What’s Up With The Dead Tim Hortons Menu Boards? November 7, 2018 by Dave Haynes I realize seeing two venues is not necessarily indicative of anything, but can’t help but wonder what’s up with the tech side of the Tim Horton’s digital menu board network. I was in Montreal’s airport a few weeks ago and snapped a shot of the arrivals level Timmie’s stand, which had four of five screens …
For LED Screens Within Public Reach, The Future Is Hardened November 7, 2018 by Dave Haynes There’s no question that direct view LED displays have seen a huge uptick in marketplace adoption in the last couple of years, but one thing that’s been holding back even broader adoption is durability. In simple terms, conventionally-made LED displays are fragile. That’s not much of an issue if the displays are up on a …
Listen To Coffee And Controversy 2018 November 7, 2018 by Dave Haynes I was in New York last week for the Digital Signage Federation’s annual Coffee and Controversy breakfast event – a panel discussion that each year brings together some of the most influential leaders in the digital signage industry. It was the biggest one to date, with some 225 people turning out at Google’s NYC offices …
The Value Of Protecting Your Digital Signage Displays November 5, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Daniel Waldron, Armagard Protecting your digital signage is a necessity. The risks and consequences of not protecting your displays include weather damage, vandalism and theft. Knowing what your digital signage is up against underlines the value of protecting your displays. With that in mind, here’s the case for safeguarding your digital signage. 1. …
YCD Latest Digital Signage Company To Add In-House Shopper Analytics November 2, 2018 by Dave Haynes Retail analytics seems to now be a thing in digital signage, many years after companies like Cognovision (Intel bought) and VideoMining popped up and tried to make the case for software partners doing integration for their screens. Many things have, of course, changed in the ensuing years – notably cloud computing, cheaper and faster hardware, …
GameStop Rolls Out Entire Retail Signage Network On Chromeboxes November 1, 2018 by Dave Haynes GameStop has long had digital signage in its video and PC gamer-focused stores, but now the full network of screens across 3,800-plus locations is running on ChromeOS and commercial Chromebox players. GameStop TV features product promotions, game previews, developer interviews and other customized content, as well as advertising. All content is targeted to video game …
Cinemex Using Creative Video Walls To Elevate Moviehouse Experiences November 1, 2018 by Dave Haynes Here’s a of glimpses at the ambitious and interesting digital signage implementations happening with the Cinemex moviehouse chain in Mexico. Across the 300 site chain, Mexican integrator Multimedia Corp. has put in 8,000 screens driven by some 1,300 players. The company is a longtime Scala reseller/solutions provider. At times, the content is also sync’d, even …
IAC Refreshes Giant NYC HQ Lobby Video Wall, Using 1.4mm LED October 31, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is the second iteration of a massive video wall in the lobby of the NYC-based internet media company IAC. The first version went up in 2012, using Prysm laser phosphor display cubes. Six years on, V2 uses 1.4mm pixel pitch LED modules. The 117×10-foot wall was designed, engineered and integrated by Video Corporation of America …
DSF’s Coffee And Controversy Draws Record Crowd October 31, 2018 by Dave Haynes Just back at World HQ after a lightning quick trip in and out of New York – mostly to attend and moderate the Digital Signage Federation’s annual Coffee and Controversy breakfast event. It was at Google’s NYC offices – which are predictably nice. The tech giant has a terrific events auditorium/presentation center/whatever they call it, …
Rich Ventura Goes Deep On ALP – NEC’s New Retail Analytics Platform October 31, 2018 by Dave Haynes NEC Display has been fairly quietly involved in analytics for a long time now, but it just got very serious and noisy about that capability, with the launch of something called ALP – which is short for Analytics Learning Platform. It’s a retail intelligence program that uses cameras and other sensors, AI, big data, cloud …
