Wovenmedia Launches New Video Library Discovery Platform May 11, 2017 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Lee Summers, CEO of Reflect May 10, 2017 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
