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Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Paul Vincent, Flexitive

There’s been a lot of talk about how HTML5 is the future of digital signage content, and Paul Vincent knows more about that than just about anyone out there. He’s the founder and CEO of Flexitive, an online tool for building advertising and content using everything HTML5 brings to the table. I first bumped into Paul three years ago at a tech trade show in Toronto. […]

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Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 12:04 AM

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Coates Hires McDonald’s POS & Kiosk Chief As New U.S. GM

New hires at digital signage companies don’t seem to generate many page views on Sixteen:Nine, but this one might be different – a company focused on digital services for QSRs has hired the woman who was previously McDonald’s Director of Global Point of Sale and Self-Order Kiosk. Kim Moore is now the U.S. […]

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Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 3:26 PM

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Registration Now Open For 2017 Sixteen:Nine DSE Mixer

OK, release the hounds, start your engines, or … umm … whatever. Ticketing is now available for the 2017 Sixteen:Nine DSE Mixer, March 28th in Las Vegas. If you are a longtime reader and industry person, you are probably nodding knowingly. […]

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Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 1:30 PM

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Asus Now Has Sub-$70 4K-Ready Raspberry Pi-like Micro PC

Via Engadget Taiwanese computer maker Asus has released a sub $70 single board computer – called the Tinker Board – that should be beefy enough to run 4K video and get the attention of the crowd using Raspberry Pis as digital signage players. […]

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Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 9:28 AM

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16:9: Stephanie Gutnik explains programmatic DOOH ad buying, SSPs and DSPs

Guest Post: Stephanie Gutnik, BroadSign If you spend anytime thinking about advertising in digital signage these days, you have likely come across the term programmatic. Stephanie Gutnik You might also be unsure of what that P Word means, as the term has been co-opted and used in many ways. To further the confusion, throw in all of its accompanying acronyms, like SSPs and DSPs. […]

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Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 2:20 AM

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NanoLumens In Midst of $30M Raise To Boost Production, Marketing

It looks like Atlanta-based specialty LED display manufacturer NanoLumens plans to put its foot on the business gas pedal in the coming year, as it is in the midst of a $30 million investor round for capital to boost production and marketing. The company, reports Atlanta Business Chronicle, has already raised at least $7 million of that. […]

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Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 11:04 AM

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Jobs: Senior Sales, CMS Software, North America

Got this note from an industry contact whose CMS software firm is looking around for a senior sales guy. The company has a presence in both Europe and North America, and this gig is based in North America. A well-established software company, with international presence, is looking for a dynamic person with an aptitude for sales. […]

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Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 10:48 AM

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16:9: Top 10 Video Wall Trends For 2017

Guest Post: Tim Griffin, Userful With the new year now in full swing, the technology industry is looking ahead to the big, broad trends that will drive video wall decisions and win over video wall budgets in the year ahead. […]

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Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 7:59 AM

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16:9: City Of Toronto Weighs Media Partnership To Juice Up Major Square With Yet More LED

Via Urban Toronto The city of Toronto is going down the interesting path of being a major media partner in the city’s busiest public gathering point – Yonge-Dundas Square. A proposed $3.8-million deal for Outfront Media to put in a series of large format LED screens in the square has cleared the city mayor’s executive committee, but is still subject to more review. […]

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Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 7:15 AM

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2017 DSE Mixer Plans

Plans are well in hand for the annual Sixteen:Nine DSE Mixer – the 8th or 9th, I think. It will, as always, be on March 28th, the Tuesday night, early, and back at its preferred home: the 3rd floor of the Hard Rock Cafe on the Strip in Las Vegas. Sponsors are sorted out, as are most of the other little details. […]

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Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 9:10 AM

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16:9: Back To The Future In Retail Tech

Guest Post: Stuart Armstrong, ComQi In an odd twist, a massive high-tech investment in omni-channel, big data and IoT is taking retailers back to the future – back to something they used to know and do well: creating relationships with their customers. Stuart Armstrong Older generations grew up knowing their local grocer. Their butcher. […]

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Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 8:56 AM

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Houston Museum Switches On 90-Foot Ticket Counter Video Wall

The Houston Museum of Natural Science has a newly renovated box office area topped by a 90-foot wide L-shaped video wall that uses 63 55-inch narrow bezel displays. The displays are divided into seven groups of nine each, running off controllers by group, and the whole wall can be taken over by one high-rez visual, as needed. […]

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Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 9:10 AM

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16:9: Pivoting, Interactive Digital Street Signs Now For Sale In Europe

I saw this thing in Amsterdam at ISE 2016, and the French company couldn’t give me much in the way of detail on how much or where it would be available – other than North American NOT being a planned marketplace. A year on, France’s Charvet Digital Media appears to have refined its digital street sign to a point that it is now for sale. […]

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Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 8:44 AM

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Sidewalk Campaign Uses Digital Displays, Sensors To Shame Swedish Smokers

A Swedish pharmacy chain, Apotek Hjärtat, is running a digital OOH campaign in that country that uses sensors and triggered content to needle and shame passing cigarette smokers. […]

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Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 12:14 AM

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16:9: NRF2017 Impressions: Lotsa Actionable Analytics

NRF is not a digital signage show. There are lots of signage vendors at the show – with booths or just walking around. It’s a retail tech show full of stuff that will be largely unfamiliar if you live and work in the digital signage bubble. […]

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Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 1:43 PM

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