Organizational Communications In A Post-Postmodern World December 15, 2017 by Stu Armstrong GUEST POST: SEAN MATTHEWS, VISIX English doesn’t have a word for it, so we appropriated the German term zeitgeist, which translates as “spirit of the times.” Today, there is certainly something afoot – we can all sense there’s been a shift in the way we think as a culture, and there is much talk about the …
16:9 Projects Podcast: 127 Feet Of Amazing Experiential LED At Chicago’s 150 N. Riverside December 15, 2017 by Danica Trapara Chicago’s 150 Media Stream is a 127-foot long and 19-foot high permanent installation in the lobby of the new 150 North Riverside office building. It is comprised of 89 individual vertical LED displays or ‘blades’ creating a canvas of over 3,000 square feet. The content is driven by an ‘intelligent content library’ that constantly changes …
Broadsign Debuts Brand Refresh, Streamlined Product Handles December 14, 2017 by Super User Montreal-based CMS software company Broadsign has revealed a refreshed brand today, as well as tweaks that clean up the names for core products. The logo looks a bit different in terms of color and font selection, and the capital S in BroadSign is gone, so it is now Broadsign. Fine by me. I always had …
Stratacache Acquires European Pharmacy Ad Network, Plans 10X Expansion, Inc. US December 13, 2017 by Super User STRATACACHE and its subsidiary PRN have acquired iDKLIC, a Belgian digital marketing and signage provider that does ad-based in-pharmacy digital health and wellness networks. The company has about 1,250 sites right now but STRATACACHE CEO Chris Riegel says the plan is more than 10X of that – 15,000 sites – by the end of 2019. iDKLIC’s …
EK3 Co-Founder Prigioniero Leaving Cineplex In April 2018 December 13, 2017 by Super User Nick Prigioniero, the longtime head of a company that started as EK3 and became Cineplex Digital Media through acquisition, is stepping down in April. Prigioniero helped build the London, Ontario startup into one of the more successful digital signage software and solutions providers out there, doing ALL the work on the chain-wide deployment of menuboards …
Denmark’s Realfiction To Launch Large-Format Hologram-like DeepFrame At CES December 13, 2017 by Super User The Danish company that has shown small pyramid-shaped hologram-like displays at recent Digital Signage Expos will be showing a much larger take on mixed reality at the upcoming CES show in Las Vegas. Realfiction will he unveiling DeepFrame, a large glass window that uses the reflection of an OLED display’s image to create an overlay …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Manolo Almagro, Q Division December 13, 2017 by Super User Just last week Manolo Almagro pulled the curtains back on a new company he’s started, under the umbrella of Chris Riegel’s ever-growing STRATACACHE empire. It’s called Q Division, a retail tech consultancy that in many respects is the sum total reflection of 20-plus years that Manny has been around tech, in a crazy variety of …
DSF Announces 2018 Board Of Directors And Executive December 12, 2017 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation (aka DSF) has announced who won seats on the 2018 board of directors, as well as who’s on the executive for next year. The at-large board elections, which concluded last week, saw these four folks re-elected for a second two-year term: Ryan Cahoy – Rise Vision Paul Fleuranges – MTA/NYC Transit Sheldon Silverman – …
Free Xibo Digital Signage CMS Adds Commercial LG webOS Player December 12, 2017 by Super User The open source digital signage CMS Xibo now has a software player that will work happily with LG’s webOS smart displays, but it’s not free like the mothership CMS. The new webOS player has a one-time fee of 120 GBP, or about $160 USD. If you equated that to a SaaS fee over three years, …
Delta Displays Touts Series Of Standardized 16:9 LED Set-Ups December 12, 2017 by Super User Fine pitch LED displays tend to be fitted to the necessary display area – like a lobby or feature wall area that is some sort of rectangle. They’re sold by modules and all those modules tile together to create the necessary shape. So it’s interesting to see a company marketing a solution that is based …
