Sightings: Using audience analytics to drive restaurant traffic August 26, 2010 by Dave HaynesTechCrunch flagged a demo of digital signage by Japanese telecom giant NTT that shows some different possibilities for biometrics as they relate to screens. Just about all the focus has been on audience counting, but this demo shows the commercial approach of analyzing how many people are looking at an ad for a nearby restaurant, …
New, tiny fanless unit capable of serious HD digital signage August 24, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe Swiss seem to make very nice little digital signage boxes. Spinetix has had a very nice little solid state box and platform on the market for at least a couple of years, and now we the technology firm NOXEL AG – also from Switzerland – releasing what appears to be a great little digital …
Wild West Days are over in Digital Signage? Nope. Exhibit A … August 24, 2010 by Dave HaynesThere was a suggestion last week that the wild west days of digital signage had passed. My reaction. Nope. I give you, as passed along by a friend, Convenience TV. New Leader Emerging in Booming Video Advertising Market RENO, NV, Aug 23, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — The lucrative video advertising market is seeing a …
Spicer recruited to run NEC's VUKUNET August 24, 2010 by Dave HaynesThis was smart. NEC Displays announced today it has hired on Graeme Spicer to head the effort to spread the understanding and adoption of its VUKUNET digital signage platform, which includes the universal advertising platform and a free content management suite. Graeme let me know about this a few weeks ago and he’s actually be …
RMG takes over national sales for two health and wellness networks in US August 24, 2010 by Dave HaynesReach Media Group, which may quite possibly have the deepest pockets and biggest DOOH ambitions in the sector right now, just made a couple of announcements this morning about effectively becoming a sales rep house, along with owner/operator of its own DOOH nets. RMG has done a deal to sell the ad avails for Everwell, …
Flanigan wants the microphone August 24, 2010 by Dave HaynesWhen I get asked … and it happens fairly regularly … what’s holding back this sector, I have a quick, very easy answer. Education. Everybody could stand to learn a lot more about the opportunities and challenges, and nuts and bolts of this thing. Just about every day I see examples of people who really …
Guest Post: The Ripple Effect of Dead Screens August 23, 2010 by Dave HaynesTwo of my friends who live near me in downtown Toronto are media buyers for different agencies. I usually meet them a couple of times a month for drinks after work. These guys are typical young “suits” – ambitious about growing their careers – and they definitely never miss a moment to point to TVs …
Screens that dominate in Cape Town airport August 22, 2010 by Dave HaynesWe don’t see this anywhere near enough – screens in public spaces that are large enough, and in sufficient numbers, that they visually demand viewer attention. South Africa-based DC Media has a nice video up about taking over the software for a media company that had invested what must have been a very substantial chunk …
Wireless Ronin gets de-listing warning from NASDAQ August 20, 2010 by Dave HaynesThis will not, I’d expect, be happy news for the people holding shares in Wireless Ronin. The SEC filing on Thursday: ITEM 3.01 NOTICE OF DELISTING OR FAILURE TO SATISFY A CONTINUED LISTING RULE OR STANDARD; TRANSFER OF LISTING.(a) On August 17, 2010, we received a deficiency letter from the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) Listing Qualifications …
Optrex joins the stre-e-e-tched screen contest August 20, 2010 by Dave HaynesAnother ultra-wide panel for digital signage is now on the market – this one from Optrex – a Japanese company that has a large office in the Detroit area. Display Blog reports the elegantly-named T-55604D192J-LW-A-AAN by Optrex is a 19.2-inch (48.8-cm) LED-backlit LCD with a 16:3 aspect ratio. The pixel format is 1920×360. Brightness is …