Archive for March, 2013

Washington Convention Centre Gets 7.5’ NanoLumens LED

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

One of NanoLumens’ earliest customers came back to install a new 7.5’ tall x 23’ wide NanoSlim DS Design-Specific LED display above the entrance to its busiest convention hall. On its busiest days, as many as 15,000 people make their way into Hall D of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C.. Now, […]

Planar’s 3D BIM Models For Autodesk Seek

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Beaverton, Oregon-based Planar Systems Inc. has made it easy for architects, engineers and designers to arrange its displays and video walls into their building plans: the digital display technology company has launched 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) models of select Planar large format LCD displays and video walls free through the Autodesk Seek web service. […]

Why Sign Biz Will Visit #2013SignExpo’s Digital Zone

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We’re looking forward to meeting Teresa Young at International Sign Expo next week. Young is president and sole owner of Sign Biz Inc., a business consultancy based in Dana Point, California, for 200 independent sign companies who all work on a no-royalties model and who rely on Sign Biz for a multitude of services and […]

Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation MicroTile Backdrop

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Christie and visual solutions partner IMTEC have rejuvenated the sports program of Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) with the installation of 136 Christie MicroTiles used a a broadcast backdrop. Dubbed locally as the Kingdom of Dramas, including the all-time favorite of Dae Jang Geum, MBC is rated as one of the leading broadcasters in Korea for […]

BroadSign Win @OutcastMedia

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

‘Outcast To Replace Its Scala Network?’ we wrote way back in December 2009 and more recently (but even that was a year ago – Friday, August 24th, 2012) we asked ‘What’s The @gilbarcoinc + @OutcastMedia Fallout?’ with the on / off / subsequently denied acquisition that never happened. We quote from last year’s article “Outcast […]

AOPEN Launches Digital Engine DE6100

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Andrew Neale

AOPEN this week announced the Digital Engine DE6100. The DE6100 comes equipped with an AMD Embedded R-series accelerated processing unit (APU) Dual/Quad Core and offers: – Support for both Spanning (stretched desktop) and Extended Desktop on all connected screens using Eyefinity technology for up to three independent (Full HD) displays A Secure Asset Management unit that […]

Sponsors Line Up For The DailyDOOH Gala Awards

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

The DailyDOOH Gala Awards takes place in London, as in 2012, on the last Thursday in November – in other words, on Thursday 28 November 2013. We already have three sponsors lined up for this year’s event and are on track to being able to announce everything more formally in April. There will also be, at […]

New Digital Transit Network In Edmonton, Alberta

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Edmonton Transit System (ETS) with Pattison Outdoor is set to launch a new Digital Transit Network, similar to that of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Network. This new network will provide digital messaging in 10 key LRT stations with a total of 34 digital screens. With a reach of over 500,000 commuters weekly, these screens will […]

Do You Manufacture An OPS Device?

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Earlier this month we asked manufacturers of Open Pluggable Specification (OPS) devices to contact us. Thanks to (in alphabetical order); Advantech, IAdea, Technovare Systems, Inc., and TTUFF Technologies who all replied quickly BUT we know there are many more of you out there, so the call to action remains the same – we want to […]

The @MediaMerchants_ @PixelLabs JV

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Media Merchants (with offices in Vancouver, Toronto and Los Angeles) has signed a joint venture agreement with Pixel Labs of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The agreement establishes The Media Merchants’ presence in Brazil while bringing new technologies and products to enhance Pixel Labs’ offerings to clients in Brazil, leading up to the FIFA World Cup […]