Running Digital Signage Networks On Windows? Pour A Three-Finger Drink Instead Of Morning Coffee Before Reading This July 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes People on the America side of the Atlantic are sipping coffee and taking in news this morning that enterprise devices running Windows on networks – like digital signage media players using that OS – were blue-screened if they also were using security software from CrowdStrike It is not a Windows error directly, but one caused …
New DOOH Academy Certification Course Aims To Get Indie Billboard Operators Up Steep pDOOH Learning Curve July 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes The educational effort spun up to help buyers, sellers and operators up the considerable learning curve of digital out of home advertising and programmatic DOOH (pDOOH) now has a course aimed at independent billboard operators who are still, at least in some case, making the shift to digital from analog. The DOOH Academy’s Billboard Operators …
Screenfeed Has Stats And News Package Ready And Automated For Paris 2024 Games July 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes Subscription content provider Screenfeed has again developed a special package of news and stats that digital signage and DOOH networks can incorporate into their schedules to allow viewers to keep tabs on the upcoming summer Olympics in Paris. From now through the Opening Ceremony, says Screenfeed in its marketing, an exciting countdown will be featured …
This Digital Signage Software Firm Is Letting Customers Decide If They Want AI-based Functionality July 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes While a lot of digital signage CMS software and solutions companies are trying every which way to work AI into their marketing and PR messages, the CEO of a UK CMS firm has taken the interesting step of saying his company is dialing back its AI support and enabling customers to unilaterally switch off AI-backed …
Spectrio Launches Menu Board App Intended To Simplify, Streamline Messaging Across Multiple Use-Cases July 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes Spectrio has developed a set of online tools intended to streamline and simplify what can be arduous tasks of organizing, populating and updating business-critical digital menu boards, whether that’s at quick service restaurants, attractions ticket windows or business service and order counters. The Tampa company’s new Menu Board App is position as a toolset that …
Korean Tech Institute Commercializes New Kind Of Low-Cost Switchable Projection Film For Large Transparent Surfaces July 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes A Korean research institute has developed a new kind of switchable transparent film that can be used as a projection surface for windows and other large glass surfaces. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, located south of Seoul, has developed and commercialized what it calls a Nano Transparent Screen (NTS) – a 100-inch sheet …
Melbourne, Australia Politicians Considering Nightly Curfew On LED Billboards To Curb Light Pollution July 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes A proposal in front of local politicians in Melbourne, Australia would see digital OOH billboards in that city subject to a curfew, in an effort to curb light pollution from big, super-bright LED displays affixed to buildings. A report in the Guardian newspaper says a review of current conditions suggests location-specific lighting requirements be created …
TelemetryTV Debits Own Digital Signage Operating System, Optimized Hardware Player July 17, 2024 by Dave Haynes Vancouver, BC-based TelemetryTV is the latest digital signage solutions firm to develop its own operating system and play-out hardware tuned to it, with the intent of maxing out reliability, simplifying management and reducing costs. The company now has an online store featuring what it calls the TelemetryOS Box. “Designed for 24/7 commercial use in sectors such …
Neb Savicic Explains How Plainly Automates Production Of 100s Or 1,000s Of Distinct Videos … In Minutes July 17, 2024 by Dave Haynes Motion graphics designers tend to enjoy the creative side of their jobs, but there can be aspects of their work, like editing and rendering slight variations of the same spot, that are best described as soul-sucking. Neb Savicic has lived that as a motion graphics designer, and with a couple of friends in Serbia, concluded …
Video Shows Shopping Experiences And Tech Being Tested For Ikea Stores in Madrid Experience Lab July 16, 2024 by Dave Haynes Here’s an interesting little quick-cutting video that shows what’s going on in a Madrid lab that’s testing technologies and store design ideas for global retailing giant Ikea. The Global eXperience Lab (xLab) has now been in operation for a year, testing concepts for the Ingka Group, by far the largest Ikea franchisee on the planet. …
