Here’s a full video of the Sephora flagship that opened this summer in Barcelona. The entryway leading in to the escalator (or tube slide, if you feel like it) is all digital, and you can see some serious investment in creative. Very impressive. […]
Lots of digital signage CMS companies have software that will run on a consumer or commercial tablet, or smaller, special-purpose displays, but LA-based software shop MediaSignage may be the first to market its own home-brewed tablet for interactive applications. The company has started shipping MediaTouch, a 10-inch Android-based tablet that costs just $245 USD. […]
The Google-backed media firm Intersection has reached an agreement to install 100 of its smart city ad posters on the streets of downtown Philadelphia, with the network dubbed LinkPHL. The large street-level kiosks will bring free gigabit public Wi-Fi, phone calls, device charging, wayfinding, local content and information, and be bankrolled by large street furniture-style digital ad posters. […]
The Washington, DC-area CMS and solutions company Mvix is the latest well-established software shop out there to develop a version that runs off the Google ChromeOS operating system and the variety of low-cost devices tuned to work with it. A just-launched product, Mvix Flex, supports the full Mvix platform and is available for download through the Chrome Web Store. […]
Were there any doubt STRATACACHE is still in acquisition mode, consider news today that the company has created a new business unit called STRATACACHE Capital and hired industry veteran Dirk Huelsermann as its Managing Partner. […]
Digital OOH ad technology firm Vistar Media has launched something called Marketplace Deals, a private online advertising marketplace that lets marketers and media companies take advantage of the speed and efficiency of transaction automation while still tweaking the deal to specific needs. […]
There’s a bit of a gold rush aspect to the rise of the cannabis industry in the United States – first in Colorado and now in several states. The rules aren’t all set, but up here in Canada the whole country is supposed to be legalized by next summer. There’s a lot of money in the business, and a lot of business being done servicing that sector. […]
Sharp seems to be on the rebound after a seriously rough economic patch for the Japanese electronics giant. Less than three years ago there were big concerns Sharp was going under, having registered a nearly $2 billion loss. Now Reuters is reporting Sharp Corp has reported its fourth consecutive quarter of net profit, and sales are ticking along nicely. […]
It seems like every digital signage awards program out there has a bit of a rolling deadline for submissions, and the UK-based Digital Signage Awards program is no exception. The official deadline is today, but organizer Matthew Davies has let me know it has been extended 10 days based on requests from companies. […]
BroadSign is continuing its evolution from being a slick content management platform for digital OOH networks to one that also enables digital media planners to buy ad time on a variety of digital OOH networks. […]
Swedish digital signage solutions provider ZetaDisplay AB is continuing its European roll-up efforts, buying what it describes as the largest and leading provider in Holland. ZetaDisplay has done a deal to acquire all of the shares of QYN BV, for SEK 83.3 million, or about $10 million USD. […]
Sony is reportedly planning to introduce an interactive digital signage platform at CES in Las Vegas in January that mashes up gesture sensors, augmented reality, audience analytics and signage. The Sony MITENE system has been around in Japan for several years, but a new 4K version will be shown and marketed in North America. […]
Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia is home to both the 76ers basketball team and Flyers hockey team, as well as the usual stream of arena-scale concerts and events (I’m looking at you Disney On Ice). […]
Microsoft has killed off its motion-sensing Kinect – a camera-based gadget tied in with the tech giant’s consumer Xbox gaming boxes. […]
Here’s a sure sign that video wall LCD costs and digital out of home media demand and value have converged, at least in Los Angeles. This is a twin video wall in a parking garage at The Grove, a higher-end shopping mall and entertainment complex in LA, roughly in the Hollywood area. […]
