Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Burr Smith, BroadSign March 29, 2017 by Super User Burr Smith is the CEO of BroadSign, arguably the most successful CMS software company when it comes to advertising-based networks. His Montreal-based company has contracts with many of the top digital out of home ad networks in North America and Europe. Things are really good around BroadSign these days. Staff numbers are growing, a New …
Stratacache Acquires 3,500 Screen C-Store Network from Verifone March 28, 2017 by Super User STRATACACHE has formally announced the acquisition made back in December of a 3,500 screen shopper marketing network in convenience stores called LIFT, picking it up from the electronic payments company Verifone. LIFT will roll up into PRN, the retail media company STRATACACHE also acquired in 2015. There is a long, sad history of now-dead companies that …
DSE 2017 PR Roundup: BrightSign March 27, 2017 by Super User BrightSign seems to be on a bit of a march to get CMS software companies adding support for its boxes in the same way developers are supporting PCs, Android players and system on chip displays. Ahead of DSE this week, the Silicon valley manufacturers has announced ComQi, Four Winds Interactive and Signagelive have all integrated …
Did You Know Adobe Has A Digital Signage Product? Me Neither. March 27, 2017 by Super User Did you know Adobe has a digital signage product? Me neither. But it does. Called Screens. And it has been around as a component of Adobe Experience Manager for the last couple of years. I mention this because, as ex-Scala CEO Tom Nix noted in a tweet last week, news about Coca-Cola rolling out a …
QSR’s Interactive Automat Runs Into Trouble With People Who Can’t See Touchscreens March 25, 2017 by Super User The fast food company that revived the old idea of diners that operated like giant vending machines has run into trouble with a disability rights advocacy group that argues Eatsa’s self-service interactive screen set-up makes it very difficult for visually impaired people to order food. A federal lawsuit seeking class-action status has been filed against …
GM Mandates Digital Signage As Essential Brand Element In Dealers For 2018 March 25, 2017 by Super User General Motors is mandating digital signage as an essential brand element in Chevrolet, GMC and Buick stores in the United States, starting in 2018, according to a report this week in Automotive News. The automaker has certified Automotive Broadcasting Network of Jacksonville, Fla.; DCI-Artform, which has offices in Milwaukee and Detroit; and Southfield, Mich.-based Bluewater Technologies …
Allure Launching AutoFocus Content Automation Tech Aimed At Cinema Services March 24, 2017 by Super User The cinema-focused digital signage solutions company Allure is announcing content automation technology at CinemaCon in Las Vegas next week that makes heavy use of data sources and rules to determine what’s on digital menus and posters. Called Allure AutoFocus, the software engine uses relational algorithms that drive the CMS “with the what, when, where, why and how …
If Digital Signage Companies Were Alien Star Trek Races, Stratacache Would Be The Borg March 24, 2017 by Mitch Leathers Guest Post: Luis Villafane, Maler About a week ago, I was feeling pretty sick. Late at night, I had a very high fever, so I went to bed and ended up having one of those super-weird dreams that you only have when you get feverish. It was about Star Trek Voyager … and Ken Goldberg. …
DSE 2017 Booth Previews: Data Call Technologies March 24, 2017 by Super User DSE Booth Previews Data Call Technologies – Booth C5 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? Data Call Technologies is the industry pioneer of dynamic data feeds to this industry since 2002, stays focused on providing stable data feeds. We have also created compelling “Playlist …
16:9 Projects Podcast: Jacksonville International Airport March 24, 2017 by Super User Imagine how upset an airport full of people would be if you weren’t able to deliver them the data they required. Information they need to get to their gate and flight on time and to find their luggage… not to mention emergency messaging On this episode of Projects, Michael Tutton talks to the people responsible …
