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The agenda for the #ISE2013 MegaPixel Summit is starting to take shape, with just a few speaking slots still to be confirmed. The Megapixel Summit consists of three sessions, and attendees can register for one, two or all three. Monday, January 28, 2013 (Morning) Session 1: Megapixel Components – Technology, Products and Trends – Part [...]

One of the perils of being public. We noticed this Form 8-K for BROADCAST INTERNATIONAL INC where they have had to state that back on December 7, 2012, they were informed by their largest customer, that its contract to provide digital signage services that had previously been extended to February 1, 2013, would be extended [...]

The Customer Engagement Technology Conference (CET Middle East 2013) is scheduled 12th to 13th March 2013 in Dubai, UAE. Put together by Corporate Publishing International we are told that CET Middle East aims to deliver strategic, marketing and technical business solutions for organizations focused on enhancing their customer engagement programs through digital media such as [...]

Toronto commuters are being asked to play detective. Pattison Onestop and Art for Commuters have launched Murder in Passing, believed to be the first-ever transmedia whodunit series for commuters, with new daily, 30-second episodes on Pattison Onestop’s Toronto subway screens, and online, January 7 to March 1, 2013. Written and directed by John Greyson, Murder [...]

The Brazilian Association of Digital Out-of-Home Media (ABDOH), is again organizing a group of participants from associated companies or market professionals to attend Digital Signage Expo 2013 being held Feb. 26-28, 2013, in La Vegas. The trip will be held with the partnership of the U.S. Embassy, through its Department of Commerce, and with support [...]

It (probably) only works if you write the date proper like we do in Europe, i.e. Little-endian (day, month, year), but Thursday evening saw Ocean Outdoor and Raymond Weil keeping watch on 20:12 20 12 2012 (it’s a very clever ‘creative’, see below) Luxury Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil captured a milestone moment in time by [...]

Mediplay is a digital signage system built uniquely for medical practices, it’s described as “Engaging motion graphics and text are displayed (without audio) on a TV in the waiting room”. Pioneering? Well you would need to decide but the latest hacker to try it on with a patent is Scott Donley. United States Patent Application [...]

One company debuting at #CES which is well worth a booth visit is Displair, who will be showcasing their interactive multi-touch screens made out of air… Displair connects directly to your computer (and in future years, game systems) to create an interactive, multi-touch screen made out of air. An image is created in the air [...]

In my 2nd October 2012 article ‘Seven Hurdles to Success‘ (split into two parts) I described the lack of comprehensive, reliable media-buying tools for placing digital signage DOOH campaigns and mentioned the “aggravation of aggregation”. I wrote in part two, in particular, the following… The past three years have seen several DOOH ad space aggregators [...]

With QSR Digital Signage installations seemingly skyrocketing, few events trigger a flurry of localized installations like a renovation of a local mall or food court. A great example of this, is shown below. It’s a photo gallery of a recent food court transformation of Toronto’s posh Yorkdale Mall… While prior to the renovation, Booster Juice was the [...]