EK3 Co-Founder Prigioniero Leaving Cineplex In April 2018 December 13, 2017 by Super User Nick Prigioniero, the longtime head of a company that started as EK3 and became Cineplex Digital Media through acquisition, is stepping down in April. Prigioniero helped build the London, Ontario startup into one of the more successful digital signage software and solutions providers out there, doing ALL the work on the chain-wide deployment of menuboards …
Denmark’s Realfiction To Launch Large-Format Hologram-like DeepFrame At CES December 13, 2017 by Super User The Danish company that has shown small pyramid-shaped hologram-like displays at recent Digital Signage Expos will be showing a much larger take on mixed reality at the upcoming CES show in Las Vegas. Realfiction will he unveiling DeepFrame, a large glass window that uses the reflection of an OLED display’s image to create an overlay …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Manolo Almagro, Q Division December 13, 2017 by Super User Just last week Manolo Almagro pulled the curtains back on a new company he’s started, under the umbrella of Chris Riegel’s ever-growing STRATACACHE empire. It’s called Q Division, a retail tech consultancy that in many respects is the sum total reflection of 20-plus years that Manny has been around tech, in a crazy variety of …
DSF Announces 2018 Board Of Directors And Executive December 12, 2017 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation (aka DSF) has announced who won seats on the 2018 board of directors, as well as who’s on the executive for next year. The at-large board elections, which concluded last week, saw these four folks re-elected for a second two-year term: Ryan Cahoy – Rise Vision Paul Fleuranges – MTA/NYC Transit Sheldon Silverman – …
Free Xibo Digital Signage CMS Adds Commercial LG webOS Player December 12, 2017 by Super User The open source digital signage CMS Xibo now has a software player that will work happily with LG’s webOS smart displays, but it’s not free like the mothership CMS. The new webOS player has a one-time fee of 120 GBP, or about $160 USD. If you equated that to a SaaS fee over three years, …
Delta Displays Touts Series Of Standardized 16:9 LED Set-Ups December 12, 2017 by Super User Fine pitch LED displays tend to be fitted to the necessary display area – like a lobby or feature wall area that is some sort of rectangle. They’re sold by modules and all those modules tile together to create the necessary shape. So it’s interesting to see a company marketing a solution that is based …
Big Red One’s Museum Goes Interactive In $8M Renovation December 11, 2017 by Super User The First Division Museum at Cantigny Park, in Chicago, recently completed a year-long, $8 million renovation that complete reimagining the presentation of the story behind the U.S. Army’s famed division known as the Big Red One. The new version has extensive storytelling installations that integrate interactive media and other historic artifacts through experiential design. The program …
OnLogic Debuts Fanless, Seriously Rugged Version Of NUC Digital Signage Player December 8, 2017 by Super User Vermont-based industrial PC maker OnLogic (formerly Logic Supply) has set its sights on digital signage as a vertical market it wants to build out, and has debuted a sharp, but very durable-looking fanless box that would do very nicely in challenging environments like food services and factory floors. The ML100G-31 is a variation on Intel’s Next Unit …
Astral Switches On Ayuda’s Hivestack Programmatic OOH Ad Platform In Canada December 7, 2017 by Super User Astral, one of Canada’s larger OOH and digital OOH media players, has expanded its relationship with Montreal’s Ayuda Systems – launching a programmatic advertising solution run by Ayuda spin-off Hivestack. Says a press release: Using an exclusive self-serve platform, powered by Hivestack and fueled with real-time mobile location data, clients will be able to use …
That Giant Coca-Cola Board In Times Square Has Stopped Shape-Shifting December 7, 2017 by Super User My New York out of home industry friend spent about 15 minutes today in Times Square watching the monster 3D robotic Coca-Cola billboard, and reported back that it is still big, but it’s not robotic at all at the moment. The whole time he watched, no movements on the board. One LED module was out, …
