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Mark Boidman’s Digital OOH Presentation Done This Morning At GO2018

There’s a pile of useful data in the presentation deck investment banker Mark Boidman  did this morning at the Geopath/OAAA conference and expo in Austin. Boidman, if you don’t know him, closely tracks the digital OOH industry and the company he works for, PJ Solomon, does a lot of M&A advisory work in the sector. He kindly and very helpfully posted a PDF version online here. […]

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Wed, May 9, 2018 at 1:10 PM

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Reminder: DSF Mixer In Austin Tonight

A last reminder that the Digital Signage Federation is holding a Meet and Greet mixer tonight in amazing Austin, Texas. It’s at the JW Marriott Austin, which is right downtown near the river. The address is 110 East 2nd Street. […]

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Wed, May 9, 2018 at 12:23 PM

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16:9 Podcasts: Alan Brawn On Educating The Digital Signage Masses, & Talking Some Off The Business Ledge

One hell of a lot of the people involved in some way with the digital signage business – as a vendor or end-user – have spent a day or more learning the fundamentals from Alan Brawn. With his son Jonathan, Alan runs a small San Diego-based consulting firm that has been heavily focused for the last many years on education. […]

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Wed, May 9, 2018 at 12:11 AM

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16:9: Google Announces Lean Version Of Android To Power “Things” Like Smart Displays

Google yesterday announced a new service called Android Things, described as a minimal version of the Android operating system that is widely used in digital signage, on media players and in some display manufacturers’ system on chip displays. […]

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Tue, May 8, 2018 at 9:10 AM

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16:9: FDA’s Food Menu Label Regulations Are Finally In Effect. What That Means For Digital Signage Vendors

The US Food and Drug Administration’s much-discussed, often-delayed regulations for food menu labeling are now finally, formally, in place as of today. […]

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Mon, May 7, 2018 at 5:35 PM

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16:9: Aisle-Topper LED Ribbons For Hershey In Big Box Retailing

Not a huge fan of shelf-level LED strips because the resolution isn’t there for close viewing, and the little LED light chips will get the crap beat out of them, but I do like the big aisle-topper ribbon display implementation at a big-box store somewhere, by the LA-area company AWM Smart Shelf. To be fair, the company does say the shelf-edge strips are ruggedized. […]

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Mon, May 7, 2018 at 1:19 PM

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NoviSign Adds Sharp SoC Android Displays To Digital Signage Solution Set

The Israeli digital signage software shop NoviSign now has its platform and media player running on Sharp’s Open Architecture system-on-chip displays. The company’s online Studio editor runs on the new Sharp 40 and 50-inch PN series 24/7 displays. […]

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Mon, May 7, 2018 at 10:37 AM

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Freelance AV Tech Marketplace AV Junction Tops 1,000 Members

AV Junction, the start-up that’s set up a dedicated online marketplace connecting AV freelancers with hiring companies like integrators, now says it has more than 1,000 entries in its database and is helping get work done globally. […]

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Mon, May 7, 2018 at 9:18 AM

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16:9: Industry Experts Rate Most Important #DigitalSignage Innovations And Considerations

Hat Tip to Digital Signage Pulse for picking up on this … Samsung’s public information display group, presumably the European wing, did a survey with its digital signage industry panel following ISE 2018, asking 40 or so industry people what they saw and what excited them at the show. […]

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Mon, May 7, 2018 at 8:53 AM

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The Screen Guy And The Power Of Chocolate

Guest Post: Luis Villafane, Maler I was lucky enough to volunteer at my daughter’s school to talk about my job.  I am saying lucky because most people don’t really know nor understand what I do … so to say the least, I really surprised them. […]

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Fri, May 4, 2018 at 11:15 AM

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16:9: Heathrow Airport Puts Star Wars Destinations On FIDS Displays For #MayTheFourth Day

This is apparently May The 4th Be With You day – a fun Star Wars riff on the famous movie line, May The Force Be With You. May 4th – May The 4th – May The Force … get it? […]

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Fri, May 4, 2018 at 10:31 AM

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16:9: ONELAN Acquired By Hotel-Focused Solutions Provider Uniguest

The UK-based digital signage CMS company ONELAN has been acquired by Uniguest, a Nashville-based company best known for operating the business centers in hotels, across several major chains. […]

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Fri, May 4, 2018 at 9:25 AM

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16:9: Reflect Teams With Universus Media On Auto Dealer-Focused Digital Signage Solutions

An auto industry-focused media publisher in Toronto and the Dallas-based CMS and solutions provider Reflect have formed a strategic alliance aimed directly at providing in-store solutions for auto dealers. […]

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Fri, May 4, 2018 at 8:59 AM

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5 Best Ways to Measure #DigitalSignage ROI (Maler)

Digital signage is the way of the future. But, if business owners haven’t yet invested in digital signage, they may be concerned with the cost versus the digital signage return on investment (ROI). That’s understandable, and in this market when every penny counts, it’s a good idea to know how measure ROI. […]

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Fri, May 4, 2018 at 3:30 AM

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16:9: Tech Mash-Up Blasts Interactive Fan Pix On Lux Hong Kong Hotel Facade

Here’s a cool video showing how projection mapping, holograms, virtual and real light painting were mashed up for an interactive experience piece that was part of the Lumieres HK festival in Hong Kong. The LUX Experience gave visitors to Lumieres Hong Kong the chance to make light art and have it blasted on to a huge public canvas. […]

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Thu, May 3, 2018 at 1:20 PM

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