rAVe: CE Labs’ New DS Player For Retail Coax Networks February 15, 2012 by Super User CE labs just released a new DS media player in the form of the MP500M, which is integrated with an ATSC RF (off-air HDTV) modulator. The MP500M is designed for retailers who are operating through legacy RF coaxial distribution and has a fully agile UHF modulator compatible with standard ATSC Video and Audio transport streams. …
Capital Networks To Debut Android-based Bundle At DSE2012 February 15, 2012 by Super User Way back in a DSE 2011 booth about the size of an Airbus 320 washroom, I saw a Taiwanese company (whose name escapes me) showing a flat panel display running video and coming off a little ARM (mobile phone) processor and using Android as the operating system. That was really the only sign at …
Minimal Store Design, Minimal Digital Thinking February 15, 2012 by Super User When I read about new concept stores for retailers with big footprints, I’m always interested in seeing how digital screens are integrated – particularly in stores that are all about technology. Lately, we’ve seen a lot of great examples of projects where digital was thoughtfully baked into the design and store dynamics. Let’s just say …
More Evidence SeeSaw Is Done February 14, 2012 by Super User I’ve not had any luck working contacts and verifying the rumored demise of SeeSaw Networks, but a website that no longer works was and is a pretty strong indicator. Now Linkedin has popped up with updates on contacts, including one from SeeSaw co-founder Rocky Gunderson, who now lists himself as a Principal with SierraRock – …
DailyDOOH Buys AKA.tv February 14, 2012 by Super User We’ve all talked about mergers and consolidation that was bound to happen in this sector, but about the last area you might have thought that would apply would in the entities writing about it. But we now have the first M&A news from the journalism side of the digital signage business. AKA.TV, which was arguably …
Rave Cinemas Starts Full Digital Signage Rollout With Real Digital Media February 14, 2012 by Super User Rave Cinemas, one of the biggest cinema chains by box office volume in the US, has moved from pilot to rollout of a full digital screen experience across its chain, using Real Digital Media as the digital signage technology platform. First deployed about a year ago at an 18-screen site in Hurst, Texas, Rave is …
DSA Extends Awards Entry Deadline February 13, 2012 by Super User This doesn’t strike me as a master stroke of timing – smack in the middle of a series of major trade shows for vendors – so it is not a big surprise the Digital Screenmedia Association has had to extend the nomination window for its Industry Excellence Awards. Due to the response and number of requests …
Advanced Physics Institute Lights Up Crazy Hexagonal MicroTiles Wall February 13, 2012 by Super User One of the big value propositions around the display tiles like those done by Christie and Prysm is the whole idea of introducing new shapes to a video wall business that has long been about squares and rectangles. A new installation at a research institute named after Stephen Hawking certainly takes shape in a new …
Newad Takes Over Quebec Sports Bar Network February 13, 2012 by Super User Montreal-based Newad is broadening its push beyond its core poster and print/online publishing businesses, taking over advertising sales on an existing digital screen network in Quebec sports bars. The company has announced “an exclusive indoor advertising agreement with more than fifty restaurants that make up La Cage aux Sports, a Quebec pioneer and leader in …
AdSpace Campaign For Fox Uses 1,000-plus Ad Iterations February 13, 2012 by Super User From conversations I get a sense a lot of networks only rarely use the full targeting and scheduling capabilities built into their software, because the advertisers have one or maybe a small handful of spots they want to run, and not a lot of variety in how they need to be placed and run. So …
