Six Main Arguments For Digital Signage In Public Transportation December 8, 2015 by Cornelia Henkel Guest Post: Till Carlos, OnSign.TV I have a terrible sense of orientation. Perhaps skipping geography class to grab coffee might have contributed to that but in my defense the coffee was very good! Why am I telling you this? You see, people like me have a tendency to get lost easily. Directions are a lifesaver for …
Projects: 60 Small Panels Make One Big Wall December 3, 2015 by Dave Haynes On my way back from Dubai this past weekend I had a layover in Frankfurt, VERY early in the morning. It was enough time to take a 20-minute train into the city and have a look around. I discovered a few things: 1 – If you don’t know the city, you can walk straight out …
Want To Know How Android Fits In Digital Signage? Download This Free Report … December 3, 2015 by Dave Haynes So far, there have been in excess of 350 downloads of the Special Report on the state of Android in digital signage. It’s a free download, with no registration strings attached. Click through and the 23-page PDF download is yours. I”m reposting because these things tend to get lost as time wears on, when a site has more …
VIA, Capital Networks Certify Rare Beast: One Commercial Android Digital Signage Player With 2 Distinct Outputs December 3, 2015 by Dave Haynes The DEEP look I took recently into Android digital signage revealed a few things – among them how most of the players were adapted consumer set-top boxes and sticks, and how few were commercial-grade (aka reliable and predictable) devices. One of the few commercial manufacturers was VIA Technologies, a Taiwan company that has a big office …
Projects: A 1-Day, 108-Panel, Transforming Video Wall For TV Network Upfront December 3, 2015 by Dave Haynes I don’t tend to write about temporary projects or plain old video walls, but a video wall put in place for Canadian broadcaster CTV’s upfront (programming showcase for advertisers and media) went very big, and shows what is possible, The Bell Media/CTV’s Upfront in June 2015 used one of the largest video walls ever built in North …
Adobe Sends Flash To Retirement Home; Shifts Focus To HTML5 December 3, 2015 by Dave Haynes Adobe announced at the start of this week the formal, albeit slow demise of its much loved and hated multimedia tool Flash. The company is shifting heavily to HTML5, and winding down Flash as a product. When Adobe releases its Creative Cloud update next month, Flash Professional will change its handle to Adobe Animate CC. …
Eight Content Subscription Options To Feed The Digital Signage Beast December 1, 2015 by Curtis Tilly Digital signage networks are content-hungry beasts, and one of the ways to keep fresh and happy is through subscription content services. Those content feeds can vary quite a bit from company to company, but the business models tend to be similar. In most cases, network operators pay a set fee for the automated delivery of …
UK Digital OOH Firm Exterion Media Cuts Over To BroadSign’s Platform November 30, 2015 by Dave Haynes Montreal’s BroadSign continues to pick up nice software licensing deals in the Digital Out Of Home sector, particularly in Europe. The latest is 2,000 ad displays already out in the field, owned and run by Exterion Media, Europe’s largest privately held OOH firm. “We tested several platforms prior to the decision. BroadSign’s automation, dynamic content capabilities …
Dubai Office Block Borrows From Sports World For Displays November 30, 2015 by Dave Haynes Nick Georgetti from the UAE region solutions provider 2point0 Concepts turned into something of a tour guide for me during my time last week in Dubai. One of the stops was a walk around the buildings – with their often over-the-top designs – in the city’s financial hub. He pointed out how one developer was using …
Projects: Kenzo’s 4-Sided Square LCD Backdrop Wall In Dubai’s MoE Mall November 30, 2015 by Dave Haynes Ok, I’m back at World HQ after a week in Dubai. Mission accomplished on establishing some business ties way over there, and in going sufficiently far away that I’ve frequent flyer gold status again. If you fly a lot, you’ll understand the value of separate check-ins, early boarding and, in international hubs, showers. I didn’t …
