Finding A Niche: Toronto’s Envision Heavily Focused On Digital Donor Recognition, Like This Wall At All-Girls School November 17, 2023 by Super User In a crowded market like digital signage, it makes a bunch of sense to find a niche and then mine the hell out of it – building up a reputation and reference project list as being the default option for providing services in that defined niche. I’ve seen that in sectors as diverse as auto …
Grocer In Andorra Uses Floor Projection, LED-Wrapped Column To Create Entryway Experience November 17, 2023 by Super User A grocer in the small principality of Andorra is blended projections on the floor with a big LED-clad support column to put some experience into the arrivals of shoppers. The French retail chain E. Leclerc wanted its store in Andorra (the country is in the Pyrenees on the Spain-France border) to offer a special shopping …
Videri Gets $20M Capital Raise To Fund Go-To-Market Plans November 16, 2023 by Super User Here’s an indicator that there is indeed money in the marketplace to help digital signage companies with growth plans – a $20 million capital raise for NYC-based Videri. The investment from LAGO Innovation Fund (LAGO) is positioned in PR as helping “fuel continued growth for Videri, as it expands its market through distribution and channel …
22Miles Adds AI-Powered Interaction, Tools To Latest Iteration Of CMS Platform November 16, 2023 by Super User I think we’re going to see a pile of software and solutions companies coming out with announcements around AI-based enhancements and extensions to what they offer, and early adopter to all that is Atlanta-based CMS software firm 22Miles. The company is launching three 22Miles debuted three new AI tools that work with its Content Manager …
JFK’s T4 Adds 11 Synect ReadySeeGo Totems To Guide, Inform Air Travelers At TSA Checkpoints November 15, 2023 by Super User The private operators of Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York has added 11 of Synect’s ReadySeeGo Digital Communication Totems to a pair of TSA security checkpoints, in an effort to help travelers get through the rigamarole of commercial air travel. The LCD totems use Synect’s Passenger360 visual communication platform to …
Intuiface Says Its Just-Launched Player Next Gen Software Enables Cross-Channel Delivery Of Rich Interactive Experiences November 15, 2023 by Super User The French software firm Intuiface has advanced new interactive player capabilities from broad beta testing to general availability, making it possible for solutions providers and end-users to create and deploy rich interactive experiences on any screen, whether using a device’s native player software or a progressive web app on a browser. Player Next Gen is …
Jetbuilt’s DSE Presence To Show How Platform Bridges Organizational Silos And Streamlines AV Project Planning November 14, 2023 by Super User Having gone to a few trade shows through the years, I’ve often walked right on past exhibit stands because I either had no idea what the company did or how what they had applied to the industry, so a big hat tip to a vendor that will be at DSE in a few weeks, who …
Big European Integrator Trison Acquired By Investment Firm With Direct Ties To Lichtenstein’s Royal Family November 13, 2023 by Super User The largest digital signage-focused integrator and solutions provider in the European market has been acquired by an investment firm that is based in Lichtenstein and has direct ties to that principality’s royal family. The Spanish firm Trison had been on the market for the last couple of years, but nothing had closed. Now majority shareholder …
Canada’s Bell Media Launches Ad Tech That Syncs Digital Billboards With Radio Ads November 9, 2023 by Super User Canada’s Bell Media has launched new technology that pairs roadside digital out of home billboards with commercial radio, with ge0-fenced ads on the outdoor LEDs synced with ads on specific radio stations. So, a motorist crawling along the 20 in Montreal or the Gardiner in Toronto might see an ad for the financial company Desjardins …
Las Vegas Sphere Reports $98.4M Loss … But That Mostly Covers Period Before Doors Opened November 9, 2023 by Super User That giant LED orb in Las Vegas has generated a huge amount of intention since it was lit up and the doors opened for paid admissions, and its backers are undoubtedly hoping it will generate the kind of money needed to make it viable – given that the most recent financials for the Sphere show …