underground Storage Users At KC Facility February 21, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is a great example of what I call boring signage – utilitarian displays and content that won’t get any pulses racing, but does a job effectively. In this case, it’s a set of directories for an underground storage facility in Kansas City. Integrator KCAV (good, to-the-point brand, by the way) put a solution together …
Real Estate Services Giant Uses 24-Foot Lobby LED Wall, Generative Data, To Inspire Staff And Guests At New DC Offices February 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is a nice fit-to-size LED video wall in the new Washington, DC offices lobby of real estate services giant Cushman & Wakefield – a 24-foot wide canvas running generative art. The video wall is central to the experience for both employees and visitors, says the Chicago creative shop behind it, Next/Now: A larger-than-life LED …
Loop Media Rings NYSE Opening Bell As It Builds Free Digital Signage/DOOH Footprint In US February 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes Linkedin regularly has giddy photos of groups of business people surrounding the boss as she or he rings the bell at the New York Stock Exchange, and a recent one caught my eye, as the firm is in the DOOH media networks business. Loop Media develops and supports a series of curated music video and …
DSF Pulls Crowd For Louisville Meet And Mingle Event February 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes It looks like the Digital Signage Federation pulled a good crowd for its networking event in Louisville, Kentucky last night – with a nice fringe benefit to the meet-up being a look around the venue, the famed Churchill Downs horse racing track that is home to the Kentucky Derby. The industry association’s events are done …
Broadsign, LG Partner On DOOH Ad Solution For Smart Displays February 15, 2023 by Dave Haynes LG’s US Business Solutions unit and DOOH-focused CMS software firm Broadsign has announced a partnership that has what’s dubbed Broadsign for SoC ready to use on the display giant’s multiple lines of proprietary OS “smart” displays. There are numerous software firms that have developed native or web players for LG’s System-On-Chip “smart” displays, but the …
Registration Opens For InfoComm 2023; Mid-June In Orlando February 15, 2023 by Dave Haynes Registration has opened for InfoComm 2023, which is set for June 14-16 at at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The largest pro AV show on the continent, which cycles each year between Las Vegas and Orlando and features two different variations on insanely hot weather, is expected to host more than 600 …
Chalk Elevated To VP Sales For BrightSign February 14, 2023 by Dave Haynes Analytics tell me readers aren’t all that interested in news about new hires and titles at companies, but BrightSign ships a LOT of little purple media play-out boxes, so news of who is now running sales at the Silicon Valley company will matter to all kinds of resellers and integrators. Misty Chalk has been bumped …
SignageLab Leverages SignageOS Platform To Create Full Digital Signage Platform February 14, 2023 by Dave Haynes I am catching up on notes from ISE, which is already two weeks ago, and trying to relate some of the quicker conversations I had. Every time I go to a big show like ISE, I run into unfamiliar companies, and I try – when I can – to stop and have a chat, so …
