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Digital View Announces New Display Interface Electronics for Industrial Monitors

MORGAN HILL, Calif., Oct. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Digital View today announced its new ALR-1400v2 LCD controller for industrial and other commercial LCD display systems. This compact monitor interface board provides ARGB (VGA) and DVI inputs with OSD or RS-232 serial selection control to drive LVDS panels up to 1440 x 900 resolution. […]

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Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 9:26 AM

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Sharp Corporation Appoints Doug Albregts as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sharp Electronics Corporation

MAHWAH, N.J., Oct. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ –Sharp Corporation today announces the appointment of Doug Albregts to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC), their wholly owned subsidiary that manages the Americas business. […]

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Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 9:23 AM

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ASK THE BOARD: Refreshing Content

How do you develop a strategy to refresh content? This week’s question is answered by members of the DSE Advisory Board CONTENT COUNCIL “Content is the crux of any digital signage platform, and the content strategy is the starting point for new client discussions. […]

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Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 8:57 AM

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Samsung Starts Shipping New P Series Of Tizen-powered Smart Displays

Samsung has launched a new P-Series line of smart signage displays that are the first shipping with the Tizen operating system – the OS the company is shifting most or all of its information devices over to. The series has seven models, including 55-inch, 49-inch and 43-inch displays with 700 nits, 55-inch, 49-inch and 43-inch displays with 500 nits and a 32-inch display with 400 nits. […]

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Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 8:52 AM

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16:9: NEC Makes Its Displays Smart Using Raspberry Pi

NEC Display Solutions will start marketing and shipping commercial display panels early next year that that have low-cost Raspberry Pi computer modules in them, effectively making them a new variation on smart digital signage displays. This is a notable shift for NEC, which has stayed out of the embedded system on chip display business that Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Philips have all jumped on. […]

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Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 8:24 AM

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Back At HQ

And we’re back … Have been traveling much of the last two weeks, so posts have been spotty, and there’s stuff to catch up on. Look for posts on Samsung’s system on chip platform going to the Tizen OS, NEC adding Raspberry Pi support for its displays, an upcoming webinar with Canonical and BroadSign, the WW II Museium in New Orleans, and several other things. […]

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Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:50 AM

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Ask the Board – October 17, 2016 | JIM NISTA

How do you develop a strategy to refresh content? We deal with a lot of data-driven content (instead of videos and images) so the strategy of keeping things fresh is often resolved before we even deploy. With data-driven content, such as information coming from third-party APIs, content is always live and fresh. […]

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Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 11:05 AM

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Interactive Digital Tech Amps up Sports Experts’ Flagship Concept

Sports Experts, the largest network of sports stores in Quebec, unveiled its new flagship store concept in Laval thereby ushering in a new era of personalized retail experiences. At 48,000-square-feet spread across two floors, the new store concept features digital technologies that inform and inspire customers. […]

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Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 10:00 AM

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RMG and Ragan Communications Announce Partnership

DALLAS, TX–(Marketwired – Oct 13, 2016) – RMG Networks Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: RMGN), or RMG, a leading provider of technology-driven visual communications, announces a partnership with Lawrence Ragan Communications, Inc., the nation’s leading corporate communications publisher focusing on the internal communications, public relations and marketing industries. […]

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Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 9:02 AM

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LED Industry Veteran Joins Leyard as Chief Scientist

Leyard has hired LED industry veteran Nedi Nadershahi. Nadershahi will serve as principal scientist in Leyard’s research and development department based in the United States, leading design efforts for the company’s next-generation LED video wall architecture. […]

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Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 8:56 AM

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DXNotifi Digital Signage Shines at OdySea Aquarium in Arizona

GLEN ELLYN, IL–(Marketwired – Oct 13, 2016) – When Magenium first heard the idea of someone building an “ocean in the desert,” the company loved the idea and knew their platform was the best choice for this complex edutainment concept. […]

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Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 8:49 AM

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JCDecaux subsidiary Cyclocity wins Customer Service of the Year award for 2017

Paris, 14 October 2016 – JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, and number one in self-service bikes, announces that the Customer Relations Department of Cyclocity - JCDecaux's bicycle hire service - has won the Customer Service of the Year award for 2017* in the “Individual Transport” category.This award recognises the commitment and professionalism of the 70 employees at the Customer Relations Department who exemplify Cyclocity and JCDecaux's values of quality, excellence and responsiveness on a daily basis for the benefit of the users of the bike-sharing scheme. […]

Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 6:22 AM

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Your Digital Signage Project Needs A Point, And A Plan

Guest Post: Luis Villafane, Maler Digital Signage So, if you are reading this article, you must have something to do with digital signage.   We read articles that go on and on about how digital signage systems can do this, or can do that.  We listen to podcast about service providers, content providers, hardware providers. […]

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Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 6:11 AM

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LAFC Announces “Official Launch Partner” IBM to Transform Live Game Experience at New Banc of California Stadium

ARMONK, N.Y. and LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) today announced a new strategic partnership that focuses on leveraging IBM’s cloud, mobile and networking platforms to deliver a world class fan experience at LAFC’s new 22,000-seat Banc of California stadium set to open in 2018. […]

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Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 4:22 PM

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JCDecaux renews and extends its street furniture contract with the city of Nice

Paris, 13 October 2016 – JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announces that following a competitive tender, its street furniture contract with the city of Nice (340,000 inhabitants) has been renewed and extended for 12 years.This exclusive contract covers the installation, upkeep, operation and maintenance of over 194 street furniture units that have either 2 m² or 8 m² advertising faces (which may increase to 358 units) and 16 non-advertising street furniture units.Among the 194 advertising street furniture equipment, JCDecaux will propose new 84-inch high-definition iVision LCD digital screens, with unrivalled outdoor image quality. […]

Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 11:46 AM

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