InfoComm 2016: Day One Impressions June 9, 2016 by Dave Haynes As warned, there are indoor LED displays everywhere at this year’s edition of the big InfoComm systems integrator-pro AV nerdfest in Las Vegas. There are two massive halls for this show, and LED companies are all over the footprint of both of them. There is by no means just an area designated for them. What …
InfoComm 2016: LED World June 8, 2016 by Dave Haynes I have not been on the InfoComm show floor yet, as it doesn’t formally open for a couple of hours and only exhibitors can get in during set-up. But what I am told from contacts and what I have seen through the doors is a sea of LED displays. They are everywhere. Yesterday was the …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Viktor Petersson of Screenly June 8, 2016 by Dave Haynes Viktor Petersson is kind of “the man” when it comes to making digital signage run on a $45 Raspberry Pi mini PC. For the last four years, Viktor’s company Screenly has been focused on developing and evolving a signage solution specifically for the Raspberry Pi. In this episode of Sixteen:Nine Podcasts, we talk about why he went …
The InfoComm Blast Furnace Is On June 6, 2016 by Dave Haynes I am in Las Vegas this week, where it is a bit hot. This is what my rental car dashboard was telling me for the outside temperature at about 2 PM yesterday – 115 F. So if you are coming here for InfoComm this week, don’t worry about packing a sweater. I have a series …
How Managed Wireless Lets Digital Signage Networks Cut The Cord June 6, 2016 by Loren Bucklin Guest Post: Curtis Tilly, Microspace Connectivity is the unsung hero of digital signage, making possible the whole idea of delivering the right message at the right time, in the right location, to the right audience. On-screen content, media delivery, file forwarding and system monitoring all depend on taking a reliable, scalable and cost-effective approach to …
Adoption Rates Of Digital Signage in Corporate Office Spaces On Rise June 6, 2016 by Neil Chatwood Guest Post: Ben Davis, Futuresource Consulting We’ve been looking closely at the adoption rates of digital signage solutions in corporate environments, and based on feedback from some 500 organizations across Western Europe and the US, there’s some clear growth happening in corporate office spaces and meeting rooms. Over half of the companies Futuresource surveyed, which currently use …
Projects: White Label QSR Uses Digital Signage To Change Brand And Offers On Demand June 3, 2016 by Dave Haynes Here’s an interesting take on using digital signage in the restaurant business – make the displays the dominant visual marketing element, and change the restaurant brand, menu and operator on demand. That’s what the specialist agency Beaver Group has developed for London Excel, an exhibition and conference center in London, UK. They have kitted out …
Packaging Up Content For The Market June 3, 2016 by Dave Haynes I’m not sold on the idea of digital signage marketplaces when it comes to selling software and gear, but where I do think it can make some real sense is for packaged-up content and creative. Subscription content has clearly worked well for thriving companies like Screenfeed, and I think selling creative can work when the …
Google Releases Open Source Software Library For Interactive Displays June 3, 2016 by Dave Haynes I’ll leave it to people who code, and their masters, to determine if this is, in some way, relevant to the digital signage market, but from my unschooled perspective this new open source interactive display software from Google looks pretty interesting. Google’s Creative Lab describes AnyPixel.js as “an open-source software and hardware library that makes …
Projects: University Of Kent Using Signage To Connect Students To Services June 3, 2016 by Dave Haynes The University of Kent, in the south of England, is using digital signage at its redeveloped library to help students find and use services. Thirty-five Samsung Smart Signage displays have been installed around the library by UK-based Eclipse Digital Media, using the cloud-based digital signage software, embed signage. “Navigating around the large 15,000 sq. metre space for up …
