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Tallink Sets Sail with ONELAN

Tallink sisetv 2Tallink is one of the largest passenger and cargo shipping companies in the Baltic Sea region operating on seven shipping routes with twelve ships under the brands of Tallink and Silja Line.

Tallink wanted to make their ships’ digital signage systems consistent and centrally manageable, with central organised media creation and delivery, and have chosen ONELAN digital signage to achieve this.

Seven ships in Tallink’s fleet already have digital signage systems installed, and because some of the systems were from different providers, content had to be

never.no Makes Interactive Marketing Possible For Dramatically Expanded User Base

never.no logoTechnology Provider Offers Affordable, Cloud-Based Toolkit

never.no today announced a highly successful roll-out for its innovative Rent-to-Own program, which takes advantage of cloud-based computing to make award-winning interactivity technology available, affordable, and useful to a dramatically expanded user base. Within weeks of the program’s launch, half a dozen international advertising and marketing agencies including Digital Reach Group, Trock Media Solutions, and Clickgrafix Design Studios had signed on to take advantage of the power of interactivity for their clients.

NEC Deploys Information Systems and Digital Signage at the New Tokyo International Airport Passenger Terminal

Tokyo International Airport Passenger Terminal 1NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today the deployment of core information systems and digital signage systems at the new international passenger terminal at Tokyo International Airport, operated by Tokyo International Air Terminal Corporation (President & CEO: Haruhiko Shimoda; TIAT). The systems will begin operation on October 21, 2010 in coordination with the opening of Tokyo’s latest international terminal.

NEC deployed a series of systems that are central to the operations of the new international passenger terminal, including; (1) Information Display System (IDS) and digital signage system; (2) TIAT information management system (TIMS); and (3) Business management system.

The main features of each system are as follows:

iBox Director® 5 Software Release Announced at ABA Annual Convention

inLighten logoinLighten Vice President, Jeff Taylor, announced at this year’s ABA Annual Convention kickoff session that inLighten’s new iBox Director 5 software will begin shipping the first of December, almost two months ahead of schedule.

“We’re very excited about this release and look forward to having this reliable and proven product line continue its leadership of digital media management,” Taylor said during his presentation.

doSignage Offers Digital Signage Content That Makes Screens Noticeable

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Weather Digital Signage Content

doSignage Digital Signage Content supports Digital Signage Networks and Business owners to enhance their screens noticeability by providing them eye-catching content with Weather, News, Horoscope and Customizable Templates.

doSignage is focusing on the opportunity presented by the Digital Signage industry where screens are being setup to indiscriminately display advertisements, infomercials and Digital Menu Boards; and in the process lose the viewer’s interest or inclination to purchase. Over time, viewers have developed a vision block when blasted with continuous marketing messages while responding favorably to displays when presented messages interspersed with useful Digital Signage Content such as Weather, News, Horoscope and other attention-grabbing information.

X2O Media at Consumer Engagement Technology World

X2O Xpresenter3.0New and Exciting Products From X2O Media at CETW 2010:

New Wayfinder Add-In for Xpresenter™
At CETW 2010, X2O Media will showcase a new Microsoft® PowerPoint® add-in that greatly simplifies the content creation process, allowing users to build their own wayfinder maps for corporate facilities, campuses, airports, public venues, and more. With the new wayfinder add-in, users of X2O’s Xpresenter™ digital signage platform can easily import floor plans and create digital, interactive wayfinder maps — with start and end points and animated directional arrows that indicate the path

3M Invests in Perceptive Pixel Inc

3M_logo3M, through its 3M New Ventures business, has invested in Perceptive Pixel Inc., a developer of advanced multi-touch solutions based in New York City. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded by multi-touch pioneer Jeff Han in 2006, Perceptive Pixel is dedicated to the research, development and production of multi-touch interfaces for the knowledge worker. The company’s hardware and software products enable users to manipulate complex datasets through a new class of intuitive, powerful and visually rich interface techniques. The combination of its technologies with those of 3M will create incredible new opportunities for both companies.

Gefen Announces Association with Leading Digital Content Creators

Gefen_logoGefen Announces Association with Leading Digital Content Creators Offering a Comprehensive Digital Signage Solutions Package from Start to Finish

Digital connectivity solutions provider Gefen today announced its association with three leading digital content creation studios. Now Gefen and its resellers can supply a complete digital signage integration service, from start to completion, quickly and effectively. Those managing ongoing digital signage content now have access to award-winning graphics from some of the top designers working today.

USAV Group Names 2010 Summit Award Winners

USAV_logoUSAV Group, an association of leading professional audio-visual (ProAV) integrators, announced today that Stage Front Presentation Systems, Office Environments of New England, and Video Systems of the Carolinas have been selected as the winners of the prestigious USAV Group 2010 Summit Award. This award recognizes USAV Group Integrators who exemplify excellence by contributing to the organization, supporting USAV Group Preferred Manufacturer Partners (PMPs), and leading within the ProAV industry.

Intel announces Avalue Technology as “Associate Member”

Intel Avalue Technology_Associate MemberIntel®, the world largest semiconductor chip maker, announced early this month that Avalue Technology has been promoted to “Associate member” of Intel® Embedded Alliance.

Avalue Technology Inc., is a worldwide leading provider of Embedded computing platforms and applied panel computing providing a multitude of powerful, cost-effective hardware solutions utilizing the features of Intel®’s embedded architecture.

“We have worked very hard to gain such recognition from Intel®, but we will not stop here. Avalue Technology will continue to develop new platforms to benefit our customers with a variety of solutions and strengthen our position in the market” said Philip Chang, General Manager of Avalue Technology.

Scala India and ITM Ensure the Live Broadcast of the Commonwealth Games on Outdoor Screens in Delhi

Scala logoTourists and residents enjoyed a visual treat during the Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi, India. In partnership with Doordarshan, India’s public television broadcaster, and with technological support of Scala India, International Technomedia (ITM) presented live broadcasts of the Games on large format outdoor video screens installed in key commercial spots in Delhi. This marked the first time that live telecasting of the Games was outside of the sports stadiums, enabling “the common man” to view the event. ITM’s outdoor Delhi network is the largest one-city-network in the Asia-Pacific region.

Viewstream 500 HD Digital Media Player Brings Network Owners Energy Savings

Digital View Viewstream 500 HD Media PlayerDigital View is concentrating efforts on providing maximum value to owners by increasing operating efficiency of its media players. Energy prices are one of the biggest operating considerations for digital signage network owners.  Inefficiency in energy consumption can soon mount up making signage costs difficult to absorb.  Digital View has announced its dedication to the development of greener, efficient technology with the recent launch of the ViewStream 500™ HD digital media player.

Vending Machines Integrate Digital Advertising

Digital View_logoDigital View has recently added to it’s range of media player and LCD screen components designed to help manufacturers build display products easily using display kits that are high quality, reliable, tested and standards compliant.  Manufacturers of vending equipment can take advantage of the newer, more energy efficient parts, solving some key issues.  Notably equipment is becoming lighter.  With weight and cost being two major factors to building successful digital vending products, Digital View’s latest product additions are suited to vending designs.  Slimmer, lighter and RoHS compliant, integrators can quickly fit media driven display equipment to their vending designs and create media playlists that respond to user interaction.

Wireless Ronin Completes ARAMARK Digital Signage Installation for Anaheim Convention Center

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Wireless Ronin Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNIN), a Minneapolis-based digital signage provider, announced today that it has completed a digital signage menu board installation at the Anaheim Convention Center.

RoninCast® powered digital menu boards were deployed throughout the convention center to update the facility in time for the Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game and Fan Fest held in July 2010.  A total of 18 digital menu systems were designed and

New prison kiosks benefit from 3M's rugged touch technology

3m microtouch3M’s capacitive touch system provides a durable, cost-effective, high performance solution for new SmartKiosks in prisons Bracknell, UK

Diversified technology company 3M today announced that its surface capacitive touch technology has been incorporated in self-service touch screen kiosks being installed in selected prisons throughout the UK. The SmartKiosk from interactive display solutions provider Nemacom Limited uses the 3M MicroTouch System SCT7650EX to provide a rugged, high performance human machine interface (HMI), delivering key interactive features to inmates in a cost effective and secure manner.

NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS INTRODUCES STYLISH, ULTRA SLIM LED-BACKLIT DESKTOP MONITOR SERIES

NEC MultiSync EX231W NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCDdisplay and projector solutions, announced today the new MultiSync® EX Series ideal for corporate users looking for increased productivity and sleek aesthetics.The introduction of the series begins with the 23″ MultiSync EX231W, an LED-backlit LCD monitor equipped with DisplayPort and DVI-I for full high-definition resolution. The monitor offers users an ultra slim bezel (14.6mm width ), ultra light weight (9.3 lbs with stand) and USB pass-through on the top of the monitor, which allows quick connecting of a webcam or simple flash drive access. Additionally, its excellent ergonomic features include a fully adjustable stand with 110mm height adjust, pivot, swivel and tilt, as well as a built-in carrying handle and quick release stand, which is ideal in financial applications where multiple monitors are tiled.

Minicom Digital Signage to Present Its Broader Perspective in the 4th Munich Digital Signage Conference on October 19th & 20th

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Minicom Digital Signage (MDS), leading manufacturer of advanced multimedia platforms and innovative media distribution solutions for the Digital Signage industry, is happy to announce that it is sponsoring the 4th Munich Digital Signage Conference, organized by OVAB Europe, on October 19th and 20th.

Ronni Guggenheim, CEO of MDS, says: “In today’s Digital Signage industry, no one is really offering a solution to internally