Panasonic Just Bought A Supply Chain Software Firm; Here’s What That Might Mean For Its Digital Signage Efforts September 17, 2021 by Super User Panasonic has announced the acquisition of a company that does AI-driven supply chain software, and while that may seem somewhat far removed from digital signage, there are hints that it could (and should) be part of a broader plan to service both online and physical retail needs. The Japan-based electronics giant just announced this morning …
Giant LED Board For Times Square Includes Doors That Swing Open And Shut (With Video) September 16, 2021 by Super User The TSX Broadway multi-use development now under construction in NYC’s Times Square district has, to no one’s surprise, a big LED display component on a corner that also wraps around a permanent outdoor stage for live performances. So if you already think Times Square is the world capital of sensory overload, just wait ’til you …
Visionect Adds Smart Magnets With Location Tags For Its ePaper-based Joan System September 16, 2021 by Super User The Slovenian company Visionect has announced a new version, with major tweaks, of its e-paper meeting room management system, known as Joan. The most interesting advance is a system that uses “smart magnets” that allow the screens to be relocated without any reconfiguration work. “Joan’s Smart Magnets attach to any service and act as location …
NAB Formally Cancels Trade Show Planned For Next Month; Says It’ll See Everyone In April 2022 September 15, 2021 by Super User The National Association of Broadcasters has opted to cancel its already deferred 2021 trade show – which had been moved from April to October – and the organization is now crossing its collective fingers and toes that COVID won’t affect plans come April 2022. The show – which attracts a lot of pro AV people …
Screenfeed Adds Content Feed Built On Curated User-Gen Viral Videos September 14, 2021 by Super User User-generated videos have been curated and used by some digital OOH networks – notably in bars and restaurants – to build out their programming, but now one of the main subscription content services – Screenfeed – has developed its own custom service. Minneapolis-based Screenfeed has developed what it calls Bright Spots that is built around …
Mvix, BrightSign Pair On Worry-Free Signature Care Program For Large Digital Signage Networks September 14, 2021 by Super User The DC-area digital signage software firm Mvix has partnered with BrightSign on a new program designed to take any hardware worries off the table in planning large, long-term networks. The new Signature Care program provides a lot of hand-holding through deployment, ongoing priority support, and built-in hardware refreshes after three years. Targeted at enterprise-scale deployments, …
Projection-Mapping Drives Storytelling Inside Cavernous Niagara Falls Power Plant September 14, 2021 by Super User Anyone who has been to see Niagara Falls will know how powerful the Niagara River is as its waters spill over the escarpment and run out to Lake Ontario, but a percentage of that water is diverted above the falls into pipes that lead to giant turbines in downstream power generating stations. That’s been done …
LG’s Transparent OLEDs Being Used, Somewhat Curiously, In Seoul Parking Garage Windows September 13, 2021 by Super User In a use-case that has probably never crossed the minds of most digital signage people, the operators of an underground parking lot in Seoul are using transparent OLEDs in the windows of the entryways. LG Display in South Korea announced it is supplying 55-inch OLEDs for interior use by the parking lot of Kakao T …
Samsung Partners With Israeli Start-up Niio On Subscription Art For B2B Digital Displays September 13, 2021 by Super User Samsung has partnered with a Tel Aviv startup called Niio to address one of the evergreen issues confronting many end-users who make investments in digital signage displays – feeding the content beast. In the case of Niio, it’s premium, curated digital artwork that end-users would subscribe to in the pretty the much way as they …
Amazon Starts Marketing Its Own Branded Line Of “Smart TVs” With Fire TV Built-In September 10, 2021 by Super User Acknowledging the many, oft-discussed reasons why people putting in digital signage networks DON”T want to use TVs and DO want to use commercial displays, a new product announcement from Amazon is nonetheless interesting because the online retailing Godzilla has introduced a line of TVs that have the media player built-in. So you can buy a …
