Shanghai Company Develops Short Throw Projector Kit, CMS Software, For Elevators April 14, 2020 by Dave Haynes My start in digital signage came when I left the newspaper business (wisely) 21 years ago and joined a company that was putting in small LCD screens on the door header or in the corner of office tower elevators. I did not think, a generation later, that LCD tech, computing and WiFi would have progressed …
How A Touch Manufacturer Is Making Screen Use Safe, When Interactive Has Grown Scary April 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes As you might expect, there is a fair amount of trepidation out there about using touchscreens these days, and it presents a challenge for digital signage and interactive tech vendors like TSItouch. I asked Gary Mundrake, the Pennsylvania company’s president, for TSItouch’s perspective on having a customer engagement solution that people, right or wrong, may …
AVIXA Impact Survey: AV Sales Have “Cratered” Because Of Pandemic April 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Pro AV trade organization AVIXA has pushed out the latest version of its weekly industry impact survey, launched a month ago to track the tangible and less tangible impacts of the pandemic on integrators, service providers, consultants, vendors and techs. The top-line findings are, not surprisingly, that jobs are in jeopardy, government assistance programs …
Telecine Launches Animated Video Learning Series – Called Digitalsignage.tips April 9, 2020 by Dave Haynes The team at Montreal digital signage solutions company Telecine does a lot of serious work for some big name business clients, but it is a lot more playful when it comes to its own marketing. For many years, James Fine and his team have put together loopy Christmas videos that it then shares out to …
Carousel Digital Signage Offers Platform Free To Heathcare Operators And Still-Open Businesses April 9, 2020 by Dave Haynes The CMS software firm Carousel Digital Signage has developed a free package aimed at healthcare facilities and other essential businesses that still have their doors open these days. “As crowded hospitals, pop-up healthcare/ICU tents, test sites, and other COVID-19 focused organizations interact with an influx of patients, family and community members, digital signage will make …
Finally, A Rolling, Robotic Digital Poster On Wheels! April 8, 2020 by Dave Haynes In just about every speaking gig I do, I work in the importance of strategy, and encourage both sellers and buyers to ask a big, simple question: Why? I don’t have a solid answer to why for this loopy thing: a four-screen robotic ad machine that in theory would slowly roll along the concourses of …
Airtame Offers Free Subscription, Extensions And Content Design For COVID-hit Customers April 8, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Danish firm Airtame – which has a software and hardware solution for screen sharing and digital signage – has tweaked its subscriptions to help business and schools through the pandemic. The company’s core product is a software-driven dongle – that looks like a Chromecast – that enables screen sharing but also functions as a …
22 Miles Offers Free Mobile Wayfinding App For Pandemic-Struck Healthcare Industry April 8, 2020 by Dave Haynes The wayfinding-centric digital signage CMS firm 22Miles has announced a set of offers aimed at helping organizations in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is making a mobile wayfinding app available free of charge to all hospitals, clinics and testing centers: The App is accessible in a simple web URL that anyone can easily …
ProDVX Debuts Rugged Digital Signage Player Box With Android 9 April 8, 2020 by Dave Haynes I associate the Dutch firm ProDVX with all-in-one displays for meeting room sign applications and related uses, but the company also makes rugged media players – likely via its Taiwan office. The company just started marketing a new media play-out box that is loaded with Android 9 – way ahead of some set-top boxes and …
Screenfeed Debuts Free, Rolling HTML5-based Pandemic News Feed For Screen Networks April 7, 2020 by Dave Haynes Longtime, big time 16:9 supporter/sponsor Screenfeed has developed a free content feed for screen networks that is focused on US and global news and information surrounding this catastrophic pandemic. The Minneapolis content company noted that dozens of companies have produced great still images and slides, and videos, that educate people about important matters like …
