USAV Group, an association of leading professional audio-visual (ProAV) integrators, announced today that it has finalized a relationship with NEC Display Solutions (NEC) making it the newest USAV Group Preferred Manufacturer Partner (PMP). USAV Group now has buying programs established with 19 of the top AV suppliers in the industry.
NEC designs, produces and delivers visual display technology for a wide variety of markets.
Piers Morgan’s new weeknight CNN chat show will launch tonight (18 January) and will be supported by an outdoor campaign that uses time-sensitive messaging and multiple creatives, targeting international travellers on roadside and at airports.
The digital Outdoor campaign will include a week-long campaign on JCDecaux’s Torch on the M4, targeting people travelling to and from Heathrow. The Torch will run three different creatives, using the 2 new, state-of-the art (6.75m x 4.5m) screens to promote the new talk show.
Daktronics system includes integrated large screen LED displays and LCD televisions using IPTV technology
University of New Mexico students and Lobos fans are enjoying the first season in the recently renovated and renowned “Pit”, home of Lobos men’s and women’s basketball games and many other University events. Included in the renovation project is a state-of-the-art, integrated digital media network that incorporates Daktronics (Nasdaq-DAKT) large screen LED video displays, LED ribbon boards and more than 150 LCD televisions throughout the venue.
Connectivity solutions provider Gefen today announced the availability of two new companion products for matrix switching systems using HDMI. Both CAT-6 cable-based extenders support 3DTV for an instant delivery of 1080p full HD and multi-channel audio.
This single rack-mounted extender can be combined with any Gefen 4×4 matrix product. It extends all four connected outputs over CAT-6 cable up to 200 feet (60m) to the remote HDTV displays, streamlining any installation that requires HDTV displays in different locations. One CAT-6 cable placed between the sender and receiver unit(s) delivers 1080p full HD with 3DTV, multi-channel audio, Gefen’s FST (Fast Switching Technology), IR remote, RS-232 and IP control. The sender includes four sender units in a one rack-mount solution that can fit next to any mounted 4×4 matrix system. Four individual receiver units connect the displays to the sender.
This companion extender for Gefen 8×8 matrix products allows all eight connected outputs to be extended up to 200 feet (60 m) from the sources using one CAT-6 cable per display. One CAT-6 cable transmits 1080p full HD video with 3DTV, multi-channel audio, FST (Fast Switching Technology), IR remote, RS-232 and IP control signals from the selected source (connected to the matrix) to the remote destination (display). The sender includes eight sender units in a one rack-mount solution for convenient access to the matrix system. Eight individual receiver units connect the displays to the sender.
“I am using the 8X CAT-6 Extender for HDMI in my own home along with an 8×8 Matrix, and my installer was thrilled with its simplicity, convenience and reliability,” said Hagai Gefen, president and CEO, Gefen. “Because it’s designed specifically for any matrix switching system, it is a plug and play operation that also streamlines display extension using economic CAT-6 cable that can be easily installed.”
Both the 4X and 8X CAT-6 Extenders for HDMI can be used as companions to the 4×4 or 8×8 Matrixes from Gefen, and can also be used as stand-alone extender for any number of HDTV displays. By offering a long-range signal delivery over cost-effective CAT-6 cable, they are ideal for any venue seeking to simplify their installation.
Source: Gefen
TOPCO is a voluntary purchasing organisation and chain centre for the BESLACO chain in Denmark. The chain has signed an agreement with ZetaDisplay in respect of the supply of the company’s media platform for Digital Signage to all 18 BESLACO stores.
By investing in Digital Signage, TOPCO wants to follow up the BESLACO chain’s national marketing campaign all the way into the stores, where customers make their choices. At the same time they see a great benefit in being able to inform their customers about the company and its offers.
Mitsubishi Electric will launch three new LED-lit widescreen DLP™ display wall cubes at Integrated Systems Europe 2011. Available in 16:10 (WUXGA) and 16:9 (Full HD) formats, the latest additions to the company’s flagship Seventy Series display wall range feature energyefficient LED light sources, a unique heat pipe cooling system and extreme long-life fans. With expected lifetimes of 80,000 hours for the light source and over 100,000 hours for fan packs, the new Mitsubishi LED display wall cubes offer the ultimate in low total cost of ownership.
The new 72” and 62” WUXGA, and 70” Full HD Seventy Series LED cubes offer a choice of screen materials and are available in front or rear access versions. Mitsubishi’s LED display wall system offers significant operational and environmental benefits as well as economic ones. 3 power settings – ‘Bright’, ‘Normal’ or ‘Eco’ – allow users to select the most efficient operating mode. At 220W, ‘Normal’ mode power consumption is the lowest of any LED cube. Operating in ‘Eco’ mode reduces this still further, to just 180W.
The wider gamut of Mitsubishi’s LED light source delivers richer colours and a more uniform screen brightness compared to conventionally-lit cubes.
Along with its exceptional lifetime, removing the need for consumables such as mercury lamps and colour wheels means less waste and less environmental impact. Mitsubishi’s LED display wall cube offers superb colour stability over its expected lifetime of more than 9 years of continuous operation.
Mitsubishi Electric’s Seventy Series is arguably the most comprehensive display system available from any manufacturer; a range of professional displays that include both DLP™ cubes and super narrow bezel LCD panels, each sharing a common architecture and design concept. Like the other displays in the Seventy Series range, the new 16:10 and 16:9 LED display wall cubes come with a range of optional input boards that allow the user to easily configure the system to their precise requirements. Options include built-in image processing that allows sophisticated multi-input display walls to be created without the need for an external processor. The input options include DVI, VGA, composite and component video, SDI and HDSDI. A total of six source windows can be shown on each display cube. Sources may be supplied to all cubes via an optional daisy chain card, allowing larger windows to be displayed over the entire wall or arranged in individual windows as required. For more complicated applications, Seventy Series displays can be used with Mitsubishi’s VC-X3000 processor and D-Wall software suite to create an extremely powerful turnkey display system. The D-Wall client is now available for both Windows and iOS platforms –
Other innovative display products on show at ISE 2011 will include Mitsubishi’s Diamond Vision OLED – the world’s only scalable large-screen OLED display system – and a new range of professional LCD touch panel interfaces. For more information, visit http://displays.mitsubishielectric.eu
For more information
Peter van Dijk
Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V.
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3641RP Mijdrecht
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)297 282461
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Carla Quartley
Marketing Manager
Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V.
Travellers Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire,
AL10 8XB, England
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E. displays [at] meuk.mee.com
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Scala, the leading provider of end-to-end software solutions for digital signage and advertising management, has been recognized for its involvement in two innovative digital signage deployments at the 2010 DIGI Awards. Scala won “Best Deployment, Integration of Digital Signage and Mobile/Cell Phone Technology” for 4Food: Build your Burger within a Social Network. Scala was also named the winner of “Interactive Technology Roll-Out of the Year” for Texas State Technical College’s digital signage degree program and installation.
Before stopping into the midtown Manhattan store, 4Food customers can log on to the website (www.4food.com) and build their burgers in advance via computers or 4Food’s smart phone application. If customers need to place an order upon entering the store, employees take orders on iPads, which upload instantly to the kitchen. A giant 13-foot by 20-foot LED wall displays TV programming, 4Food’s Twitter feed, 4Square updates and the customer names as orders are ready for pick-up. Scala software integrates with the restaurant’s point of sale system and real-time inventory. The network also integrates with 4Food’s online community, where creating an account is encouraged and members can earn points for food.
Texas State Technical College (TSTC) is the first school to offer a degree program in digital signage technology. Students enrolled in the program earn a two-year associate’s degree and receive their training entirely online in a virtual classroom. Students use Scala software to create content, manage playlists, identify audiences, and measure and track digital marketing results. They develop and run mock campaigns on the campus network and manage transmissions of multimedia content to more than 50 displays on the four TSTC campuses.
“We greatly appreciate the recent awards that acknowledge the cutting-edge social media and interactive applications our partners and customers have created using our software,” said Tom Nix, Vice President of Scala, Americas and Oceania. “We look forward to sharing how our customers leverage adjacent technologies to get exponential value out of their Scala digital signage solution.”
About Scala
Driving more than 500,000 screens worldwide, Scala is a leading global provider of digital signage and advertising management solutions. Scala is the world’s first connected signage company, offering the leading platform for content creation, management and distribution in digital signage networks and the first unified platform for advertising management of both traditional and digital signage networks. The company’s digital signage customers include Rabobank, IKEA, Burger King, T-Mobile, Virgin MegaStore, Warner Brothers, The Life Channel, Rikstoto, Repsol, NorgesGruppen, Audi, ECE Flatmedia, Kaufhof (Metro Group) and thousands more. Advertising management customers include CBS Outdoor, Clear Channel Outdoor and Magic Media, among others. Scala is headquartered near Philadelphia, USA, and has subsidiaries in Canada, The Netherlands, France, Norway, Germany and Japan, as well as more than 450 partners in more than 60 countries. More information is available at www.scala.com.
Source: Scala
Provides systems integrators with increased flexibility in pro-AV and digital signage installations
Magenta Research, the recognised leader in AV signal distribution and switching, will exhibit a new entry to the MultiView family alongside its award-winning Voyager Fibre Optic Signal Distribution Platform and its HD-One Series products on Stand 1L114 at ISE 2011, 1-3 February, Amsterdam RAI.
MultiView DVI:
FARMATODO pharmacy network has chosen to implement a digital signage solution called FARMATODO TV, with the aim of providing its customers an audiovisual communication channel that complements the shopping experience at its stores.
The launch of this network of screens, also known as Digital Signage network, began with a pilot project located in the shops of El Hatillo and La Tahona in the city of Caracas, consequently, will enable managers to improve the channel and its contents, according to the results obtained during the pilot project. Additionally, the DS channel will have a cutting-edge audience measurement system, which provide information relevant to the impact of the screens on customers and will be used by advertisers to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements on the channel.
The main objective is to increase the relationship between consumers and FARMATODO stores by delivering news and entertainment programming. In the background, pharmacists can educate customers with useful and relevant products, while advertisers can connect with consumers at the place where the sale occurred, when they visit the store.
FARMATODO choose IMVINET, a Digital Signage company in Venezuela, to develop the project, which will be implemented in the near future to FARMATODO’s 135 stores nationwide.
This project represents the efforts of two companies working together to establish objectives, requirements and parameters necessary for success. On one hand, IMVINET has proposed to develop the channel and its content in a fully dynamic, intelligent and interactive way, allowing FARMATODO to control the channel centrally and in real time. On the other hand, FARMATODO relationships with various health care providers will greatly benefit the channel and allow the integration of media and agencies, seeking to take advantage of a direct channel to potential consumers. 
For more information, please contact us via info [at] imvinet.com or +58 (212) 2327259, http://www.imvinet.com/
Source: IMVINET
Omnivex digital signage software used at 2011 Red Carpet Style Lounge
Omnivex Corporation, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading provider of enterprise software for digital signage networks, will be part of this year’s Secret Room Events Style Lounge, in honor of the 2011 Golden Globe Awards, taking place in Beverly Hills, California. Omnivex, through a partnership with Send A Message Inc, will be providing a unique multi-purpose digital media kiosk for use at the Red Carpet Style Lounge, hosted by Secret Room Events, on January 14.
The event will be a place where Golden Globe nominees and presenters, celebrities, stylists and press can get “red carpet ready” through access to many new and exciting products, accessories and services from a variety of companies. The Send A Message (SAM) kiosk will provide sponsor
Xpresenter™ Digital Signage Software Delivers Intuitive, Engaging Guide to FCC Visitors With Interactive Wayfinding and Up-to-Date Event Information
X2O Media, a full-service provider of software, network management, and content services for professional digital signage applications, today announced that its award-winning Xpresenter™ digital signage software is being utilized at Atlantic Canada’s newest meeting and convention facility, the Fredericton Convention Centre (FCC) in the City of Fredericton, New Brunswick. X2O delivered a state-of-the-art digital signage system that offers cutting-edge features such as interactive wayfinding, animated maps, and real-time information, allowing visitors to take advantage of the FCC’s many amenities.
The Buffalo Bisons announced today that the organization will be installing a new light emitting diode (LED) video display that will be the largest Daktronics (Nasdaq-DAKT) display in Minor League Baseball. The new display will measure approximately 33 feet high and 80 feet wide. Daktronics Inc. of Brookings, S.D., has been chosen to design, manufacture and install the video display.
“The new BisonsTV HD board will bring an unparalleled level of entertainment and excitement to our great fans and position our organization for future success in the industry,” said Mike Buczkowski, Vice President/General Manager of the Bisons.
Industry Expert Brings 15 Years of International Experience to Senior Management Role
Haivision, the leading provider of end-to-end IP video and digital signage solutions, today announced the appointment of Richard Brice as vice president, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Brice joins the company with deep technical knowledge and extensive experience in growing international operations. As vice president, EMEA, his responsibilities will include further strengthening of Haivision’s presence across key markets.
Patrons at new holyfields restaurants in Germany can expect to spend more time enjoying their dining experience, thanks to a new interactive ordering system powered by Scala.
With the goal of creating a digital ordering system to speed up the ordering process, holyfields partnered with Newroom Media and the Ippolito Fleitz Group to develop user-friendly self-service kiosks. To order a meal, a customer simply selects his or her preferred food and drink on one of the kiosks and then proceeds to a cashier. They receive pagers that will alert them from their tables when food is ready for pick-up.
LG Electronics USA has announced that its SuperSign Premier-s digital signage solution has been named the winner of the prestigious DIGI Award in the “Best New Technology Innovation” category. This award, commissioned by Digital Signage Magazine and The Digital Signage Group, recognizes leading digital signage solutions that advance the industry through innovative technologies and applications.
The SuperSign Premier-s is designed specifically to meet the needs of small and medium businesses (SMBs) looking for a comprehensive, out-of-the-box digital signage solution. The award-winning system combines all the essential elements—hardware, software, professional content, services, and support—into a single, easy-to-deploy package, making it a game-changer for businesses that want to set up and manage digital signage quickly and effectively.
“SuperSign Premier-s is a revolutionary digital signage solution that brings together all the core elements required by small and medium businesses,” said Jeff Dowell, Vice President of Digital Signage at LG Electronics USA. “This prestigious award is a testament to the fact that SuperSign Premier is the industry’s first complete out-of-box digital signage solution, signaling a shift in the industry towards integrated solutions specifically tailored for small and medium businesses.”
SuperSign Premier-s offers a full-service digital signage solution built around the following components:
SuperSign Premier-s stands out not only for its comprehensive feature set but also for its robust support offerings. The system is backed by a 48-hour on-site hardware replacement guarantee, ensuring minimal downtime in the event of a technical issue. Additionally, LG provides technical support and offers convenient monthly financing options, making it easy for businesses to adopt and deploy digital signage without a large upfront investment.
“LG is in a unique position to deliver tremendous value with SuperSign Premier,” noted Dowell. “We believe there is tremendous growth potential in the small and medium business segment, and this solution is designed to meet their specific needs while providing high-quality, professional results.”
SuperSign Premier-s is currently available through select major distributors with a target monthly price of $149 for 36 months. This pricing structure provides SMBs with an affordable way to deploy digital signage without compromising on quality or functionality. Additional features and enhancements are expected to be rolled out in the coming months, further expanding the capabilities of this turnkey solution.
LG Electronics USA serves customers in a variety of commercial markets, including hospitality, digital signage, healthcare, education, government, and industrial sectors. With dedicated engineering and customer support teams based in Lincolnshire, Illinois, LG Electronics USA Commercial Displays delivers tailored business-to-business technology solutions. LG Electronics USA, Inc., headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a global leader in consumer electronics, home appliances, and digital display solutions.
For more information about LG’s SuperSign Premier-s and other commercial display products, visit www.LGSolutions.com.
The DIGI Awards honor innovation and excellence in digital signage technology. Each year, the awards recognize industry leaders who are committed to advancing digital signage technology through cutting-edge solutions. Winners are selected by a panel of industry experts and represent the best in digital signage integration, content creation, and overall technology.
ONELAN has set up a new department to cater for increasing customer demand for integration services and solutions.
The department will handle all aspects of integration of ONELAN products with third party systems and products. To date several successful 3rd party integrations have been rolled out including Assumption Grammar school, NHS Bristol, and Highbury College.
The Integration Services department will be headed up by Andy Cordwell. With over 20 years’ experience delivering software
Ionics EMS, Inc., a Philippine electronics manufacturer, improves employee communications with Noventri digital signage installed throughout the plant.
Leading electronics manufacturer in the Philippines, Ioncis EMS, Inc. recently installed Noventri digital signage technology and software with the purpose of improving employee communications. Screens placed strategically throughout the plant display events, management messages, company policies, and production output in realtime.
