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16:9: Crap Research: You Probably Didn’t Know NEC, Advantech Are Market Leaders In Digital Signage Software (Spoiler: They’re Not)

I have seen tweets, Linkedin posts and even news coverage from people who need to invest a little more time thinking (than they do copying and pasting) about a report out in the last few days about top-rated digital signage software platforms. Some rated companies are even congratulating themselves on being selected, etc etc. […]

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Sun, May 27, 2018 at 6:41 PM

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16:9: Research: Nearly 11 Million Meeting Rooms Out There – Digital Door Signs, Anyone?

UK-based Futuresource Consulting has pushed out new research focused on the corporate market and looking at the rise of technology such as digital meeting room signs. […]

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Wed, May 16, 2018 at 8:52 AM

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16:9: Chatbot Platform Finds Its Way Into Retail Digital Signage

Chatbots are growing increasingly common online, but a pair of companies have teamed up to take that experience to digital displays at retail shelves. A Lyon, France start-up called Botescope has worked with the Raspberry Pi-centric CMS firm Screenly to develop a solution that pairs and controls screens with mobile devices through conversational “smart agents. […]

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Tue, May 15, 2018 at 9:04 AM

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NoviSign Adds Sharp SoC Android Displays To Digital Signage Solution Set

The Israeli digital signage software shop NoviSign now has its platform and media player running on Sharp’s Open Architecture system-on-chip displays. The company’s online Studio editor runs on the new Sharp 40 and 50-inch PN series 24/7 displays. […]

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Mon, May 7, 2018 at 10:37 AM

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16:9: ONELAN Acquired By Hotel-Focused Solutions Provider Uniguest

The UK-based digital signage CMS company ONELAN has been acquired by Uniguest, a Nashville-based company best known for operating the business centers in hotels, across several major chains. […]

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Fri, May 4, 2018 at 9:25 AM

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16:9: Reflect Teams With Universus Media On Auto Dealer-Focused Digital Signage Solutions

An auto industry-focused media publisher in Toronto and the Dallas-based CMS and solutions provider Reflect have formed a strategic alliance aimed directly at providing in-store solutions for auto dealers. […]

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Fri, May 4, 2018 at 8:59 AM

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Data-driven DOOH Campaign Targets Ads To Peak Traffic Times For Specific Vehicle Types

Broadsign has pushed out a set of press releases and case studies highlighting a partnership with the demand side media platform Outmoove, and going into how live data is being used to fine-tune targeted digital OOH advertising. The most interesting of them is a campaign for Peugeot to promote its corporate minivans with SMBs and entrepreneurs. […]

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Wed, May 2, 2018 at 10:46 AM

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16:9: Sharp Broadens Options For Smart Signage With Two New 24/7 Android-based Displays

Sharp has expanded the range of 24/7 commercial displays shipping with built-in system on chip media players and Android. The company has added 39.5-inch and 49.5-inch PN-M series displays that ship with built-in SoCs driven by Arm Cortex-A17 quad core processors, with 2 GB memory and 8 GB storage. The monitors are 50% brighter than the company’s PN-B series, are 24/7-rated. […]

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Wed, May 2, 2018 at 8:51 AM

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16:9: Citilabs Adds Pedestrian Data To Massive U.S. Dataset On Population Movement

Sacramento-based mobility analytics solution provider Citilabs has added another interesting layer of mass data to a platform that shows the movement of people in the U.S. The company has added pedestrian data on top of traffic data. […]

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Tue, May 1, 2018 at 8:27 AM

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Mvix Integrates Digital Signage Solution With Cannabis Tech Platform MJ Freeway

More and more digital signage software companies are starting to catch on to how the cannabis industry presents a lot of opportunity for menu boards, promo displays and interactive product information stations. […]

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Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 8:46 AM

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Adidas Auto-Renders Highlights Videos Of Every Boston Marathon Finisher – In 24 Hours

Via Adweek This is a fairly amazing take on auto-rendered custom videos than has nothing to do with digital signage, but should certainly get some technical and creative people thinking about the possibilities for mass creation of creative spots. […]

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Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:24 AM

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Danish Company Adds Tweakable Mood Settings To Art-Based Digital Signage Service

A small Danish company has added a new wrinkle to its fine art-based digital signage content platform – tweakable mood settings. ArtPlayer, says a press release, can display artworks and nature pictures based on your selected mood setting: Happy, Sad, Calm, Excited, Awed, Disgusted, Angry or Afraid. This is done using artificial intelligence and advanced machine learning algorithms. […]

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Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 9:20 AM

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New Version Of Intuiface Works In Interactive Web Triggers From IFTTT Recipes, Zapier Apps

The French interactive software firm Intuilab has released a new version Intuiface that now allows content to be triggered based on really common Internet of Things web triggers, like IFTTT recipes. […]

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Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 9:25 AM

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16:9: Startup Releases API For Cannabis Tech Companies, Including Digital Signage Solutions

Via Pot Network With all of Canada going to legalized cannabis this summer and more U.S. states doing so (California is roughly the same population as Canada) there will be a lot of points of sale and a lot of digital menus and promo displays over the next few years. […]

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Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 9:16 AM

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16:9: The Digital Campus: The Rising Challenge For Education

Guest Post: Joe Rabah, RMG Networks Gone are the days of the cold, impersonal lecture halls, with rows of students diligently writing notes after notes long-form in books and files they later go on to lose.  Today’s students are ‘digital natives’ brought up in a world of smart phones, high speed wi-fi and technology on demand. […]

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Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 8:15 AM

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