THE rAVe Agency has been busy planning and preparing tons of new LAVNCH & LEARNs and events. These events are educational and informative to help out both the new and experienced AV pros in our industry. From educational sessions on the newest tech to encouraging series on getting hired, we’ve got something for everyone. Let’s […]

Digital Signage has always been linked to the advertising market – replacing menu boards, static signs in airports, bus stops and even delivering messages to captive audiences in bathrooms. But, signage is now driving EV charging stations, wayfinding in grocery stores following COVID-19, managing capacities in retail stores, driving experiential events in malls, on campuses […]

Digital Signage Day was our fifth and final day of LAVNCH WEEK 2.0. With support from our partners Samsung, NEC Display and Epson — and a great partnership with DSE and the DSF — the content from these supporters and our session educators was fantastic. Read on for the story. Keynote: Digital Signage Gets Back […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST FROM MVIX By Lillyan Wamaitha Marketing Manager, Mvix For digital signage to be successful, you need someone within your organization to “own” the system. If there is no clear ownership of the project from day one, your digital signage will fail — there will be little to no ROI or ROO. […]

A new survey of media planners released today by DPAA points to continued revenue growth for digital out-of-home (DOOH) media, citing mobile tie-ins, inclusion in more media planning systems, the availability of attribution studies and programmatic opportunities as keys to garnering larger shares of media budgets. The report is available exclusively to DPAA members. Barry […]

At this year’s Digital Signage Summit Europe, more than 30 experts will explore how the Digital Signage and Digital out of Home industry can create better customer experiences. THE rAVe Agency co-founders, Gary Kayye and Sara Abrons, are both speaking and will be reporting from the show and will post all the product videos and […]

Visix now shipping the full release of its AxisTV Alert software application for digital signage. This stand-alone alerting platform can be used with any content management solution, including Visix’s own AxisTV Signage Suite, and easily integrates with popular third-party alerting suites like Alertus and Rave Mobile Safety. AxisTV Alert is built around Common Alerting Protocol […]

All of us in the digital signage market have been preaching the call — and future potential — of interactive signage. Interactivity makes signage more engaging, can be used to “gamify” the information and, in some cases, makes signage more multi-purpose — think about the case where the sign can magically transform into a huddle-room […]

The largest and most international edition ever of Digital Signage Expo is being held in Las Vegas from 26 through 29 March. A key event for the digital signage industry across the globe, this year’s show features over 250 exhibitors including the Spanish company Netipbox Technologies, which will be showcasing its integral solutions for the […]

Reflect, a provider of retail digital signage programs and longtime digital partner to Levi Strauss & Co., today announced that they teamed up with D3 and BrightSign to create a striking visual experience at the recently opened Levi’s flagship store in Times Square. At nearly 17,000 square feet, it is the largest Levi’s flagship store […]

Carousel Digital Signage will come to Digital Signage Expo later this month with a renewed message for its broad customer base: Embrace collaboration and keep your content fresh to ensure a true return on investment. At its Digital Signage Expo booth (2627), Carousel Digital Signage will demonstrate its Carousel Cloud platform for the first time, […]

Visix, Inc. has launched four e-book guides as part of its new Digital Signage Masterclass Series. The guides provide practical, step-by-step advice on every stage of planning, buying, implementing and maintaining a successful digital signage solution. “This is a terrific tool for anyone considering digital signage as part of their communications strategy,” says Debbie DeWitt, […]

Carousel Digital Signage announced the availability of Carousel Cloud, a new subscription-based SaaS platform. It is designed for an off-premise hosted digital signage service and can be deployed across networks that use Apple TV devices in addition to media players. Carousel Cloud means there is no traditional hardware servers. Instead, Carousel Cloud delivers a software-defined […]

The new Shuttle XPC slim series of Mini-PCs comes in a 1.3-litre format. Based on the Intel H310 chipset, the XPC Barebone DH310 supports Intel Core processors of the “Coffee Lake” generation with a TDP of up to 65 Watt. Two SO-DIMM slots permit the installation of 32 GB of DDR4 memory modules. For the […]

KanexPro is claiming the introduction of the world’s slimmest, lightest, most reliable, and economical line of 4K compliant connectivity products in the pro AV marketplace. This KanexPro UltraSlim lineup includes the KanexPro 4×1 HDMI Switcher with Audio De-Embedder and KanexPro 1×2 and 1×4 HDMI distribution amplifiers making up a family of unmatched-high-demand solutions for the […]

I will be honest, even though I work in the AV industry, I often get annoyed by some of the applications of digital signage in real life. So often I feel like a restaurant or retail establishment will invest all this money into digital signage or digital menu boards without ever really taking the following […]

The Digital Screenmedia Association (DSA) Advisory Board elected new officers for the 2013-2014 term during its biannual meeting this month. Bill Lynch, vice president for mobile and self-service transaction company Reevex, was named DSA president. Lynch assumes the role from Jared Miller, vice president, travel & gaming solution management for NCR Corporation, who will now […]

Almo Professional A/V has been named the exclusive national distributor for NanoLumens Inc., a manufacturer of of ultra-slim and lightweight flexible and rigid LED displays for use in DS, large format and signage applications. “As the exclusive national distributor of NanoLumens, we’re uniquely positioned to bring an entirely new business opportunity for displays to our […]

Part of the “P Series” line of NEC’s digital signage displays, the new P701 is a 70”, 1080p, 2000:1 contrast ratio LCD monitor that’s actually completely sealed so it’s designed for harsh environments.  Scheduled to ship next month, the $11,799 P701 has a built-in expansion slot to completely hide the media player.  NEC says the […]

According to DisplaySearch, since 2007, the DS market has installed one million monitors (26”+) for digital signage applications – with 52 percent of those being LCD and 48 percent plasma.  In 2009, the top five brands installed for DS applications were Samsung, Panasonic, NEC, LG and Philips (take out plasma, and it shifts to Samsung, […]

After being owned by Clarity and Planar Systems for a few years, CoolSign is back as an independent company and re-launched into the DS market at DSE 2010 as a software-only solutions provider of DS networks. President and Founder Lou Giacalone recorded this video explaining the new focus and company here:  http://cool-sign.com/

At DSE, Sharp launched the new PN-“E” series of LCD monitors aimed specifically at the DS market. Offering a new fairly thin bezel design and Energy Star qualification, the new PN-E series includes the PN-E601 (60”), PN-E521 (52”) and PN-E421 (42”). All three models can be mounted horizontally and vertically.  Sharp told rAVe that they […]

Digital signage industry watcher DailyDOOH has released its third annual list of the top-rated global software vendors, with UK-based EnQii finishing #1 again in 2009.  The top ten for 2009 were: 1. EnQii 2. Stratacache 3. BroadSign 4. Scala 5. Omnivex 6. (tie) SignageLive & WireSpring 8. CoolSign 9. C-nario 10. Dynamax

Yesterday, NEC Display announced the addition of a new ProAV-grade product line, the E Series. Debuting for this entry-level series are the 32-inch E321 and 42-inch E421, which NEC says gives corporate users an affordable option for lobbies, boardrooms and small conference rooms, while addressing the display needs of digital signage users in retails stores, […]