NYC’s Chelsea Market DOOH Network Updated, Media Deal Extended January 16, 2020 by Super User One of the advantages of smaller, more intimate shopping malls and other public spaces is that when digital OOH screens go in, those screens don’t need to be overly big (and expensive) to stand out from the visual noise and be noticed. This is a good example of that in Chelsea Market, a big old …
Enplug Integrates Signage CMS With Zoom Workplace Video Platform January 16, 2020 by Super User Los Angeles-based cloud CMS firm Enplug has announced an integration with the popular Zoom unified communications platform, making it possible to broadcast Zoom video conferences via Enplug’s digital signage platform. A new Zoom App developed by Enplug is available free to users via the company’s App Market. “Opening up digital signage to the Zoom ecosystem greatly expands Zoom’s …
Capital Networks’ CMS Now Works With BrightSign Boxes January 15, 2020 by Super User Longtime 16:9 sponsor Capital Networks, a CMS software company based in suburban Toronto, is the latest firm to announce an integration with BrightSign’s little purple media players. Capital has been an early adopter on tech – among the very first to run on Android and on “smart” SoC-based displays – so it is not very …
Digital Signage Will Again Be Biggest Tech Segment At ISE January 15, 2020 by Super User The email invites to come visit booths and set up interviews have started piling in for Integrated Systems Europe, which will be on four weeks from now in Amsterdam. As with its related show InfoComm (the trade organization AVIXA is an owner of both), ISE is not a digital signage show, but has a lot …
Solutions Providers Merge As 10Net Acquires Unified Brand January 15, 2020 by Super User Vancouver-based digital signage solutions provider 10net Group has acquired Phoenix-based Unified Brand in a deal that gives both, relatively small companies more heft and clout in chasing deals across North America. “We are excited to become a part of the 10net Group which will support our shared goal of being more competitive in the digital …
New Canada Goose Store Uses Digital (And Serious AC) To Drive Experience, Aspiration January 15, 2020 by Super User Canadians are mostly practical people, so I am probably not the only person north of US border who has seen images or video of a new Canada Goose experiential store in Toronto and wondered why a cold room was needed, when parka-testing shoppers could just go outside. On the other hand, would the shoppers come …
Jim Stoklosa On The Workings And Plans For Screens, Adobe’s Digital Signage CMS January 15, 2020 by Super User Some very big technology companies have come into the digital signage business through the years, and with the exception of the display guys, most have either exited or their efforts kinda petered out. Every so often I stumble across something that suggests Cisco is still in signage, but I don’t see it. It would be …
New Chicago School Has Big (And Big Dollar) OLED Art Feature In Lobby January 14, 2020 by Super User I have this scene in my head of teachers walking into a brand-new elementary school in Cicero, Illinois, looking at an art installation of 34 OLED displays that run up a wall and make a wavy ceiling, and quietly wondering about their skimpy salaries and tight school supply budgets. Located in Cicero, Illinois, a Chicago …
STRATACACHE Deal Sees LCDs Sourced From China Giant BOE January 14, 2020 by Super User STRATACACHE appears to be timing partnership announcements this week to coincide with its presence at the NRF retail trade show in NYC. On the heels of a partnership announcement Monday regarding the Japanese market, CEO Chris Riegel has announced what is a more significant and momentous deal with a huge Chinese LCD panel manufacturer. The …
Suburban KC Office Block Adds Art-Driven LED Header To Facade January 14, 2020 by Super User We’ve seen LED growing in popularity as signature design feature in the lobbies or grand public spaces of big commercial buildings, and now we’re also seeing it as an external design feature. This is the CityPlace Corporate Center in Overland Park (a section of Kansas City), which now has a big LED header playing a …
