LG Will Soon Have Its Own “Smart Sign” January 20, 2014 by Super User I recently saw an LG presentation that indicates the company will soon start marketing a rival product to the Samsung SmartSignage platform. The “system on chip” design – essentially a smartphone/tablet CPU embedded in a commercial display panel – looks very similar to the Samsung product announced and released about a year ago. The big …
Looking At New Products & Vendors At Digital Signage Expo January 20, 2014 by Super User Every year, right around now, I start looking over the floor plan for Digital Signage Expo to get a sense of the new companies and products on display. They’re usually in the back 40 or along the side, so a little advance research ensures I don’t miss them. Here’s a rundown of some of the …
The Looming LED Price War & Implications For End-Users January 17, 2014 by Nick Donaldson GUEST POST The LED display business is maturing, and that’s going to inevitably trigger a price war that’s both good and cautionary news for the digital signage industry. Surface-mounted LED display technology is now teetering between a period of growth and a period of maturity. Maturity will see some companies grow, others will disappear and …
No More Crickets: Intel Starts Talking Digital Signage After Long Silence January 14, 2014 by Super User It has been more than half a year since Intel announced it was making the curious move of getting into the digital signage content management system, a field already as crowded as the line-up outside a Walmart on Black Friday. Then the cricket sounds started. And persisted. For the better part of seven months. I …
Projects: Perch’s Interactive Cosmetics Demo At NRF January 13, 2014 by Super User Perch Interactive, which does a nice job packaging up interactive projection tech for retail, is showing an interactive nail polish station at this week’s NRF.
Gas Pump Giant Gilbarco Buys Gas Pump Media Firm Outcast January 13, 2014 by Super User One of the big boys in the gas pump hardware business has bought one of the big boys in gas pump media. Gilbarco Veeder-Root has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Outcast Media, with Outcast operating as the media business unit of Gilbarco. Says a release this morning: Gilbarco’s Applause TV delivers high entertainment value …
Stratacache Plans Connected Journey At NRF January 10, 2014 by Super User Looks like Scala isn’t the only DS software and solutions company doing the context is king thing at the NRF show is New York next week. STRATACACHE is showing attendees its Connected Journey, which will feature a series of experiences/demos that show how digital hits consumers along the fabled path to purchase. Says the news …
Tim Horton’s Rolling Out Dining Area Network January 10, 2014 by Super User The ubiquitous Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons is adding an in-store TV channel, layering that on top of the pioneering digital menu board network (they were doing digital menu boards years ahead of most QSR). TimsTV will start rolling out in stores next month, on the heels of a 50-store pilot run last year in …
Free MLK Day Spot Available To Digital Signage Network Operators January 10, 2014 by Super User Louisville, KY-based Codigo has developed a nice video piece that U.S. network operators are free to use to mark Martin Luther King Day. The company – a solutions provider primarily for financial institutions – does very nice content, and this is a good example. They’ve made versions available for download as: SWiSH Project File .MP4/H.264 …
Scala Opening Digital Store For NRF January 10, 2014 by Super User Putting your product pots and pans in context tends to be a good thing at most trade shows, but that’s particularly so when it comes to things like retail. So Scala is, I think, making a sharp move with the Digitally Connected Store it’s “opening” on the floor of next week’s National Retail Federation show …
