BrightSign today unveiled the company’s new XD5 media players, which join the previously announced XC5 players to round out the first wave of Series 5 media players expected to ship in Q4 of this year. The new BrightSign XD5 lineup is comprised of two models, the XD235 and XD1035. Both are 4K and designed for […]

I’m energized to see our industry emerge from the pandemic stronger than it’s ever been. As people return to their normal routines, they’re welcomed by immersive experiences at every turn. Interactive, sensory installations like the All Blacks Experience and Weta Workshop Unleashed in Auckland, New Zealand serve as prime examples of AV technology taken to […]

The IKEA brand is synonymous with fresh ideas. From inspirational living spaces to meatballs and children’s activities, a visit to an IKEA store is meant to feel like so much more than a shopping trip; the aim is to provide a fun, family day out. It’s no surprise, then, that when the design team at […]

BrightSign expanded its executive team with hires to fuel the company’s aggressive growth trajectory in the months ahead. Greg Herlein joins BrightSign from Amazon Web Services, while Matthew (Matt) Neutra comes to BrightSign by way of Bose Corporation. Collectively, they bring to the company more than four decades of experience developing and deploying digital signage for some of the […]

Los Gatos, CA – July 6, 2022 – BrightSign, LLC, the global market leader in digital signage media players, today announced that German biotech innovator Green City Solutions has chosen media players from BrightSign to power its new DOOH screens designed to tackle the pressing problems of air pollution and rising urban temperatures. Known as […]

Los Gatos, CA – June 22, 2022 – BrightSign, LLC®, the global market leader in digital signage media players, today announced that its players are powering an unforgettable visitor destination that takes audiences behind the scenes of movie magic. Weta Workshop Unleashed! is an exciting new ‘part film set, part creative workshop’ attraction housed in the Sky […]

Las Vegas, NV – June 6, 2022 – BrightSign will demonstrate a new integrated digital signage solution, jointly developed with LG Business Solutions, at InfoComm 2022. The new solution – which will be shown in the Legrand booth (W903) on an impressive LG direct-view LED video wall – enables users to control and monitor their […]

Las Vegas, NV– June 6, 2022 – BrightSign will demonstrate a new integrated digital signage solution, jointly developed with LG Business Solutions, at InfoComm 2022. The new solution – which will be shown in the Legrand booth (W903) on an impressive LG direct-view LED video wall – enables users to control and monitor their BrightSign-connected […]

BrightSign and LG Business Solutions have jointly developed a new digital signage solution and are demoing them here at InfoComm 2022. The new solution — which will be shown in the Legrand booth (W903) on an LG direct-view LED video wall — enables users to control and monitor their BrightSign-connected LG displays remotely via BrightSign’s BSN.cloud Control Cloud. […]

BrightSign announced the XC5 media players at InfoComm 2022 (booth N735). The new BrightSign XC5 lineup consists of two models, the XC2055 and XC4055. Both models offer the company’s most powerful HTML5/graphics engine to-date, with graphics performance improvement of up to 10X compared to their predecessors. Both models support 8K output — one model offering […]

rePLAY ISE 2022 has officially come to a close, but first, a quick recap of session two. This time, the session contained curated content aimed toward our viewers in the United States rather than Europe. Our hosts, Steph Beckett and Emily Dean, picked out some great content we gathered in Barcelona at ISE 2022 to […]

BrightSign announced updates to BSN.cloud, the company’s cloud-based digital signage network management platform. The BSN.cloud updates improve workflow in two primary areas: player setup and player control and remote management. BSN.cloud streamlines media player setup with simple on-screen instructions for player activation and provisioning for any number of players simultaneously. BSN.cloud includes a free subscription […]

BrightSign announced that Graham Partners has made a significant investment in the company. Graham Partners is a private investment firm targeting technology-driven manufacturing companies. The investment is expected to fuel BrightSign’s growth initiatives to continue providing digital experiences for a variety of markets, including retail, healthcare, education, attractions, stadiums, transportation and others. BrightSign was sourced […]

If we’ve learned nothing else from this pandemic, we’ve certainly learned the importance of adaptation in the face of ever-changing circumstances. Like any crisis situation, countless times we’ve needed to quickly assess a situation, measure risks and make the best decision possible with the information available at that particular moment. Even once decisions were made, […]

BrightSign announced that it has shipped its two millionth media player. The milestone comes four years after the company hit the one million mark in Q3 of 2017. “When you consider it took us eleven years to ship our first million media players, it’s impressive that we bridged from 1M to 2M in just four short […]

BrightSign and Rockbot say they have deepened their collaboration as Rockbot continues its push beyond music into the delivery of TV and digital signage. The companies, whose partnership dates back to 2012 when BrightSign’s media players first powered Rockbot’s music service, continue with the delivery of TV networks and original local video content to air travelers in […]

Nanonation is the latest digital signage vendor to have its content management system (CMS) to earn the status of approved BrightSign BSN.cloud Integrated Partner. This new partner integration makes it easier than ever for Nanonation customers to work within the BrightSign BSN.cloud ecosystem. “The reliability of BrightSign’s media players makes them integral to many of […]

22Miles announced the availability of Digital Signage Ready (DSR), a portfolio of ready-built software and service bundles that allow for quick setup and deployment of digital signage experiences. DSR encompasses entry-level digital and interactive signage software and content management features that are ready-to-customize, ready-to-bundle and ready-to-deploy. The DSR SaaS portfolio consists of a content management […]

BrightSign LLC announced that BrightSign players are powering content in a Corporate TV system developed with WallSign for Maire Tecnimont, a global engineering and construction contractor. Maire Tecnimont’s office and construction sites located in Europe, America, Middle East and Asia are fitted out with screens powered by HD224 BrightSign media players in a project overseen […]

It’s been a good year for retail AV sales. Surprised? You shouldn’t be. The truth is, there were winners as well as losers this past year, and the winners won big. BrightSign received the single-largest PO in its history right in the middle of lockdown. That PO came from a retailer.  Retailers whose business was […]

London-based AV consultant Gordon Dutch met up with Hubert Van Doorne, the business development director from Nexmosphere at ISE London 2021. Nexmosphere is a developer of interactive digital signage. View it below: Products discussed: Collaboration with BrightSign, Interactive Digital Signage Displays and tech In this demo, they showcase motion-sensor technology that allows you to hold […]

BrightSign is now offering a turnkey trial program with a growing number of content management software (CMS) partners. Effective immediately, all BSN.cloud Control Cloud integrated partners may offer their customers 30-90 days of free access to its CMS running on BrightSign players. Provisioning of the CMS on BrightSign is enabled by the BSN.cloud Control Cloud, […]

A preview of the surprises in store when you visit BrightSign at ISE 2021. You must admit one thing about the digital signage industry: It’s great at partnerships. I mean, really great. Like the difference between Premier League and your local team. These are some of the recent partnerships recorded on BrightSign’s website. As you […]

BrightSign today announced that BrightSign players have been integrated with Nexmosphere technology to help tempt customers back into brick-and-mortar retail stores as they reopen. To enable touchless navigation of digital content on screen, the new Nexmosphere XT-EF650 AirGesture sensor has been integrated with BrightSign players to register hand swipes. In addition, the AirButton feature detects […]

In the connected world of cloud-based signage, security has to take precedence over performance and functionality when operating over corporate IT networks. This is often painful for AV managers. Even the flashiest, most impressive AV systems are inherently flawed if there is potential for a network to become a point-of-entry for hackers. In my experience, […]

BrightSign unveiled BrightSign Mobile Wednesday, a new solution to connect media players to the cloud where traditional methods of network connectivity are difficult to achieve. The solution is available as an accessory to BrightSign players that includes a low-profile USB modem with an installed SIM card. Customers have a choice of data plans which are […]

BrightSign announced a collaboration with c3ms Media to integrate digital menu boards in Bonchon Chicken restaurants throughout the United States. Bonchon Chicken is a Korea-based global fried chicken franchise with more than 100 of its 370 restaurants located in the U.S. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the blending of Bonchon’s traditional fine-casual format with its new fast-casual […]

BrightSign announced that its hardware is now fully compatible with Adobe Experience Manager Screens. Adobe is the latest in a growing list of the top content management system (CMS) platforms to build in native support for BrightSign media players. Adobe Experience Manager Screens is designed to help organizations connect online and in-venue experiences, transforming digital signage in public […]

The digital signage space just emerged from a year that none of us could ever have anticipated. And while the temporary closure of stores, restaurants and other businesses put a great deal of pressure on our industry last year, we quickly learned how indispensable digital displays were to safely navigate the pandemic. Digital signage became […]

BrightSign announced its collaboration with Bluefin International, Inc. to deliver a pair of new video wall solutions with integrated digital signage capabilities. The BrightSign Built-In Multi-Screen Displays come in two configurations — a 13.3-inch 3×1 display, and a 15.6-inch 3×1 display. Each of the new Bluefin solutions comes in a 3×1 configuration. The 13.3-inch displays […]

NowSignage‘s CMS has been added as a BrightSign BSN.cloud Integrated Partner. The BSN.cloud platform is a free subscription included with every BrightSign device that allows users to remotely manage their BrightSign device and to install the NowSignage digital signage CMS application. NowSignage already has a compatible application for BrightSign that is deployed across many industry […]

BrightSign has announced its collaboration with Walls.io, a marketing solution for the creation of social media content hubs. The partnership will enable content managers in retail, live events, education, hospitality and corporate environments to collect and curate user-generated content across multiple social platforms onto a digital signage display, powered by BrightSign players. Walls.io was launched […]