ISA Running Digital Signage Workshop Today For Traditional Sign Community October 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes There have been many efforts through the years to bridge the traditional commercial sign and printing industries to the digital signage community and ecosystem, but I think it is entirely fair to say it hasn’t really happened to the degree that would seem logical. Billboards and posters are heavily going digital, so you’d think the …
Ransomware Attack Takes DC-Area University Offline, Including Its Digital Signage Network October 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes A DC-area university is in the midst of a ransomware attack that has taken down just about anything network-connected around the campus, including the digital signage network that might otherwise let students and faculty know what’s going on. Washington Adventist University was hit Saturday night and, by the absence of an update on the college …
IT Services Firm Velocity Adds Motel 6 Lobbies To Fast-Growing Digital Signage And DOOH Footprint In US October 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes A really good example of how AV, digital signage and IT services are converging is an Ohio IT managed services company called Velocity, which has broadened its scope to include screen networks and even digital OOH media sales. The company has announced a partnership with a hotel group – G6 Hospitality – to deploy digital …
Hong Kong Startup Displayforce Launches Digital Signage CMS And AI-Based, Ad-Focused Platform In $299 “Box” October 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes A Hong Kong start-up called Displayforce has launched an interesting new product and service that pairs a digital signage play-out device with a camera used to do audience measurement and trigger content. The Displayforce Box is an L-shaped unit that can be parked on the top or bottom of a flat panel display and powered via …
AI-Driven Generative Art For Video Walls Generates $5M At Sotheby’s NFT Auction October 4, 2021 by Dave Haynes Let me immediately get out of the way the reality that I know very close to zippo about cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens, aka NFTs. I take considerable comfort in how some very smart people who I follow on tech podcasts and in publications also say they can’t quite wrap their heads around it all, and …
Hypersign, Workplace Audio Giant Jabra Partner On Virtual Meeting/Presentations Solution October 4, 2021 by Dave Haynes Digital signage software shops have increasingly been going after the workplace communications market through partnerships and mergers, but the South Carolina digital signage CMS firm Hypersign has gone down the unusual path of integrating its platform with Jabra, one of largest suppliers of workplace audio technology. The partnership sees Hypersign’s parallel products for live video …
ScreenCloud Announces New Purpose-Built Operating System And Sub-$200 Digital Signage Playout Device October 4, 2021 by Dave Haynes The UK-based digital signage CMS firm ScreenCloud has taken the interesting step of putting two years of R&D time and money into developing a purpose-built operating system for its playout software and a new, low-cost device. The company has launched ScreenCloud OS – a custom linux distribution it says is designed for high performance, simple …
New Disney Epcot Restaurant Uses LED Video Walls To Create Out-Of-This-World Dining Experience October 1, 2021 by Dave Haynes Via CollectSpace There are a few bars and restaurants that have used video walls and displays designed into the decor to create the sense of being somewhere else, like on a train with the countryside digitally whizzing past. But the Disney people have really stepped up that idea with a new immersive restaurant that puts …
DPAA’s Annual NYC DOOH Summit Is Back, Both Live And On Tape September 30, 2021 by Dave Haynes The DPAA is once again doing its big annual Video Everywhere event in New York – live but also virtual in an interesting, COVID-era twist. The annual digital OOH-focused live event is Oct. 12th at Chelsea Piers in New York City, with the familiar day of brand and agency speakers, an exhibit area, network breaks …
Eyedog Uses Annotated Photos Instead Of Maps As Wayfinding Guides September 29, 2021 by Dave Haynes A company in the Philly area does an intriguingly different take on indoor wayfinding and navigation – using photos instead of maps to help people find their way around large, complicated footprint facilities like office and health care campuses. With roots in the Netherlands, Eyedog says its technology “uses a scientific approach that combines “landmark” …
