Queensland Exhibit Uses Big LED, Projection To Tell Nesting Turtles’ Story January 20, 2020 by Dave Haynes Content producers and AV/IT solutions providers who work with retail could sometimes benefit from looking at how big visuals and interactive are done at museums and attractions, which by nature and necessity have to both inform and entertain. Unlike some flagship stores that use very big, very expensive visual tech to apparently do not much …
Chinese New Year Imminent, So Forget About Orders, Support For At Least A Week January 17, 2020 by Dave Haynes If your technology comes from China or Taiwan – and it is VERY likely at least some of your digital signage components started there – the next few weeks will be interesting because of Chinese New Year, which is about to start. All major businesses in China and Taiwan pretty much shut down for at …
ZetaDisplay Announces Big Management Re-Org To Prep For Growth January 17, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Swedish technology firm ZetaDisplay, likely the most acquisitive digital signage firm in Europe, has announced a re-org its says was done to increase scalability and to capture international growth. The group of companies sprinkled around (mostly) Scandinavia “will move from a geographic to a function-based organization comprising Commercial, Operations, Product & Software as well …
Report: MicroLED Adoption Expected Within Four Years As Tech Improves, Prices Fall January 16, 2020 by Dave Haynes A report from the Taiwan-based tech publication Digitimes suggests the microLED displays that are mostly seen these days at trade show stands will start seeing broad adoption as early as 2024, for a few reasons. While Sony and Samsung Electronics have unveiled micro LED-equivalent display modules, their prices are over US$50,000 per square meter, far …
NYC’s Chelsea Market DOOH Network Updated, Media Deal Extended January 16, 2020 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
