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16:9: There May Be Beer: Ingram Micro Plans Canadian Night At InfoComm

The Ingram Micro Pro/AV Digital Signage team is having an InfoComm Canadian Night next Tuesday at a restaurant and bar on I Drive in Orlando. The event is targeted to Canadians working in in the pro AV and signage ecosystems, and is sponsored by the Canadian Ingram Micro team and vendor partners like Chief, Da-Lite, NEC, Planar & Sharp. There will be cocktails and furious card wapping. […]

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Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 3:04 PM

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School IT Services Firm Blends Mobile App With Digital Signage Menuboard Offer

In an interesting twist, a tech services provider for K-12 districts, charter schools, and continuing education programs has come up with a school lunch application that blends a mobile app for rating and feedback with digital signage menuboards in lunchrooms. […]

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Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 9:19 AM

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16:9: Analyst: Cineplex’s Digital Signage Business Should Hit $60M In 2017

Via Business In Vancouver The guys who operated for years as EK3 were notoriously low-key and tight-lipped about what who they worked with and how they were doing, but in the wake of being acquired in 2013 by the Canadian cinema chain Cineplex, there’s more information coming available. […]

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Wed, May 31, 2017 at 8:21 AM

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Leyard Debuts Overlay That Enables Multi-Touch On Fine-Pitch LED Video Walls

Leyard is at the 2017 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show this week in Las Vegas, showing a fine pixel pitch LED video wall that supports multi-touch interactivity. It’s an overlay of some kind, but isn’t glass, so it doesn’t cause glare or, more importantly, trap the heat that can build up from all those LEDs. […]

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Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 1:01 PM

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16:9: For The 11 Zillionth Time, Do Not Turn Off The Damn TV!

Another tale of When Cheap Meets Real World, as spotted by reader … My guess – some crappy Android HDMI stick that’s powered by the TV’s USB. TV goes off, stick powers off, and doesn’t come back without a fight when TV powered back on. If so, simple, smart remedy is to plug stick power in wall or something other than USB port. […]

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Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 4:24 PM

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16:9: Tales From The ISE Aisles: Two Weeks Later And I’m Still Tired

Guest Post: Luis Villafane, Maler Digital Signage ISE ended two weeks ago, and I’m still tired. Luis Villifane I fell asleep on the plane before we took off from Amsterdam to Madrid. Then slept again from Madrid to Coruna. […]

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Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 6:10 PM

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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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Skykit Releases Free Planning Guide For Digital Signage Projects

Minneapolis-based software firm Agosto, a big Google Apps partner, branched into the digital signage market a couple of years ago through an in-house spinoff called Skykit – a CMS built around Chrome. […]

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Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 8:58 AM

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Visionect Broadens E-Ink Meeting Room Sign Options

I’ve spoken to several companies in the last 2-3 weeks who have all confirmed meeting room signs are a hot little segment for them. As noted in the past, I call them the Gateway Drug for Digital Signage. […]

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Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:41 AM

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Density Debuts New Way To Count, Report And Display Crowds And Lines

There’s a podcast episode up today about Density, a San Francisco start-up that has launched a new type of people-counting sensor I think has some interesting potential for the digital signage market. Density was launched by Apple alums and former founders of Y Combinator. […]

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Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 6:42 AM

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Projects: Nanonation Takes On Raising Nebraska

Nanonation CEO Bryan Fairfield Raising Nebraska is a 25,000 square foot, interactive digital-heavy exhibit on the state fairgrounds that’s designed to help visitors better understand and appreciate that state’s big industry, its advances, and the impact it has locally and globally. […]

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Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 9:40 AM

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16:9: DSE 2016 Booth Field Guide: Real Digital Media

Please go visit Ken, so he has something to do. … Actually, this looks like Ken checking emails on set-up day at DSE 2015. Real Digital Media, Booth 2826 Here’s what industry vet and sporadic blogger Ken Goldberg says about why you need to stop by and see him and his Florida-based CMS company, Real Digital Media. […]

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Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:47 PM

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16:9: ISE 2016 Attendance Tops 65,600; 2017 Space Almost Gone Already

Last week’s Integrated Systems Europe exhibition in Amsterdam attracted 65,686 registered attendees, making it the world’s largest AV and systems integration tradeshow. The show had 1,103 vendors and attracted press from 40 countries, including at least one Canadian. It was the 1st time the show has been extended to four days. […]

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Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 3:35 PM

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16:9: Panasonic Adds Built-In Media Players To Displays; Includes Android Support

Panasonic is about to join several other major display manufacturers in marketing commercial display panels with built-in System on Chip media playback capability. Starting in April, AF1 series displays (42, 49 and 55-inch sizes) will have an ARM 1GHz quad-core processor with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage. […]

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Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:55 AM

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NYC Subways Add Amazon Holiday Shopping On Platform Kiosks

On The Go (OTG) kiosks featuring the Amazon Holiday Gift Guides, at the 14 St-Union Sq station on Mon., November 30, 2015. Photo: Marc A. […]

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Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 3:41 PM

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