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16:9: Estimote Puts Digital Signage System On A BLE Beacon

Bluetooth beacons have been turned into interactive digital signage players by one of the largest manufacturers of the high buzz factor radio transmitters. The Polish start-up Estimote has announced a new product called Estimote Mirror, a dongle that plugs into the back of any display that has an HDMI and USB port (if they are next to each other). […]

sixteen-nine.net
Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 12:01 AM

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16:9: Key Copy Kiosk Shows What Interactive Retail Should Really Be About

Here’s a great example of an interactive screen solution, coupled with a machine, that goes to the heart of what any of this “customer engagement” stuff should be about – making something faster, better and easier for consumers. In this case, it’s a kiosk that can copy a house, car or other key in a matter of seconds, on demand. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 9:47 AM

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AV, IP, and Digital Signage? (AV Network)

It was a long hot summer of rapid technology change and new product introductions. […]

Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 8:45 PM

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Ipsos Gets Expanded UK Outdoor Industry Research Contract (MR Web)

In the UK, outdoor advertising audience research body Route has commissioned Ipsos Connect UK to undertake an expanded and renewed six-year research project, providing data to the outdoor industry until 2023. The new contract, funded by an injection of £20m, begins on 1st April 2017. […]

mrweb.com
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 8:31 PM

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NJ Supreme Court says electronic billboards are protected by free speech (New Jersey 101.5)

The state’s top court ruled Thursday that this Somerset County municipality’s ban on electronic billboards is unconstitutional because it violates federal and state free speech rights. The township in 2010 banned electronic billboards on its stretch of Route 287 in an effort to preserve the suburban municipality’s “bucolic” character. […]

nj1015.com
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 5:34 PM

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Study: Strong Market Growth in Fine Pitch LED Screens until 2021 (DSSummit)

The worldwide demand for LED Fine Pitch Displays is set to increase in the next five years. Market researchers from LEDinside predict strong corresponding growth in the indoor and outdoor LED signage markets. It’s clear from the last three to five years that more and more LED technology is finding its way onto both indoor and outdoor screens. […]

digitalsignagesummit.org
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 5:31 PM

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16:9: Whole Foods Goes Truly Digital With Signage At Seattle-area 365 Store

Photo by Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire Via GeekWire The tech news site GeekWire has a good piece up about the heavy digital investment made by Whole Foods at a new small format 365 store in Bellevue, Washington. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:13 AM

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Washington Metro Adds 28 New Digital Ad Displays to Increase Revenue (Mass Transit Mag)

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) and its revenue-generating advertising contractor, Outfront Media, recently announced the addition of 28 new high-definition digital advertising displays at 14 Metrorail stations in an effort to increase commercial revenue to support Metro's operating budget. […]

masstransitmag.com
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 8:13 AM

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MediaPost: Billboards Help Irrigate Fields In India

Vodafone and Kinetic Worldwide in India are partnering for a creative initiative to showcase how advertising can be used for social good in the region. The "Recharge with Rainwater" project consists of a network of five Vodafone billboards that harvest rainwater by utilizing U-curved aluminum sheets as collection funnels on top of the billboards. […]

mediapost.com
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 7:48 AM

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LinkNYC pulls plug on web browsing after homeless people were caught watching porn on its terminals (RCR Wireless)

Due to “unexpected challenges,” managers of the LinkNYC project, which in eight months has installed some 400 “link” kiosks in three New York City boroughs, are disconnecting internet browsing on the tablets. Using old phone booth locations, LinkNYC is installing the kiosks, which serve as free, public Wi-Fi hot spots, as well as a link to city services, including 311 and 911. […]

rcrwireless.com
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 7:40 AM

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16:9: Lock Down Your Tablet Kiosk Screens With These 5 Easy Tips

Guest Post: Jon Sproule, Armodilo Display Solutions This blog had a post up recently that showed how easy it can be for pranksters to interfere with your carefully considered tablet kiosk deployment. Jon Sproule We think about and protect tablet-powered kiosks all day long, but on the hardware side. It’s not a surprise when security gets overlooked on the software side. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 6:00 AM

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Amscreen Appoint Hülsermann As Advisor (Amscreen)

Digital signage provider has brought in VC and tech investor Dirk Hülsermann to help grow the Amscreen footprint across Europe Amscreen, Europe’s leading wireless, outdoor screen solutions business are starting the next phase of their expansion strategy by appointing Dirk Hülsermann as Senior Advisor. […]

Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 5:51 AM

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What does The Internet of Things have to do with OOH advertising? (Pioneering OOH)

So, where do I think the IoT will take the OOH industry? Beacons, image recognition, CRM payments, transport tracking and device pairing are all part of the future for OOH. We’ll be seeing greater collaboration with digital and mobile campaigns, both as an extension network and as a platform for the delivery of dynamic personalised messaging. […]

pioneeringooh.com
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:55 AM

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Gizmodo: Giant E Ink Screens Turn Trucks Into Dynamic Rolling Billboards

The giant E Ink displays, developed by Mercedes-Benz, Visonect, and RoadAds Interactive, are actually each made up of four 32-inch E Ink screens that are synced to function as a single three-by-five-feet display with a resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels and 16-levels of grayscale. […]

gizmodo.com
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:40 AM

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Carat: World’s ad spend to increase by 4.4%, OOH to grow 6.9% in 2016 (DMNews)

Television is the most prominent advertising channel this year. It's expected to account for a 41.1% share of global advertising spend by the end of 2016. Digital is the second most popular at 27.7% with newspapers (11%), out of home (6.9%), magazines (6.4%), radio (6.4%), and cinema (0.6%) bringing up the rear. […]

dmnews.com
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:38 AM

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