NEC’s VUKUNET Now Running on 100K-Plus Digital Signage Players June 8, 2015 by Super User NEC has announced its VUKUNET Digital OOH ad-serving platform has been installed in 100,000 since the platform launched in 2009, and it has delivered some 1.8 billion ad impressions a month. The system connects agencies, ad trading desks and online demand-side media-buying platforms with network operators who use VUKUNET. The NEC system facilitates the execution of ad campaign planning, …
How Live Data Delivers 9,640 Different Digital OOH Ad Messages June 8, 2015 by Super User Live data and web services are starting to demonstrate the long-discussed possibilities for hyperlocal digital display screens, with a great example of that being a marketing campaign now running in the UK and built around Microsoft’s Cortana – the Windows phone version of Siri or Google Now. The agencies behind the campaign created 241 distinct …
T1V Buys Cenique, Rolls Into Larger, Charlotte-based Digital Signage Offer June 5, 2015 by Super User A pair of Charlotte, NC companies have merged, putting together a combined offer that includes things as diverse as low-cost media players, video analytics and interactive stations. The interactive touchscreen firm T1V has bought the assets of Cenique USA, which now do business as Cenique Global, a division of T1V. Says a press release: T1V …
Why I’m Going To InfoComm: Holly Johnson, IST June 4, 2015 by Super User Here’s Holly Johnson, Business Development Manager for Kansas City-based Installation & Service Technology, Inc. (IST), on why she’s heading to Orlando and InfoComm in a couple of weeks. 1 – How many years have you been going to InfoComm? This will be my second year at the show, and IST’s third. We have exhibited and walked at …
InfoComm Booth Profile: Peerless-AV June 2, 2015 by Super User Display hardware specialist Peerless-AV will be at InfoComm, and this is why company president John Potts says people in the digital signage industry need to come by booth 3401 in a couple of weeks. 1 – Why do people going to InfoComm need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? Some top “must …
InfoComm Booth Profile: Philips June 2, 2015 by Super User Here’s what Philips has to say about its InfoComm 2015 trade show plans, via North America Marketing Manager Stephen Shao: 1 – Why do people going to InfoComm need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? InfoComm attendees should come by the Philips booth (#4689) because we’re premiering some really cool …
E Ink Goes Yellow June 2, 2015 by Super User A typical flat panel monitor supports millions of colors, so it’s a little funny to see a press release celebrating how a display now supports yellow. We Did Yellow!!! But in the case of electronic ink, it’s a big deal. E Ink has announced its Spectra shelf displays can now do black, white, red and now …
Projects: Canadian Tire Lights Up 100+ Screens At New Showcase Store June 2, 2015 by Super User Canadian Tire has opened a giant new store on the south end of Edmonton, on the main road out of town south to Calgary, and loaded it up with a whole bunch of digital. The South Edmonton Common store, which opened Friday, has more than 100 digital screens, including a video wall and an outdoor …
Visix Adds Client-Branded Smartphone App And Beacons For Wayfinding June 2, 2015 by Super User Atlanta-based Visix has added an interesting new element to its product offer aimed at corporate facilities and campuses – a brand-able wayfinding app for smartphones that can be tied to bluetooth low energy beacons. The app can be used as an extension of traditional kiosk-based wayfinding or as a stand-alone solution. “We’ve had great success providing …
Why I’m Going To InfoComm: Cam Gross, Lift June 1, 2015 by Super User Cam Gross of the Minneapolis interactive content/software Lift is heading to InfoComm in a couple of weeks. Here’s his take: 1 – How many years have you been going to InfoComm? This will be my first year. I am honored to be invited to sit on a Solutions Summit Digital Signage panel. 2 – What …
