Upcoming Webinars On Content, Data-Driven Signage June 13, 2016 by Super User I’m involved in a couple of upcoming webinars in the next couple of weeks. On Wednesday at 2 pm, the Digital Signage Federation has a panel discussion/bun fight on “the age old questions around content for digital signage.” Questions our panelists will discuss include: My software let’s me make unlimited zones, how many should I …
Projects: Lithuania’s Teo Networks Its Instore Marketing Efforts June 13, 2016 by Super User Lithuania’s leading telco and home entertainment services provider Teo has kitted out stores with single displays and clusters in push to enhance customer services. The set-up is running in shopping malls in that country’s three largest cities, with the tech put in by solutions provider Hansab, running Signagelive on Samsung displays. The company, says a press release, …
Screenfeed Puts Rio Games Feeds In Starter Blocks June 13, 2016 by Super User The subscription content service Screenfeed has developed a set of feeds to help viewers of digital signage networks stay in touch with events and results coming out of the Rio Olympics in a few weeks. There are three channels available: Medal Standings – with a live medal count showing top-ranked countries, in addition to the …
InfoComm 2016 Attracts 38,833, Down Slightly From 2015 June 11, 2016 by Super User InfoComm has released its numbers for the just-ended show in Las Vegas, and they are down just a hair from last year’s show in Orlando. There were 38,833 people registered this year, down from 39,105 in 2015. However, the number of exhibitors hit 1,000 for the first time, up from 950. The show is now …
InfoComm 2016: Day 2 Impressions June 10, 2016 by Super User The more I walked and talked here at InfoComm, the more I was drawing conclusions around what digital signage displays look like in the next five years. First, many or most of the the single displays are going to ship with embedded intelligence on them. Whatever you think of System on Chip displays, pretty much …
InfoComm 2016: Day One Impressions June 9, 2016 by Super User As warned, there are indoor LED displays everywhere at this year’s edition of the big InfoComm systems integrator-pro AV nerdfest in Las Vegas. There are two massive halls for this show, and LED companies are all over the footprint of both of them. There is by no means just an area designated for them. What …
InfoComm 2016: LED World June 8, 2016 by Super User I have not been on the InfoComm show floor yet, as it doesn’t formally open for a couple of hours and only exhibitors can get in during set-up. But what I am told from contacts and what I have seen through the doors is a sea of LED displays. They are everywhere. Yesterday was the …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Viktor Petersson of Screenly June 8, 2016 by Super User Viktor Petersson is kind of “the man” when it comes to making digital signage run on a $45 Raspberry Pi mini PC. For the last four years, Viktor’s company Screenly has been focused on developing and evolving a signage solution specifically for the Raspberry Pi. In this episode of Sixteen:Nine Podcasts, we talk about why he went …
The InfoComm Blast Furnace Is On June 6, 2016 by Super User I am in Las Vegas this week, where it is a bit hot. This is what my rental car dashboard was telling me for the outside temperature at about 2 PM yesterday – 115 F. So if you are coming here for InfoComm this week, don’t worry about packing a sweater. I have a series …
How Managed Wireless Lets Digital Signage Networks Cut The Cord June 6, 2016 by Loren Bucklin Guest Post: Curtis Tilly, Microspace Connectivity is the unsung hero of digital signage, making possible the whole idea of delivering the right message at the right time, in the right location, to the right audience. On-screen content, media delivery, file forwarding and system monitoring all depend on taking a reliable, scalable and cost-effective approach to …
