What Kind Of Digital Signage Player Should I Use? April 9, 2019 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Rob Côté, Broadsign When it comes to choosing a digital signage player, most network operators will go with a PC running Windows or Linux, but it’s not the only choice out there. Android boxes, Chrome OS, and systems on a chip (Soc) have all come into their own as platforms in recent years. …
The Next Big Thing: Remote Device Management For Digital Signage April 9, 2019 by Jami McGraw Guest Post: John C. Wang, IAdea Digital signage is evolving into a mission-critical IT backbone for smart infrastructures. In the old days, the main purpose of a public display was to “reduce perceived wait time” and make a few advertising dollars. Today’s digital signage networks are responsible for enabling smart cities, making workplace efficient, and …
Orlando University Makes LED Displays Central To New $6M Esports Arena April 8, 2019 by Dave Haynes You start to understand how e-sports is a real thing when you read a piece about a U.S. college investing $6 million on a screen-filled competitive gaming arena. AVIXA, the trade association behind Infocomm and ISE, has a case study up on its website about Full Sail University, a media-arts college in the greater Orlando area. …
Indy Airport Using LiDAR To Assess TSA Screening Times And Push Info To Screens April 4, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Indianapolis Airport Authority is activating a system that uses LiDAR-driven motion analytics to monitor and assess passenger queuing conditions at security checkpoints, and automatically push real-time updates on wait times to digital signage screens. “It’s all about the customer experience,” says Indianapolis Airport Authority Executive Director Mario Rodriguez. “That’s our primary goal, and the …
Digital Signage Summit Europe Announces 2019 Plans And Venue April 3, 2019 by Dave Haynes The German consulting and event management firm invidis has announced the details on the 2019 edition of its annual DIGITAL SIGNAGE SUMMIT EUROPE 2019. The theme, this year, is Customer Centricity in the Age of Personalization, Experiences and AI. This year’s DSS is back at the Hilton Munich Airport, which is right on the airport footprint, …
Jeremiah Archambault’s ENS Coming Out Of Startup Mode After A Decade Of Testing And Tweaks April 3, 2019 by Dave Haynes Every year or so, Jeremiah Archambault rings me up, usually out of the blue, from his office in Victoria, BC, on the very west coast of Canada. He runs a decade-old company called ENS that has, for that time, been steadily developing a digital signage CMS software and management platform, that’s now called SAM. With …
Luis Has Read The DSE Booth Previews, And Surprise, He’s Cranky April 2, 2019 by Mitch Leathers Guest Post: Luis Villafane, Maler In the same way that new Alcoholics Anonymous members introduce themselves to the group, I am creating a new group called BPDS (Bad Persons in Digital Signage), and making my introduction: “Hi, my name is Luis, and I am a Bad Person.” You all reply: “Hi Luis!” I am a …
Eye Candy With An Actual Business Model April 2, 2019 by Dave Haynes One of the experiences repeated over and over again each year at Digital Signage Expo is checking in with industry vets and asking if they saw anything I needed to see. As outlined in other posts, going to numerous trade shows in a matter of weeks means it is hard, by DSE time, to find …
Two Swedish Digital Signage Companies Shuffle CEOs April 1, 2019 by Dave Haynes This may be indicative of nothing, but a couple of the largest digital signage companies in Scandinavia are getting new CEOs. Sweden’s ZetaDisplay has announced its President and CEO, Leif Liljebrunn (pictured above), will take on a new role on VP Mergers and Acquisitions this fall, once a CEO search and the new person is …
Here Are The DSE 2019 Apex Award Winners April 1, 2019 by Dave Haynes The 15th Annual APEX Awards were handed out last week in Las Vegas – judged and presented by the Digital Signage Federation, during Digital Signage Expo. I am on the board of the DSF, but was not involved in the judging. I also have a bit of a conflict, in that 16:9 is the main sponsor …
