Integrated Store to provide best content for DOOH companies
EnQii, a leading global digital signage company, today announced that it was launching EnGage Content Apps – an online content store to provide best of breed content for its digital out of home customers. The content app store is integrated with EnQii’s EnGage platform and allows customers to preview and buy content from a variety of suppliers to use in their out of home networks.
Christie®, a global visual technology company, today unveiled a range of comprehensive digital signage solutions at the National Retail Federation (NRF) Expo 2011; solutions that deliver the coveted “wow” factor that retailers are searching for as well as the behind-the-scenes monitoring and control necessary to keep display systems running. Characterized by excellent visual quality, ease of setup and use, and low maintenance, the solutions are backed by support and service options, which only a world-class manufacturer like Christie, with more than 80 years of best in class visual products and services experience, can provide.
“Retailers know their messaging and want partners who can translate their visions into impactful displays that support in-store marketing strategies, increase dwell time and engage shoppers,” said Sean James, vice president, Managed Services, Christie. “We create exciting, in-store experiences that make customers stop, shop and play. And by offering specialty installations from design through deployment and into post-deployment monitoring and maintenance, Christie offers retailers the end-to-end solutions they need to stand apart in a competitive world.”
The resort town of Bournemouth bustles with business and tourism in England’s southern coast, generating hundreds of millions of British pounds a year and employing thousands of workers. A major goal of Bournemouth’s Borough Council is making locals and visitors aware of the region’s many activities and events. This task brought with it an internal communications challenge. The Council had struggled to efficiently coordinate communications and disseminate news to its staff. Direction Marketing & Communications and Scala offered a solution to solve this — a centrally managed digital signage network that informs the council’s staff, based in various locations within the city, simultaneously and instantly if needed. This is the first system of its kind in the region.
Daktronics Inc. of Brookings, S.D., recently designed, manufactured and installed a new light emitting diode (LED) marquee display for the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I.
“This new marquee will allow us to reach fans and passers-by 365 days of the year,” said Lawrence Lepore, SMG’s General Manager. “We’ve worked with Daktronics in the past, and we are happy to do so again. It’s a great way to keep our community informed and to provide additional visibility for our events.”
The two-sided marquee display, with each side measuring approximately nine feet high by 16 feet wide, incorporates excellent clarity and contrast for video images, multiple levels of protection
from the elements and a more robust cabinet design with an improved ventilation system. With pixels spaced at 15mm, both vehicle traffic and pedestrians will have clear visibility of the signage. It has the ability to show attractive animations and graphics and promote all upcoming events.
The Dunkin’ Donuts Center, home of the AHL Providence Bruins and the Big East Providence College Friars, installed a Daktronics centerhung display in 2007 that includes 12 LED video and ribbon displays.
“We have a valued, long-term partnership with the Dunkin’ Donuts Center,” said Daktronics Regional Sales Manager Ross Yanco, “and we are very pleased to be working with them again on this project. The new marquee will only add to the Center’s impressive array of video technology.”
Daktronics LED video and messaging display technology offers a long lifetime with minimal maintenance and low power consumption, providing value and excitement for years to come.
About Dunkin Donuts Center
The Dunkin’ Donuts Center is in the heart of the capitol city of Providence, R.I. It is a 14,000-seat, multipurpose indoor sports and entertainment venue attracting more than one million visitors annually. This entertainment facility is the cornerstone of the social, economic and physical vitalization of the city. The Dunkin’ Donuts Center is the home arena for the AHL Providence Bruins and home to the Big East Providence College Friars men’s basketball team. This arena hosts virtually all of the major touring family shows, many concerts, trade shows and various other special events.
About SMG
SMG is the world leader in venue management, marketing and development. Headquartered in Philadelphia, SMG provides management services to over 200 public assembly facilities including arenas, stadiums, performing arts centers, theatres and convention, conference and trade centers. As the recognized industry leader since 1977, SMG provides construction and design consulting, pre-opening services, venue management, sales and marketing and event booking and programming. SMG also offers food and beverage operations through our in house catering company, Savor… catering by SMG, currently servicing 65 accounts worldwide. With facilities across the United States and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, Europe and the Middle East, SMG controls over 1.5 million entertainment seats worldwide and manages more than ten million feet of exhibition space.
Kristian Kim Eikeland Will Be Responsible for Business Development, Sales
never.no, a global provider of award-winning interactive technology, today announced the appointment of Kristian Kim Eikeland as vice president for broadcast, responsible for both international business development and sales.
“never.no’s innovative Interactivity Suite has enabled the company to establish itself as a leader in interactive technology for broadcast,” said Eikeland. “Now I’m looking forward to introducing potential customers all over the world to a wide array of exciting possibilities afforded by versatile never.no technology.”
C-nario, a global provider of digital signage software solutions, today announced that it has won, together with its partners, two 2010 DIGI Awards for outstanding projects. The prestigious DIGI Awards recognize the resellers, integrators and service providers who have gone the extra mile to ensure success for their clients, thereby furthering the digital signage industry as a whole. The awards are awarded by Digital Signage Magazine and The Digital Signage Group.
In the Best Deployment category, C-nario won the award together with EAV – Engenharia Audiovisual (Integrator) and Firefox Com (reseller) for the new multimedia displays at the museum of Brazil’s Sport Club Internacional (Inter), one of the country’s leading soccer teams.
YCD Multimedia, unveils a revolutionary tool for retailers to automatically generate in-store digital media promotions, saving significantly on infrastructure and advertising costs and greatly reducing the time to market.
Siemens USA and its agency, Ogilvy, picked Aerva for Siemens USA CEO, Daryl Dulaney’s “Fireside Chat” with 10,000 employees, in 50 locations, and across 4 timezones. The broadcasts were streamed live nationwide to Siemens employees and allowed the employees to interact with the CEO by sending SMS text messages and photos using Aerva’s Text2Screen, Picture2Screen and AerWave digital signage technologies.
New solutions announced at National Retail Federation convention optimize retail experience
HP unveiled new offerings designed to help retailers meet the needs of shoppers in multichannel retailing environments.
The products and solutions announced at the National Retail Federation convention include:
SPECTRA S-200 Series 2 Reduces Energy Consumption and Saves Retailers Millions in Ongoing Operational Costs
STRATACACHE, a leading provider of scalable, high-performance digital signage, content distribution and enterprise video acceleration technologies, today announced the launch of its new energy efficient media player—the SPECTRA S-200 Series 2.
The newest edition to STRATACACHE’s line of SPECTRA media players, the S-200 Series 2 is one of the smallest, most power-efficient Intel AtomTM based media players on the market. Utilizing a mere 8-10 watts of power, businesses looking to “green” their digital signage networks can anticipate an 80 percent reduction in energy consumption when compared to other media devices on the market.
Booth to Feature Managed Digital Signs and Frames, Video Streaming, IPTV, and Interactive Systems Interoperating as a Complete, Mature Solution
Haivision, the leading provider of end-to-end H.264 IP video solutions, today announced that it will showcase its newly acquired CoolSign digital signage technology for the first time at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2011 in Amsterdam, Feb. 1-3. CoolSign technology has led the digital signage market for more than a decade, providing comprehensive software solutions for mission-critical, enterprise-ready signage deployments. At ISE 2011, Haivision will demonstrate how its existing line of IP video systems combine with CoolSign technology to deliver intelligent video, graphics, and data easily and securely to any desktop, display, digital frame, and mobile device.
Retail marketers can now offer more personalized, consistent communications and deliver a converged retailing experience to shoppers
NCR Corporation today launched a new consumer preference management solution, the NCR Enterprise Preference Manager. The software enables retailers to provide an online portal through their website for customers to manage their shopping experience based upon their declared preferences and presence in a retailer’s channels.
Minicom Digital Signage, leading manufacturer of advanced media distribution and innovative management solutions for the digital signage industry, is again partnering with ISE to help create the Digital Signage Showcase , and is co-organizing the Digital Signage Expert Tour, along with OVAB Europe, at ISE in Amsterdam on Feb 1 – 3, 2011.
While many actors of the digital signage industry will be exhibiting at ISE 2011, they will present bits and pieces of digital signage
Planar expands its touch screen LCD monitor family with the addition of projected capacitive
Today at the 100th annual National Retail Federation Convention and EXPO, Planar Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLNR) announced a suite of projective capacitive touchscreen monitors designed to meet the demands of the point-of-sale, point-of-purchase and public access environments. Easily integrated with a variety of point-of-sale (POS), thin client or PC systems, the new Planar multi-touch projected capacitive monitors allow for intuitive user interface, and accurate information input making Planar one of the most dependable and high performing touch screen monitor suppliers in the market. The latest addition to the PT-Series of touch screens is being unveiled in Planar’s NRF 2011 booth, #2750.
Stinova, a leading software manufacturer of Digital Signage solutions will be showing off their latest solutions for the education market segment at BETT in London, Olympia from 12th to 15th of January at stand N65 (gallery level).
This year’s highlights will include:
– 3D Signage with support for auto-stereoscopic technology that does not require any special glasses to enjoy the 3D experience of video content
– S-CUBE professional TV Streaming Gateway appliance that allows the easy and highly cost efficient integration of TV streaming into Digital Signage displays from sources such as Satellite TV (DVB-S), Terrestrial Digital TV (DVB-T) or any analogue video sources from cameras or DVD players
Merthyr Tydfil originally had a standalone digital signage player which was just used in the college library. They needed a new digital signage system to provide information college wide (news/ messages/ important announcements etc). ONELAN emerged as the best solution able to deliver what they required: a system where more than one user could upload information, which could be time scheduled, that used common file formats and with great flexibility in the layout design of the screens.
What is installed
Two ONELAN Net-Top-Box (NTB) 5500s are used to publish content to ONELAN
STÜBER SYSTEMS will be presenting its latest-generation digital signage products at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) trade fair in Amsterdam between 1st and 3rd February 2011 at stand 12B70 (Hall 12). One particular highlight will be the presentation of the new Confire Stele A46, which combines high-quality design with the latest technology and unique highly-detailed solutions like virtually no other product. The stele was designed by Peter Mudrony and has been awarded the iF Product Design Award 2011. Since 1953, the iF design awards have been a reliable indicator of outstanding quality in design.
The Confire Stele A46 is an interactive information and communication medium for points of sale and points of information. It is characterised by its flush-mounted, full-glass front with a projective/capacitive touch panel set
