Kramer, Zignage Partner On Data-Triggered Emergency Alerts For Education, Workplace AV Control Systems October 21, 2021 by Super User Pro AV gear supplier Kramer Electronics has done a partnership with the digital signage management software firm Zignage that enables a range of emergency notifications to be integrated with Kramer’s VIA and Control platforms for the education and workplace markets. This solution, says PR, will help manage hybrid campuses and workplaces and to escalate alerts …
Philips Hires Schuster To Run Its N.A. Pro Display Business; King Shifts To Hotel TV Vertical October 21, 2021 by Super User PPDS, the company that markets Philips Professional TV and Philips digital signage solutions, has brought on industry vet to Vince Schuster to run the commercial pro display business and put another pro AV lifer, Joe King, in a new leadership gig running the hospitality TV business. Schuster will be well-known to pro AV people, having …
Not On My Bingo Card: Christie Digital Getting Into Pathogen-Killing Ceiling Lights October 20, 2021 by Super User The pro AV and digital signage communities know Christie Digital for its projector systems and displays, so it’s slightly odd to see the engineering-led company getting into commercial disinfection products … until you remember who owns Christie. The company, which has a big offices in suburban LA but a main R&D and production facility in …
Appspace Buys Workplace Communications Firm Beezy To Boost Workplace Experience Offer October 20, 2021 by Super User There has been quite a bit of news lately about digital signage companies being acquired or getting major cash infusions, but here’s a variation on that – a digital signage CMS company buying a company outside the industry to bolster its vertical market capabilities. Dallas-based Appspace Inc. has acquired Beezy, described as a leading digital …
New London Pop-Up Venue Brings TopGolf’s Digital Razzle-Dazzle To Footy October 20, 2021 by Super User A pop-up venue in London, that you could very loosely describe as TopGolf for football players, is using interactive technologies to measure and celebrate skills. Called METRIX, the site at a shopping mall in the White City area creates a reactive sensory experience for players and fans who want to test or show off their …
Planar Takes Its Displays On Road This Fall For MicroPalooza Tour October 19, 2021 by Super User In a nod to the travel-hesitant times, Planar is taking its display pots and pans on the road this fall – on what it calls the MicroPalooza 2021 Tour. The Oregon-based display manufacturer is staging a six-city US product tour in November through mid-December that will see its LCD and LED product showroom hauled to …
Study Suggests High Affinity For Digital Messaging Displays In Patient Care Environments October 19, 2021 by Super User Selling non-medical technology solutions into the health care sector is long and involved at the best of times, but in the COVID-era even more so. But health care presents what is likely a big opportunity for companies who decide to go after it with solutions that directly address operational pain points. The e-paper giant E …
LED Mesh Displays In Windows Turn Iconic Madrid Bank Building Into Media Facade October 18, 2021 by Super User This is a flagship Caixabank branch in Madrid, in Plaza Colón, that uses much of the facade of a Norman Foster-designed building as a screen. The digital aspect used see-through mesh LED displays in the windows, and there is a LOT of full-wall LED inside the branch, all running custom experiential content that does not …
High School Student Hacks Entire School District’s Screens, Then Rickrolls Viewers October 18, 2021 by Super User Here’s a cautionary tale for anyone running an enterprise-level digital signage network: an Illinois high school student managed to take over the digital signage and other IPTV-connected screens across a full school district back in April. But instead of running naughty videos, he rickrolled them. A post on WhiteHood Hacker details: On April 30th, 2021, …
Video Wall-Filled Bus “War Room” Sitting Unused In New York: Report October 18, 2021 by Super User Photo: NY Post The public transport authority for the city of New York opened a flashy, video wall-driven command and control center in Brooklyn a a couple of years ago, but those big screens have few or no viewers because the bus dispatch “war room” is already falling apart, the New York Post is reporting. …
