5 Things: Five ways to make social media work for digital signage

A digital signage pioneer talks integrating social media.

Forrester Research to keynote DSA webinar on mobile opportunities

October 9, 2011

The Digital Screenmedia Association has announced that it will hold a free, one-hour webinar on Oct. 18 featuring Julie Ask of Forrester Research addressing…

Spanish insurer launches healthcare digital signage network

October 9, 2011

Barcelona-based health insurer DKV has recently released a corporate digital signage channel, "HablaClaroTV" (Speak Out TV), created by Neo Advertising…

Leapfrog Interactive jumps into Cincinnati with public health DOOH campaign

October 9, 2011

Digital advertising agency LeapFrog Interactive last week unveiled its first digital out-of-home (DOOH) interactive marketing piece, created for the Hamilton…

Footlocker uses interactive digital signage to let shoppers design New Era baseball caps

October 9, 2011

According to AV Interactive, Sportswear and footwear store Footlocker has deployed a Lumacoustics-designed and -developed 32-inch touchscreen digital sign that…

22 million digital signs by 2015

by Jose Avalos — director, retail & digital signage, intel

Getting a handle on the real size of the digital signage (DS) industry is a challenge. Most analysts focus on specific geographic areas or niche sectors…

Digital billboards hit the Caribbean with Scala

October 6, 2011

Scala certified partner FSi Creative, in tandem with technology partner Formetco Inc., announced today that they have unveiled what thay call the first…

SmarterSign gets smarter with digital signage SaaS for SMBs

October 6, 2011

Digital signage software provider SmarterSign has launched SmarterSign Express, a software-as-a-service version of its SmarterSign Standard product.

Canadian out-of-home firm integrating NFC for mobile interaction

October 5, 2011

Canadian indoor advertising firm Newad has announced that it will begin integrating NFC (near field communication) technology into its digital out-of-home and…

Screenmedia expo '12 call for speakers now open

October 5, 2011

The seventh consecutive Screenmedia expo trade show for all screenmedia technologies and applications will be held May 16-17, 2012, again at Earls Court…

Commentary: Steve Jobs' influence on our industry

The digital screenmedia industry should follow Jobs' lead.

Omnivex, DST hosting webinar on building immersive, end-to-end customer experience

October 4, 2011

Digital Signage Today and digital signage software provider Omnivex Corp. will present a live webinar, "Building an Immersive End-to-End Customer Experience,…

Creating a memorable drive-thru experience with digital signage (Commentary)

A digital display specialist talks about using digital signage to enhance the trip through the drive-thru.

X2O Media Announces Integration With Microsoft® SharePoint® Enabling Exciting Enterprise Video Opportunities

Organizations Can Automatically Display Existing SharePoint Content to Digital Screens, Mobile Devices, and Employee Desktops As Well As Display Video Channel…

Colleges using NV3 phone-charging kiosks

October 3, 2011

Auburn University, the University of Alaska, the University of Miami and Towson University have each deployed NV3 Technologies cellphone- and tablet-charging…

Planar adds entry-level line of digital signage displays

by Christopher Hall — writer, self

October 3, 2011

Planar has long been known as a provider of specialty displays for digital signage, and now the company is widening its aim with a line of lower-cost…

X2O Media integrates Xpresenter platform with Microsoft SharePoint

October 3, 2011

X2O Media, a full-service provider of software, network management and content services for real-time visual communication applications, today announced the…

NEC adds 55-inch digital signage display to its V Series

October 3, 2011

NEC Display Solutions of America, a provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, recently announced the addition of the 55-inch V551 and…

NanoLumens to intro expanded line of flex/non-flex digital signage displays at CETW11 in NYC

October 3, 2011

Norcross, Ga.-based NanoLumens, producer of large-format flexible digital display technology, today announced it will introduce an expanded line of flexible…

Is it time to hire more employees?

by Scott Sharon — CEO, START

Earlier I wrote a couple blogs about the down economy and how to survive it. Recently I have been thinking about ways to take advantage of the our current…