Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Lee Summers, CEO of Reflect May 10, 2017 by Super User Lee Summers is only a few months into his job as CEO of Reflect, but neither the industry or the company were unfamiliar when he took over at the company’s Dallas head office earlier this year. In an unusual twist, he’d been on the other side of the table, as one of Reflect’s highest profile …
Projects: Giant Manila Casino Tests Projection-Mapped Gallery May 9, 2017 by Super User These are preview shots posted on Linkedin by Christie Digital’s Ken Wheatley from the new Okada casino going up on the waterfront in Manila. A glass walkway is using projection mapping once dusk hits to illuminate the window panels on the arched corridor. There is a main show that runs every 30 minutes and other …
What If Managing Digital Signage Content Boiled Down To Sending An Email? May 9, 2017 by Super User Anyone involved in delivering a digital signage solution that’s going to be used, at least a little, by minimally trained and barely engaged local managers and workers knows the “big ask” is to dumb the user experience down as much as possible. If it’s complicated, people won’t use it, they say. And if it’s …
Parisien Joins Quividi As Chief Strategy Officer May 9, 2017 by Super User The French video analytics company Quividi has signed on well-known DOOH technology veteran Daniel Parisien as its Chief Strategy Officer. Parisien will oversee Quividi’s strategy and business development globally and be the chief evangelist for the organization, reporting directly to CEO Ke-Quang Nguyen-Phuc. I don’t normally write about new hires because page view counts clearly indicate few readers …
Cenique Merges Under InReality Brand May 8, 2017 by Super User Hong Kong-based Cenique Infotainment Group has formally merged with ADVIA Partners, a strategic consulting firm and InReality, an Atlanta-based agency, in a company that now rolls up under the brand InReality. I know Cenique as a Charlotte, NC company that has a variety of digital signage software applications, as well as Android signage players, but …
Projects: Curved Video Wall Brings Cathedral’s Famed Frescoes Down To Eye-Level In Italy May 5, 2017 by Super User The museum curator language of this case study is damn near impenetrable, but if you hang in there, you learn that a big, curved video wall is being used in a cathedral in Piacenza, Italy to celebrate the work of a baroque artist known as Guercino. The video wall, which is running on SpinetiX players and …
Projects: Digital Signage A Big Part Of London Whitechapel Diner’s Facelift May 4, 2017 by Super User My first reaction to a “£500,000 interior design investment” in a London dessert diner, based on the supplied photos, is wondering why they couldn’t have put just a little of that big budget into level tables. The poor woman’s food might slide right off if she doesn’t keep a fork firmly in place. But … …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: David Keribin, CityMeo May 3, 2017 by Super User Most of the companies I sit down with on these podcasts are well-established, and my interview subjects have a lot if history behind them. But I got pitched by a French start-up called CityMeo, and I agreed to meet up for a chat several weeks ago at ISE in Amsterdam, even though I knew zero …
Watchfire Raises Warning Of FCC Issues With Low-Cost Asian-Made LED Digital Signs May 2, 2017 by Super User Via Billboard Insider Danville, Illinois-based outdoor LED sign-maker Watchfire is raising warnings to prospective buyers about what it says are the risks of buying lower-cost LED boards from overseas, because some may exceed federal electromagnetic emissions standards and could be ordered switched off. The company has produced a white paper suggesting there is mounting evidence that manufacturers of …
InfoComm’s Digital Signage Track Takes Long Looks At The Big Digital Canvas May 1, 2017 by Super User InfoComm 2017 is coming up fast, with the big pro AV-systems integrator show set for mid-June in Orlando. The show has a pretty substantial digital signage education component this year, built primarily around the idea of the big digital canvas. There are eight major session spread over four days that go deep on how near-seamless video walls, …
