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16:9: Everything Not To Do In Digital Signage Design, In One Gloriously Bad Pic

I’ve seen worse. But this is pretty bad. If you are reading this and don’t see the problems … Too many zones Fonts are too small to read Busy background White text on white background Duelling visuals Just because the software allows you to do all these things in a layout, doesn’t mean it’s therefore a good idea. […]

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Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 12:34 AM

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16:9: All Digital Signage Player Software Is Not Created Equal

Guest Post: Jeffrey Weitzman, Navori Is all digital signage player software created equal? No. Jeffrey Weitzman Probably 90% of the digital signage player software options on the market are based on interpreted languages, or web-based technologies. […]

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Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:26 AM

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Australian Digital OOH Medical Network Rolls Up Competitors

The Australian point-of-care digital media company Medical Channel has raised $25 million (Australian dollars) in an investment round that allowed it to acquire and take out rival firm Community Network. This comes a few months after its acquisition of another rival firm, Medical Media, in February. […]

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Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 8:28 AM

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16:9: DigitalSignage’s Big Boys Creating Some Separation From Pack Through Facilities

There are some tangible indications out there that some separation is starting to show between digital signage software and services companies that intend to play in the big leagues, and medium to small companies with more modest aspirations. […]

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Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 8:59 AM

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16:9: 3+ Options For Using WordPress As A Digital Signage Platform

If you run a website or blog, there’s a pretty good chance you have some exposure to WordPress, the open source online publishing platform used by 60 million-plus of companies, organizations and individuals. This site runs on WordPress, for example. […]

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Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 10:19 AM

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16:9: Key Copy Kiosk Shows What Interactive Retail Should Really Be About

Here’s a great example of an interactive screen solution, coupled with a machine, that goes to the heart of what any of this “customer engagement” stuff should be about – making something faster, better and easier for consumers. In this case, it’s a kiosk that can copy a house, car or other key in a matter of seconds, on demand. […]

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Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 9:47 AM

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Show Me The Way To Go Home, On The Jukebox

If you were at a bar, and decided it was time to pull the eject lever and head home, would you whip out your smartphone to see the subway or Uber availability situation, or consult a jukebox screen? […]

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Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:28 PM

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BrightSign Does Total Player And Product Refresh

BrightSign has announced a complete overhaul of its digital signage player portfolio, and also unveiled a nice new feature that takes the time and hassle out of prepping and activating big lots of players. […]

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Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 10:42 AM

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STRATACACHE Summer Buying Binge Continues; Firm Picks Up Giant Mothballed Datacenter

The CMS software and solutions firm STRATACACHE is continuing its summertime buying binge, announcing today that it has bought an old EDS building in Dayton, OH to use as its primary datacenter and network operations. The building has 113,000 square feet space, with raised floors, multiple back-up generators and enough space to host a 550-seat support desk. […]

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Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 9:00 AM

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Samsung’s New Smart Signs To Start Shipping With Tizen OS; Signagelive Says Good To Go

Samsung is moving its new version of its Smart Signage platform for commercial displays over to its own operating system Tizen, with Tizen OS-powered displays commercially available to partners, resellers and end-users by the middle of this month. That means if you want to use the new version 4.0 release of SSP displays with a CMS, that CMS needs to support Tizen OS. […]

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Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 9:02 AM

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16:9: STRATACACHE Buys Monster Warehouse Space In Suburban Dayton

Were there any question Chris Riegel is serious about the growth he expects at STRATACACHE in the next two or three years, consider this: the software and services company now owns a 380,000 square foot distribution facility on 50 acres in suburban Dayton. And the address will be One Stratacache Way. The company will be moving about 50 people over from other warehouse sites around Dayton. […]

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Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 9:31 AM

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16:9: Saudi British Bank Adds 60+ Screens In Riyadh Banking Center

The Saudi British Bank in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has added a series of displays around its premiere banking center on Tahlia, the city’s high street. There are four video walls around the three-level branch, including a 4 by 3 curved wall. There are also tablets ands regular displays around the branch, intended to create a memorable customer journey, and touchscreen pods along the ATM area. […]

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Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 1:03 PM

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16:9: New Scala Board Is Unsurprisingly STRATACACHE-Heavy

STRATACACHE CEO/Owner Chris Riegel cleared out the board last week when he acquired rival software CMS firm Scala, and the company has now announced a new board, which does includes a Scala veteran. Gerard Bucas was the CEO of Scala from 2002 to 2011, and was as part of that a longtime board member. […]

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Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:30 AM

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16:9: Size Matters In Digital Signage

Guest Post: Stuart Armstrong, ComQi To get the most out digital signage in retail settings, keep two key words in mind: Size Matters. Stuart Armstrong That doesn’t mean bigger is better. What matters is using screen sizes that suit the setting, dynamics and purpose. […]

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Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:54 AM

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16:9: 6 Benefits Of Cloud-Based Digital Signage

Guest Post: Irfan Khan, Skykit When a company goes down the path of planning, building and launching a digital signage solution, the people behind it are going to hit a big fork in the road, making them decide what kind of software platform to use: on-premise or cloud-based. […]

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Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 9:17 AM

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