Archive for December, 2011

Using Windows As A Signage Platform

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Guest Contributor, Bryan Crotaz

I was chief architect of a Windows based signage player platform (Inspired Signage) from the late 1990’s until 2010. I’ve learned a lot in that time, and I wanted to write something to help all those companies doing it today who perhaps don’t have 12+ years of painful experience behind them. I see too many […]

OpenSquash Meets Raspberry Pi

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Dave Haynes wrote back in May about a project that was working with the premise of a modestly-functioning computing device that would cost all of USD 25 and he wrote again about the Raspberry Pi project in August, we quote “Without a doubt, a few companies with flexible software will have a crack at making […]

How Popular Is SMIL In Digital Signage?

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Guest Contributor, John C Wang

SMIL is an open standard established by the W3C with its initial intention to serve the IPTV industry. In 2009, a number of digital signage companies including hardware vendors IAdea, ViewSonic, Mitsubishi, Advantech and software makers Scala, signagelive, Dynamax and Screenfeed began shipping products based on this open standard. Today SMIL has grown to become […]

#ISE2012 Sunlight Readable, Autostereoscopic 3D Displays

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Aschaffenburg, Germany based Screen New Techologies will be exhibiting, what they claim is the first sunlight readable, autostereoscopic 3D display in the world at #ISE2012. We are told that these new 3D Sunlight displays can be used indoors and outdoors without the need to wear special 3D glasses. The 3D modificated monitors are available in […]

Please Exhibit Carmen’s Spam

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Every few weeks we receive either Spam or an email (we still haven’t quite figured out what category to put this into – nor indeed have our Gmail spam filters) from the nice lady ‘Carmen’ from Taizhou Jingxiang Advertisement Communication Co., Ltd (or the Shanghai Jingxiang Advertisement Communication Co., Ltd as it’s known in English). […]

Khaos(k) Europe Expo 2012, Berlin

Monday, December 26th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Folks in the know tell us that Kiosk Europe Expo 2012 will happen next year in June† in Berlin (a change from its regular haunt of Essen) but dear old Jens (the organiser) might want to spend some time on his web site if he is not to really frighten away any regular exhibitors and […]

Ciarán Doran Joins Digital Projection

Monday, December 26th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We told you at the tail end of November ‘@CiaranDoran Set To Leave Harris‘ and now it’s official. Ciarán Doran will join Digital Projection as International Sales & Marketing Director in January. Ciarán said in an email to his contacts “The time has come to make a career transition and have accepted a senior position […]

Xmas And New Year Coverage

Monday, December 26th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It’s tradition that we always post, in between Christmas and the New Year, our look back on some of the best, we think, that the year had to offer AND this week will be no different! Whilst the folks at DailyDOOH Towers are now spread across the globe more than they usually are (from South […]

Pattison PrismView #Fail Winnipeg

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here we see Pattison Outdoor using PrismView Player to drive screens (not so successfully) in Winnipeg Airport network… PrismView® is YESCO Electronics®’ Digital Sign and Electronic Billboard software.

An Interview With Manolo Almagro

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

If you think that a traditional ad campaign is going to draw shoppers into your store and make them purchase, perhaps you should think twice. Today’s shoppers are more likely to be on their connected devices before leaving home, making a list, checking out where they can get the best deals, looking for discounts and […]