New Tightrope Device Management Set-Up Makes Apple TVs Commercial Digital Signage Players June 7, 2017 by Super User St. Paul, MN-based Tightrope Media Systems has integrated its digital signage content management software with an Apple-centric device management platform that ends up turning little $149 Apple TV set-top boxes into commercial digital signage players. The integration with JAMF, says Tightrope, provides immediate interoperability between Carousel 7.0 and Apple TV. “As new Apple TVs registered with the JAMF …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Rick Mills, Creative Realities (CRI) June 7, 2017 by Super User If you have followed the digital signage business for a few years, you have probably seen stories about the financial tailspins of a set of companies that eventually got blended together as Creative Realities, or CRI for short. Sitting in the cheap seats watching it all go down, I’m sure I wasn’t the only one …
Screenly Adds Open Source WordPress Plugin For Digital Signage June 6, 2017 by Super User The Raspberry Pi-centric CMS software firm Screenly has written a plugin for WordPress that allows users to generate simple presentations for a signage network off the blogging and website management platform. It’s not a replacement for a signage CMS, but more of a means for users on a network that already know WordPress to produce …
Is Rishi Shah The First Billionaire In Digital Signage? June 5, 2017 by Super User I don’t think there’s all that many people who could say they’ve become millionaires out of their digital signage businesses, so it’s kind of amazing to read a Forbes magazine profile of Outcome Health’s Rishi Shah – which pegs his net worth at $3.6 billion. If you are scratching your head a bit and muttering …
If Retail Is Your Digital Signage Vertical, The Numbers Aren’t Looking Great June 5, 2017 by Super User When I ask digital signage solutions providers about the verticals they chase, most will mention retail, but few say that’s where they are highly-focused. Good thing, given that the scale of retail is not tipping the right way. A Business Insider story notes Credit Suisse research work that suggests retailers are closing stores in the …
Four Winds Interactive Voluntarily Drops Its Patent Lawsuit Against 22 Miles June 5, 2017 by Super User Four Winds Interactive has dropped its lawsuit against 22 Miles, filed last year over claims of patent infringement. Denver-based FWI voluntarily dismissed the case last week, without prejudice, according to documents filed in a Colorado district court. The digital signage CMS company went after Silicon Valley-based 22 Miles last spring over patent infringement, copyright infringement and something called Patent …
Real-Time Digital OOH Campaign Shocks Paris Jaywalkers June 5, 2017 by Super User This is a digital OOH advertising campaign that REALLY shows the potential and impact of using sensors, real-time connections and templates to custom-target a campaign down to individuals. In Paris, sensors at a busy crosswalk monitor pedestrian foot traffic and the red, amber or green state of the crossing lights. If a person crosses the …
16:9 Projects Podcast: Intersection’s CSO On The Massive LinkNYC Smart City Rollout June 2, 2017 by Danica Trapara This episode we’re speaking with Dave Etherington, who is CSO of Intersection, one of the companies responsible for LinkNYC. In 2014, New York City set out to overhaul their payphone infrastructure. The result is LinkNYC, which provides anyone in the city with free phone calls to anywhere in the U.S., free wifi, local information and some …
Diversified Acquires Portland-based AV Integrator CompView June 1, 2017 by Super User Diversified is continuing its brisk march to become the largest pro AV and signage systems integrator in North America (if it’s not already) with news today of its acquiring CompView. The Beaverton, OR (Portland) integrator was listed as a top 15 integrator in the US, and gives Diversified an expanded customer base and talent in eight locations. …
Digital Signage Summit Europe Locks Down Plan For Next Month In Munich June 1, 2017 by Super User The lineup for Digital Signage Summit Europe, early next month in Munich, has been pretty much locked down and the organizers at Invidis are doing a last big push on attendees. The two day event is at the Internationales Congress Center München on July 5th and 6th. This year’s theme is Digital Signage at the Crossroads …
