Panasonic To Market Digital Shop Windows That Can Switch Off To Transparent February 16, 2017 by Super User Panasonic’s Japan head office says it will start marketing a new window glass projection solution next month as an alternative to high-bright flat panels and other display technologies. The “high image contrast transparent screen” is a light control film sandwiched between two sheets of glass that can be transparent in an off state, and have a …
Projects: Disney Resort Starts Deploying ChromeOs-Driven Digital Signage Network February 15, 2017 by Super User Deployments with 14 players – not 100s or 1,000s – don’t tend to get a lot of attention here, but it’s a bit different when the brands involved include Mickey Mouse and Google. The Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin Resort in the Orlando area has installed a communications network with two distinct tracks – one talking to …
Data-Driven Digital OOH Campaign Boosts Railway Rider Counts By Warning Of Crappy Weather February 15, 2017 by Super User Here’s a simple but compelling application of data-driven content for digital out of home advertising – digital billboard messages shaped and triggered by weather forecasts and reports. Canada’s passenger rail service Via Rail ran a campaign with integrated messaging across out-of-home, mobile and online that was built around storm messaging. The messaging intensified as a …
ISE 2017 Sees 11.7% Attendance Jump; Adding 15th (Yikes!) Hall For 2018 February 15, 2017 by Super User Last week’s Integrated Systems Europe in Amsterdam saw a nearly 12 percent jump in attendance over 2016, with 73,413 poor souls getting hopelessly lost making their way around the event’s 14 separate, sort of interconnected halls. The show had almost 1,200 exhibitors, with roughly 200 of them new for 2017. There were about 600 press and …
DSE 2017 Booth Preview: Meridian Kiosks February 15, 2017 by Super User DSE BOOTH PREVIEWS Meridian Kiosks DSE Booth Number: S25 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? Meridian Kiosks will be showcasing their recently updated interactive digital signage software, InterAct. InterAct enhances the user experience by providing a revenue generating, interactive advertising platform where users …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Mike Tippets, Hughes February 15, 2017 by Super User Hughes is one of those big billion-dollar tech companies that have found their way into digital signage in recent years. Most of them come in making noise and exited quietly. But Hughes has stuck around. This week I’m chatting with Mike Tippets, who is Hughes Global Media Solutions Group, working out of Utah but pretty …
Projects: Hy-Vee’s W. Des Moines History Pavilion February 14, 2017 by Super User The midwest US, employee-owned grocer Hy-Vee has opened a conference and event center in its West Des Moines, Iowa head office that goes very big on a blend of digital and print graphics. The company turned the building’s lobby into an 11,000-square-foot history pavilion and hired Dimensional Innovations, a Kansas-based architecture and design firm, to …
Visix Adds “Connect” Entry-Level Meeting Room Sign Option February 14, 2017 by Super User Atlanta-based Visix has launched a standalone meeting room sign solution that can work outside of its flagship CMS, and reduce end-user costs. The new Connect interactive room sign can publish schedules from Exchange, Exchange 365 and Google Calendar to small widescreen displays that have those nice little red and green availability lights to show at a distance whether a …
DSE 2017 Booth Preview: VXL Software February 14, 2017 by Super User DSE BOOTH PREVIEWS VXL Software Booth Number: FT6 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? VXL Software’s, Illumineye DS, provides a highly cost-effective and complete digital signage software solution. This innovative digital signage software allows you to quickly and easily create, schedule, manage campaigns …
Why the (Bleep) Aren’t You Using Digital Signage – Responses to 10 Objections February 14, 2017 by Kenneth Brinkmann Guest Post: Debbie DeWitt, Visix It seems everyone these days is getting digital signage. But there are still some holdouts who have not yet realized the benefits a good system can offer an organization. Here are some common objections, and responses to them. 1. It’s too expensive. It doesn’t have to be. Sure, it’s a …
