Here’s The Judge List For This Year’s Global Digital Signage Awards December 12, 2018 by Super User The 2019 Finalist list of companies was issued Monday for the global Digital Signage Awards, and as head judge I want to thank all of the other industry people – from around the world – who very kindly donated their finite time to review submissions, score them, and help identify the best of the best. The …
Kiosk Mashes Up Robots And Touchscreens For Vending Machine Coffee You’d Actually Drink December 12, 2018 by Super User Drinking coffee that comes out of vending machines tends to be an act of desperation (or utter indifference), but here’s an automated coffee machine that serves up the good stuff. A company called Briggo produces and places micro coffee shops that are like the oversized vending machines you see in airports for Best Buy, except …
STRATACACHE Acquires Chinese Specialty DisplayCo; Rebrands As Scala China December 12, 2018 by Super User There is now a Scala China, in the wake of parent company STRATACACHE acquiring a tablet and computing device manufacturing company based in Ningbo, China. The company, formerly known as POPSCREENS, is now Scala China – positioned as a solution for interactive retail displays. The deal gets CEO Chris Riegel a 250,000 square foot manufacturing …
Why Kaan Gunay’s Digital OOH Media Startup Is Going On Rideshare Cartops December 12, 2018 by Super User There’s nothing new about media on taxi tops, but a San Francisco start-up called Firefly is trying to go about it with a different approach. Firefly describes itself as the first mobility-based SmartScreens platform – an advertising media firm that gets it footprint and scale from the rideshare industry. Firefly is working primarily with the …
Nine Keys For A Successful Workplace Digital Signage Content Plan December 11, 2018 by Viktor Petersson Guest Post: Kaijus Asteljoki, Valotalive Digital signage content strategy helps you outline the plan for a successful implementation and to maximize the impact of the investment. With proper planning you can also avoid the possible simple mistakes. In this post we will review everything you need to know about the content strategy: How do we …
Leyard Partners With LED Rival Lighthouse To Chase Sports Venue Signage Business December 10, 2018 by Super User In what seems like a slightly-odd partnership, Leyard (and Planar, which it acquired) have forged a partnership with a competitor to build up its LED display capabilities in the sports and entertainment market. The “strategic partnership” is with Lighthouse Technologies Ltd., which has been around the LED display market for more than 20 years, and has …
How To Decide Between Cloud And On-Premise Digital Signage December 10, 2018 by Stu Armstrong Guest Post: Sean Matthews, Visix The old saying goes “All roads lead to Rome” and if “Rome” is an informed, engaged audience, and digital signage is your vehicle, it’s really just a matter of which path you want to take to get to your destination. There are two options for any organization considering digital signage: …
LED Screens Starting To See Adoption By Cinema December 10, 2018 by Super User It would not have been unreasonable to look at Samsung’s push into digital cinema – marketing fine pitch, direct view LEDs as an alternative to screens and projectors – as an interesting concept, but not one that would see much adoption because of cost. I saw a proof of concept at a special booth at …
Here’s The Finalist List For The 2019 Global Digital Signage Awards December 10, 2018 by Super User The Finalists have been selected by 28 judges for the 2019 Digital Signage Awards, run in conjunction with Sixteen:Nine. The Winners and High Commendations will be presented on the evening of Feb. 6 at the Compagnie Theater in Amsterdam, which puts it in the middle of ISE. The awards team says entries were up more …
Good Crowd In Miami For DSF Networking Mixer December 7, 2018 by Super User Decent crowd out last night in Miami for the Digital Signage Federation’s networking mixer. Not sure how many people, but I saw lots of familiar faces and met some new folks, including some in from Latin America. There is a very active digital signage community in Mexico, and it is pulling in members, producing material …
