ISE Impressions: Day 1 February 9, 2016 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe is one big trade show – far bigger than InfoComm and many multiples the size of Digital Signage Expo. It has a similar flavour to InfoComm, in that you have lots of companies showing what they do in other areas of pro AV – like microphones and conference systems – that have …
Looking Ahead To ISE February 5, 2016 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe is a trade show I’ve regularly thought about attending, but have never done – much of that owing to it being on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. But … I’d heard enough about ISE that I finally went ahead and did it, and will be there next week for the …
Sixteen:Nine Turns 10 February 5, 2016 by Dave Haynes I started this blog 10 years ago today. Thank you readers and subscribers. The numbers have really climbed in the past two years as the industry has started to mature and settle in. Thank you to the guest writers who help keep 16:9 fresh with new ideas and perspectives. More guest posts are always welcomed. …
Six Great Ways To Optimize Workplace Communications Using Digital Signage February 4, 2016 by Tim Griffin GUEST POST: Colin Bovet, Enplug Whether you’re the Head of Culture at a tech startup or a manager at a Fortune 500 company, you should care deeply about how to communicate with your team. The study and practice of communication within companies is called internal communications, and it is crucial to boosting employee engagement. One study …
Christie Tightens Up Its (Pixel) Pitch With New Indoor Velvet Display Tiles February 4, 2016 by Dave Haynes One of the technologies I want to have a good, long look at next week at the big ISE trade show in Amsterdam is indoor LED – which in the past year has gone from something of a fringe, wildly-expensive product to a mainstream display option marketed by numerous traditional display manufacturers. It was only …
Projects: UK Real Estate Firm Goes Paperless With Shopfront Listings February 3, 2016 by Dave Haynes Real estate firms putting screens in street-side windows is not new, but I’m not sure I’ve seen a spin on it like this letting agent (apartment rentals agency) in London. Kings Lettings’ new office in Shepherds Bush has a couple of high-bright 55-inch Samsung smart sign panels in the window, but each has a trio of …
The Deadly Attraction Of The Next Big Thing February 3, 2016 by Jeff Dumo GUEST POST: Charles Regula, VIA Technologies The tech industry has trained consumers to be fixated on the next big thing. That superphone you bought two years ago very likely does everything you could need, and does it well. But relentless marketing is telling you that your phone is ancient, and that you need a new …
CIVIQ Smartscapes Acquires Outdoor Interactive Station Rival Elevate DIGITAL February 2, 2016 by Dave Haynes The private equity firm that owns, among many things, CIVIQ Smartscapes, has acquired Chicago-based outdoor interactive station rival Elevate DIGITAL. CIVIQ is the design and manufacturing company that’s part of a consortium putting interactive kiosks on the streets of New York City’s boroughs. That consortium includes Intersection (Titan, Control Group and Google), Qualcomm and CityBridge. CIVIQ …
In Digital Signage, Old Can Be New Again … Apparently February 1, 2016 by Dave Haynes It was about a year ago at some trade show that I walked by a vendor booth that was trumpeting how lifting an item off a shelf would trigger content on a screen. And wasn’t that amazing!!! Well, it was kinda neat when I saw it for the first time eight or nine years earlier, …
Buck A Month Gets Digital Signage Operators Peace Of Mind January 29, 2016 by Jeff Dumo GUEST POST: Charles Regula, VIA Technologies Would you spend a buck a month more to buy into some peace of mind for your digital signage network? Sure you would … if you thought about it that way. But when it comes to sourcing devices for signage networks, most of the focus goes squarely to the …
