Projects: Italy’s Postal Service Rolls Out 11,500 Digital Signs April 29, 2016 by Dave Haynes If you’ve been involved in this business for a few years, you’ll remember the “old days” when rollouts of any real size were big news. Now, big rollouts are commonplace and don’t even get much attention when they happen (unless your company got the deal). Consider this: The Italian Post Office has installed 11,500 digital signage …
The “Proof Of Play” Lie In Digital Signage April 28, 2016 by Nick Donaldson Guest Post: Nate Remmes, NanoLumens For companies paying good money for advertising, having validation that the ads they’ve paid for have actually played on screens when and where they are supposed to is of critical importance. The advertising industry has long relied on “Proof of Play,” or an auditing process that shows advertisers that their …
Creative Realities SEC Filings Show Yet More Red Ink For Blended Entitity April 28, 2016 by Dave Haynes The red ink story has continued at Creative Realities – the blended entity that includes elements of CRI, Wireless Ronin, Broadcast International and . The company filed its annual report with the SEC, which shows it had a net loss of just shy of $8 million for the 2015 fiscal year. Sales were down about …
Projects: SoCal University Fixes Digital Signage Budget Problem And Starts Course In Process April 27, 2016 by Dave Haynes Students at Southern California’s University of LaVerne have turned a problem into a small business – developing a low-cost digital signage solution for the campus library and in the process realizing the same set-up could be offered to area businesses. The library wanted to expand its messaging capability, but the commercial solution being used by the …
Projects: Delaware North Wraps New HQ Reception In LED April 26, 2016 by Dave Haynes This is the new 10th floor headquarters lobby of the sports, gaming and hospitality company Delaware North, in downtown Buffalo. The architects have built in a 74-foot long by 2-foot high strip of 4mm LED modules around the reception desk. “When we first began discussing ideas for the reception area, the architect suggested light boxes,” says Kerry …
With Indoor LED Signage, You Should Say You Want A Resolution April 26, 2016 by Dave Haynes It’s just been in the last two or three weeks that conversations I’ve had about those super fine pixel pitch LED displays coming on the market started to include references to their resolutions. Until then, the chatter had always focused on the steadily shrinking gaps between the LED lights – what’s called the pixel pitch. I’d …
Demystifying OLED Displays For Digital Signage April 25, 2016 by Curtis Tilly Often hailed as “the future” of digital displays and screens, OLED technology merges the promise of significantly enhanced picture quality with the potential for innovative new consumer display presentations. But the technology is still a long way from challenging the market dominance of existing LCD options. That may change, however, if the price of OLED displays continues to fall — and te tech …
Screenfeed’s Gavin Mourns Loss Of Friend And Mentor Prince April 21, 2016 by Dave Haynes The sudden passing today of rock and pop icon Prince is particularly upsetting to Screenfeed founder Jeremy Gavin. While there will be countless people in this industry who were big fans, and will mourn Prince’s unexpected death, Gavin was a friend and Prince a mentor to him. Gavin was the art director at Prince’s Paisley Park …
How To Calculate HD Resolutions For Indoor LED Displays April 21, 2016 by Dave Haynes Earlier this week, a post went up about the giant 8K direct view LED display Leyard and Planar (former now owns latter) was showing off at the big National Association of Broadcasters trade show in Las Vegas this week. One thing that stumped me, at least a bit, was its description as being 8K, since …
Beacon Deployments In Retail Grew 20% In Last Quarter; 1M More Expected In US Stores In 2017 April 21, 2016 by Dave Haynes I’ve had some interesting conversations with senior people lately about the shiny object nature of emerging technology, and how the latest one – beacons – hasn’t really gone anywhere. I wasn’t sure that was true, but suggested it was going to take time – and getting away from a dependancy on specific phone apps – to …
