Retail Applications Driving the Market
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RMG Networks Explains Bank Project
Rob Brinklow is from RMG Networks, which used to be called “Symon Communications” and claims to be the largest publically-traded digital signage company providing end to end solutions. It is US owned. The company has made its own CMS platform and hardware player but the key activity is to develop solutions and cover installation and … Read more
Analytics Measurement and Legal Implications
Oliver Schwede introduced a session on analytics measurement and the legal implications of digital signage analytics. Schwede asked Dannel Gasser of Relevance Analytics “What is the role of analytics in the store?”. Gasser said that if you asked an online retailer not to use analytics, they would say you are crazy, but in digital signage … Read more
Panel Looks at Industry Trends
The final session was a panel discussion featuring our own Bob Raikes, Ronni Guggenheim of Navori, Brian Dusho of Broadsign, Damon Crowhurst of Scala and Vladimir Kozlov of Digisky and was moderated by Oliver Schwede. Schwede started by asking Raikes about market development. Although individual regions can be very up and down, broadly over EMEA, … Read more
Exhibition Round-up
There was a small exhibition area in the lobby of the Kempinski Hotel where the conference was held. I thought that there was less of interest on display this year, as exhibitors seemed to have made less effort, having, presumably, decided this was more of a networking event. Companies with some presence included Samsung, LG, … Read more
Di-House Expands With Gigabyte
Russian distributor Di-House has expanded its range with gaming notebooks from Gigabyte.
Exertis is Exclusive With Acer
Exertis Micro-P is now the exclusive distributor of Acer’s Aspire E10510P laptop in the UK.
CEOs Choose DOOH Over (Almost) Everything
A Censuswide survey in the UK has found that as many as 66% of CEOs believe that premium DOOH is the most effective advertising medium. The platform was second only to TV (74%). DOOH’s ability to target different groups at different times of day was seen as key. In addition, 60% of CEOs had specific … Read more
LED Brings American Football to the BIG Screen
Bigger is better, as they say in the USA – and the owners of the Tannery Row Ale House in Buford, Georgia appear to have taken it to heart. The recently-installed digital display is not just any old LCD screen; the owners chose a 224″ LED display from Nanolumens, to show American football games on … Read more
OVAB Signs Agreement With Club de Digital Media
France’s Club de Digital Media and Germany’s OVAB Europe have agreed to work together, to standardise the collection of industry data. As well as collecting and presenting information on the European signage industry, the organisations will carry out joint events.
WallDecaux Begins Underground Rollout
WallDecaux – the joint portfolio of Wall AG and JCDecaux, in Germany – has begun the installation of a new nationwide digital underground network. ‘Digital Underground Berlin’ consists of 75 LCD displays at 25 stations. Each screen is 70″, with 1920 x 1080 resolution and 600 cd/m
