Winners of 2007 DIGI Awards announced

April 4, 2007

SEATTLE — The Digital Signage Group, a solutions-based digital signage distributor, announced the winners of the third annual DIGI Awards, which honor…

Interactivity: key to digital signage?

Do consumers need interaction in order for the medium to succeed?

Tupelo gets first digital billboard

April 1, 2007

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal: Outdoor marketing giant Lamar Advertising soon will activate its first digital billboard in Tupelo. The 14-by-22-foot LED…

Indiana General Assembly considers digital billboards

April 1, 2007

Indianapolis Star: The Indiana General Assembly is considering whether to allow digital billboards that would enable advertisers to change their messages…

Making digital signage visible

Innovations in mounting hardware make installation easier.

Self Service Expo will host digital signage, kiosk tour

March 27, 2007

The writer is editor of SelfService.org.   As Self Service World enters its second decade, organizers are bringing several changes to the annual Las Vegas…

CastaVista launches hosted digital signage service

March 26, 2007

PORTLAND, Ore. — CastaVista, a company with roots in hosted services and set-top-box middleware development, announced the launch of its first product…

Digital Signage Expo announces tour stops

March 25, 2007

CHICAGO — Digital Signage Expo, formerly Digital Retailing Expo, announced the stops for its upcoming Guided Digital Signage Tour, scheduled for Tuesday, May…

Cisco 'making a big bet' on digital signage

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Networking giant talks about its appliance, marketing strategy.

GlobalShop: Digital signage on the rise

Show featured digital signs integrated with kiosks, smart shelves.

Cincinnati will tell local stories on jumbo screen

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

March 11, 2007

A non-profit program called Cincinnati Stories is inviting residents to tell their favorite stories about their home town, with the best ones to be displayed…

Is Google eyeing digital signage?

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Patent application hints at a "real-world AdWords" program.

Dallas uses plasma displays to tell of water purification

March 4, 2007

Dallas Morning News: The Dallas Water Utilities Department recently unveiled Waterwork, a $160,000 public art project on view at City Hall. It uses four…

Virtual 'video dealers' on their way to casinos

March 4, 2007

The Evening Sun (Penn.): An electronic table game made by Las Vegas-based Shuffle Master Inc. — in which the dealer is a prerecorded video image of a real…

Fourth Screen Awards honor content innovation

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Content strategy was the primary focus at Las Vegas gathering.

End-user perspectives on software

February 26, 2007

Research shows what companies want from digital signage software.

Digital billboards under attack

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

They're bright, they grab attention, they're profitable — but are they dangerous?

Top 13 deployment mistakes

February 18, 2007

WireSpring Technologies offers this guide to common mistakes made in kiosk and digital signage projects, and how you can steer clear of them in your…

London Underground escalator video network

February 18, 2007

The London Tube provides a key venue for out-of-home advertising. Digital View provided services and features resulting in one of the most impressive digital…

Des Moines places 60-day ban on digital billboards

February 12, 2007

Des Moines Register: A 60-day moratorium on new digital billboards was unanimously approved on Monday by the Des Moines City Council. The temporary measure…