Digital Signage Ecosystem Seeing Double-Digit Growth: IHS Markit May 24, 2017 by Super User The latest Digital Signage & Professional Displays Market Analysis from IHS Markit – which the company makes available to Digital Signage Federation members – has a bunch of interesting nuggets of information. Among them: “All avenues of the digital signage ecosystem finished 2016 with double-digit increases, with revenues from media and software for networked digital signage …
Use Digital Signage for Employee Recognition May 24, 2017 by Bryan Crotaz Guest Post: Trey Hicks, Visix Recognition – The “Why” “Good job!” Two little words that can make all the difference to an employee. Employee recognition is one of the hot topics these days in all business sectors, and with good reason. Studies and reports from many different sources show over and over again that people …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: David Mou, Pilot TV May 24, 2017 by Super User I was introduced to Taiwan’s Pilot TV and the company’s product evangelist David Mou by some of the folks who invited me over to Beijing recently for a speech at InfoComm China. Mou wanted to tell me about his company and thought it would make good podcast material. I tried to dodge that, because I’m …
Projects: Hollywood’s Iconic Chinese Theatre Gets Projection-Mapped May 23, 2017 by Super User Movie buffs who find themselves in LA tend to make a pilgrimage to the TCL Chinese Theatre, probably the most iconic moviehouse on the planet. Now, if they go at night, they can see a new projection-mapped show on the facade of what for many years was known as Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. The new show in …
Capital Networks Tweaks Management Team As Trainor Eases A Bit More Into Retirement May 23, 2017 by Super User One of the nicest (and funniest) men in digital signage is continuing his slow-motion slide into retirement. The founder of 26-year-old Toronto-based software firm Capital Networks Limited, Bil Trainor, has elevated several members of his management team into executive positions, while staying on as CEO. Effective today, the senior leadership team will now include Jim Vair …
Projects: This Sliding, Morphing LED-LCD Wall Takes Closer Looks At Human Brain May 23, 2017 by Super User This is very impressive – a 20-foot tall direct view LED wall sync’d with seven 72-inch LCD monitors that crawl up and down the wall on side-by-side tracks, showing information about the human brain and the scientists pushing the boundaries of neuroscience research. The monitors, when down at eye-level, are interactive, and when sliding up …
Supreme Court Ruling Expected To Make Life Tougher For Patent Trolls May 23, 2017 by Super User A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday is expected to increase the degree of difficulty for non-practicing entities – aka patent trolls – to sue technology companies over intellectual property claims. The court ruled unanimously against a three-decade old standard that allowed patent holders to sue companies in pretty much any jurisdiction they chose – with a …
You Had One Job …. May 18, 2017 by Super User From a reader: corporate communications screen at the world headquarters of AmEx. They’re using smart TVs, not pro displays Someone didn’t monkey with the settings during set-up, so the bottom 25% of the screen is running what’s effectively an ad banner for LG. The thing is in demo mode. Takes about two clicks on a …
UK AV Distributor Sahara Presentations Group Acquires Digital Signage CMS Firm Sedao May 17, 2017 by Super User UK-based AV distributor Sahara Presentations Group has acquired Sedao, the UK digital signage software platform and services company it had been selling. ‘This is a great acquisition for the Sahara Presentations Group,” says Shaun Marklew, Sales and Marketing Director of Sahara. “Since their launch in 2004, Sedao has been at the forefront of digital signage innovation …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Rodolfo Saccoman, CEO/Founder of AdMobilize May 17, 2017 by Super User There’s nothing all that new about digital signage networks using video analytics to get some sense of what’s happening with audiences near screens, but AdMobilize is not just another company peddling the same old stuff. I spoke with CEO and Founder Rodolfo Saccoman about a product and service he says rolls up a wide range …
