Planar Meets Tight Cybersecurity Standards For Pair Of “Smart” Connected Display Families May 8, 2024 by Dave Haynes Security questions are now pretty central to planning and sourcing technologies for display networks, however the focus would quite logically be on the most obvious points of vulnerability – the software, servers and play-out hardware. But what about the displays, if they’re connected and termed as smart? Specialty display manufacturer Planar has announced a couple …
How Netpresenter Was Doing Workplace Digital Signage 20 Years Before It Became A Thing, And Is Still At It May 8, 2024 by Dave Haynes When the pandemic hit and a lot of people started working from home, many digital signage CMS software companies started developing and releasing solutions that pushed the digital signage messaging more normally posted on screens around workplaces to the laptop and computer monitor screens in the formal or ad hoc workspaces created around houses and …
This Company Has A Meeting Room Sign Solution, That Doesn’t Need The Signs May 7, 2024 by Dave Haynes Atlanta CMS software firm Visix was an early adopter of meeting room sign technology, using tablets and then adding e-paper displays. Now the education and workplace-focused company has a no-hardware option that does pretty much everything an organization might need to book meeting and work spaces, but built around QR codes and web apps. The …
Lowes Strips Down To One Security Camera Platform; Multi-tasks It To Also Do In-Store Audience Analytics May 7, 2024 by Dave Haynes Security camera deployments in retail don’t get a lot of attention here, but a post in the publication Chain Store Age got my interest because of the way DIY giant Lowes is multi-tasking its newly upgraded and harmonized network of in-store cameras – including using them for in-store analytics. Lowes already had security cameras all …
UK Grocer Asda, Booze Giant Diageo Testing Endless Aisle-Style Screens To Increase Buyer Options In “Express” Stores May 7, 2024 by Dave Haynes There seemed to very much be a trend in retail towards small or thin ribbon displays to market product in store aisles, and not use up merchandising space, but then this popped up online about somewhat bigger screens in UK grocer Asda. The big box grocer, which for a time was owned by Walmart, is …
School Pairs Digital Signage Platform With Emergency Alerts App To Speed Lockdowns When There’s Risk Of Active Shooter On Campus May 6, 2024 by Dave Haynes It’s unfortunate that speed is a mission-critical need, but that is indeed the case with schools in the United States these days because of too-frequent incidents of active shooters on the campuses of K-12 schools and colleges. There is a critical 30-second window from identifying an active shooter on the grounds to when the incident …
DOOH Ad Revenues Up 28% In Q1 2024: JCDecaux May 6, 2024 by Dave Haynes If the business results of the biggest outdoor advertising company on the planet are a useful industry health indicator, the digital out of home sector is having a good 2024 – with the French firm JCDecaux reporting DOOH revenue is up 28%. Digital is now almost 36% of group revenue for the company, which saw …
Montreal Pro AV Integrator Solotech Orders 5,000 Sq. Meters Of ROE LED For Live Event Work May 3, 2024 by Dave Haynes Montreal pro AV integrator Solotech has placed a huge bet on upcoming demands for LED backdrops that would be used for live events, announcing an order of more than 5,000 sq. meters of rental-focused LED display tiles from the Chinese firm ROE Visual, arguably the biggest manufacturer of display tech designed to put up and …
Broadcasters Dialling Back From 4K To 1080P HD For Big Live Events May 3, 2024 by Dave Haynes UK-based AV Interactive has an interesting post up that’s not about digital signage, but offers some interesting insights about the consumer demands for 4K video – or more accurately the lack of them. A couple of massive sporting events – the Champions League final and then the EURO 2024 football tournament in Germany will be …
7-Eleven Japan Rolling Computer Vision-Informed Retail Media Network Across 500 Stores May 3, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Japanese wing of convenience store giant 7-Eleven is rolling out what looks and sounds like a retail media network in 500 locations around that country, placing a big emphasis on in-store analytics by using a Sony computer vision platform. The retail giant is using the edge AI-sensing platform AITRIOS developed and supported by Sony …
