Samsung Coming Out With New Digital Signage Software Solution, VXT CMS, Ahead of InfoComm February 16, 2023 by Super User There were two main comments at the recent ISE pro AV trade show about Samsung – the electronics giant’s curious booth access policy and word that its CMS software MagicINFO was to be supplanted by a newer, more rounded and accessible CMS software offering called VXT. I eventually found my way behind the restricted access, …
Broadsign, LG Partner On DOOH Ad Solution For Smart Displays February 15, 2023 by Super User LG’s US Business Solutions unit and DOOH-focused CMS software firm Broadsign has announced a partnership that has what’s dubbed Broadsign for SoC ready to use on the display giant’s multiple lines of proprietary OS “smart” displays. There are numerous software firms that have developed native or web players for LG’s System-On-Chip “smart” displays, but the …
Registration Opens For InfoComm 2023; Mid-June In Orlando February 15, 2023 by Super User Registration has opened for InfoComm 2023, which is set for June 14-16 at at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The largest pro AV show on the continent, which cycles each year between Las Vegas and Orlando and features two different variations on insanely hot weather, is expected to host more than 600 …
Projection Brings Levi’s Iconic Batwing Label To Life In Store February 15, 2023 by Super User This is a nice use of projection for retail by Dallas-based Glass Media, working with its client Levis. The advantage of projection – if the lasers are bright enough and the ambient lighting not dominant – is the ability to accurate blast visuals on an odd-shaped surface – like a giant Levi’s red tab branding …
The Thinking Behind The 230 Million Pixels Of Display At Outernet London, With Ben Maher February 15, 2023 by Super User I spent a few days in London, UK ahead of Integrated Systems Europe – in part to break up the trip and flights, but much more so to meet with several companies and see some projects that I’d only been able to see in photos and videos. The one I particularly wanted to see was …
Chalk Elevated To VP Sales For BrightSign February 14, 2023 by Super User Analytics tell me readers aren’t all that interested in news about new hires and titles at companies, but BrightSign ships a LOT of little purple media play-out boxes, so news of who is now running sales at the Silicon Valley company will matter to all kinds of resellers and integrators. Misty Chalk has been bumped …
SignageLab Leverages SignageOS Platform To Create Full Digital Signage Platform February 14, 2023 by Super User I am catching up on notes from ISE, which is already two weeks ago, and trying to relate some of the quicker conversations I had. Every time I go to a big show like ISE, I run into unfamiliar companies, and I try – when I can – to stop and have a chat, so …
Nexmosphere’s Sensors, Controllers And Toolkit Aimed At Making Interactive Retail Easy February 14, 2023 by Super User Way, way back in the day – in my dark period doing business development work for software companies – the company I was with did a fair amount of custom work that involved triggering content to screens using sensors. If someone came within a certain range of a screen, or lifted something that made a …
Two-Thirds Of Digital Signage Companies Seeing Double-Digit Growth: Invidis February 13, 2023 by Super User The first numbers are out from the Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) produced by Sixteen:Nine’s content partners in Germany, the consulting-events-publishing firm invidis, it suggests a lot of companies in the sector are seeing encouraging growth. 65 percent of the companies surveyed by invidis achieved double-digit sales growth in 2022, and the industry generally sees …
That Giant LED-Clad Orb In Las Vegas To Launch With U2 Concert Residency This Fall February 13, 2023 by Super User That giant LED-clad orb now getting finished off inside and out in Las Vegas will launch later this year with the Irish rock band U2 in “residency” with a series of live concerts. The MSG Sphere has been going up for at least a couple of years – perhaps more – over by that giant …
