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After Weinstein: Reinventing Workplace Communications to Encourage Appropriate Behaviour

Guest Post: Phyllis Zimbler Miller, Enplug The way we communicate in the workplace on the topic of appropriate behavior is clearly broken. Nothing shows this more clearly than the alleged sexual transgression charges against Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, and Roy Price. Phyllis Zimbler Miller Of course, companies have policies against sexual harassment in the workplace. […]

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Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 9:42 AM

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Digital Signage Awards Entry Deadline is Oct. 31st

A reminder that entries close at the end of the month for the Digital Signage Awards, a global contest that sifts through and singles out the best work across a bunch of varied categories. Sixteen:Nine is media sponsor/partner in the awards, which are organized and managed by a UK company. […]

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Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 10:58 AM

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Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Yahav Ran, Synect Media

When I get asked about digital signage installations that I think really have it together, I tend to talk about Microsoft’s retail stores, and more recently, the crazy one by many 100s video wall at the check-in counters at Orlando’s airport. Turns out both projects were pulled together by Synect Media, a Seattle-area agency that is as much an integrator as it is a creative design studio. […]

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Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 12:11 AM

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16:9: STRATACACHE Launches Latin-American Digital Signage Business Unit In Mexico City

STRATACACHE has opened up a new business unit, based in Mexico City, that’s focused on servicing the Latin American (LATAM) and Caribbean markets. STRATA LATAM is more than just a remote sales office – with the unit having its own GM and VP Business Development for the region. […]

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Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 10:03 AM

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Finland’s Valota Adds Former Angry Birds Exec As Advisor

Vesterbacka (left) with Valota CEO Kaijus Asteljoki Finland’s Valota, which makes and markets the Valotalive platform for workplace communications on screens, has made an interesting addition to its advisory board – the longtime global brand ambassador for the Angry Birds game franchise. […]

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Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 7:59 AM

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16:9: Digital signage industry finally starts separating AI and ML from the marketing BS

It’s no surprise that digital signage solutions companies are starting to weave artificial intelligence into marketing descriptions of what they do and offer. But there is a giant distinction between companies that are developing and delivering AI capabilities, and those that are just using AI-based tools. […]

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Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 3:45 PM

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MLB’s Mets Keep Players Informed With Clubhouse Digital Signage

Business communications is a very active vertical for digital signage, but I don’t think I’ve run into another project like the workplace communications being used at Citi Field for baseball’s New York Mets. […]

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Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 11:18 AM

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16:9 Projects Podcast: Digital Signage Across A Northern City

This isn’t a project that’s large in terms of pixels or screen counts; its impact is in its scale. The Canadian city of Sudbury is about a four-hour drive north of Toronto. With a population a little less than Jackson, Mississippi, it is the 7th largest municipality by area in Canada. […]

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Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 12:14 AM

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Women’s Lifestyle Publisher Marie Claire Opens Tech-Filled Next Big Thing Pop-up Shop In NYC

In a slightly odd twist, the women’s fashion and beauty publisher Marie Claire has teamed up with Mastercard to open a pop-up shop in New York this fall, called  The Next Big Thing Concept Shop because it features what’s perceived as whiz-bang interactive retailing technology. […]

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Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 12:57 PM

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Las Vegas Start-Ups Partner On Blended Content, Ad Booking Offer

A pair of Las Vegas start-ups have synced up on a blended offer that sees a creative content shop making ad space available, via the partners online ad booking platform. […]

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Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 9:33 AM

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Detroit Metro Airport’s DutyFree Gets The LED Halo Effect

The big World Duty Free shop in the international terminal at Detroit’s main airport has added a set of displays aimed at energizing the store experience and driving sales and promotions. The showcase feature is a 3mm pitch LED halo ring hanging like a lighting fixture, the idea being the circular display is visible anywhere in the store. […]

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Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 1:15 PM

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16:9: Digital signage tech firm STRATACACHE Acquires Finnish Shopper Analytics Startup Walkbase

Chris Riegel at his King’s Landing offices. Dayton, OH-based STRATACACHE has fully acquired an interesting Finnish startup called Walkbase that generates in-store analytics on shopper characteristics and patterns. […]

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Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 8:40 AM

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Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Laura Davis-Taylor, High Street

Laura Davis-Taylor is a really well-known and much-loved expert when it comes to how digital fits in retail. She was a consultant for many years, but more recently has worked for some very large agencies – dealing with equally large retail and brand accounts. Now she’s back doing the consulting thing, by her choice. […]

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Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 12:01 AM

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16:9: How To Maximize Audience Engagement With The Right Kinds Of Digital Signage Content

Guest Post: Debbie DeWitt, Visix The whole point of your digital signage is to get your audience to stop, pay attention and take whatever action your message asks them to. Debbie DeWitt How should you present the information – which type of content is right for each message? Should you use a still message, or one with motion? […]

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Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 4:40 PM

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16:9: Sephora, Uniqlo Add Digitally-Rich Flagship Stores In Barcelona

Information is limited from official channels, but I have seen word here and there about a pair of digitally-rich flagship retail stores opening in Barcelona – for Sephora and Uniqlo. The Sephora concept store appears to have a long corridor leading to the cosmetics shop flanked by a series of tall, fine-pitch LED panels, and then stacked LCDs around the sales floor. […]

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Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 7:30 AM

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