Archive for September, 2013

PiCube From FirstView Digital Signage

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013

Andrew Neale

A couple of weeks ago FirstView Digital Signage in Finland launched a new Raspberry Pi based Digital Signage Player. Billed as being without hardware costs for the customer, it seems that the only monthly service fee for SaaS usage is €26 a month.

ComQi Sniffing Around Toshiba?

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Rumour has been for sometime that ComQi have been in Irvine, California sniffing around Toshiba (since January 2013) as some form of partner cum saviour. Stuart Armstrong, recently promoted to Chief Revenue Officer of course, has allegedly been leading the charge and spending a lot of time trying to forge a deal. We cannot help […]

Cohen On Content #DpbMedia Week & More!

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Last weeks vlog rant wasn’t a rant at all, rather it was good advice from bon viveur, film producer, Digital Signage Federation Chairman and all round successful businessman Phil Cohen, on why you should be in NYC in a few weeks time… Registration for The DailyDOOH Investor Conference can be found here Registration for the […]

#eShowMad13 @SignageLive w/ @CramboVisuales

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

#eShowMad13 takes place today and tomorrow in Madrid, Spain. Note the SignageLive menu boards running their new Food Service Manager (the screens on the right are Samsung SSP) on stand #48 together with Crambo Visuales.

#ScalaChurch Tom Nix Upbeat On Industry

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013

Andrew Neale

The 2013 International Scala Conference taking place today here in Amsterdam is set in an old Church, and the sessions fittingly started off with upbeat songs familiar to many from Sister Act. If that wasn’t enough to kick the conference off in some style, then Scala CEO Tom Nix’s keynote did the trick too. Tom […]

#ScalaChurch, #BroadSigning Seriously?

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Seriously? First we had #BroadSigning and now we see #ScalaChurch – it’s a rhetorical question cos’ we know the answer but who the hell is in charge of marketing at these companies? #JustSaying our industry should be giving a much more up-market, professional image to the corporate and the advertising worlds – IMHO this is […]

SIGN CHINA 2014

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

SIGN CHINA 2014 will be held on 23-26 February 2014 at China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B in Guangzhou, P.R. China. 1530 exhibitors from 11 countries and regions showcased their products at SIGN CHINA 2013 and the event attracted 77.182 visitors (a growth of 22.7% over 2012).

New Dental DOOH Network Now Underway

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Coffman Media LLC in Dublin, Ohio, has been in business for three and a half years with digital out-of-home clients in a variety of sectors, but has just launched a new one in a growing number of dentists’ offices – and Jason Ault, Coffman Media co-founder and COO, thinks it might be the one to […]

DSF In-Forum Service

Tuesday, September 24th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The Digital Signage Federation, the only independent not-for-profit trade organization serving the digital signage industry, announced the launch of its new DSF In-Forum service designed to help expedite the due diligence process by providing end-user purchasers a convenient platform from which to present formatted vendor briefings live to vendors who fit their purchase criteria. Through […]

George W. Bush Presidential Museum & Library

Tuesday, September 24th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Visualization pioneer Barco LiveDots has supplied the latest version of its high-resolution C5 LED display to showcase an innovative video exhibition created by renowned media artist David Niles of Niles Creative Group at the George W. Bush Presidential Museum And Library, Dallas, Texas. The experience begins as visitors enter the library’s architectural centerpiece, Freedom Hall. What […]