AVI-SPL Grows Footprint, Acquiring Canada’s Sharp’s Audio Visual October 4, 2017 by Dave Haynes On the immediate heels of Diversified announcing its acquisition yesterday of MCW, rival integrator AVI-SPL announced this morning its acquisition of one of the largest pro AV integrators in Canada, Sharp’s Audio Visual. The Calgary-based company has a footprint in eight cities and six provinces, and does design and integration of audio visual systems technology for meeting …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Neil Farr, Acquire Digital October 4, 2017 by Dave Haynes Being a best-kept secret in an industry can be deadly for a company, but it’s worked out OK for Neil Farr and his Leicester, England company Working Solutions, which trades under the brand Acquire Digital. For 20 years, the company has been developing a meaty, diverse software platform that will do all the core aspects …
Diversified Adds Electronic Security Skills, Business By Acquiring MCW October 3, 2017 by Dave Haynes New Jersey-based integrator Diversified continues to roll up the technology solutions provider market in the U.S,, announcing today the acquisition of Ashburn, VA based MCW, an IT and AV systems integrator with particular strengths in electronic security and surveillance. The acquisition expands Diversified’s services into an established book of electronic security business across the U.S. and Europe, adds …
Kiwi Startup Brings Reverse Auction Fan App To Digital Signage October 3, 2017 by Dave Haynes Via New Zealand Herald A New Zealand startup called DROPIT has an interesting sports engagement app designed to keep fans involved in games during breaks, instead of staring at their phones. It’s a reverse auction application that’s tied to scoreboards and other digital signs around sports venues, with fans encouraged by the big screens to …
FanConnect Puts Signage In Clubhouse And Stadium Suites October 3, 2017 by Dave Haynes As expected, the Mets are not the only pro sports team using digital signage behind the scenes at venues – with word from Charlotte, NC-based 10 Foot Wave sending me a note about work it does for MLB’s San Diego Padres. FanConnect, the sports and entertainment side of the business, powers clubhouse signage at the Padres, and also …
What IoT Can Bring To Digital Signage In Retail October 3, 2017 by Rob Cote GUEST POST: VIKTOR PETERSSON, SCREENLY & DOMINIQUE GUINARD, EVRYTHNG Many years ago, the recipe for a successful digital signage deployment was to put up a few screens in the store, and load them with an image slideshow (or video slide if you were on the forefront). Those days are long gone. Today, It takes a …
Separating AI and ML From The Marketing BS Trickling Into DS October 2, 2017 by Dave Haynes It’s no surprise that digital signage solutions companies are starting to weave artificial intelligence into marketing descriptions of what they do and offer. But there is a giant distinction between companies that are developing and delivering AI capabilities, and those that are just using AI-based tools. There’s also a big distinction between content management and …
The Right Viewing Distance For LED Displays? There’s A (Free) App For That October 2, 2017 by Dave Haynes Lots of good, helpful comments were provided on the post last week about recommended viewing distances for LED displays – including some mathematical formulas that just put me in rapid eye-blink mode. Way over my head. Phil Lenger of New York creative and services shop Show + Tell has been working with LCD displays forever, …
MLB’s Mets Keep Players Informed With Clubhouse Digital Signage October 2, 2017 by Dave Haynes Business communications is a very active vertical for digital signage, but I don’t think I’ve run into another project like the workplace communications being used at Citi Field for baseball’s New York Mets. Like most pro sports venues there are screens in the concessions areas and elsewhere, but what’s different here are screens in the …
The Rule Of Thumb For Direct-View LED Viewing Distances Is All Over The Place September 29, 2017 by Dave Haynes So what is the real rule of thumb for viewing distances for direct view, fine pitch indoor LED displays? I thought it was 10 feet for every 1.0mm pitch, 15 for 1.5mm, 20 for 2.0mm and so on, and have certainly seen that used. But … Christie’s rule of thumb is 8 – meaning you multiply …
