Guerrilla Projection-Mapping In DC Takes Visual Swipe At Trump May 16, 2017 by Super User Artist and activist filmmaker Robin Bell rolled up and parked a van across the street from the Trump International Hotel in Washington, did a quick set-up, and started projection-mapping a set of provocative messages on the hotel entrance header aimed squarely at the guy whose name is on the front. Bell told CNN he was hoping …
How About A Cord-Free Digital Sign That Will Run A Year Between Charges? May 16, 2017 by Super User Slovenia’s Visionect has started marketing a 13-inch E Ink display that will run for as long as a year before needing its battery recharged. Called the Onethree – presumably based on the 13-inch size – the unit is touted as a Place and Play device that can go where it needs to go, and …
After Years Of Red Ink, CRI Now Operating In Black May 16, 2017 by Super User I don’t know how many posts I’ve done about the endlessly bad tale of the financial fortunes of Wireless Ronin-Broadcast International-Creative Realities, so it’s sort of amazing to knock out a post about the most recent incarnation actually turning a profit in the last two SEC reporting periods. Creative Realities, Inc. – better known as CRI …
Signagelive Debuts Meeting Room Sign Widget Solution May 15, 2017 by Super User UK-based Signagelive has joined the increasingly lengthy list of companies offer pure-play meeting room sign systems or, in this case and many others, applications that do the job, running off a digital signage CMS. The company’s new Calendar Widgets enables simple connection to Google and Microsoft Office 365 Calendars, and hooks in to a range …
If You Run A Digital Signage Network, Did A Cyber Attack Friday Make You WannaCry? May 15, 2017 by Super User The global ransomware attack that bubbled up late last week has affected a wide variety of system in scores of countries – everything from small businesses to hospital patient management systems – so it was inevitable it was also going to affect some digital signage operators. Digital signage vet Dan Parisien, now with Quividi, speculated …
Adobe Taking Serious Steps Into Digital Signage Market With Screens May 12, 2017 by Super User Adobe Systems has a small team refining a digital signage platform called Screens that now loads when users fire up one of the giant software company’s flagship products, Adobe Experience Manager. The product has quietly been on the market for about two years now, and its product managers say the framework and functionality is all …
Wovenmedia Launches New Video Library Discovery Platform May 11, 2017 by Super User San Francisco-based Wovenmedia has launched a new content discovery platform that sorts and segments the 1,000s of HD and 4K video clips its resells from various TV networks, studios, pro sports leagues and other providers. Dubbed WovenContent, the platform provides subscribers with discovery, sorting, viewing and download options for getting access to rights-cleared clips they …
CIVIQ’s Gleeson On How Smart City Screens Are Covering Costs May 11, 2017 by Super User Here is the second part of a two-part Q&A session with digital signage veteran Brad Gleeson, now the Chief Commercial Officer at CIVIQ, on that company’s smart cities efforts in New York and beyond. The completed Q&A was provided to 16:9 by a Samsung agency, but they’re the sorts of questions I’d ask. I thought about it, and …
Skoda Nudges UK Getaways On Digital Bilboards, Using GPS, Real-Time Traffic Data May 10, 2017 by Super User Here’s a simple, relatively easy example of how brands are using real-time data to make their digital OOH advertising more contextually relevant. The Czech Republic automaker Skoda is marketing a new SUV in the UK by updating ads across 10 different out of home networks with journey times from the ad poster location to four …
CIVIQ’s Gleeson On Progress Of LinkNYC Smart City Efforts May 10, 2017 by Super User Here is the first of a two-part Q&A session with digital signage veteran Brad Gleeson, now the Chief Commercial Officer at CIVIQ, on that company’s smart cities efforts in New York and beyond. The completed Q&A was provided to 16:9 by a Samsung agency, but they’re the sorts of questions I’d ask. I thought about it, and …
