This Bus Makes Stops At Nowhere And Clueless August 8, 2014 by Super User There are so many great, smart people in this industry, but also so many knuckleheads coming into it with big dreams, bravado and only the most fleeting grasp of what they’re up to. I regularly burst the balloons of people who call or write to tell me about their plans to get rich installing screens …
RMG Posts $19.6M Q2 Operating Loss, But Bags 27K License Deal And Ad Revenues Improving August 7, 2014 by Super User Somebody else will pick RMG’s latest earnings apart with more detail and insight (no MBA on my resume), but I can tell you the latest numbers are very red and the whole thing looks to be a bit of a cluster – though ad revenues are definitely better than the first part of the year and …
Digital OOH Revenue Grew 9.3% Globally Last Year; 2014 Predicted Higher August 5, 2014 by Super User PQ Media’s annual performance benchmarking for the digital out of home industry suggests despite all the geo-political calamities and shaky economies, the sector saw 9.3% revenue growth globally in 2013, and 2014 should be better. The just released study – Global Digital Out-of-Home Media Forecast 2014-18 – suggests “key first-half indicators point to DOOH growth accelerating to …
With Moves By Intel And Microsoft, Maybe Digital Signage’s Future Isn’t All About ARM August 2, 2014 by Super User Maybe ARM isn’t entirely going to take over from old school x86 PCs for digital signage … When I was in Taipei at Computex a couple of months ago I saw a lot of computing devices and talked to a lot of people who were showing off low cost boxes that could ostensibly play back …
Projects: Brilliant Interactive Video Wall At Performance Court, Ottawa August 1, 2014 by Super User This is a brilliant video wall execution in a new office block in Ottawa, Canada’s national capital. The project was put together by Cineplex Digital Solutions, with Arsenal Media doing the creative and Dynamix and RPV doing the supply and installation. The 26 foot high by 21.5 foot wide wall used 72 Barco LED tiles …
DSrupted Adds A DSF Mixer August 1, 2014 by Super User Details about exact location and time location are still to be worked out, but one of DSrupted’s sponsor, the Digital Signage Federation, will put together a networking event/mixer on the evening before the day-long conference in Toronto. The DSF is looking to build its membership ranks in the target-rich London-Kitchener-Toronto-Montreal corridor, which has for years …
Planar Reports 53% Spike In Digital Signage Display Sales July 31, 2014 by Super User Planar Systems’ latest earnings report suggests the high-end display company is now doing well in its hard push on the digital signage market, with sales up 53% from a year earlier. The Beaverton, Oregon company (same locale as Nike) reported sales of digital signage products totaling $21.4 million in the third fiscal quarter of 2014, a …
Projects: Smoke Signals Go Up At Saskatchewan Casinos July 31, 2014 by Super User The Saskatchewan wing of the Western Canadian Lottery Corporation has raised Smoke Signals at five of its casinos across the province. The vaguely teepee-shaped digital fixtures, dubbed Smoke Signals, are 12.5-feet tall by 14.5 feet around. The display presents video and ticker content designed to engage patrons and increase message retention with the goal of repeat sales. …
HTML5 Playback Gaining More Traction in Digital Signage Via IAdea July 31, 2014 by Super User Smaller screens in retail settings and outside meeting rooms seems to be an increasingly hot little focus area in digital signage, and Taiwan’s IAdea appears to seeing the benefits. IAdea and Scala did as 7,500 unit deal earlier this year involving small 10-inch signboards, and Taipei-based IAdea is now approaching 20 partners marketing a range …
Projects: Gloriously Stupid Wait Terminal Screen At Toronto Airport July 30, 2014 by Super User This is a screen in the wait area of the pain-in-the-ass ferry terminal at Billy Bishop Airport, on an island just off downtown Toronto. The scary thing is, someone would have put this up, turned it on, and thought to his or her self, “Nailed it!” This features a 24-hour cable news feeds that already …
