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16:9: Orlando University Makes LED Displays Central To New $6M Esports Arena

You start to understand how e-sports is a real thing when you read a piece about a U.S. college investing $6 million on a screen-filled competitive gaming arena. AVIXA, the trade association behind Infocomm and ISE, has a case study up on its website about Full Sail University, a media-arts college in the greater Orlando area. […]

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Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 8:24 AM

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16:9: Indy Airport Using LiDAR To Assess TSA Screening Times And Push Info To Screens

The Indianapolis Airport Authority is activating a system that uses LiDAR-driven motion analytics to monitor and assess  passenger queuing conditions at security checkpoints, and automatically push real-time updates on wait times to digital signage screens. “It’s all about the customer experience,” says Indianapolis Airport Authority Executive Director Mario Rodriguez. […]

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Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:55 AM

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NY/NJ Port Authority Issues RFP For OOH Media Concession

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has released its massive RFP for digital OOH advertising rights and tech at its airports and on its commuter rail system. The thing is a beast – 427 pages – but the good-ish news for media companies and partners who might chase the business is that proposals don’t need to be in until late June. […]

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Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 9:05 AM

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Digital Signage Summit Europe Announces 2019 Plans And Venue

The German consulting and event management firm invidis has announced the details on the 2019 edition of its annual DIGITAL SIGNAGE SUMMIT EUROPE 2019. The theme, this year, is Customer Centricity in the Age of Personalization, Experiences and AI. This year’s DSS is back at the Hilton Munich Airport, which is right on the airport footprint, making it easy to get to. […]

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Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 8:39 AM

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16:9: “Bad Person in Digital Signage” exposes BS in DS tech marketing

Guest Post: Luis Villafane, Maler Luis Villafane In the same way that new Alcoholics Anonymous members introduce themselves to the group, I am creating a new group called BPDS (Bad Persons in Digital Signage), and making my introduction: “Hi, my name is Luis, and I am a Bad Person.” You all reply: “Hi Luis!” I am a horrible person. […]

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Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 11:47 PM

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Jeremiah Archambault’s ENS Coming Out Of Startup Mode After A Decade Of Testing And Tweaks

Every year or so, Jeremiah Archambault rings me up, usually out of the blue, from his office in Victoria, BC, on the very west coast of Canada. He runs a decade-old company called ENS that has, for that time, been steadily developing a digital signage CMS software and management platform, that’s now called SAM. […]

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Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 11:21 PM

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16:9: DPAA Firms Up Plans For May 29th Video Everywhere Canada Summit

The DPAA has firmed up plans for what will be the second Video Everywhere Canada Summit, on May 29 in Toronto. The Summit is back at the The Rec Room – a huge bar and entertainment complex run by Cineplex, that’s in the shadow of the CN Tower and the Rogers Centre (where the Blue Jays plays). In other words, it’s relatively handy for locals and out-of-towners. […]

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Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 8:20 AM

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16:9: Eye Candy With An Actual Business Model

One of the experiences repeated over and over again each year at Digital Signage Expo is checking in with industry vets and asking if they saw anything I needed to see. As outlined in other posts, going to numerous trade shows in a matter of weeks means it is hard, by DSE time, to find much that wasn’t already launched or showcased at NRF, ISE and so on. […]

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Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 8:14 AM

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The DSE 2019 16:9 Mixer Pix Are In

My brother-in-law Bruce was part of the team last week at the annual 16:9 Mixer – running around taking pix with a real camera. He took a pile, and here are some of those shots. […]

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Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 10:38 AM

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16:9: Here Are The DSE 2019 Apex Award Winners

The 15th Annual APEX Awards were handed out last week in Las Vegas –  judged and presented by the Digital Signage Federation, during Digital Signage Expo. I am on the board of the DSF, but was not involved in the judging. I also have a bit of a conflict, in that 16:9 is the main sponsor of the global Digital Signage Awards, which is entirely unrelated and presented during ISE in Europe. […]

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Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 10:37 AM

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16:9: Two Big Digital OOH RFPs On Street, Or Coming, From Amtrak, NY/NJ Port Authority

Amtrak has pushed out its digital OOH advertising RFP for its rail system, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has issued a statement that it will also have an RFP on the street before the end of April. The Amtrak RFP is to build out a multi-city screen network that puts advertising in front of 200 million or more travelers and commuters. […]

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Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 9:44 AM

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16:9: Two Swedish Digital Signage Companies Shuffle CEOs

This may be indicative of nothing, but a couple of the largest digital signage companies in Scandinavia are getting new CEOs. Sweden’s ZetaDisplay has announced its President and CEO, Leif Liljebrunn (pictured above), will take on a new role on VP Mergers and Acquisitions this fall, once a CEO search and the new person is in place. […]

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Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 9:08 AM

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16:9: DSE 2019 Day 2 Impressions

Sitting at the airport lounge, armed with a Bloody Mary, and thinking through Day 2 of Digital Signage Expo. It was busier than I expected. There was not the serious day 2 swoon in traffic that I saw a year ago. […]

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Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 2:59 PM

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16:9: DSE Day 1 Very Quick Impressions

This will have to be fast. Out late, and need to be out the door again early for client meeting. Show looks good. […]

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Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 4:07 PM

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10th Annual 16:9 Mixer Easily Best Yet

Pretty much bang-on 5:25 last night the 3rd floor elevator dinged and opened up, with the first of what was a wave of people arriving and ready to go for the 10th annual 16:9 Mixer, which has grown into the traditional first big networking event of Digital Signage Expo week. […]

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Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 9:57 AM

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