Freelance journalist and PR consultant
Digital signage at ISE 2013 in Amsterdam occupied three halls and had 273 companies exhibiting. But DOOH also extended beyond it. Big players such as Samsung, NEC, LG and Christie took large stands showing their display propositions to a record 44,151 attendees – an eight per cent rise on last year’s numbers. The … Read More
Near field communication (NFC) and QR code capabilities provide the opportunity for advertisers and consumers to interact with brands on the go using just their smartphones. However, the market has not yet decided what is the best way to provide potential customers with the ultimate consumer experience. So what do industry experts think … Read More
This month at the Barbican Centre’s exhibition halls in London, a group of companies gathered at Kiosk London 2012 to show what they know about self-service kiosks. Looking around the exhibits, I would say that kiosks and interactive touchscreens are now synonymous. Smartphone interaction was a significant part of the discourse, of course, but the … Read More
It’s been over a year since Ayuda’s open-source digital signage player, OpenSplash, was donated to the industry. OpenSplash is a free, multi-platform media player designed to be driven by any network-based content management system (CMS). A few companies, including ComQi, Onelan, X20 Media and signagelive, have taken up the opportunity that this player offers. But … Read More
Both players and software have developed significantly during the two decades that digital signage has existed; technology has become smarter, smaller and cheaper and this has, in turn, driven adoption. A new surge is starting now thanks to Android, the Linux-based operating system owned by Google. Yet, while often identified as a cheaper alternative, Android’s … Read More
Intevi, a new digital signage company, is developing off-the-shelf solutions for today’s demanding retail market. Adam Wilson, co-founder and director of Intevi, talked to Output about the company’s new Interactive Retail Unit (iRU). Seven months ago Wilson, formerly of dZine and AMX, started Intevi looking to provide end-to-end digital media solutions. Intevi’s iRU software allows … Read More
If I had to define in a sentence what the In-Store Show pavilion at the Marketing Week Live event was about, I would say it mostly presented solutions to make marketing more engaging. In terms of technology, it was very similar to what we already saw this year at Screenmedia Expo. Large thin-vessel HD displays, … Read More
Russia’s digital signage leaders, DigiSky and Adissy, have organised for a second consecutive year the “Digital Signage – no alternative!” conference. Bringing together more than 300 people from Europe, Moscow, Russian regions and Commenwealth of Independant States (CIS) countries, the two days conference was held at the Korston Hotel in Moscow (May31st-June1st). After last year’s … Read More
Key Systems, a provider of software solutions for the out of home industry, is taking its management system to the street with a new mobile application. Media owners armed with a Windows 7 mobile device can access Key Systems’ Fusion on the go. Ian Morris, Key Systems Client Services Director explains, “Using Key Systems software, … Read More
This year three companies drove into Earls Court at Screen Media Expo: Eyetease Media, Verifone and Phillips. Philips Public Signage, had partnered with AOpen and NDS, and parked a big lorry in the middle of the hall. The displays were featured inside and outside the vehicle and showed from glasses-less 3D displays to touchscreen solutions, … Read More