Research Group Suggests Digital Signage To Create 70,000 New Jobs In Korea June 20, 2016 by Super User The Korea Economic Research Institute, a state-run research organization, says the digital signage market will create around 70,000 jobs by the year 2020. I assume these jobs will be in South Korea (not globally), and I’ve no idea how the group got to that big number. The KERI report also suggests the digital signage business will generate $8.7 billion …
InfoComm 2016 Roundup: Any Surface Is A Canvas June 17, 2016 by Super User InfoComm 2016 in Las Vegas left systems integrators and visual designers with a vast menu of possibilities for turning just about any surface into a digital canvas. The annual pro-AV show – which focuses on audio-visual gear – had two full convention center halls of diverse technology, and attracted 10s of 1,000s of attendees – …
Ad Campaign Hyper-Targets Apartment Rentals To Digital Posters In NYC Neighbourhoods June 17, 2016 by Super User You’re reading more and more lately about the impact data will have on future advertising and visual communications, and here’s a small ad campaign, now running in New York, that shows some of the possibilities. Those LinkNYC interactive information stations that are popping up around Manhattan and the boroughs, replacing phone booths, are there to provide …
New Interactive Digital Signage Conference Set For Baltimore This Fall June 17, 2016 by Super User A new conference has bubbled up for the industry this fall, this one called Interactive Digital Signage Technology and slated for Sept. 21-23 in Baltimore. Yeah, Baltimore. It comes on the matching dates of the 2nd Four Winds Interactive conference, called Forward, that will run in Denver. The event is being put on by Active Communications International, …
Samsung Just Bought A Rich Media Ad Serving Company June 17, 2016 by Super User Samsung Electronics now owns Montreal-based AdGear Technologies, Inc, a software company that has a rich media ad buying, targeting and serving suite that works across all kinds of screens. The company describes its offer as full-stack advertising platforms that give customers “advanced advertising analytics, proprietary targeting, cross-channel attribution measurement, ad serving for advertisers and publishers, …
Novra, International Datacasting Merge June 16, 2016 by Super User A pair of Canadian companies that have been either directly in or around the digital signage business in recent years have merged. Ottawa-based International Datacasting Corporation will now operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Toronto’s Novra Technologies. “This merger positions Novra extremely well to continue serving current customers and to address new and expanding markets with a …
Event-Based UK Digital Signage Firm Adds Permanent Offer – NowSignage June 15, 2016 by Super User Another company has entered the hyper-crowded digital signage, with the twist of using low-cost Amazon Fire set-top boxes and HDMI sticks. Manchester, UK-based EventBeat had already been doing what it calls social signage – temporary set-ups at events – but has gone permanent with what it calls NowSignage. It’s a cloud-based, web-centric platform designed to run …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Randy Dearborn, MGM Resorts June 15, 2016 by Super User Randy Dearborn has been running digital signage networks since 1993, starting with a skunkworks set-up at Treasure Island in Las Vegas and building that up to a network that covers 1,000s of screens across the MGM Resorts International portfolio. Now he’s Vice President, Multimedia & Guest Technology, and oversees both the low-rise and high-rise screens in …
4 Reasons Why Retail Should Adopt Omni-Channel Digital Signage June 14, 2016 by Sean Levy Guest Post: Irfan Khan, Skykit Some buzzwords and buzzphrases are just inherently bad. My favorites include “boil the ocean,” “sync,” and “edgy.” Tip: avoid the word edgy unless you’re talking about knives. A bad buzzword is one that doesn’t add something to the conversation, and isn’t a concrete concept that can be capitalized on. Omni-channel is …
Up Tomorrow On 16:9 Podcasts: Randy Dearborn Of MGM Resorts June 14, 2016 by Super User Last week I spent some time in Las Vegas with Randy Dearborn, who has been doing digital signage since 1993, since before anyone called it digital signage. He started with a skunkworks operation at Treasure Island and now runs one of the most extensive, diverse and sophisticated networks on the planet, encompassing all the screens …
