Daktronics, the U.S. supplier of large displays, has taken a surprising step to enhance its presence in retail digital signage through the acquisition of Canada’s Adflow. NASDAQ-traded Daktronics is probably best known for its sports scoreboards, digital billboards and other very-large-format outdoor screens. […]
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The guys from Hughes asked me last week, when I was at DSE and getting a rundown on what they do and offer, if I could do a webinar with them the following week to re-cap the event. […]
PARIS — A middle finger has been raised in the face of terrorism, following the Brussels attacks. Fries are a symbol of Belgium — if a bit of a cliché — but this image quickly gained traction on Twitter after Tuesday's terror attacks which killed at least 31 people in separate attacks at the airport and metro in Brussels. […]
It’s very logical to think of Christie as a display hardware company, but if you stop and think about it, you realize it takes solid software to make those projectors and display cubes and LCDs and LEDs all run properly. The company has announced it has hired an ex-Blackberry guy to be its director of solutions software. […]
A UK reader kindly pointed me to this terrific charity program that combines a public-facing set of screens, a card reader and trigger-based content to drive donations to a German relief charity. The Social Swipe program allows people in public spaces to swipe a credit card to make a small donation to Miserior. […]
Interactivity is a great way to get millennials and digital natives to appreciate substance. Take this story out of Hungary for example. Being nestled among Austria, the Danube River and the gateway to Eastern Europe, Hungary has no shortage of cultural history, and least of all musical history. […]
Texas-based Data Call Technologies has added a health and wellness content category to its long list of cloud-based content feeds used by digital signage networks. The subscription feeds include Healthy Eating, Wellness Top 10s, Powerhouse Fruits and Vegetables, Healthy Workforce and a Did You Know? list. […]
The Avenues mall in Kuwait is one of the largest shopping centres in the MENA region, with a new addition bringing the leasable area past 370,000 square metres. There are more than 400 stores, including a long list of premium retail brands. […]
AUSTIN, TX—For more than 80 years, Mood Media has created background music. Now, the company, based here, is stepping into the limelight with the introduction of a holistic guest experience, from music to digital signage, on-hold messaging, scent marketing and professionally designed sound systems. […]
FAIRFIELD, N.J. — March 22, 2016 — Middle Atlantic Products today announced new promotions and appointments within the company executive team. […]
AdSemble, an online marketplace for digital out-of-home (DOOH) media, announced the launch of a self-service marketplace that will enable advertisers to manage their entire inventory of DOOH media from AdSemble’s platform. The company also announced their expansion into New York and Los Angeles markets. Before the expansion, AdSemble represented 277 sign locations in Chicago and San Francisco. […]
Matrox® Graphics Inc. today announced that Utelogy has validated Matrox Maevex™ H.264 encoders and decoders for use with its AV control and management platform. Matrox Maevex provides a flexible streaming and recording hardware enhancement to the Utelogy software, which on its own provides simple, comprehensive control of an institution’s AV systems. […]
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Trade group seeks to capitalize on complexity and confusion with online display advertising among media planners and buyers. In what appears to be a first, traditional media has gone on the offensive against digital advertising. […]
