Toshiba, Directable Debut All-In-One Smart Signage TVs Using Amazon’s Fire Tech August 23, 2018 by Dave Haynes Toshiba now has Amazon’s Fire streaming media player integrated in one of its TV lines, and a small digital signage CMS company is touting an integration that effectively makes it a low-cost “smart” signage display. Reno, NV-based Directable says its platform now runs on the Toshiba Fire TV, and in some sort of tie-up with Best …
Five Pitfalls For Agencies And Integrators In A Commoditizing Digital Signage Marketplace August 23, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Geoff Bessin, Intuiface You’re probably aware of the Innovator’s Dilemma. An innovative company corners a market and then becomes inwardly focused, directing efforts towards protecting its existing business model and technology rather than innovating further. The result is a company that becomes vulnerable to the type of upstarts they once were. There …
Start-Up Grabb-It Turns Rideshare Cars Into Rolling Digital OOH Posters August 22, 2018 by Dave Haynes A San Francisco start-up called Grabb-It is trying to make a go of a Digital OOH advertising model that puts pico projectors in the back of ride-share cars that beam ads on to a rear passenger window. The ads show up on windows because of a transparent film overlay added to the window. The …
Giant Vertical LED Wall Greets Visitors To Northwestern U’s New Athletic Center August 22, 2018 by Dave Haynes The lobby of the newly opened Walter Athletics Center at Northwestern University in Chicago has a giant vertical LED wall, as well as what looks like large tiled (and possibly interactive) flat-panel display walls to the sides. The facility, which opened August 1st, sits on the shores of Lake Michigan at the school’s Evanston …
Toronto Buses Getting Pairs Of Information Screens That, Surprisingly, Aren’t For Ads August 22, 2018 by Dave Haynes Via DailyHive and BlogTO Toronto’s Transit Commission (more commonly known as the TTC) is putting in pairs of 29-inch ceiling mounted screens in 525 buses over the next two years, and somewhat surprisingly, they’re being used properly as passenger information displays and not for “captive” advertising. TTC spokesperson Stuart Green told Daily Hive each of …
Pierre Gendron On Stingray’s Digital Signage Expansion Plans August 22, 2018 by Dave Haynes Stingray Digital Media Group is one the world’s biggest providers of multi-platform music services, with 11,000 commercial clients in 156 countries. The Montreal company’s core business is piped-in music channels for commercial and residential, but it also has a growing operation in digital experiences for retail – like flashy screen networks in big Canadian …
Gatwick’s Cloud-Based FIDS Screen Set-Up Touted As Resilient, But, Ummm, Welll … August 21, 2018 by Dave Haynes The nightmare digital signage problem at Gatwick Airport Monday was resolved around 5 PM local time, with the problem isolated to a Vodafone fiber optic cable being inadvertently cut – perhaps by a construction crew. You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please …
Coin-Op Laundry Uses Digital Signage To Drive Programs, Trim Costs August 21, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is a coin-operated laundry business in White Bear, MN (near Minneapolis-St. Paul) using a set of back-to-back screens to drive information around their rewards program, an app and other locations. There is also a hyperlocal ad sales model. The business had been using print ads, but wanted to add animations, as well as …
3M Suing Touch Display Manufacturers Over P-Cap Tech, Alleging Infringement August 21, 2018 by Dave Haynes 3M has gone after a pair of touch display manufacturers, with lawsuits alleging its patents for metal mesh conductor technology has been infringed. The latest lawsuit was filed in a federal district court in Las Vegas against South Korea-based Tovis Co. Ltd. and its subsidiary Tovis North America, as well as Scientific Games Corporation. The …
Biz Dev Alert: LED-Palooza Planned At Crimson Tide’s Main Sports Venues August 20, 2018 by Dave Haynes Someone on the LED display side of the business with ties to the University of Alabama may want to place a couple of calls to fellow alumni about a $600 million, 10-year plan that will see a whole bunch of new digital displays added to the public and behind the scenes areas of the Crimson …
