STRATACACHE Launches Turnkey Service Available To Clients Not On Its Digital Signage Platforms July 19, 2017 by Super User STRATACACHE has launched a turnkey field support service that, intriguingly, will work on jobs regardless of whether the network is running on a STRATACACHE product. The Smart Service Team, says a press release, is multi-functional. Services include ensuring network performance with routine compliance checks, supporting digital deployments from initial site surveys to post-install audits, configuring …
Michael Higgins, Harris School Solutions July 19, 2017 by Super User Public schools would seem like a natural fit for digital signage because of all the communications that circulate, all the time, in K-12 schools. A software company that’s focused on the education market – Harris School Solutions – recently announced a product that’s an interesting blend of digital signage and smartphone apps. It’s designed to …
Kiwi C-Store Chain’s Digital Signage Screens Drive Triple-Digit Sales July 18, 2017 by Super User Sales lift stories tend to be hard to come by from retailers and brands using digital signage, often because they’re not overly motivated to tell competitors what’s working. But here’s a short case study out of New Zealand about screens in the forecourts and inside New Zealand BP gas stations and c-stores. BP New Zealand …
LG Starts Loyalty Program Aimed At Architects, Designers July 18, 2017 by Super User The Business Solutions of LG’s US operations has started a loyalty program aimed at architects and design consultants, built around providing access to resources, support and training related to commercial display products. The LG PRO Design program is aimed at people who are often involved in the integration decision-making process for large public and commercial projects, from …
Startup Kitcast Launches Apple TV-focused Digital Signage Platform July 18, 2017 by Super User Silicon Valley-based Kitcast! is the latest company to develop a digital signage application that runs off AppleTV set top boxes. The company, started three years ago, says its platform comes with smart, custom templates to reduce content creation costs, and the system is touted as simple enough for non-technical users to launch and manage. “The …
VIA Launches 4K H.265-Ready Commercial Android Digital Signage Player July 17, 2017 by Super User Taiwan-based VIA Technologies recently launched a 4K-ready version of its commercial-grade Android digital signage player – a unit that supports HTML5 and H.265 video compression. The nerdy H.265 thing is important, as 4K video files can be huge, but the relatively new compression standard nicely shrinks the sizes down so they can move around networks …
Nanolumens Puts One Patent Infringement Lawsuit On Hold July 17, 2017 by Super User NanoLumens has filed a dismissal, without prejudice, on one of the patent infringement lawsuits it launched about a month ago against four U.S. competitors. The suit against Gable Signs & Graphics, Inc. has been put on hold, says a press release, “so that the parties can engage in discussions.
Projects: Overhead LEDs Come Alive At Bomb Factory July 17, 2017 by Super User Here’s a couple of shots of a nice temporary application of LEDs suspended over the crowd at a corporate event staged at a Dallas venue called The Bomb Factory. Live event design and production provider Goalen Group used PixelFLEX 3.9mm LEDs for a supplier awards ceremony held by a big aerospace manufacturer. “We specialize in …
AOpen, Sharp Announce New Snap-In Windows Media Players For Digital Signage July 17, 2017 by Super User The options for all-in-one displays continues to broaden, with Sharp announcing a partnership with AOPEN that allows a small Windows 10-based media player to be slot-loaded in a 4K screen. The new arrangement uses the mini version of the Open Pluggable Specification (OPS) launched a few years back by Intel. Several companies have or have …
Fine Pitch LED Now Good Enough To Use As Movie Theatre Screens July 17, 2017 by Super User Anyone who has been to a signage trade show in the last two or three years has likely looked at fine pixel pitch LED screens and concluded they were starting to look pretty damn good, but I doubt few though they were the sorts of things that could replace big movie theater screens and projectors. …
