L.A. sheriff's dept. gets 33-location digital signage network

January 26, 2009

LINDON, Utah — Helius, a Hughes company, announced that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, led by Sheriff Lee Baca, has selected the Helius digital…

Interactive digital screens provide multimedia coverage of Obama inauguration

SMART Technologies will cover the ceremony for Chicago 's Bronzeville Ball using interactive whiteboards and digital signage.  

L.A. introduces bill to ban digital billboards til 2012

January 15, 2009

MediaBuyerPlanner: A Los Angeles assemblyman introduced a bill this week to place a moratorium on the construction of new digital advertising displays until…

California to set energy regulations for flatscreens

January 5, 2009

Los Angeles Times: California state regulators are getting ready to curb the power usage of flatscreens, particularly plasmas by drafting the nation's first…

Can a digital billboard catch a serial killer?

December 22, 2008

LAWeekly: Clear Channel and L.A. city councilman Bernard Parks joined forces this month for a second time to post a billboard in South Los Angeles that offers…

Magenta introduces new Mondo switch for digital signage connectivity

November 17, 2008

NEW MILFORD, Conn. — Magenta Research, a provider of video/audio/serial signal distribution and switching over Cat5/CatX cable and optical fiber, has…

Bomb-proof digital signage to help clean London

October 12, 2008

Financial Times: A London start-up has clinched a deal to put 100 pairs of video screens broadcasting an "outdoor financial channel" onto the streets of…

Digital signage comes to Navy tech provider

September 29, 2008

CONCORD, Ontario — Omnivex Corp., provider of enterprise software for digital signage networks, announced that NAVSEA in Washington, D.C., is deploying…

U.K. council chooses Saturn's digital signage solution for headquarters

September 15, 2008

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Caerphilly County Borough Council in Wales has chosen Saturn Communications' Connectvision digital signage for Penallta House, its new…

BroadSign to power huge SkyNet screen at Democratic convention

August 19, 2008

MINNETONKA, Minn. — BroadSign International, a provider of software as a service (SaaS) for managing digital out-of-home networks, and Advance Display…

Touch tech at political conventions

Both parties will make use of Microsoft Surface.

Charter Digital Media selects RMS technology

July 7, 2008

NEW YORK — Charter Digital Media, a national sales management, marketing and consulting firm to digital media and out-of-home networks, has selected rVue, RMS…

Digital signage at the post office

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USPS is using screens to change customer behavior for the better. 

Hughes to provide distance-learning network for GETN

April 7, 2008

GERMANTOWN, Md. — Hughes Network Systems LLC, a global leader in broadband satellite network solutions and services, announced it has been issued $2.6M in…

LevelVision expands collegiate digital ad network

January 17, 2008

ROANOKE, Va. —  LevelVision Media has announced it is expanding its College Bookstore Network (CBN) to reach hundreds of college bookstores nationwide…

Digital billboards to show Iowa caucus results

January 1, 2008

The Telegraph Herald (Des Moines, Iowa): Updates and results of the Iowa caucuses will be streaming on billboards at stop signs and intersections around the…

Clear Channel teams with FBI for digital 'wanted' signs

December 25, 2007

Portfolio.com: Clear Channel Outdoor has formed a partnership with the FBI, agreeing to display "wanted" messages on the company's digital billboard networks…

Helius announces new emergency alert system

December 11, 2007

LINDON, Utah — Helius Inc. announced its new MediaSignage with Emergency Alert. The Emergency Alert Module enables security personnel, property managers…

The psychology of digital signage

by David Drain

A neuroscientist analyzes the effects digital signage has on the brain.

Digital signage, live TV and the law

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An attorney explores the ramifications of using TV content on digital signs.