Fine Pixel Pitch LED Sales Grew 366% In 2015: IHS Research May 18, 2016 by Dave Haynes The arrival on the market of fine pixel pitch LED displays has sparked a big jump in shipments globally, but the competitive landscape is so crowded that total revenues have only jumped slightly, according to a new marketplace report by the research firm IHS. Total unit shipments for all pixel-pitch categories in the direct-view LED video …
IoT And Digital Signage: The Invisible Elephant In The Room – Part 3 (Conclusion) May 18, 2016 by Sue MacCutcheon Guest Post: Tim Strähle, Adversign Media This is the final part of a three-part series about retail detail signage and the Internet of Things. It’s based on excerpts from a broader white paper by the digital signage CMS firm Adversign Media, which markets Viewneo. It is available here. Digital signage: smarter through IFTTT IFTTT follows a simple concept that …
Screenly’s Raspberry Pi-Powered Platform Shifting To New IoT Version Of Ubuntu Linux May 18, 2016 by Dave Haynes Ubuntu has long been one of, if not the, go-to variants of the Linux operating system for digital signage media players, but that’s been on “real” x86 computers. Now there’s work underway to pair the new Internet of Things-focused version of the open-source software with Raspberry Pi micro-PCs, and run a digital signage platform off it. …
Sixteen:Nine Podcast: Jason Cremins of Signagelive May 18, 2016 by Dave Haynes In this Sixteen:Nine podcast episode, I had a chat with Jason Cremins, the founder and CEO of the UK-based firm Signagelive. His company has been one of the very early adopters of emerging technologies that have really changed how digital signage is pulled together and run – from cloud hosting and distribution, to HTML5, to …
InfoComm’s Speaker Line-Up Set for Digital Signage Summit May 17, 2016 by Dave Haynes The speaker line-up now seems to be in place for the Digital Signage Summit at InfoComm, being run by the German consultancy and event group Invidis Consulting. The summit is on Tuesday, June 7th, from 8 AM (groan) to 3:30 PM, I think/assume/better find out that it is at the Las Vegas Convention Centre. I better find …
Digital Signage In The New Workplace May 17, 2016 by Kenneth Brinkmann Guest Post: Debbie Dewitt, Visix The workplace of the 21st century is a different animal than what some of us grew up with. With the dominant generations working being Generation Xers and Millennials, expectations and ideas of what makes a place worth working for are different than they were. Businesses are changing what they offer …
IoT And Digital Signage: The Invisible Elephant In The Room – Part 2 May 17, 2016 by Sue MacCutcheon Guest Post: Tim Strähle, Adversign Media This is part 2 of a three-part series about retail detail signage and the Internet of Things. It’s based on excerpts from a broader white paper by the digital signage CMS firm Adversign Media, which markets Viewneo. It is available here. What happens when IoT meets digital signage? The current state of …
IoT And Digital Signage: The Invisible Elephant In The Room – Part 1 May 16, 2016 by Sue MacCutcheon Guest Post: Tim Strähle, Adversign Media This is part 1 of a three-part series about retail detail signage and the Internet of Things. It’s based on excerpts from a broader white paper by the digital signage CMS firm Adversign Media, which markets Viewneo. It is available here. We’re now in a world in which technology, consumption habits and the …
Billboards And Posters Hacked From Mobile To Malmo May 15, 2016 by Dave Haynes If you are flipping through posts while sitting on the couch with kids nearby, skip past this one. The links are a little unsuitable for little kids. There’s nothing new about digital billboards and digital signs getting hacked, but what is amazing is how at least the first incident made it so easy for just …
Focused On Retail Digital Signage? Read This, Pour Stiff Drink May 14, 2016 by Dave Haynes If one of your key verticals for digital signage hardware, software or services is retail, you already know the sales cycle is long and that it can be very hard to get prospective customers to take that last step and cut purchase orders. You’ll also have a sense many bricks and mortar retailers are struggling. …
