Projects: YCD, Intel, NEC Team Up With Coke On Cinema Offer June 11, 2015 by Super User Companies like Christie and Barco have business units and focused efforts going after the cinema lobby business, as do a few software companies, but a consortium is getting help from Coca-Cola to market its blended solution. The global soda brand is working with YCD Multimedia, NEC, Intel and Littlebit Technology on what a signage and experiential offer …
Israel’s DigiGage Goes Big On Digital In Elevators June 11, 2015 by Super User My introduction to digital signage many years ago involved what remains one of the toughest kinds of installations for screens and PCs. Elevators are nothing but bumps and jolts, dust, grease and carbon, spiking voltage and wildly expensive elevator mechanics. I project-managed and cut the POs on about $8 million worth of elevator screens one …
DSrupted: Session Added On Digital Signage And The Internet Of Things June 10, 2015 by Super User The agenda is now pretty much rounded out for DSrupted, the annual conference that looks squarely at disruptive technologies in digital signage. I wanted a session on the Internet of Things, and needed it to be from someone who wasn’t going to just get up and talk about their device or process, and who could …
Samsung Shows Pair Of Slick Transparent OLED Displays At Asia Retail Show June 10, 2015 by Super User Samsung is at Retail Asia Expo in Hong Kong this week, and happily showing off a pair of new OLED displays aimed at signage applications. The more impressive of the two is a mirror OLED display panel that has a greater than 75% reflectance level, which Samsung says is at least 50 percent better reflectance than …
Video: Parallel Parking Help From A Curb-side Video Wall June 9, 2015 by Super User This is a clever campaign by Fiat run on a street in Frankfurt, Germany. To promote the parking assist technology that comes in the Fiat 500, a video wall was set up on a brick facade along a city street, with sensors watching cars that manipulated their way into an empty parking spot. The sensors …
Why I’m Going To InfoComm: Gajendra Ratnavel, L Squared June 9, 2015 by Super User L Squared is a busy digital signage software and solutions provider up my way in the Toronto area. CEO Gajendra Ratnavel will take a break next week and head down to Orlando for InfoComm. As part of a running series from readers, here’s why this guy goes … How many years have you been going …
Four Winds Plans Forward Digital Experience Conference For Fall 2015 June 8, 2015 by Super User Denver-based Four Winds Interactive sent me an invite and details on something called Forward, The Digital Experience Conference – a new event it is putting together for this fall in the mile-high city. I’ve been to conferences organized or structured around vendors, and they can tend to be very long days hearing more and more and …
Paper: How Digital Signage And IoT Plug Into Retail June 8, 2015 by Super User NY-based ComQi has posted a solid, deep look at how digital signage intersects with Internet of Things devices and data in retail sites. There are huge efficiencies to be gained when devices and data can collect, present and use real-time information in meaningful, actionable ways,” says the position paper. “Retailers grow more nimble because the …
Signagelive Develops Reseller Ties With Google June 8, 2015 by Super User UK-based CMS Signagelive has announced closer ties with tech giant Google through its reseller-centric Google for Work program, getting formally accredited as a “Partner.” Signagelive is in the program’s Technology Track, identified as being “for partners who create products and solutions that complement, enhance or extend the reach or functionality of Google for Work and Education products.” …
NEC’s VUKUNET Now Running on 100K-Plus Digital Signage Players June 8, 2015 by Super User NEC has announced its VUKUNET Digital OOH ad-serving platform has been installed in 100,000 since the platform launched in 2009, and it has delivered some 1.8 billion ad impressions a month. The system connects agencies, ad trading desks and online demand-side media-buying platforms with network operators who use VUKUNET. The NEC system facilitates the execution of ad campaign planning, …
