World Out Of Home Organization Adds Lamar To Global Member Roster February 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes Industry associations tend to be both regarded and measured by who all has joined up, so the relatively young World Out of Home Organization (WOO) has taken a big step by adding Lamar Advertising, one of the largest OOH media firms on the planet, to its member list. “WOO has gone from a Europe-based organization, …
Userful CEO John Marshall On How AV Over IP Is Getting Traction In Digital Signage And Beyond February 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes There has been lots of talk – particularly on the pro AV side of digital signage – about how traditional corporate AV and IT roles and needs are converging. And there’s been a lot of discussion, as well, about the pros and cons of shifting from more conventional ways of moving content around screen networks …
Custom LCD Maker Bluefin Starts Marketing Open OS All-In-One Panels February 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Atlanta-area custom LCD manufacturer Bluefin International has been around the industry for several years marketing a variety of retail-centric screens that have BrightSign media play-out hardware built-in, but now the company has added a series with a dual CPU set-up that can run Android 10 or different flavors of Linux like Debian. Bluefin’s new …
Google Revisiting Digital Signage With “Flex” Chrome OS That Runs On PCs And Macs February 21, 2022 by Dave Haynes Google has kinda sorta a little got back into the digital signage and interactive display business – having announced an evolution of the Chrome operating system that can now run on new and existing Windows and Mac devices. Previously, using Chrome OS was limited to dedicated hardware like the Chromeboxes, all-in-one screens and even sticks …
With 78 Days Until ISE (We Hope), Time To Look At How Access Will Work February 21, 2022 by Dave Haynes I spent a couple of free hours this weekend shovelling my office – neat freak is not a description that ever gets attached to me – doing things like shredding no end of print-outs for airline and hotel/VRBO bookings that got shelved as this pandemic wore on. Now I find myself once again doing planes …
CRI, Reflect Merger Now Official; Blended Firm Now CRI And Run By Mills February 18, 2022 by Dave Haynes News of a merger between Creative Realities and Reflect Systems tracks back to Nov. 2021, but it has taken until now for the deal to get through various hurdles and close. The blended companies will now operate as Creative Realities, or CRI for short. Rick Mills is now CEO of the combined, Louisville-based organization, while …
AVIXA Releases Digital Signage Plans For InfoComm In June February 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes The trade association AVIXA has released some of the plans for the digital signage component of the planned InfoComm trade show in June in Las Vegas – with a dedicated zone in the exhibit hall and on-premise conference done in conjunction with the Digital Signage Federation. There will again be a D=Sign conference at the …
CMS Firm Raydiant Closes $30M In New Funding For Key Hires And More M&A February 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes San Francisco-based CMS software shop Raydiant is making investment moves that set it apart from the many, many, many small digital signage platform developers competing in a hyper-crowded space – taking on $30 million in new funding that will be used for new hires and more acquisitions. The company has announced “a $30 million Series B funding …
High Five: PPDS Donates Commercial Displays To Dutch Wing Of Salvation Army February 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes A virtual high five to display marketer PPDS for donating five of its Philips commercial displays to the Dutch wing of the Salvation Army charity, to be used for teaching and messaging at community centers in less affluent areas of the Netherlands. The screens – ranging from 75” D-Line digital displace through to 75” Philips …
Outdoor Mesh LEDs Now Bright Enough For Daytime Applications February 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes Semi-transparent mesh LEDs that have mainly been used in windows or inside buildings are now a combination of bright enough and light enough to retrofit buildings and use as 24/7 advertising and marketing machines. Manufacturers used to tell me mesh LEDs were great for nighttime, but didn’t necessarily have the lighting power to overcome direct …
