Daktronics Builds Adflow CMS Features Into Unified Platform That Can Manage Giant LEDs … And LCD Menu Displays July 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes It has been a few years since LED display manufacturer Daktronics waded into the smaller-format digital signage display sector with its acquisition of the Canadian software firm Adflow Networks, and now the content management software for giant LEDs and much smaller LCDs has been merged to a single product. The latest software update to Dak’s …
Samsung-driven Hair Salon Of The Future, With 50 Or So Screens, Opens In NJ July 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes The sheer number of hair and nail salons out there – what strip mall have you seen that doesn’t have one? – has always made the sector attractive as a vertical for digital signage technology. It helps that these environments have lotsa wait time, high loyalty and all kinds of high-margin products and services to …
Spectrio Buys Automobile Broadcasting Network, 4th Digital Signage Firm In Past Year July 8, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Tampa-area in-store digital solutions firm Spectrio continues to grow through acquisition, with news that it has bought Automotive Broadcasting Network (ABN), which is focused on auto dealers. The company is based on the other side of the state in Jacksonville. The deal, based on ABN’s installed footprint, makes Spectrio the largest digital signage software …
Global Digital OOH Execs Expecting Dramatic Growth In Next Five Years: Survey July 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes New research from the Miami-based computer vision firm Alfi suggests 95% of advertising executives expect the Digital OOH ad sector to grow over the next two years, with 51% anticipating dramatic expansion. At the end of 2020, a forecast suggested the DOOH market would be worth $41.06 billion in five years, but the survey revealed …
Tokyo Airport Duty-Free Uses LED All The Way Down To Merchandising Counters July 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes It’s rare to see a new-build store kitted out with digital displays BEFORE it gets merchandised and opened up, so this is an interesting little video showing fine pitch LED used all over a duty-free shop at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. The duty-free is working with the Shenzhen-based but Japanese market-focused LED firm Shisai Optoelectronics. The …
Global Consumers Increasingly Comfy With Return To Physical Stores: Research July 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes The retail-focused solutions provider Mood Media has released new research looking at shopper sentiments globally, finding 80% of consumers are now comfy with the idea of returning to physical stores, up from 71% in 2020. The report – Shopper Sentiments: A June 2021 Global Mood Survey – was done by Censuswide, surveying more than 8,000 …
David Weinfeld On How Screenverse Sells And Manages For Companies With Screens, And Higher Priorities July 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes Advertising is hard – and a lot of companies, from startups to majors, have found out the expensive way that creating and running a screen network that’s funded through booked ad spots is no walk in the park. You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content, click the …
Confirmed: DSE’s Reboot Set For Late March 2022, Back In Las Vegas And Paired With Bar Show July 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes The events and publishing company that bought the auctioned rights and assets of Digital Signage Expo earlier this year has confirmed plans for a reboot of the trade show and conference next March in Las Vegas. As suspected, Questex’s re-launch will be March 21-23, 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and it will operate …
Navori Debuts 2nd-Gen HDMI Stix Player That Does High-Frame Rate 4K But Costs $249 July 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes Ruggedization seems to be an evolutionary thing in the digital signage sector, with consumer hardware gradually giving way to more industrialized devices with time and experience. We’ve seen it with PCs and set-top boxes, and now that’s happening with HDMI sticks. Some of the first ones on the market, like the Dell stick and units …
50-Meter Wide 12K LED Barge Set For Tokyo Oympics Sailing Contests July 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes While the content world is still pretty early on the adoption curve for 8K, there is already activity happening and real-world demos of 12K video. Japan has arguably been the earliest adopter of high-res video and spectators at specific events at the Olympics around Tokyo later this month will be able to take in live …
