Samsung Makes Its Move: Beacons for Android, No App Required November 12, 2014 by Charles Regula Guest Post: Doug Thompson, Dot3 Samsung will launch the Samsung Placedge Platform at their developer’s conference tomorrow, and with it will cut out the need for an app to detect beacons. Instead, Samsung will provide a sort of uber-application that sits at the device layer, detecting beacons and pushing messages via a shared service. They invite …
Planar Reports Strong Digital Signage Sales Growth November 11, 2014 by Super User Portland-based specialty display manufacturer Planar Systems, Inc. has reported its year-end financial, showing big year to year growth in sales on digital signage products. For fiscal Q4, total revenue increased 17% year on year to $53.6 million compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013. Revenue was driven by a 42% increase in sales of Digital …
Projects: New NYC Landmark Fulton Center Opens Doors With 52-Screen Network November 10, 2014 by Super User There’s a new gotta-go-see digital signage landmark in New York – this one a massive new transit hub in lower Manhattan called the Fulton Center. The center opened today and will eventually house by next spring five levels of retail run by Westfield Properties, which manages the overall property for the MTA. The centerpiece of …
Data Call Rolls Out AP Video Wraps For Digital Signage November 10, 2014 by Super User Data Call Technologies is rolling out a new content subscription service called Video Wrap, which is news packed up by the Associated Press. The Video Wrap product, says a release, effectively distributes fresh news and informational video content that is updated for our subscribers throughout the day. Our new Video Wrap product is optimized for use in …
Programmatic, Not Problematic: 2014 DPAA Video Everywhere Summit November 10, 2014 by Ricard Fortin Guest Post: Stephanie Gutnik, BroadSign Video killed the radio star but programmatic didn’t kill the creative director. The 2014 DPAA Video Everywhere Summit attracted an impressive crowd of over 700 digital place-based networks, vendors and agency folk. Of the latter group, Rob Griffin, EVP Global Head of Digital at Havas, had a lot to say …
Projects: L.A. Interactive Fan Zone November 10, 2014 by Super User The home area for the Los Angeles Kings (hockey) and Clippers (hoop) now has a new fan zone set-up aimed at driving fan engagement. The LA Interactive zone launched Saturday night at the Staples Center on the venue’s main concourse. The set-up includes a 6-by-13 foot LED video wall, an 8-by-5 foot Ultra HD video wall, three …
Video: The Thinking Behind 9/11 Museum’s Interactive November 10, 2014 by Super User This is worth a watch, via Wired. Jake Barton’s company, Local Projects, designed the interactive elements for the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York, as well as the amazing interactive wall at the Cleveland Museum of Art. He had the most interesting in what was a string of great talks at last week’s SEGD Xlab …
Projects: The Big Picture 664-Panel Video Wall In Singapore November 9, 2014 by Super User A video post via Andrew Neale at DailyDOOH led me to a Dataton news release from a year ago about what is billed as the largest HD video wall on the planet. It’s been my experience that there’s always something else, somewhere, that’s bigger, faster or whatever … but this is certainly one big-ass video …
Video: NYC Bagel Shop Goes Digital November 7, 2014 by Super User This a nicely packaged, gentle promo piece for Samsung’s recently launched Smart Signage TV solution aimed square at the S in the SMB market. Small businesses can pick up a display at a big box and pretty quickly have a digital sign set-up. I also like it because it features Michael O’Halloran – one of …
DPAA Conference: Growth Sector That’s Developing Strong Peripheral Vision November 7, 2014 by Benjamin Schmitt GUEST POST: Steve Schildwachter, rVue Having spent the entire day and evening at the DPAA’s Video Everywhere Summit in New York on Tuesday, I thought I’d add some points to Dave’s whirlwind report of his two hours at the conference. My overall impression was summarized nicely in a quote from media industry analyst Rich Greenfield, who observed that “TV …
