Back and busy January 4, 2007 by Dave Haynes I am glad I decided to mentally shut down for the holidays and not think about this stuff, because it got busy pretty much as soon as I hit the door. Nothing like a nice shiny RFI in your Inbox to jump-start the year. Presumably, I’m not the only one who got busy quickly. I …
Here's to the tipping point year December 22, 2006 by Dave HaynesWell, a lot of us thought 2006 was going to be the year when things really started to take off, and there were certainly signs the sector was heating up in a big way. But I wonder how many companies met sales targets. There’s every reason to believe 2007 is the year when it all …
Cisco buys into the game December 15, 2006 by Dave HaynesNetworking giant Cisco has acquired a small San Francisco-area video over IP company and bought its way into the digital signage business, aiming at the major enterpris-level accounts we all covet. The announcement today says “a definitive agreement to acquire the privately held company, Tivella, Inc. of Half Moon Bay, California. Tivella is a leading …
How do you compete with free? December 12, 2006 by Dave HaynesAn Australian company is offering downloads of free digital signage management software, using lots of CAPITAL LETTERS and exclamations to drive home that this is a big deal!!! “Enough!” we said. No more “just for the big guys”. The small guys need a break. For the first time EVER we’re making Digital Signage Software available …
Taking video out of the box December 11, 2006 by Dave HaynesI forget how I came across this video, but wanted to share it – as it is very cool. This is from a Puma store in Germany, and features a very large cat loafing about above the sales racks, and not confined by a screen. The method is called FreeFormat and comes from a Danish …
More news on the Holy Grail of digital signage December 6, 2006 by Dave HaynesI had yet another discussion yesterday with a client wanting a digital signage gadget that did not need to be plugged in to power up. And I had to yet again say it could be done, as long as the client was willing to invest in a battery the size of a beer fridge. Powering …
Catching up on news screens and old December 1, 2006 by Dave Haynes I am in downtown Toronto a lot, but usually driving in and getting out of Dodge as soon as I can to miss rush hour. I took the train in yesterday and actually had some time to see some things for either the first time, or the first time in a while. I saw those …
Digital sign play hits the stock market November 29, 2006 by Dave Haynes I am a bit of a doofus when it comes to the stock market, so all I can relay here is that Wireless Ronin did indeed do an IPO and is now trading on the market in the US. Like many/most people I had my doubts it would ever happen, but there has been a …
Going after the footy crowd November 27, 2006 by Dave HaynesOne of the networks I noticed in that UK digital ad network directory was a firm called Match Day Media, which has hundreds of screens installed in the concourses and other public areas of top tier football stadia across England and Scotland. These places get a big crowd once and sometimes twice a week for …
Another gas pump TV player bubbles up November 22, 2006 by Dave HaynesSaw a piece on the news wires about another entrant into the gas pump TV thing, this one in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. PetroTV’s product looks an awful lot like what VST Media has been doing in Canada for about three years now, though they have the distinct advantage of operating in warm weather. VST had …
