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16:9 Podcast: How Buffalo Wild Wings Engages Guests With User-Generated Content

This episode we talk to Vlad Edelman, CEO of HEROFI, who won a Gold medal Apex Award in the Food & Beverages category at DSE 2017 for their work with Buffalo Wild Wings. Although Buffalo Wild Wings is the largest sports bar chain in the world, operating over 1,200 restaurants, they were facing some challenges relating to identity, uniqueness and differentiating themselves in their communities. […]

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Fri, May 19, 2017 at 7:59 AM

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16:9: The perils of using consumer grade TVs, not pro displays for digital signage

From a reader: corporate communications screen at the world headquarters of AmEx. They’re using smart TVs, not pro displays Someone didn’t monkey with the settings during set-up, so the bottom 25% of the screen is running what’s effectively an ad banner for LG. The thing is in demo mode. […]

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Thu, May 18, 2017 at 10:48 AM

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Pix: More Shots Of That Cool AR Digital Poster In Slovenia

Here are three pix shot today of that cool augmented reality Digital OOH digital poster thing on the streets of Ljubljana, Slovenia. They were shot and kindly sent along by Ursa Primozic, Communications Manager at the E Ink display company Visionect, which is based in that beautiful city. […]

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Wed, May 17, 2017 at 11:28 AM

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UK AV Distributor Sahara Presentations Group Acquires Digital Signage CMS Firm Sedao

UK-based AV distributor Sahara Presentations Group has acquired Sedao, the UK digital signage software platform and services company it had been selling. ‘This is a great acquisition for the Sahara Presentations Group,” says Shaun Marklew, Sales and Marketing Director of Sahara. […]

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Wed, May 17, 2017 at 8:39 AM

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Why Secure Wi-Fi Is Crucial In Digital Signage Installations

Digital signage is continuing to grow at an explosive rate. Businesses across the world are seeing their value, and installing them for advertising and informational purposes. Having a display installed is just one part of the puzzle, however. […]

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Wed, May 17, 2017 at 5:32 AM

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Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Rodolfo Saccoman, CEO/Founder of AdMobilize

There’s nothing all that new about digital signage networks using video analytics to get some sense of what’s happening with audiences near screens, but AdMobilize is not just another company peddling the same old stuff. […]

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Wed, May 17, 2017 at 12:00 AM

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16:9: Guerrilla Projection-Mapping In DC Takes Visual Swipe At Trump

Artist and activist filmmaker Robin Bell rolled up and parked a van across the street from the Trump International Hotel in Washington, did a quick set-up, and started projection-mapping a set of provocative messages on the hotel entrance header aimed squarely at the guy whose name is on the front. […]

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Tue, May 16, 2017 at 3:08 PM

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16:9: How About A Cord-Free Digital Sign That Will Run A Year Between Charges?

  Slovenia’s Visionect has started marketing a 13-inch E Ink display that will run for as long as a year before needing its battery recharged. Called the Onethree – presumably based on the 13-inch size – the unit is touted as a Place and Play device that can go where it needs to go, and draw for a year about as much energy as it takes to brew one cup of coffee. […]

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Tue, May 16, 2017 at 12:43 PM

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16:9: PATTISON Onestop Opts In On Programmatic Media Platform For Canadian DOOH Ads

One of the largest out of home media companies in Canada, PATTISON Onestop, has signed on with a programmatic media-buying to fully  automate placements for at least part of its digital inventory. The platform, dubbed Campsite, enables PATTISON Onestop to make a portion of its digital inventory available to media buyers via real-time bidding. […]

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Tue, May 16, 2017 at 6:35 AM

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16:9: If You Run A Digital Signage Network, Did A Cyber Attack Friday Make You WannaCry?

The global ransomware attack that bubbled up late last week has affected a wide variety of system in scores of countries – everything from small businesses to hospital patient management systems – so it was inevitable it was also going to affect some digital signage operators. Digital signage vet Dan Parisien, now with Quividi, speculated as much in a weekend tweet. […]

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Mon, May 15, 2017 at 12:41 PM

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Signagelive Debuts Meeting Room Sign Widget Solution

UK-based Signagelive has joined the increasingly lengthy list of companies offer pure-play meeting room sign systems or, in this case and many others, applications that do the job, running off a digital signage CMS. […]

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Mon, May 15, 2017 at 12:16 PM

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16:9: After years of red ink, digital signage software maker CRI now operating in black

I don’t know how many posts I’ve done about the endlessly bad tale of the financial fortunes of Wireless Ronin-Broadcast International-Creative Realities, so it’s sort of amazing to knock out a post about the most recent incarnation actually turning a profit in the last two SEC reporting periods. Creative Realities, Inc. […]

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Mon, May 15, 2017 at 8:14 AM

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Installers Can Now Use Raspberry Pi Zero W For Digital Signage

The Raspberry Pi is perhaps one of the most versatile pieces of hardware an installer could carry in his tool box. That’s because it can do pretty much anything – whether it’s monitoring the temperature, controlling the lights or acting as a media server for digital signage. […]

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Mon, May 15, 2017 at 7:48 AM

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16:9: Adobe Taking Serious Steps Into Digital Signage Market With Screens

Adobe Systems has a small team refining a digital signage platform called Screens that now loads when users fire up one of the giant software company’s flagship products, Adobe Experience Manager. The product has quietly been on the market for about two years now, and its product managers say the framework and functionality is all in place. […]

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Sun, May 14, 2017 at 4:01 PM

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Projects: Big Data Visualizations Tie Pro Golf Tournament To Charity Effort

The data visualization company Framestore Labs is running a real-time data viz set for investment banker Morgan Stanley this week, built around the big Players Championship golf tournament it is sponsoring (on now, through Sunday). […]

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Fri, May 12, 2017 at 2:32 PM

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