BrightSign’s New 4K Player Makes 4K In Digital Signage Viable May 23, 2014 by Dave Haynes I have seen a lot of airports lately and it gets ugly in a week, so I am still noodling whether I will go to InfoComm, or skip it for the first time in forever. If I do go, one of the things I’ll make a bee-line to see is BrightSign’s solid-taste 4K media player. …
First Look: Oakley’s Ambient Ceiling in NYC 5th Ave Store May 22, 2014 by Dave Haynes I was in New York for a couple of days this week and made it something of a mission to get up to 5th Avenue and 46th Street to see what Montreal’s Moment Factory creative shop did with Oakley’s store on that high-end shopping strip. I wrote about recently, and ran some provided photos, but …
Navori Ports Android Player To NEC’s Slot-Loaded ARM Box May 22, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Swiss software company Navori has had an Android version of its digital signage platform on the market for the last 18 months or so, but on its own elected devices. Now the company has created an image for the software that runs on NEC’s Open Pluggable Spec (OPS) media players for Android that was launched at …
Screenfeed Kicks Off Free World Cup Content Feed For Digital Signage Operators May 21, 2014 by Dave Haynes Content feed packager Screenfeed (loyal Sixteen:Nine advertiser) has released a nice free feed for network operators that are interested in running final scores from the upcoming football (soccer) World Cup. The automated feed is free to whoever wants it, presumably as a sampler and as a carrot to get operators interested in running a separate, …
A Sub-$700 49-inch Android Smart Panel (Sadly Just Available In China) May 20, 2014 by Dave Haynes Bryan Mongeau, VP Technology at BroadSign, keeps one eye on the Asian flat panel display market, looking for “smart” displays with sufficient horsepower to fully apply to the digital signage space. His latest is from a Chinese startup called Xiaomi, which you may have heard of if you pay attention to the smartphone market. The …
Projects: Tim Hortons TV’s Tidy Programming Design May 17, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons has been rolling out its dining area network for a few months now, but I hadn’t seen one in the wild until this afternoon, at one of my local Timmies locations. I’m not convinced the things accomplish all that much, especially one located in a smaller footprint site where …
Projects: Boarding Pass-Driven Wayfinding At Logan Airport May 17, 2014 by Dave Haynes I sat in on a nice presentation the other day that showed how Logan Airport in Boston has nicely thought through the challenges of wayfinding in big bustling airports, and built some well-established technology into the solution. The airport is rolling out interactive directories that let travelers find their gate on a map – as …
Holograms Help Winning Candidate Campaign Across India, From A Studio May 16, 2014 by Dave Haynes This is kind of wild … India’s new prime minister Shri Narendra Modi used holograms, portable stages and almost 200 high-end 14K and 20K Christie projectors to speak at 1,200 rallies in 32 days across that vast country, without actually being there. UK-based Musion Das Hologram was responsible for consulting, designing and managing the holographic election addresses …
Wireless Ronin Has Tentative Deal To Merge With Unnamed Marketing Technology Firm May 16, 2014 by Dave Haynes Wireless Ronin has a non-binding letter of intent in place to merge with an unnamed private company – called a “marketing technology integrator” – and is also making moves to do another private, since the executive is now conceding the digital signage software and services is almost out of money. In SEC filings this week. …
Oxford, Cineplex Team On Ambitious, Reimagined Digital Mall Media Program May 13, 2014 by Dave Haynes Canada’s Cineplex Digital Media and Oxford Properties Group have announced a deal to create what they’re calling North America’s first place-based digital ecosystem in shopping malls. The program integrates architectural digital media, mobile technology, social media, experiential technologies, and digital media sales and analytics, “providing a first-of-its-kind opportunity to inspire shoppers and influence purchasing decisions. From …
