New four-card platform captures and displays up to 16 HD inputs across 16 HD outputs for digital signage, control room, and other applications

MONTREAL/SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Matrox® Graphics Inc. and Seneca® today announced an expanded partnership to build Mura MPX™-based video wall controllers, starting with Seneca’s new VWC-4 solution. Capitalizing on Matrox Mura MPX technology, which features integrated inputs and outputs plus universal input capture on each PCIe x16 Gen2 card, the four-board controller enables integrators to build video walls of up to 16 HD inputs across 16 HD outputs. Available through Seneca, the new video wall controller comprises Matrox-validated components and was comprehensively tested by the U.S.-based custom-computer manufacturer to meet rigorous standards. This 4U rack-mountable, cost-effective video wall solution will easily fulfill project requirements for small to mid-sized video wall installations in any sector, from digital signage to process control.

“The VWC-4 is a product of Seneca’s dedicated engineering team’s efforts to consistently provide integrators with high-performance systems,” said David Mitchell, market development manager, Seneca. “We are confident our customers will benefit greatly from this new Mura MPX board-powered controller with its excellent image quality, as well as the flexibility stemming from their universal input, output functionality.”

Mura MPX Series video wall controller boards facilitate video switching, signal conversion, and scaling from their multi-functional, single-slot design. Possible applications of the VWC-4 include use as a presentation or digital signage system and within control rooms. Optional Matrox MuraControl™ for Windows® video wall management software facilitates the creation and management of layouts (presets) through the quick and easy manipulation of source content on all Mura-powered installations.

“Video wall integrators should be very interested in the new controller resulting from the Matrox-Seneca partnership,” said Helgi Sigurdsson, product manager, Matrox Graphics Inc. “Seneca is renowned for building quality, high-performance systems for digital signage and other applications, and Mura MPX technology is a natural fit to help deliver custom, reliable video wall controllers for use in countless AV projects.”

Seneca is now accepting orders for the new Mura MPX-based video wall controller. For more information, contact Seneca directly at (800) 227-3432.

About Seneca

For over 30 years, Seneca has met the needs of customers in diverse industries with original and partnered technology solutions. As a leading U.S.-based custom computer manufacturer, Seneca creates solutions to simplify technology for business, education, healthcare, digital signage, digital security and surveillance, digital broadcast, and high-performance computing customers nationwide. By establishing the highest standards for our products, we forge long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships that deliver results. For more information, visit http://www.senecadata.com.

About Matrox Graphics Inc.

Matrox Graphics is a leading manufacturer of graphics solutions for professional markets. In-house design expertise, top-to-bottom manufacturing, and dedicated customer support make our solutions the premier choice in industries that require stable, high-reliability products. Founded in 1976, Matrox is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with representation and offices in the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.matrox.com/graphics.

Cost-effective solutions allow retailers to "plug and play"

AOPEN, a leader in digital signage and appliance computing, has just released OpenSign™, a powerful, web based interactive digital marketing and signage platform for Android devices that allows retailers to easily install and manage a digital signage network.

OpenSign is purpose-built for different screen sizes, such as retail shelf displays and large promotional displays. It lets store owners actively manage digital content, without design experience, from any PC connected to the web. It also eliminates costly printing and the logistics of placing prints in the store, as well as enabling real-time offers and promotions to be run. Being cloud based, OpenSign can be easily integrated across multiple devices and platforms, including mobile devices. It also features local redundancy, meaning that content can still be displayed even if internet connection is lost.

Stephen Borg, Director, Global Strategy and Market Development, AOPEN, says that OpenSign tackles the frustrations and costs of operating that retailers and store owners face when maintaining a digital signage network.

"As well as helping customers make a purchase decision, OpenSign captures customer data and retail patterns, which helps retailers understand what customers are looking for. This allows them to better promote products and services, creating new, highly targeted shopping experiences, in a cost-effective way." Stephen Borg says.

"OpenSign is a truly easy-to-manage, solution on a cost effective OS with competitive commercial grade hardware. It's a perfect product, designed and built for retailers. It also captures data and tracks results accurately."

OpenSign is Android-based, built using the same web application framework that powers websites such as Twitter and yellowpages.com. It's delivered globally with Rackspace who are a premium provider of global data centers.

OpenSign represents a full digital signage ecosystem including: the OpenSign platform, dedicated devices and expert service. It can be used stand-alone or to complement existing signage networks. Its plug-in based API architecture allows integration with third party devices and applications including existing CMS and e-commerce systems.

Being web based the signage can leverage any live feed you can get, such as: stock feeds, weather forecasts, POS data, social media feeds, loyalty programs and more. Designed with marketers in mind, OpenSign is also SEO friendly, allowing for social media integration and local area marketing via its easy to use content management system (CMS).

Growth in the worldwide digital signage market is forecast to exceed 40% in 2013, growing to US$7 billion, according to IMS Research . Retail is the largest vertical, accounting for 25% of equipment and software sales. IMS predicts that retail will maintain its dominance, reaching nearly $2 billion USD in infrastructure sales by the end of 2015.

About OpenSign™

OpenSign™ is an interactive digital marketing and signage platform built for retailers to tackle the frustrations and costs of operating and maintaining a digital signage network. It is built on Ruby on Rails as a SAAS model.

OpenSign™ Screener

For those with pre-existing CMS, OpenSign™ Screener is a management and distribution system for integration into existing CMS, allowing you to update content anywhere with a web connection.

OpenSign™ Care

Supported by OpenService, OpenSign™ Care is a complete end-to-end care program including design, management and maintenance.

About AOPEN

AOPEN has been established for over 17 years, pioneering the ultra-small form factor PC and Commercial Appliances, for global electronics, information technology and communications (ICT) solutions. Its access to the parent group Wistron, with 2011 combined revenue of greater than 21 billion USD and operations in more than 100 countries, gives AOPEN a worldwide pool of expertise, combined with innovative systems and solutions to deliver added value to customers. www.aopen.com

Markham, ON. Canada – Digital Signage Magazine, the technology and solutions magazine for digital signage and DOOH media, has announced the winners of its 2013 DIGI Awards, recognizing the best new products for the digital signage market. Awards were presented in three categories – Digital Signage Applications, Content for Digital Signage and New Products - with Audience for Android submitted by Capital Networks Limited, winning the Judges Choice award.
 
“The DIGI Awards recognize the resellers, integrators and service providers who have gone the extra mile to ensure success for their clients, thereby furthering the digital signage industry as a whole”, said David Keene, Executive Editor at NewBay Media.

Capital Networks Limited, a leading global provider of dynamic digital signage content creation and management software, announced the release of the latest addition to the Audience software platform — Audience for Android – in June 2012. Powered by the android operating system, the Audience for Android media player and software bundle provides a high performance, low cost alternative to traditional Windows OS based digital signage deployments.
 
“We’re very pleased with the recognition and feedback we’ve received regarding the new Audience for Android solution,” said Jim Vair, Vice President of Business Development at Capital Networks. “We were interested in releasing a product and establishing a ‘high-water mark’ of what customers should be able to expect from Android OS media players and ensured that our Android OS media player had the advanced features that help customers reach the full potential of their digital signage deployments. Due to the fact that the android solution provides a user friendly, low cost alternative, it’s less prohibitive to those looking into digital signage for the first time while offering current operators the opportunity to expand or increase the number of individual, unique screens in their network more cost effectively”.

Along with the ability to take advantage of the advanced Audience content management system, some of the key features found within Audience for Android include:

•     Real time scheduling
•     Support of single and multi-zone layouts
•     Full screen H.264 video playback
•     Support of live data feeds
•     As Run Logs for content verification
•     Command and Control features for emergency messaging

“As Chair of the Judges Committee for the DIGI Awards–administered by NewBay Media's Digital Signage magazine– I want to congratulate all the winners of 2013 DIGI Awards”, said David Keene. “Each year, the task of choosing winners becomes a more daunting one, as the world’s top digital signage and DOOH providers continue to raise the bar for excellence”.

About Capital Networks Limited

Capital Networks Limited is a privately held company based in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1991, Capital Networks is a respected leader in the supply and support of advanced multimedia systems to communications companies engaged in cable television, broadcasting, digital signage and place-based media. Capital Networks has sold Audience™ software into a variety of market segments including Education, Corporate, Municipal and Retail applications in more than 40 countries. Clients include: OLGC, BBC, Peel Regional Police, United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps, Open Text, Cablevision, Rogers Cable TV, Cox Communications and many others.

About NewBay Media

NewBay Media publishes and produces over 40 publications and show dailies, 50 websites, 30 daily and weekly E-Newsletters, 3 expos and over 50 custom publishing efforts annually, reaching over three million readers in print and one million online and in person, around the world in over 100 countries.

Symbolises vision for a future of innovation, openness and partnership


AOPEN, a leader in digital signage and appliance computing, has just unveiled a vibrant new brand identity that symbolizes its vision for a future of innovation, openness and partnership.

The new logo is part of AOPEN's strategy to become the world's number one player in the fast-growing digital signage sector, which is forecast to exceed 40% in 2013, growing to US$7 billion according to IMS Research . AOPEN has an ambitious global expansion strategy, with a key focus on retail, the dominant vertical of the signage sector.

AOPEN CEO & President, Bernie Tsai says that the company evolved and grew into an industry leader based on its innovation, the reliability and performance of its technology, it was an ideal time to create a new identity for the next phase of AOPEN's future.

"AOPEN is a truly global company. We want our image to reflect our passion for transforming our customers' businesses and driving their success. We also want to show our commitment to a global vision for digital signage and appliance computing, using best of breed technology to create powerful, universally accessible solutions," Bernie Tsai says.

"This is more than just a new brand.  This is AOPEN's message to the world about the groundbreaking new digital technologies we are developing, our drive towards open architecture and products, and our vision for a future of innovation, openness and partnership."

AOPEN has pioneered the development of a universal, holistic, end-to-end digital communication strategy through its OpenService initiative. OpenService is an alliance of hardware, software and content creation partners, that seeks to simplify digital signage and create best-of-breed solutions, leveraging AOPEN's expertise and technology leadership.

AOPEN partnered with Australian-based designers RED DESIGN GROUP to create its new look.  RED's approach was to create a strong point of different, and to engage with AOPEN's values of collaboration, partnership, sharing and openness.

RED's Digital Design Director, Carl Thompson, says the new identity was created in three stages. First, a strong, simple and contemporary typeface was chosen to reflect AOPEN's modern, global face. Next, to communicate movement, harmony and energy, a dynamic logo was created consisting of rotating slices, or segments, forming a circle. Colour was then the final element to take the AOPEN brand into the future.

"We first designed the logo as an animated graphic because most of its uses would be digital. When the animation was frozen, the shape of the new logo emerged," Carl Thompson explains.

"Orange was chosen because in Chinese culture it symbolises change, adaptability, spontaneity, energy, enthusiasm, warmth, friendliness and positivity - all characteristics of the people who make up AOPEN. It's also the colour of the mandarins given as good luck tokens at Chinese New Year - symbols of business success."

About AOPEN

AOPEN has been established for over 17 years, pioneering the ultra-small form factor PC and Commercial Appliances, for global electronics, information technology and communications (ICT) solutions. Its access to the parent group Wistron, with 2011 combined revenue of greater than 21 billion USD and operations in more than 100 countries, gives AOPEN a worldwide pool of expertise, combined with innovative systems and solutions to deliver added value to customers. www.aopen.com

Digital Art Wall Panorama Controlled With Custom Content Management Program Developed By Obscura Digital

CYPRESS, Calif. – Making an impact in San Francisco, one of the world’s most beautiful and culturally diverse cities, isn’t easy but Christie® and Obscura Digital have done just that with a striking panoramic display of 160 Christie® MicroTiles® installed in the lobby of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) headquarters. The SFPUC Digital Arts Wall is a seamless curved digital canvas that provides an interactive educational experience for the public and an infrastructure for new content to be continually updated. Four feet tall and 58 feet long with a native resolution of 62 million pixels, the 4-units tall by 40-units long Christie MicroTiles video wall displays high�?resolution data and graphic visualizations – including the unfolding history of the SFPUC, an interactive platform that includes real-time news and ambient music.

Christie and Obscura Digital Create Customized Solution

“We needed to create something that would be beautiful and stand up over time in terms of resolution and technology, and also create something that could be updated easily by the SFPUC,” said Nathan Houchin, technical director, Obscura Digital. “So we created a custom content management program for them where they can upload new information very effectively and efficiently via their communications department.”

“Our goal was an interactive educational experience that could excite both young and old alike. We wanted a flexible and innovative platform that could connect people to the past and future story of our water, power and sewer systems,” said Tyrone Jue, director of communications, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. “We looked at several different display technologies for this project. We eventually settled on Christie MicroTiles because of the minimal seams left between each tile, ease of installation with our curved wall, and excellent image contrast and brightness.”

For the MicroTiles curved wall, Obscura Digital designed and engineered four customized interactive experiences with motion responsive visuals and sound effects including: “Snowfall to Outfall,” “Media Stream,” “Dashboard,” and “Interactive Art Mode.” Each presentation provides an educational and entertaining platform for SFPUC employees and visitors to learn more about the history, art, current issues and goals of the SFPUC.

“We worked with rp Visual Solutions and they helped us design and build a superstructure pedestal that the Christie MicroTiles sit on. Due to the sequence of construction, we were required to install the pedestal three months before the MicroTiles installation and it got framed around the MicroTiles,” added Houchin. “Everything was very, very tight so checking tolerances and double-checking that everything was on spec was critical. With the ultramodern look and feel of the wall, there was no room for error.”

Illustrating the importance of the entire water system, and the PUC’s place within it, is a diorama created by a local artist depicting the key elements of the city’s water system. Through an agreement with the San Francisco Arts Commission, artwork done by local artists is displayed on a revolving basis, turning the display wall into a constantly changing digital canvas.  

“The city of San Francisco is lucky to have such clean and healthy drinking water,” added Houchin, “The SFPUC does a good job of being stewards of this vital system that’s so important to the vitality of the Bay Area and the panorama shows all the types of infrastructure that are necessary to make this sort of water system work. Water doesn’t come from a tap first; this (MicroTiles) display helps people make that connection.”

Houchin’s team was given a strict energy budget they couldn’t exceed for the display wall and its custom playback system.

“We did look at other display technologies – projection and other modular displays – but we calculated that if we ran the Christie MicroTiles wall for a certain amount during the day, we could stay within the energy budget.”

Christie MicroTiles’ bright, color-rich and flawless images are the perfect digital technology for creating impressive displays in lobbies, briefing centers and at corporate events. Christie MicroTiles are more durable, reliable and serviceable than traditional display technologies and with their impressively small carbon footprint, Christie MicroTiles are an ideal choice for LEED projects, and for any building where environmental standards must be met.

“We chose Christie MicroTiles because we didn’t want to sacrifice resolution or be concerned about off-axis viewing and serviceability. An additional benefit of using MicroTiles to help achieve LEED Platinum certification is that the product has no consumables,” said Houchin. “Everything can be recycled and we wanted something that produced the least amount of waste possible. We can sell the Christie MicroTiles’ sustainability to our clients. This display is a really neat crossroads of institutional and public space and how we can use technology to entertain and educate. It’s a showcase piece for us and we really worked hard to make it shine and make it something Obscura and the city of San Francisco is proud of.”     

“Our digital arts wall is an artistic and technological masterpiece fitting of the nation’s greenest office building. It serves as a major focal point for the entire building and always leaves our visitors amazed,” concluded Jue. “They say a picture is worth a 1000 words. This digital video wall is worth at least 10,000 words on a bad day.”   

About Obscura Digital:

Obscura Digital, a San Francisco-based company founded in 2000, is a global innovator in interactive design, content visualization, and physical interface software for communication, education and entertainment. The company executes unique commissions for the world’s most forward thinking corporations, governments, museums and public institutions worldwide. In May 2012, Obscura Digital became a San Francisco Certified Green Business.

About Christie®

Christie is a global visual technologies company and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ushio, Inc., Japan, (JP:6925). Consistently setting the standards by being the first to market some of the world’s most advanced projectors and complete system displays, Christie is recognized as one of the most innovative visual technology companies in the world.  From retail displays to Hollywood, mission critical command centers to classrooms and training simulators, Christie display solutions and projectors capture the attention of audiences around the world with dynamic and stunning images.  For more information, visit www.christiedigital.com

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“Christie” is a trademark of Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc., registered in the United States of America and certain other countries.
Christie MicroTiles is a trademark of Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.
DLP® is a registered trademark of Texas Instruments

MONTREAL and CHICAGO — Haivision, a global leader in enterprise IP video streaming and digital signage solutions, today announced a powerful and low-cost approach to digital signage — the Mantaray™ player for CoolSign™.

Mantaray is an integrated player appliance combining the powerful CoolSign ad player technology with a cost-effective and reliable Android™-based operating system. Designed for networks that scale, CoolSign and Mantaray offer stadiums, universities, and global corporations sophisticated content management, dynamic data, and scheduling.

Mantaray incorporates CoolSign's DataWatcher technology for real-time and automated information updates and supports player-level scheduling, multiple regions, smooth tickers, full-motion 1080p60 video playout, and wired or wireless network connections. Using Mantaray, CoolSign network administrators get real-time playout feedback, playlogs, and can manage and upgrade players remotely.

"Low-cost players, like the Mantaray, drive much needed broad distribution of media, but without enterprise-grade management, signage networks become ineffective," said Peter Maag, chief marketing officer at Haivision. "Haivision's goal is to enable controlled rich-media delivery to the widest possible audience, with scalability and reliability. As a hallmark of the digital signage industry, CoolSign is field-proven with some of the most diverse deployments globally."

Mantaray's single unit list price is less than $500. More information about Haivision is available at www.haivision.com.

About Haivision

Haivision delivers advanced technology for streaming, recording, managing, and distributing secure IP video and interactive media within the enterprise, education, medical/healthcare, and federal/military markets. Haivision is a private company based in Montreal and Chicago, with technical excellence centers in Beaverton, Ore.; Austin, Texas; and Hamburg, Germany. With a global sales and support organization, Haivision distributes its products through value-added resellers, system integrators, distributors, and OEMs worldwide. More information is available at www.haivision.com.

All trademarks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

Markham, ON. Canada – World Media Net & Affiliates LLC, an authorized reseller of Capital Networks Limited recently installed a new and extensive digital signage network powered by the Audience for Android solution in 39 CapitalTristate locations within Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia & Maryland.

CapitalTristate, "The Electrical Distributor of Choice" for contractors in the area, installed the public facing digital signage in order to better communicate promotions and information to contractors placing orders and picking up supplies. The multi-zone displays rotate a variety of content including new product promotions, service announcements, training information, company news and emergency opening contact information.

Capital Networks Limited, a leading global provider of dynamic digital signage content creation and management software, introduced the latest addition to the Audience software platform – Audience for Android – earlier this year as a low cost player alternative for dynamic digital signage displays.

“We’re certainly pleased by the reaction we’ve had since launching the Audience for Android solution”, Bil Trainor, President of Capital Networks remarked. “Because it’s able to take advantage our advanced Audience management system, the performance of the product is surprisingly high. The price point is excellent, the players are very reliable and upgraded versions are already in development as hardware specs continue to improve. Our resellers, including World Media Net, are very excited about adding Audience for Android to their product offering”.

World Media Net & Affiliates provided installation, training and content management services as well as the Audience for Android players used to power the network.

About Capital Networks Limited

Capital Networks Limited is a privately held company based in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1991, Capital Networks is a respected leader in the supply and support of advanced multimedia systems to communications companies engaged in cable television, broadcasting, digital signage and place-based media. Capital Networks has sold Audience™ software into a variety of market segments including Education, Corporate, Municipal and Retail applications in more than 40 countries. Clients include: OLGC, BBC, Peel Regional Police, United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps, Open Text, Cablevision, Rogers Cable TV, Cox Communications and many others.

About World Media Net & Affiliates LLC

World Media Net & Affiliates LLC has over 28 years of broadcast, communications and information systems experience and since 1995 has specialized in working with Local, State and Federal Agencies nationwide and overseas. Projects involve the consultation, design and project management of “mini TV studios” for various agencies, medium sized TV Studios less than 10,000 square foot, deployment of secured government communications via satellite up and down-links, design consultation, contracting of installation for various display and digital signage information systems at various governmental and publicly viewed locations.

About CapitalTristate:

CapitalTristate provides electrical products, lighting, and services to contractors, builders, and end-users in the Mid-Atlantic States. We service our customers from 39 locations throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia and from our new 220,000 square foot headquarters and CDC in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

Passport selected as a key technology for Ogilvy Digital Labs

New York, USA - ComQi, the leading digital in-venue media management company today announced that its Passport platform had won the award for Best New Product for Digital Signage at the 2013 Digi Awards. The Passport application allows users to use their smartphone to control content on a digital signage screen to play games, select videos on demand, get money-off coupons and link to their Facebook and Twitter feeds. The product has been received very well by the market and has been deployed in cinemas and fast food outlets in the US and Israel. The Digi awards is sponsored by New Bay Media and is the only industry award program that recognizes the outstanding integrators, content providers and product manufactures focusing on digital signage.

Passport is the winner of the “Best New Content Management Software, Web-based” category.  It was selected as the winner because the Passport uniquely uses a URL to connect any piece of content on a screen with a smartphone, versus download a mobile application. The platform then provides a wide variety of experiences including product information, coupons, loyalty programs and interactive gaming such as trivia, group buying and media selection.

In addition to winning the award, Passport has also been selected as a key retail technology by the Ogilvy’s Digital Labs in London. The Ogilvy Digital Labs London operates as a self-funded Research and Development facility that acts as a change agent within Ogilvy Group UK. The physical Digital Lab space showcases current and future technologies and this allows Ogilvy to expose clients, partners and staff to the new tools that they have at their disposal.

“We are very pleased to have won the prestigious Digi award for Passport. Passport allows retailers and other venues to integrate all digital customer touch-points within a venue into a single solution. This platform closes the loop between online and offline by identifying and targeting customers to give them a personalized experience using a combination of digital signage, music, mobile, touch, social and the web.” said Ajay Chowdhury, ComQi’s CEO. “We are also honored to have been selected as a lab partner for Ogilvy as they showcase cutting edge retail technologies in their labs. Ogilvy is a valued partner of ours and we look forward to working with them to create new and exciting experiences for their brand client.”

About ComQi

ComQi is a global leader providing a powerful multi-channel message management platform that controls a network’s content and infrastructure, closing the loop between digital signage, mobile, web and social media within a venue. ComQi has won numerous awards including the AV Technology Award for the Best Digital Signage Product in 2011. It has been voted as the number one global digital signage provider for three years in a row by DailyDOOH and a Tier One player by Frost & Sullivan for the second year in a row.

ComQi’s mission is to deliver an end-to-end solution that is tailored to engage consumers by optimizing communications and marketing strategies that provide the best ROI. By putting the consumer at the center of the experience, Comqi enables Connected Experiences through a single platform that offers media distribution, network and content management, interactive experiences and impact measurement. ComQi offers all these solutions directly or by partnering with systems integrators, distributors and marketing agencies.
ComQi’s hundreds of customers include leading brands around the world, such as Care Media, Six Flags (in the US), McDonald's and The Premier League (in the UK), CinemaxX (in Germany), Toys ‘R’ Us (in China)  and Carrefour and Credit Lyonnais (in France).

With over 12 years of expertise and an installed base of more than 400,000 displays worldwide, ComQi is a global company headquartered in New York with offices in Jerusalem, Toronto, London, Zurich, Paris, Hong Kong Shanghai and a representative office in India.

See our website at www.comqi.com

About Ogilvy Digital Labs

The Ogilvy Digital Labs London operates as a self-funded Research and Development facility that acts as a change agent within Ogilvy Group UK.

Their vision is threefold:
1) To seek out and engage partners who would help the agency and its clients achieve their business and marketing goals.
2) To develop, nurture and support new business ventures
3) To provide experiences that would inspire through pervasive creativity - such as our Bi-Annual Semesters of Learning.

The physical Digital Lab space showcases current and future technologies and this allows us to expose clients, partners and staff to the new tools that we have at our disposal.

 

Chengdu, China, - GeneralTouch Technology CO., LTD., announces the attainment of Microsoft Windows 8 LOGO certification for its innovative and proprietary touch technology - Projected Infrared Touch (PIT). In a span of six months, from the introduction of the first PIT prototype, PIT has become one of the chosen few touch technologies that is Windows 8 Touch LOGO certified.

As the newest operating system of Microsoft, Windows 8 was specially created to incorporate multi-touch as a standard feature in the next generation of PC systems. To be inducted to Windows 8, a touch technology has to pass Microsoft’s strict test parameters. Hence, GeneralTouch is profoundly gratified that its PIT technology is now Windows 8 LOGO certified and with it, comes the attestation of PIT’s outstanding performance and its 100% compatibility with Windows 8. 

This is a big win not only for GeneralTouch as the certification inevitably paves the way for leading major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs) to unreservedly develop PIT products that run on Windows 8 where touch is intrinsic. Both the monitor, All-in-One PC ODM/OEMs and consumers will greatly profit from the benefits of PIT technology, with its excellent multi-touch performance, elegant aesthetics, near zero bezel, high level of customization, superb cost-effectiveness & reliability; thus, breaking the monopoly of Projected Capacitive (PCAP) touch technology in consumer electronics applications.

Having earned the Windows 8 LOGO certification, GeneralTouch will double its efforts in speeding up PIT products engineering, mass production schedule and marketing campaign, to usher PIT touch products into the mass market in the near future, as previously envisaged. In particular, GeneralTouch will spare no effort in supporting leading PC ODM/OEMs to roll out Windows 8 Desktop touch displays and PCs, interfaced with PIT, soonest possible. 

The prompt development and initiation of PIT into the world of touch technology reflects the resolute research and indomitable design capabilities of GeneralTouch. In maintaining its stance as the world leading touch solutions provider, GeneralTouch will keep on innovating advanced touch technologies and products for the global touch industry. The current PIT touch product comes in size ranging from 15” to 32” and is suitable for Desktop Monitors, All-in-one (AIO) PCs with touch.

About GeneralTouch Technology Co., Ltd.

Established in 2000, GeneralTouch(GT) has become a leading touch solution provider in the global market, manufacturing a wide range of touch screen and touch monitor products. GT capitalizes on advanced technologies while keeping abreast with the leading trend in the touch market. We offer an extensive array of touch solutions and help customers to determine the most appropriate choice for their specific needs. Through our consistent and high quality performance, we have proven to be reliable and trustworthy partners to provide touch solutions. Consequently, our products have been widely used in industries like finance, gaming, retail, POS, kiosk, industrial, digital signage, healthcare, education, etc. Please visit our website (www.generaltouch.com) for more information.

Unites the Power of Integrated On-Premise and Cloud-Based Media Solutions for the Enterprise

MONTREAL and CHICAGO — Haivision, a global leader in enterprise IP video streaming solutions, continues its strong growth momentum to $50 million in annual revenue, with a 390 percent revenue increase in its new cloud-based media delivery services. The company has been continuously profitable since 2008 and its high revenue growth has been achieved through a 45.5-percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the past five years.

"Our consistent growth has been fueled by organic profitability and will continue to be driven by successfully combining on-premise, end-to-end IP video workflow solutions with cloud-based systems," said Mirko Wicha, president and CEO of Haivision. "We have seen a dramatic surge in our Internet media business in the last six months, with our streaming solutions being utilized for large-scale, global events such as the 2012 London Games."
In addition to new Internet media delivery services, Haivision has recently launched the Makito™ X series, its next-generation, high-definition H.264 encoding platform. With dual-channel HD encoding, the Makito X2 delivers twice the quality at half the bandwidth of competing encoders. The new Makito X platform, along with new technology announcements in the coming year, is expected to significantly contribute to the company's continued growth.

With more than 200 employees worldwide, Haivision also announced multiple regional office expansions to support its continued growth. The Montreal-based headquarters has doubled its office space and includes a new training facility. Haivision has also added new offices in Germany, Austin, and Atlanta, which includes a state-of-the-art demonstration facility.
Additional 2012 Company Highlights:

• Haivision was once again named one of Deloitte's 2012 Fast 500 and Fast 50 growing technology companies (press release).
• Haivision earned International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 and ISO 13485:2003 certification to reinforce its commitment to its customer requirements, including the specific needs of the government and medical industries.
• Haivision launched the revolutionary, next-generation Makito X2, an H.264 encoding platform that delivers twice the quality at half the bandwidth of competing encoders with a latency of under 55 milliseconds.
• Haivision partnered with iStreamPlanet to power the live HD video streaming of the 2012 London Games to a global online audience.
• Haivision's cloud-based transcoding and streaming software as a service (SaaS) were used in high-profile, live events such as The Masters, Louis Vuitton, Tesla Motors, and the MTV Movie Awards.
• InStream™ Mobile debuted as a free low-latency HD media player for iOS and Android™ devices to make media available to a broader audience.

Haivision provides organizations with end-to-end solutions for HD video streaming, recording, management, and video delivery on-premise, over the Internet, and in the cloud. With more than 15,000 video solution systems installed worldwide and delivery of media to more than 5 million players daily, Haivision products are sold through more than 300 market-focused resellers, integrators, and OEMs worldwide.

More information about Haivision is available at www.haivision.com.

About Haivision

Haivision delivers advanced technology for streaming, recording, managing, and distributing secure IP video and interactive media within the enterprise, education, medical/healthcare, and federal/military markets. Haivision is a private company based in Montreal and Chicago, with technical excellence centers in Beaverton, Ore.; Austin, Texas; and Hamburg, Germany. With a global sales and support organization, Haivision distributes its products through value-added resellers, system integrators, distributors, and OEMs worldwide. More information is available at www.haivision.com.

All trademarks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

Next Generation Release Provides Dramatic ROI Impact for Customers

MINNEAPOLIS – Wireless Ronin Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNIN), a digital marketing technologies company, releases the fourth generation of its RoninCast® software, designed to increase functionality and improve the customer experience while reducing installation and operation costs.

Continuing to expand on the omni-channel offering launched in 2011, Wireless Ronin’s proprietary RoninCast 4.0 software now leverages HTML5 capabilities to more cost-effectively deliver robust digital content to current and emerging marketing technology platforms including digital signage, interactive kiosk, mobile, social and web. The new browser-based functionality also drives ROI with the ability to use lower cost players along with decreased network demand and server requirements.

RoninCast 4.0 also enables further integration of mobile devices with in-store digital technologies, giving customers the opportunity to engage with the brand using their own mobile tablet or smartphone. Example applications include filtering a fast food menu for allergens, playing an interactive game while waiting for services at a store or downloading dynamic coupons from a digital display. Companies can improve the customer experience, drive purchase decisions, and deliver more relevant offers which, ultimately, increase loyalty and drive sales.

To ensure that the correct content is always playing on the designated device, RoninCast 4.0’s new patent-pending content validation technology uses a heuristic, algorithmic process that ensures timely and accurate content playback. The software continually monitors both the player and display, sending alerts if the algorithms identify content discrepancies.

RoninCast 4.0’s additional upgrades and improved usability features include new RSS feed widgets, specific zone-based scheduling, enhanced cache management, cloud-based or on-site hosted solutions and a remote installation option.

“This new release demonstrates our commitment to continued technology investments to bring our customers unmatched digital marketing functionality,” said Scott Koller, Wireless Ronin’s president and CEO. “With these key enhancements, our customers can accelerate and drive ROI. Given its lighter hardware and bandwidth requirements, we estimate RoninCast 4.0 can substantially reduce the initial investment and typical payback period. RoninCast 4.0 will continue to set our digital marketing solutions platform apart from the competition, paving the way for broader adoption by existing customers and generating new customer wins.”

About Wireless Ronin Technologies, Inc.

Wireless Ronin Technologies (WRT)(www.wirelessronin.com), is a marketing technologies company with leading expertise in current and emerging digital media solutions, including signage, interactive kiosks, mobile, social media and web, that enable clients to transform how they engage with their customers. WRT provides marketing technology solutions and services to clients, helping increase revenue and improve operating efficiencies in the execution of marketing initiatives. Since the initial launch of RoninCast® digital signage software in 2003, WRT has taken a leadership position in the digital signage industry by committing to bring leading edge technology, services and support to its clients. WRT offers an array of services to support its clients’ marketing technology needs including consulting, creative development, project management, installation, training, and support and hosting. The company's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "RNIN". Follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook  under Wireless Ronin Technologies, Inc.

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This release contains certain forward-looking statements of expected future developments, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect management's expectations regarding continued operating improvement and other matters and are based on currently available data; however, actual results are subject to future risks and uncertainties, which could materially affect actual performance. Risks and uncertainties that could affect such performance include, but are not limited to, the following: estimates of future expenses, revenue and profitability; the pace at which the company completes installations and recognizes revenue; trends affecting financial condition and results of operations; ability to convert proposals into customer orders; the ability of customers to pay for products and services; the revenue recognition impact of changing customer requirements; customer cancellations; the availability and terms of additional capital; ability to develop new products; dependence on key suppliers, manufacturers and strategic partners; industry trends and the competitive environment; and the impact of losing one or more senior executives or failing to attract additional key personnel. These and other risk factors are discussed in detail in the risk factors section of the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2012.

The new X2O platform makes it easier than ever to create rich media content channels, and then publish them to any type of screen. Built using the HTML5 standard, the authoring application has been completely redesigned and features intuitive, drag-and-drop tools to let users quickly create media-rich channels featuring HD video, still images, 3D animations, PowerPoint® slides, and data-driven graphics linked to corporate databases such as SAP® and Oracle®, Excel® spreadsheets, or RSS feeds. The cloud-based X2O Channel Designer can easily be accessed from anywhere via a Web browser. The X2O player also supports HTML5, and plays out content in real time on a wide variety of screens including digital signage displays, videowalls, tablets, and mobile phones. The open platform also integrates easily with third-party media players — such as the Cisco® IEC 4600 Series player and the Exceptional 3D player.

The X2O platform allows users to harness the power of social media by displaying user-generated content from popular sites such as Twitter™, YouTube™, and Facebook. Interactivity can be easily added by displaying QR codes that users can scan with their mobile devices. With the X2O platform, it is simple to publish content to a variety of devices — including desktop PCs, tablets, mobile phones, and digital signage displays.
New X2O Interactive Functionality

• Real-Time Video Chat With a Remote Expert: Users can touch a screen to call on a live representative and have a conversation via a video chat window on the display. This capability is useful in scenarios where someone needs to "speak to the expert."

• 360-Degree Interactive Panoramas: A sleek, intuitive interface and easy-to-read maps allow visitors to browse a specific location with stunning omnidirectional interactive panoramas. This advanced functionality has been nominated for a DSE 2013 Content Award.

About X2O Media

X2O Media is a software developer of real-time visual communication solutions that significantly improve enterprise-wide communications and drive business. X2O's solutions facilitate the creation and delivery of rich media content featuring video and 3D graphics to digital displays, desktop PCs, and mobile devices. Applications include corporate news channels, dynamic dashboard channels and interactive employee training channels. X2O's products and services are sold and supported globally through a network of experienced distribution partners. More information about X2O Media is available at www.x2omedia.com.
 

Gil Matzliah, CEO of NoviSign, along with his creative team, is excited to release a new widget within the same software platform that pushes the bounds of what it truly means to directly engage customers. With the first of many game widgets to be developed, NoviSign is eager to share the many benefits of connecting with consumers through C2C and B2C interface. 

NoviSign’s new game, “4 in a Row”, allows vendors and business owners across industries to broadcast game widgets, in addition to content, pictures, videos, and live news feed widgets, to encourage consumer interaction. With a simple QR code displayed on any screen, tablet, or PC, all a consumer needs to do is take out his Smartphone, scan the code, and wait for a “welcome screen” to appear. There is no registration process, application downloading, and absolutely no hassle. (The game controller runs on HTML5). Any Smartphone is compatible with the game; it’s as simple as typing in your name to start playing!

For the business owner, when to broadcast the games is just as easy as the broadcasting itself! Vendors can set the schedule for when the game appears on the screen to allot specific times for consumer interaction. A doctor’s office, for instance, may choose to broadcast “4 in a Row” on days when they know there are more children coming into the office who enjoy entertainment while waiting.

NoviSign recognizes the need today, in this age of technology, for relationship marketing. It’s all in how you get the consumer, in any environment, to get excited about digital signage through response and playing off curiosity. NoviSign’s team is proud to present the first of many game widgets as part of their platform. They are changing the digital signage game.

To learn more about NoviSign’s newest game widget, please click on this link:
http://www.novisign.com/signage-widgets/games/

To read more about NoviSign Digital Signage, please visit the company website: http://www.novisign.com/
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NAVORI managed to port the same signage playback quality it already has on the industry standard Microsoft Windows platform to the Google Android operating system.

Lausanne, Switzerland (PRWEB) - At ISE 2013 in Amsterdam last week, Swiss Digital Signage Software Manufacturer NAVORI showcased it’s latest development on the renowned NAVORI QL platform. The NAVORI QL Digital signage player software offers a stunning broadcast TV playback quality – best of class in the DOOH industry.

NAVORI managed to port the same signage playback quality it already has on the industry standard Microsoft Windows™ platform to the Google Android™ operating system. This drastically reduces hardware deployment costs for DOOH - Digital Signage projects.

“We have been developing our QL Android player engine way before the Android OS™ proved to emerge from the initial smartphone platform it was intended for to a true application OS” says Mr. Jerome Moeri – CEO of NAVORI – “this renders our NAVORI QL platform into a Hybrid Digital Signage Software solution enabling to transparently manage both Microsoft Windows ™ and Google Android™ player hardware.” With this development the company takes a serious leap.

The porting to the Android platform was initiated 2 years ago at the time industry analysts were still doubting the future of the Android OS in competition with Windows and Symbian. “This development was a strategic and well considered investment after a due diligence analysis of the Google platform – we now have at least a 2 years technical pole position towards other vendors in the Digital Signage Industry” adds Moeri, “we are an engineering company foremost and we position our Digital Signage Software Platform as a component in any type of integration. With Navori QL the only technical limit is the communications scenario itself.”

Navori announced its SDK – software development kits – to facilitate their customers on both server and player end integration exercises. Ranging from GPS triggered content in transportation to way finding applications interfaced with hotel room management through Micros Fidelio, NAVORI offers a wide range of vertical integration solutions.

The Android hardware player device on show is USB stick sized and is expected to retail for less than 50 USD per unit – decimating the hardware cost of any Digital Signage deployment or advertising network extension.

About NAVORI

Navori International SA is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland and operates sales and support offices in North and South America, Australia and New Zealand, and the Middle East.

With its latest software release, NAVORI QL, the company tops its 15 years of experience offering the most reliable, cost-effective and user friendly solution. NAVORI QL Player is offering the highest play-out quality available on the market.

The average annual growth exceeding 30% over the last years proves the leadership position Navori obtained, and its QL platform is poised to set a new standard in the digital signage industry.

GDS, Global Display Solutions, a world leader in display technology for DOOH Markets will be showcasing its line of indoor and outdoor LCD displays which have been deployed in markets worldwide.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) - GDS, Global Display Solutions, a world leader in display technology for DOOH Markets will be showcasing its line of indoor and outdoor LCD displays which have been deployed in markets worldwide such as advertising, transportation, QSR, retail, marine, financial, and various others for some of the world’s best known companies.

The focus has been on LED backlit displays for retail and airport markets along with the development of several new top performing outdoor displays for advertising, all fully IP65-rated.

GDS is recognized for their development of specialized manufacturing in advanced optical enhancements, specifically optical bonding, a key to providing excellent image quality. The company has proven expertise in thermal management technology for full outdoor applications providing high reliability and low power consumption. Additionally, they have pioneered solutions and technologies such as sunlight readable displays and large screen optical bonding.

The company manufactures and ships 300,000 displays a year and has installed 1 million displays worldwide in various forms from indoor and outdoor kiosks to video walls and subway platform displays. This history of providing rugged and reliable custom engineered display solutions has earned GDS a reputation for producing best-in-class products.

This year GDS will introduce its latest technology which will include a few new outdoor displays, the 46” MIDAS III, the 38” MIDAS transportation display and the 70” SIRIUS D6 LED-backlit display. They have also developed a new line of impressive indoor retail kiosks.

MINNEAPOLIS – Wireless Ronin Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNIN), a leading marketing technologies provider, will hold a conference call on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time to discuss results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. Financial results will be issued in a press release prior to the call.

Wireless Ronin’s president and CEO, Scott Koller, and SVP and CFO, Darin McAreavey, will host the presentation, followed by a question and answer period.

Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern time (3:30 p.m. Central time)
Dial-In Number: 1-877-941-2068
International: 1-480-629-9712
Conference ID#: 4592351

The presentation will be webcast live and available for replay at http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=103218 and via the Investors section of the company's website at www.wirelessronin.com.

Please call the conference dial-in number 5-10 minutes prior to the start time. An operator will register your name and organization. If you have any difficulty connecting with the conference call, please contact Liolios Group at 1-949-574-3860.

A replay of the call will be available after 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on the same day through March 26, 2013.

Toll-Free Replay Number: 1-877-870-5176
International Replay Number: 1-858-384-5517
Replay PIN #: 4592351

About Wireless Ronin Technologies

Wireless Ronin Technologies (WRT) (www.wirelessronin.com), is a marketing technologies company with leading expertise in traditional and emerging digital media solutions, including digital signage, interactive kiosks, mobile, social media and web. WRT’s marketing technology is transforming how businesses engage customers, improving operating efficiencies and increasing revenues. Since the launch of its RoninCast® digital signage software in 2003, WRT has been a leader in the digital signage industry with cutting-edge technology, services and support, which includes consulting, creative development, project management, installation, training, support and hosting. The company's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "RNIN." Follow the company on twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/wirelessronin, or “Like us” on Facebook under Wireless Ronin Technologies, Inc.

Solution center represents the first collection of Apps and go-to resources of information for single-purpose tablet implementations

LEHI, Utah, /PRNewswire/ -- MokiMobility today announces the launch of the MokiMobility Solution Center, an app directory for purposed tablet solutions, providing a centralized resource for businesses deploying tablets as point-of-sale, customer loyalty, surveys, digital signage and more.

Designed specifically with these unique use cases in mind, the Solution Center will feature apps that turn an iPad or an Android tablet into a powerful business device, replacing point-solution hardware across many different vertical markets including: restaurants, retail, hospitality, property management and education. The MokiMobility Solution Center is the first collection of such apps and a primary information source for iPad and/or Android tablet single-purposed devices.

"Businesses are beginning to create more enjoyable and positive experiences for consumers by integrating tablets into on-site offerings, creating a complete user experience that combines the best of both worlds – brick and mortar and online," said Tom Karren, MokiMobility CEO. "With over 1 million apps available in mobile app stores, we understand it is difficult for businesses to find those apps that serve a small niche, when compared to personal mobile apps. We built this Solution Center to highlight the best apps, tablet enclosures and provide guidance and resources to those implementing tablets in these new use cases."

Some of the apps included in the first release of the Solution Center include:

•    Revel Systems
•    Favorite Eats
•    LinkPOS
•    Square Register
•    Belly Card

About MokiMobility

Based in Lehi, Utah, MokiMobility is the first cloud platform for managing, monitoring and securing tablet solutions. Independent software vendors (ISVs) and solution providers can integrate the management and monitoring features of MokiManage directly into their own tablet solutions running on iPad and Android devices.  As a result, tablet solution customers have greater control over the complete experience, enabling more engaging and new customer experiences leveraging iOS and Android tablets in new ways. For more information visit www.mokimobility.com or follow MokiMobility on Twitter: @mokimobility.

TORONTO, ONTARIO – iSIGN Media Solutions Inc. (“iSIGN” or “Company”) (TSX-V: ISD) (OTCQX: ISDSF), a leading provider of interactive mobile advertising solutions that serves advertisers, manufacturers, retailers and advertising agencies throughout North America, is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement of $250,000 in units (“Units”) of the Corporation with GraphicMedia, Inc., subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Each Unit will consist of one common share at $0.30 (“Unit Share”) and one common share purchase warrant (“Warrant”) of the Corporation. Each Warrant will be exercisable into one additional common share of the Corporation for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance at an exercise price of $0.45 per common share.

“This private placement coming from our US distributor, GraphicMedia, Inc., is a solid indication of their belief in the future success of our company and their desire to participate in our success,” stated Alex Romanov, iSIGN’s Chief Executive Officer.
“Our negotiations with the US based investor group in the previously announced strategic private placement are proceeding and we expect an announcement of the successful closing of these negotiations shortly,” added Mr. Romanov.

“We are moving forward with solid success in our negotiations with an ever increasing number of potential Smart Antenna customers, as well as working closely with our current partners, Keyser Retail Solutions and National Oil, to expand into significantly larger footprints within the next six months,” stated Ron Leman, GraphicMedia’s Chief Executive Officer and President. “We are encouraged by the response we are getting in our presentations and have decided to express our confidence with this initial investment in iSIGN.”

The issue proceeds will be used for general working capital and the manufacturing of the Company’s Smart Antennas.

About iSIGN Media

iSIGN Media is a North American leader in multiplatform advertising solutions that utilize Bluetooth, Mobile, WiFi and Location-Aware technologies to deliver rich media, permission-based messages to engage consumers more deeply and cost-effectively. The resulting business intelligence and real time metrics, gathered through iSIGN’s patent-pending advertising platform, deliver insights into emerging consumer behaviors that help advertisers measure their efforts and make better business decisions to increase ROI and customer loyalty. Headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, with R&D and customer support operations in Vancouver, BC and Tampa, FL, the Company has also grown to become the largest owner/operator of in-store digital media in Canada with 5,600 digital signs in 1,400 locations. Partners include: AOpen America Inc. and IBM, with solution distribution by BlueStar Inc. Additional information can be found at www.isignmedia.com.

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Keywest Technology shares new insight on key ingredients found in common with successful digital signage network operations. These findings have been compiled and form the gist of a new white paper that brings deeper understanding to business owners and managers at large who might be contemplating digital signage but don’t want to repeat common deployment mistakes.


LENEXA, Kan. – Keywest Technology announced today the release of a new white paper that compiles 10 years of insight, which explains in everyday language key ingredients that have been found in common with successful digital signage networks. The white paper, Key Ingredients For A Successful Digital Signage Campaign, highlights five components that are found in successful network operations, regardless if they are used for advertising or non-advertising networks.

The white paper dispels a key myth that has been repeated by unknowing individuals, which essentially states that information-based networks require different tooling and know how than advertising networks, also known as digital out-of-home (DOOH) networks.

“Not so,” according to Sam Ruggles, Keywest Technology’s senior digital signage solutions manager. “The 5 key elements that make for a successful digital signage network are one and the same, irrespective if the end result is used for pure advertising purposes or information dissemination only.”

Part of the myth centered on the idea that audience metrics for information-based networks are useless to the network operator. But in actuality, digital signage overturns difficult and mundane measurement into exciting new possibilities that help the communication cycle.

This is because all good communication requires feedback of some kind, and digital signage communication is clearly one step closer than any other medium this side of the Internet in providing useful audience metrics. Since advertising and non-advertising communication objectives are often different between either paradigm, feedback may be quantified and interpreted differently; however, the fact remains, great communication includes some form of feedback and is the hallmark of any digital media whether it is used in place-based digital signage, mobile devices or the Internet itself.

The white paper further explains with exemplary detail common traits that any digital sign network manager or operator can use to better plan for a successful deployment and ultimately gain successful results (ROO) that justify the purchase (ROI) and potential expansion.

The findings in the white paper reveal five common ingredients in successful digital signage networks, which are respectively,

1.    Setting realistic goals
2.    Choosing the right hardware and software
3.    Planning deployment
4.    Designing effective content or campaigns
5.    Choosing the right audience metrics

The white paper is available immediately as a free download on Keywest Technology’s corporate website: http://www.keywesttechnology.com/. Simply navigate and press the White Paper button on the black menu bar to download the PDF document. The white paper is also available for download on the Digital Signage Today website.

About Keywest Technology

Keywest Technology is an authentic designer of digital signage systems offering solutions from simple playback to large multi-sign and interactive networks. Keywest builds systems with a holistic approach that include key software technologies, creative design, system design, and comprehensive support. Based in Lenexa, Kan., the company is dedicated to making digital signage technically as easy as a day at the beach. For more information, visit www.keywesttechnology.com.

TORONTO, ONTARIO – iSIGN Media Solutions Inc. (“iSIGN” or “Company”) (TSX-V: ISD) (OTCQX: ISDSF), a leading provider of interactive mobile advertising solutions that serves advertisers, manufacturers, retailers and advertising agencies throughout North America, is pleased to announce that its third quarter revenues will be approximately $600,000.

“We have seen a significant improvement in the revenue generated from the sale of Smart Antennas and related loading of the software system and unit activation, combined with the continuing improvement in the advertising revenue generated from our digital signage network during the third quarter,” stated Alex Romanov, Chief Executive Officer of iSIGN. “In fact, our third quarter revenue slightly more than doubled the results from the first six months of our fiscal year. We are encouraged by these results, especially so in that once the Smart Antennas are installed, they will start to generate additional ongoing monthly revenues as well as allowing our back-end reporting system to gather a growing amount of data from each installation.”

“On a related note, I would like to announce that our 4th quarter starting February 1 is off to a good start with the signing of a six month $200,000 plus advertising contract for digital advertising on our signage network. This is a nice kick start to both the fourth quarter of this fiscal year, as well as for the first quarter of our next fiscal year,” added Mr. Romanov.

About iSIGN Media

iSIGN Media is a North American leader in multiplatform advertising solutions that utilize Bluetooth, Mobile, WiFi and Location-Aware technologies to deliver rich media, permission-based messages to engage consumers more deeply and cost-effectively. The resulting business intelligence and real time metrics, gathered through iSIGN’s patent-pending advertising platform, deliver insights into emerging consumer behaviors that help advertisers measure their efforts and make better business decisions to increase ROI and customer loyalty. Headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, with R&D and customer support operations in Vancouver, BC and Tampa, FL, the Company has also grown to become the largest owner/operator of in-store digital media in Canada with 5,600 digital signs in 1,400 locations. Partners include: AOpen America Inc. and IBM, with solution distribution by BlueStar Inc. Additional information can be found at www.isignmedia.com.

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This news release includes certain forward-looking statements that are based upon current expectations, which involve risks and uncertainties associated with iSIGN Media’s business and the environment in which the business operates. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking, including those identified by the expressions "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "expect", "intend", and similar expressions to the extent they relate to the Company or its management. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but reflect iSIGN Media’s current expectations regarding future results or events. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations. iSIGN Media assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements.

MOSCOW, – Scala, Inc. today announced the installation of more than 300 digital signage screens in Russian MegaBuses that serve routes between Russia’s two biggest cities and large shopping centres. The installation was carried out by Scala-partner Captivate Media, powered by IMTV.

A journey on the Russian MegaBus leaves passengers with about 40 minutes of spare time. The company understood that this offered a huge opportunity to communicate with and influence its customers. It found that digital signage offered the perfect tools to reach their audience and turned to Captivate Media and IMTV to implement an interactive online digital network on its bus fleet.

104 Scala players were installed in MegaBuses in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The busses were equipped with 22 inch HD LCD screens, 3 in each bus. Via a satellite connection the screens are in permanent contact with the MegaBus offices.

Out of the more than 1.2 million passengers on the MegaBus the majority are affluent females aged 20-40, studies show. They are expected to view the video sequences shown on board at least once during their journey with the MegaBus. The solution allows MegaBus to present its passengers with a balanced mix of infotainment and commercials for products and events at the destination.

“Scala makes it possible to use Ultra Low Cost PCs, which are compact in size. This is an important factor when it comes to large-scale installations and limited space. Scala allows for flexible and highly automated publishing and updating of content on players located in both Moscow and St. Petersburg. Moreover, the content can reflect the local regional features of each city. This ease of management combined with the ability to create content, publish it, and control it from a single programming environment is the core strength of Scala” states Tony Yammine, Chairman of the board at IMTV.

About Megabus

MegaBus is a shuttle bus offered by MEGA, a new concept for shopping, leisure and relaxation for the entire family initiated by IKEA. The MegaBus transports passengers from major transportation hubs in Moscow and St Petersburg to the MEGA malls usually located in the outskirts of the city. For more information, visit: http://eng.megamall.ru

About Captivate Media

Captivate Media powered by IMTV system is a company under the international holding Form Trust Holding, which has provided advertising on the Russian market for more than 20 years, and is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Russia, DSA, ISA, POPAI Russia, PRI and the IAA. Captivate provides the most interesting and effective solutions in Digital Signage: “turnkey” solutions: concept of the project, customized design, Interactive online signal, content creation, content management. Captivate Media in Russia is in partnership with Auchan retail networks IKEA-MEGA shopping malls, Capitoliy malls and others. For more information, visit http://www.imtv.ru/

About Scala

Driving more than 500,000 screens worldwide, Scala Inc. is a leading global provider of digital signage and advertising management solutions.  Scala is the world’s first connected signage company, offering the leading platforms for content creation, management and distribution in digital signage networks and the first unified platform for advertising management of both traditional and digital signage networks.  Scala is headquartered near Philadelphia, Pa. USA, and has subsidiaries in Canada, The Netherlands, France, Norway, Germany, Japan and India, as well as more than 500 partners in more than 90 countries. For more information, visit: http://www.scala.com or their blog. Connect with Scala via Twitter and Facebook.

Ideas coming to life with the aid of Cineviz, Nytric and Baanto

CYPRESS, Calif. – Christie and Cineviz are tying technology and art together at the Midland Center for the Arts in Midland, Michigan, with a tailor-made experience highlighting the abilities of Christie Interactivity Kit. With its ‘Escape the Ordinary’ theme, the center is unique in that it encourages both participation and appreciation for art, music, science and history.

“This project started when I showed the people at the center a trade show video where Christie displayed a digital paint canvas and they loved what they saw,” said Mike Driedric, vice president of sales, Cineviz. “Then the conversation steered itself to this exhibit space – and having an actual paint wall here. The director of exhibits – who is an artist by trade – really wanted to create an experience for the facility.”

In the main gallery, Cineviz installed four high definition Christie FHD551-X LCD flat panels in portrait mode – two on each side of a four-inch gap. The two canvasses allow participants to engage and interact with a digital paint palette using Christie Interactivity Kit and an application developed by Nytric  in conjunction with Baanto™ Touchscreen technology. To reduce wear and tear, Cineviz placed tempered glass over the flat panels with the Interactivity Kit’s modular frame placed around the display. 

Christie Interactivity Kit Differentiates Itself

Christie Interactivity Kit lets multiple users interact simultaneously with a rectangular video wall, with the resolution and speed needed to support finger-based gestures such as flicking, pinching, rotating and scrolling with reliable, accurate performance.

Designed in pieces that fit perfectly around Christie MicroTiles, the Christie Interactivity Kit can be configured into 84 different sizes. The kit can accommodate practically any large format display up to 21.33 feet wide and 6 feet high, or up to a 16-units wide by 6-units tall Christie MicroTiles array. The easy-to-use, field-installable kits attach around the display wall perimeter and plug into a computer USB port without any need for drivers.

“In a lot of paint programs, you use a plus/minus sign to control the intensity of the color. However, with the Interactivity Kit, you actually replicate the painting experience because you can use a paintbrush and blend, for example, pink and blue to make purple. You can also push harder to have a larger spot or a deeper shade of purple. Or you could run a thin line off the brush.”

Driedric also said the project shows how ideas can come to life thanks to Christie Interactivity Kit. “This display really showcases interactive visual displays.We tailored the solution specifically to the museum – tying a physical solution with an interactive solution to deliver an experience that people can’t get anywhere else.”

Higher Expectations Met with Cineviz and Christie Interactivity Kit

In today’s rapidly changing world, the technology of yesterday is no longer the draw it used to be for museums – especially for the younger generation who quickly embrace the newest technology.

”The youth of today quickly lose interest in static displays so Cineviz gears its design and engineers its solutions for the museum market to the tweener (ages 8-12) population,” added Driedric.

The reaction has been overwhelmingly positive and, as Driedric pointed out, the staff is just as fascinated as the exhibitors are. “When you hear that, you know the installation is a winner,” he added. “This is the right solution. We are proud of what we have done at Midland and we are proud to work with Christie.

“There is a lot of brand equity with Christie and utilizing that brand for this project was a valuable asset. We love working with Christie and enjoy the experience they bring to the table. We are committed to the Christie solutions because we believe it represents the leading technology in display solutions,” Driedric concluded. “We believe the Christie product surpasses anything else on the market.”

About Christie

Christie is a global visual technologies company and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ushio, Inc., Japan, (JP:6925). Consistently setting the standards by being the first to market some of the world’s most advanced projectors and complete system displays, Christie is recognized as one of the most visual technology companies in the world.  From retail displays to Hollywood, mission critical command centers to classrooms and training simulators, Christie display solutions and projectors capture the attention of audiences around the world with dynamic and stunning images. 

At the 2013 NAB Show, Haivision will introduce bold new solutions that allow users to capture, manage, and publish media content to Internet audiences. These new solutions are coupled with Haivision's industry-leading encoding (Makito™) and cloud transcoding (KulaByte™) technologies, along with new Internet transport technologies. Haivision will also debut the Makito X series, the company's next generation, high-definition, H.264 encoding platform with dual-channel HD encoding capabilities.

With these new solutions, Haivision brings together performance streaming technology with on-premise and cloud-based media management systems. Anchored by the industry-leading HD H.264 encoding technology, including the new Makito X series, Haivision offers end-to-end workflow solutions for enterprise IPTV, secure channel monitoring, multichannel recording, and media management both on-premise and in the cloud.

Haivision helps organizations establish the most cost-effective streaming workflows and deliver both live and on-demand content to users anywhere. Haivision's latest innovations offer the most complete, integrated, and simplified solutions so content producers can deliver content within and beyond the enterprise on multiple viewing devices.

Media Contribution | Extreme Encoding

Haivision's next-generation, award-winning encoding technology

Makito™ X will make its debut at the 2013 NAB Show. Haivision's next-generation, high-definition H.264 encoding platform with dual-channel HD encoding, Makito X2, delivers twice the quality at half the bandwidth of competing encoders. Makito X2 carries on the tradition of the Makito with only 55 milliseconds of encoding latency, an extensive feature set, and the ability to deliver multiple bit rates (MBR) from each source simultaneously. This low-latency encoder is available as a standalone appliance or in a rackmount enclosure, supporting up to 12 channels of HD-SDI 1080p60 encoding within 1RU, and delivering the highest channel density in the industry.

Media Management and Delivery

Haivision's new media management and cloud technology

Haivision blends expertise in live performance streaming with world-class media management solutions. At NAB, Haivision will introduce two new media management solutions: on-premise technology for capturing and sharing the most valuable user-generated content, and cloud technology to assure that content reaches a target audience in any format required.
Company Overview:

Haivision delivers advanced technology for streaming, recording, managing, and distributing secure IP video and interactive media within the enterprise, education, medical/healthcare, and federal/military markets. Haivision is a private company based in Montreal and Chicago, with technical excellence centers in Beaverton, Ore.; Austin, Texas; and Hamburg, Germany. With a global sales and support organization, Haivision distributes its products through value-added resellers, system integrators, distributors, and OEMs worldwide. More information is available at www.haivision.com.

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Located in the world’s first Garden City in Hertfordshire, UK- Letchworth’s Broadway Cinema decided to embrace greener communications using a digital signage solution provided by multimedia company, Review Systems and run by Dynamax’s cloud- based digital signage software.

The cinema uses the displays located in its lobby to advertise ticket prices, upcoming movies and opening times intermixed with third- party adverts of local businesses, scheduled and played in digitalsignage.NET. The content is created by Review Systems that also manages its delivery to the screens. The company is using Dynamax’s application since the beginning of 2012 to control its nation- wide advertising network that includes- besides cinema theaters- garden centers and motor dealerships across the UK.

Jonathan Brown, Managing Director at Review Systems said: “After using digitalsignage.NET for the last 12 months we have found it to be the right content management solution for us, easy to install and use. The ability to schedule and play High Definition content was a must for our applications and it delivers on all levels.”

digitalsignage.NET is also used to power digital signage displays in in the 80- year old, 7 screen Playhouse Cinema in Perth, Scotland.

Jonathan Brown added: ’’I think cinemas have a particular advantage when it comes to advertising. They attract a large number of people on a regular basis that many other local businesses want to reach (think solicitors, colleges, restaurants etc). So selling advertising space on their screens isn’t just a natural decision for them but also a much easier move to make.’’ And in this case, it’s all for a good cause.

The money generated through advertising as well as through the sale of cinema tickets is re-invested by the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation, Broadway Cinema’s owner, into the Garden City community and landscape.

Howard Smith, Founding Director of Dynamax said: ‘‘It’s good to see digital signage used for a noble purpose. The Letchworth Foundation is the second charity in our portfolio of users that utilizes the technology to generate money for their cause. This only comes to prove the versatility of digital signage in general, and of digitalsignage.NET in particular which can support single screen deployments as well as nation- wide advertising networks like Review Systems’.’’ The other charity using digitalsignage.NET for its businesses is British animal welfare organisation Blue Cross.

The two companies announce more news for the near future as Dynamax is preparing to release the latest version of digitalsignage.NET as part of its on-going development and improvement program.

X2O Platform Drives Winning Live and On-Demand Video Content Delivery App Using Polycom® RealPresence® APIs

MONTREAL — X2O Media, a provider of software for real-time visual communication applications, today announced that the company has won first place in Polycom, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: PLCM) first ever App Development Contest. The contest challenged individuals and companies to submit solutions using Polycom® RealPresence® open application programming interfaces (APIs) to extend the value of the Polycom RealPresence Platform. X2O Media won the grand prize with an application that delivers live and on-demand video content to digital signage screens, Polycom VVX® IP phones, and video kiosks.

Announced during Polycom's annual sales and partner conference in Vancouver, winners of the App Development Contest were determined by a panel of judges based on five criteria: commercial applicability, user experience, productivity, third-party application integration, and innovation. Driven by the newly released X2O platform, X2O Media's winning application uses APIs for Polycom video content management, video conferencing, and IP phone systems to provide a comprehensive multichannel video delivery solution. For example, a live training session conducted via video conferencing can be delivered to a variety of devices, making the training content available on the user's device of choice.

The X2O platform makes it easier than ever for businesses and organizations to communicate key messages and data to the right person, at the right time, and on the right device using stunning TV-like channels. Built using the HTML5 standard, the X2O platform features intuitive, drag-and-drop authoring tools to let users quickly create media-rich channels featuring HD video, still images, 3D animations, PowerPoint® slides, and data-driven graphics linked to corporate databases such as SAP® and Oracle®, Excel® spreadsheets, or RSS feeds. The X2O platform also allows users to harness the power of social media by displaying user-generated content from popular social media sites such as Twitter™, YouTube™, and Facebook.

More information about the X2O platform is available at www.x2omedia.com.

About X2O Media

X2O Media is a software developer of real-time visual communication solutions that significantly improve enterprise-wide communications and drive business. X2O's solutions facilitate the creation and delivery of rich media content featuring video and 3D graphics to digital displays, desktop PCs, and mobile devices. Applications include corporate news channels, dynamic dashboard channels and interactive employee training channels. X2O's products and services are sold and supported globally through a network of experienced distribution partners. More information about X2O Media is available at www.x2omedia.com.

NanoLumens helps Indianapolis based Sensory Technologies bring the lobby of an Indianapolis-based Fortune 500 company to life with the installation of a new NanoSlim DS Series (Design Specific) display, creating a unique a 5-foot tall by 13-foot long LED display in the shape of the letters “USA”!
 
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, — When Sensory Technologies was hired to redesign the visual experience of a Fortune 500 company’s lobby in Indianapolis, Indiana, the forward thinking integrator knew that the location called for a digital sculpture unlike anything else in the world, which is why they chose the visionary team at NanoLumens® to bring their vision to life by producing a 5-foot tall by 13-foot long LED display in the shape of the letters “USA.” The display, which can show any type of content that the company chooses, is the first installation of NanoLumens’ new NanoSlim DS Series (Design Specific), which allows every customer to ‘break out of the box’ and create truly unique displays in literally any shape and size.
 
“We needed to find a display provider that could offer not only an innovative LED display, but also provide us with impeccable service and support. The search stopped once we found NanoLumens,” said Andrea Nicholson, Business Development Manager at Sensory Technologies. “We were instantly blown away by their NanoSlim DS Series displays. The display solution we were looking for was highly unusual and NanoLumens was not only capable of handling it, they were eager to take on the challenge. They provided us with a state-of-the-art LED display that went above and beyond our wildest expectations. Far more than just a display, the end result is truly a digital sculpture.”
 
The USA display is a freestanding sculpture that commands the attention of every visitor in the brightly lit, window-filled lobby of the Fortune 500 company’s facility. NanoLumens’ LED display technology is perfect for installation in traditionally difficult locations such as public lobbies and retail establishments because it is extremely bright and durable, and generates very little noise and heat. This particular display uses NanoLumens’ 4mm LED technology and was built to the company’s ToughFace standards, so people can bump up against it and touch it without affecting its quality or operation. It can be used with nearly any video content management system, which allows the company to use their digital sculpture to present any content they choose.
 
According to NanoLumens President & CEO Rick Cope, “Our new NanoSlim DS and NanoFlex DS Series remove all the limits that confine traditional displays into squares and rectangles. This amazing USA display proves that if you can imagine it, we can create it. We’re the only manufacturer providing customers the opportunity to design the size, shape, curvature and pixel pitch of their own unique LED displays, allowing them to create an artistic digital canvas that can even stand alone as a sculptural work of art.”
 
Sensory Technologies was able to implement the NanoSlim DS with the help of the NanoLumens team and was so pleased with the support and service from NanoLumens, that the integrator has deemed the company their ‘go-to’ provider for installations that call for one-of-a-kind, large-format LED displays.
 
“The demand for unique digital signage applications is growing every day as corporations, universities and healthcare facilities become increasingly more interested in finding new and exciting ways to display their visual content ” added Nicholson. “Through this partnership, we quickly learned that NanoLumens stands head and shoulders above the field in terms of providing cutting-edge LED display solutions. With eight years worth of experience managing hundreds of AV installations, I was extremely impressed with the quality of product and the dedication to personal service that NanoLumens provides. The team has been top notch to work with and was always very responsive. The product they create and quality they deliver is second to none and I am excited to work with them again.”
 
NanoLumens’ NanoSlim DS and NanoFlex DS Series are a bold departure from the traditional one-size-fits-all design paradigm that has been a mainstay of the display industry for decades. Available in 4mm, 5mm and 6mm pixel pitches, the NanoSlim DS and NanoFlex DS Series allow customers to specify truly unique displays in their designs and open the door for corporations, retailers and venue operators to create a completely original digital experience.
 
NanoLumens displays are extremely slim, ultra-lightweight, energy efficient, and feature a bright, seamless, high resolution picture quality that can be viewed from any angle throughout the display horizon without color shift or image distortion. The company’s patented display technology, which allows customers to select from 4mm, 5mm, or 6mm pixel pitch (depending on the model), promises to transform the way marketers engage their customers in every type of trade show, retail, hospitality, stadium, arena, transportation and public event environment.
 
All NanoLumens displays accept input from nearly any device or content management system. There is no need for special software, hardware or special personnel to display content beautifully. With a profile of only a few inches, NanoSlim DS and NanoFlex DS can be installed on virtually any surface without being obtrusive, adding the ‘WOW’ factor to any environment without taking up precious space. NanoLumens’ patented display technology is optimized for indoor use, operating with virtually zero heat or noise while producing bright, rich, consistent color as well as superior off-axis viewing with no color shift or image distortion throughout the display horizon.
 
NanoLumens’ technology has been named ‘Best Large-format LED Display’ of the year by Signage Solutions magazine in its 2012 Product of the Year awards program, as well as being recognized by Entrepreneur magazine as a 2011 future-proof tech trend and cited by The Wall Street Journal in its 2010 Technology Innovations Awards.  NanoLumens’ technology also received the 2011 Breakthrough Technology of the Year Award at the American Technology Awards.  Digital Signage Magazine awarded the NanoLumens NanoFlex a 2011 DIGI Award for “Best New Display Device – Non-LCD or Plasma.”
 
About Sensory Technologies

Sensory Technologies is a leading audio-visual, telepresence system and collaboration solutions provider. Their customized solutions help to increase productivity and communication effectiveness for corporations, educational institutions, healthcare organizations and government agencies nationwide.  Sensory Technologies provides fully integrated solutions consisting of system design and engineering, equipment procurement, system installation and integration, on-site service and Help Desk management and support services. 
 
About NanoLumens

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, NanoLumens, Inc. (www.nanolumens.com) is a privately held corporation engaged in the research, product development, marketing and sales of unique flexible and fixed large-format LED display solutions in any size, shape, or curvature, that address a yawning technology gap in the $14 billion digital display industry. Since its founding in 2006, NanoLumens has built a portfolio of more than 20 international families of issued and filed patents on its flexible display technology that effectively address the commercial market void between relatively small flat-panel displays and huge, limited application LED boards. NanoLumens technology is not constrained by standard sizes and shapes, or by the weight, heat, noise and cost issues traditionally associated with commercial LED products.

NoviSign has been growing their software platform at an accelerated rate by introducing innovative ways to directly engage consumers. Recognizing the importance for companies to have easy, quick ways to gain consumer insights, NoviSign allows businesses to do on-the-spot market research to gain an understanding of customer satisfaction.

Customer management is a crucial part of any business’s success. By utilizing NoviSign’s newest poll widget, companies can broadcast questions through the widget on their products, services, or on consumer perception and attitudes related to the company’s goods and services. Consumers see the feedback uploaded in real time and companies can gage what is driving consumer behavior based on their answers. This widget is equally beneficial to both company and consumer: consumers enjoy engaging with and contributing to a company, sharing their feelings in hopes of reinforcing their satisfaction, and sharing criticism to improve upon certain aspects of the customer experience.

Additionally, businesses can offer incentives for taking the polls that reinforce brand loyalty. A restaurant, for instance, can offer a customer a 10% discount off his or her next meal upon completion of the poll. All it takes is for the customer to scan the QR code and poll with any type of Smartphone. The polling process does not involve creating an account or downloading any application, so answering questions takes but a few moments. The customer leaves with a coupon and the restaurant collects valuable customer data.

NoviSign does not just give businesses a marketing strategy. They enable companies to grow their businesses through engaging key stakeholders through cutting-edge technology like this interactive widget capability.

For more information about NoviSign’s poll widget for Digital Signage, please visit this website link: http://www.novisign.com/interactive/on-screen-polls-guide/.

To read more about NoviSign Digital Signage, please visit the company website: http://www.novisign.com/.

Jill Tillery brings global alliances knowledge and strategic growth expertise

PLANO, Texas (PRWEB) - Symon Communications, a leading global provider of intelligent visual signage solutions, has added Jill Tillery as the director of alliances and channels for North America. Tillery has significant experience successfully managing global strategic relationships, and innovative go-to-market channel sales opportunities.

Tillery is responsible for maintaining and aligning Symon’s alliance and channel relationships, focused on achieving mutually strategic goals and driving revenue. Tillery’s past experiences as a global alliance director for HP and EDS include strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Intel Corporation and VMware. Under her leadership, the EDS/Intel alliance became Intel’s model for all service providers. Tillery holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania.

Steve McCullough, Symon’s senior vice president of North America sales, commented: “Bringing in Jill is a significant step for Symon, as alliances and channel sales are critical to our overall growth plans in digital signage. Her track record of success in managing strategic relationships will undoubtedly make a significant contribution toward Symon’s success.”

About Symon

Symon Communications, Inc. helps organizations engage, inform and influence their audiences through intelligent visual solutions. As the global leader in enterprise-class media applications, Symon powers more than one million digital signs and displays, delivering real-time information, insight and relevant content for critical contact center, supply chain, employee communications, hospitality, retail and other public-facing applications. Symon gives customers a single point of accountability for all visual communication implementations, along with a state-of-the-art, fully integrated and proven content management system. Founded in 1980, the company is headquartered in Plano, Texas, with international operations located in Hemel Hempstead, U.K., and additional offices in Las Vegas, Nev., St. Peters, Mo., Pittsford, N.Y., Dubai, U.A.E., and New Delhi, India. Additional information is at http://www.symon.com.

First installation of 84-inch class commercial display at Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport

LAS VEGAS,  /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics USA has introduced the industry's first "Ultra High-Definition" 4K digital signage display, the commercial version of the award-winning LG 84-inch class (84.04 inch diagonal) Ultra HD TV.*

The LG 84-inch class Ultra HD Signage Display is the flagship of LG's 2013 line of LED large-screen monitors. Boasting four times the screen resolution (3840 x 2160 pixels) of traditional HD displays, the massive display is already attracting attention in the first-ever installation of 4K digital signage at Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport. 

The all-new Ultra HD commercial widescreen LED screen (model 84WS70MS-B) provides immersive wide viewing with a high quality and vivid picture featuring Ultra HD technology with 8 million pixels. The Ultra HD 2160p display has a bezel width of just 27.9mm, allowing displays to be arranged side-by-side. The 84-inch class Ultra HD display may be mounted in portrait or landscape mode for optimal use in commercial applications.

"LG continues to innovate in the emerging Ultra HD segment," said Y.K. Cho , B2B senior vice president, LG Electronics USA. "As a company, we strive to offer incredible picture quality on an enormous scale across the board. We are extremely proud to bring our award-winning 84-inch class Ultra HD display technology to the commercial market where customers will benefit from interactive applications presented on a such a huge, visually stunning display."

Two 84-inch class displays with stunning 4K content are featured in a new wayfinder kiosk in McCarran Airport's D Concourse, where nearly 32,000 passengers pass through its 45 gates on a daily basis and either take a tram to Terminal 1 or the new Terminal 3 to collect baggage depending upon which airline they arrived.

To help alleviate directional issues, McCarran airport officials opted to add the Ultra HD displays, encased in an 11-foot tall kiosk, to provide a very clear and unmistakable signage solution in addition to static overhead signs already in place. The monitor at the top of the kiosk runs a wayfinder application designed by Denver-based digital signage solutions provider, Four Winds Interactive.

"The LG Ultra HD display is a welcome addition to our D Concourse rotunda," said Rosemary Vassiliadis , Deputy Director for Clark County Department of Aviation, owner-operator of McCarran International Airport.  "It has been challenging to communicate to customers the many changes that have taken place around the airport since the opening of Terminal 3, but this incredible new Ultra HD display will help capture people's attention and enable us to get our message across more clearly."

Integrated into all LED models, including the 84-inch class Ultra HD screen, is LG's In Plane Switching (IPS) panel technology that helps provide color saturation and contrast for off-angle viewing (both horizontal and vertical), resulting in a display with great picture quality that can be installed at virtually any angle or height. IPS technology also provides a temperature tolerance of up to 230 degrees Fahrenheit (110 degrees Celsius), which helps alleviate a common problem with screens overheating and, as a result, suffering from permanent picture quality damage.  The feature rich large-screen monitor also includes Smart Energy Saving, Temperature Sensor, Auto Brightness Sensor, ISM Method and Key Lock.

A slot at the rear of the display offers the opportunity to attach an external media player (compatible with LG Media Players MP700, MP500 Media Player) for a slimmer look and more convenient maintenance of the display solution.  Additionally, the display offers a user friendly interface through its use of LG's proprietary web-based management platform, SuperSign Elite-w Lite, allowing integrators to pre-load templates to create and run dynamic content, coupled with quick navigation through menus to control networked displays and simultaneously run media files.

About LG Electronics USA

The LG Electronics USA Home Electronics Business-to-Business division serves customers in the U.S. digital signage, systems integration, lodging and hospitality, healthcare, education, government and industrial markets. Based in Lincolnshire, Ill., with its dedicated engineering and customer support team, LG Electronics USA Home Electronics Business-to-Business delivers business-to-business technology solutions tailored to the particular needs of business environments. LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $49 billion global force in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications. For more information, please visit www.LGSolutions.com.

Designs, features and specifications subject to change without notice.

* "Ultra-high-definition" or "4K" content is not available for consumer devices.  No broadcast standard currently exists for "4K" or "ultra-high-definition" television, and this product may or may not be compatible with such standards if and when developed.

On the list for the second consecutive year, the digital signage software company was ranked #41 while CEO David Levin was recognized as one of America’s Most Promising CEOs Under 35

Denver, CO – Four Winds Interactive (FWi), a leading digital signage software provider, has been listed at #41 on Forbes annual ranking of America’s Most Promising Companies—a list of one hundred privately held, high-growth companies with bright futures. This marks FWi’s second consecutive appearance on the annual list. David Levin, President and CEO of FWi, also garnered recognition as one of America’s Most Promising CEOs Under 35.
 
"It’s a tremendous honor to be recognized by Forbes Magazine for two years in a row as one of America's Most Promising Companies,” said Levin.  “Making the list is a great validation of the hard work, dedication and energy our entire team brings to FWi.” 

For FWi, the recognition from Forbes comes on the heels of receiving an Inc. Magazine Hire Power Award—which recognizes business for adding jobs and rebuilding the economy—and being listed for a second consecutive year on the Inc. 5000 ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies with 300% three-year sales growth.

Methodology:

One metric never says it all. For the Most Promising list, FORBES strove for a holistic gauge of young, privately-held companies, trying to pin down their trajectories by looking at a slew of variables. Over the course of six months FORBES reviewed thousands of applications. The final assessment is based on growth (both in sales and hiring), quality of management team and investors, margins, market size and key partnerships. FORBES turned to CB Insights, a Manhattan-based data research firm that specializes in assessing private companies, to refine the search. Their MOSAIC software scans 45,000 sources to measure a company’s health. A new distribution deal, for example, marks a positive signal, while the loss of an executive is a negative. MOSAIC gathers those myriad signals into a final score that FORBES uses as an initial guide in producing the list. After verifying sales numbers, speaking with each company and debating their merits and blemishes, FORBES produces a final ranking.

To view the complete the list, please visit http://www.forbes.com/most-promising-companies/list/

About Four Winds Interactive

FWi has created the most powerful digital signage software on the market today. In addition to powering digital signage networks, users can drive their interactive kiosks, desktops, Web and mobile content from a single, flexible and powerful software platform. FWi’s customers use its software to communicate more effectively, solve wayfinding challenges, enhance safety, increase sales and create a better experience for their audiences. For more information, visit www.fourwindsinteractive.com.

The Today Show named City 24/7 SmartScreens, powered by Livewire Digital's digital signage software, as one of the top applications for 2013; The SmartScreens are interactive digital signs placed throughout the city of New York to provide location-based information to passers-by

YORK, PA--(Marketwire) - Livewire Digital's SmartScreen application for City 24/7 was acknowledged on the Today Show as one of the top applications to watch in 2013. The screens are powered by Livewire's digital signage software and managed through its eConcierge® Content Management System. The SmartScreens are interactive digital signs placed throughout the city of New York. The first of the 32" touch screen-based screens was unveiled on November 20 in Union Square by City 24/7. City 24/7 plans to introduce the SmartScreens in 12 more metropolitan cities in the near future. Visit Link http://livewiredigital.com/todaycity24x7 to view the Today Show footage.

The project has been the collaborative effort of a number of Fortune 500 companies who, together with Livewire Digital, worked with City 24/7 to provide this one-of-a-kind product. The interactive screens provide public access to location-based information such as restaurants, parks, and shopping venues as well as local events and city-wide events. When not in use, the screens will display advertisements, and users will have the ability to view more information about the ads at the touch of a finger.

Livewire's hosted eConcierge® solution and Livewire's hosted Enterprise Server, a collaborative development effort by York-based Livewire and KioWare, provides the ability for clients to easily maintain and update information and ads displayed on the remote digital signs. Livewire's technology also makes the content readily available to client's web site and mobile application. Livewire recently integrated Zagat ratings into their eConcierge® Venue Management framework.

David McCracken, Livewire's President and CEO, comments, "It's an honor to have our software shown on the Today Show. The City 24/7 application is a great example of how our flexible eConcierge® system is easily adapted to businesses and municipalities of all sizes. The platform provides the technology for City 24/7 to connect with users via their SmartScreens, mobile app, and web site, and allows City 24/7 to easily keep the content fresh and up to date."

About Livewire Digital

Livewire is the Power to Connect, creating software solutions for kiosks, digital signage, and mobile applications, all managed from our eConcierge® Content Management System. Our many turnkey solutions increase revenue and productivity for our customers, while lowering overhead and providing seamless integration. Livewire provides cutting-edge software, hardware consulting, and system integration, bringing the necessary puzzle pieces together to increase customer engagement and a better end-user experience.

Simply put, we build software that elevates your experience and exceeds your expectations.

Visit LivewireDigital.com for more information, or call us toll-free at 877-595-4675.

ScholarBuys enters in to a partnership with NEC Display Solutions on February 5th, 2013. ScholarBuys will be able to assist you with any questions.

Carpentersville, IL, --(PR.com)-- ScholarBuys is proud to announce their partnership with NEC Display Solutions. As of February 4th 2013 ScholarBuys has joined the NEC Star Student reseller program. In other words, ScholarBuys will now be able to assist academic institutions across the nation by providing superior displays and projectors to enhance the classroom experience.

Moreover, on Wednesday January 30th the ScholarBuys sales team met with Kim Holm and David Goldsmith of NEC Display Solutions. NEC Displays offers academic institutions the tools they need to provide visuals in the learning environment. NEC fulfills the academic markets needs by providing displays, projectors, and digital signage. Mike Brown, Sales Manager at ScholarBuys stated that “NEC’s Star Student offering is a great fit for ScholarBuys and our customers. Star Student allows us to provide discounts on hardware that institutions are already purchasing, such as NEC’s display or projector offerings.” NEC’s offerings are unlike any other in the industry as you wouldn’t be able to just purchase one of their products at a retail location. ScholarBuys is looking forward to being able to assist education institutions with the purchase of NEC’s offerings. If you would like to schedule a demo with NEC Displays, please contact the ScholarBuys sales team today at 877-999-9294.

About ScholarBuys Academic Marketing LLC

ScholarBuys is headquartered in the historic "Old Town" area of Carpentersville, Illinois. A value-added reseller of computer software, hardware and peripherals, ScholarBuys is committed exclusively to the academic market. ScholarBuys can be contacted by phone, toll-free, at 877-999-9294, or by fax at 866-593-1834. General information requests can be emailed to info@scholarbuys.com. The sales department can be reached via email at sales@scholarbuys.com. For more information, please visit: www.scholarbuys.com .

Faster ordering and paying at Pans & Company

Spanish fast food chain Pans & Company has sped up food ordering and payment process with self-service technology. “Speed is one of our most important competitive advantages,” said Xavier Xavier Ramón, Director of IT Systems and Communications at The Eat Out Group.

To reduce queues during busy lunch hours, Pans & Company now offers customers an innovative option: they can order and pay for food themselves at self-service terminals. In a first step, the company has installed Wincor Nixdorf’s new “Pans Express” self-service terminals at two recently opened restaurants in the Spanish cities Sant Boi de Llobregat and Sabadell. The modern, stylishly designed systems feature next-generation touchscreen technology and easy-to-use software.

Two different variations of the terminal have been deployed: one for adults only and one designed to assist kids and disabled persons. The terminal in the Sant Boi restaurant has one display at a normal height to serve adults. The one in Sabadell has two displays mounted at different heights, with the lower one designed to help young children and those with special needs such as people in wheelchairs. The contract with Wincor Nixdorf calls for equipping all of the fast food company’s restaurants with the Pan Express solution.

The terminals offer other benefits over and above self-service ordering and payment. For instance, photos and videos can be shown on their displays to suggest menus or advertise specials. “The self-service systems drive sales and strengthen customer loyalty,” said Alfonso Crespo, Director of Retail at Wincor Nixdorf Spain. “In particular, they ensure that all processes, from ordering to paying, are transparent and fast.”

The early experience with the self-service terminals in the pilot restaurants shows that customers like them and use them frequently. “We promise quality and top customer service and through these new terminals, we are able to offer customers an additional alternative: they can decide for themselves whether to use the staffed counter service or self-service for ordering and paying,” said project director Ramón.

Pans & Company is one of Spain’s leading fast food and sandwich restaurants. Established in 1991 in Barcelona, the company operates 250 restaurants specialized in Mediterranean dishes on the Iberian Peninsula. It is a subsidiary of The Eat Out Group S.L. The group has an international chain of fast food restaurants, which it either owns or operates through franchise partners.

For more information please contact Wincor-Nixdorf.

Visible Spectrum, Inc. (“VSI”) located in Burr Ridge, IL, today announced the addition of Dreamstime.com (www.dreamstime.com) to its searchable cloud of royalty-free images, video and music. This cloud is used in real-time compositions created on VSI’s web-based video composition platform.

Dreamstime.com is a distinguished leader in stock photography and a major supplier of unique, high quality digital images. With more than 130,000 contributing photographers and 16.5+ million images, Dreamstime is the 3rd largest provider of stock image licensing worldwide.

With the addition of Dreamstime, VSI’s seamlessly searchable cloud now tops 36 million assets: images, illustrations, video clips, motion graphic projects and music. All of these assets may be used to create real-time compositions on VSI’s web-based platform. Rendered compositions come rights-cleared with a royalty-free license to use on any platform world-wide.

Users of VSI’s service never have to leave the VSI site; they are provided with complete design tools, upload and compositing functions, and may preview stock media selections in the context of their composition before buying.

VSI’s platform has now been used to create over 11,000 videos. Most of these videos were created in +/- 30 minutes directly by end users with no formal training in graphic design. Others have been created via VSI’s automation function, which allows use of a data base to fill in custom template fields - creating custom copies for as little as $15 each.

Anyone with an internet connection can try VSI’s tool at www.visiblespectrum.com at no charge. Just create an account and begin. You pay nothing unless you want to take delivery of your finished composition – allowing free “trial and error” learning. VSI provides direct upload to YouTube and Brightcove; and, direct file download or delivery via an FTP site.

Powerful B-2-B features are available to White Label and Enterprise Licensees, including the ability to store client-owned assets securely in VSI’s cloud; unlimited use of the automation function; and the ability to upload and use third party motion graphic projects as VSI templates. White Label Licensees are able to provide VSI’s functionality on their own web site, wrapped in their own branding; and, via API, deliver video files directly into their Content Management Software (CMS).

Founded in 2011, Visible Spectrum, Inc. provides a web-based cloud platform for creating custom, professional quality, HD video for any digital platform – Internet, TV, DOOH or Mobile platforms. At VSI, you always get to see it before you buy it. Only when the user is satisfied with the final result is the composition purchased.

More Information: contact Suzy Suker at 630-321-9600 or .

TORONTO, ONTARIO – iSIGN Media Solutions Inc. (“iSIGN” or “Company”) (TSX-V: ISD) (OTCQX: ISDSF), a leading provider of interactive mobile advertising solutions that serves advertisers, manufacturers, retailers and advertising agencies throughout North America, is pleased to announce that it is negotiating a non-brokered strategic investment of up to $5,000,000 in units ("Units") of the Corporation (the "Offering"), subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Each Unit will consist of one common share at $0.30 (“Unit Share”) and one common share purchase warrant (“Warrant”) of the Corporation. Each Warrant will be exercisable into one additional common share of the Corporation for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance at an exercise price of $0.45 per common share.

“This strategic investor group is US and internationally based and has knowledge and experience that has been corporately gained in the hospitality, convenience store and restaurant channels,” said Mr. Alex Romanov, iSIGN’s Chief Executive Office. “We look forward to a long and successful association together.”

The issue proceeds will be used for the manufacturing of the Company’s Smart Antennas to fulfill existing and future purchase orders and for general working capital.

About the Company:

iSIGN Media is a North American leader in multiplatform advertising solutions that utilize Bluetooth, Mobile, WiFi and Location-Aware technologies to deliver rich media, permission-based messages to engage consumers more deeply and cost-effectively. The resulting business intelligence and real time metrics, gathered through iSIGN’s patent-pending advertising platform, deliver insights into emerging consumer behaviors that help advertisers measure their efforts and make better business decisions to increase ROI and customer loyalty. Headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, with R&D and customer support operations in Vancouver, BC and Tampa, FL, the Company has also grown to become the largest owner/operator of in-store digital media in Canada with 5,600 digital signs in 1,400 locations. Partners include: AOpen America Inc. and IBM, with solution distribution by BlueStar Inc. Additional information can be found at www.isignmedia.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release includes certain forward-looking statements that are based upon current expectations, which involve risks and uncertainties associated with iSIGN Media’s business and the environment in which the business operates. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking, including those identified by the expressions "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "expect", "intend", and similar expressions to the extent they relate to the Company or its management. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but reflect iSIGN Media’s current expectations regarding future results or events. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations. iSIGN Media assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements.

© 2012 iSIGN Media Solutions Inc. All Rights Reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

Do you remember to old idiom, “The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot?” It references the all too frequent occurrence that one often concentrates all their attention on their customers that they often don’t provide the product or service to their families when needed.

Corporate Moves Require Planning

ASI recently moved our corporate office to a new location. Months of planning and preparation were put into place making the new space ready, coordinating the move and ensuring that telephone and data would be set-up to ensure that the move would go smoothly and downtime would be avoided.

We had been in our old digs for ages so years of records and closets full of out of date contents had to be sifted through to determine what needed to be moved and what could be “deep sixed.” Although our accumulation of stuff wasn‘t bad enough to earn us an appearance on an episode of the popular A&E Network show ”Hoarders” we still had dumpster load after dumpster load of unneeded treasures. Besides tons of long out of date product materials, documents and marketing collateral, I particularly enjoyed our stock of supplies still on hand of long out of date tech. We had ribbons and self-correcting tapes for electronic typewriters and dictating machine micro-cassette tapes, thermal paper for very old calculators. I got a special kick out of the report cover for paper reports generated on old dot-matrix printers that have been gone for years.

The move was well planned and orchestrated and it went off without a hitch. Bins and boxes were well labeled and everything made it to our new location. We have moved our individual office signs from the old location to our new location and they are in the process of being updated and put by the appropriate our office and cubes. So they day we arrived at our new digs there were no names by each office. Instead there were numbers that coordinated with the numbers assigned to each of us for use when we packed our personal and shared space belongings. We have a small team so this really wasn’t an inconvenience. In a matter of a few minutes and a quick tour we all get our bearings.

Signage Is Critical for Employees and Vendors from Day One Forward

However, the experience of the move and gaining bearings reminded me of the importance of making certain that signage be carefully planned and designed for office moves and new office openings. It can easily become overwhelming when settling into a new location. It is one thing for the movers to know where different items need to be delivered. They typically have a detailed mapping system that corresponds to labels on materials packed. But for everybody else not having signs in place from day one can be confusing and frustrating. Not only are employees faced with finding their offices but they also must find coworkers and general amenities from storage to restrooms to break areas and supply/work rooms and copy centers. Add to that the number of outside workers who are onsite handling last minute finishing touches that are always needed with a move. Furniture and equipment often need to be repositioned, computers and phones often present challenges that need to be addressed.

It is much easier when signage is in place prior to move-in day. Unfortunately signage is typically one of the last things selected and ordered by designers and contractors and so it is a challenge to get signage installed on time. The lesson here for a corporate move team is to be sure that signage is included in the planning process and incorporated into the timeline so that moving day and the days that follow go as smoothly as possible. In that way there are plenty of shoes for everybody, even the shoemaker’s son!

About ASI Signage Innovations

ASI leads the architectural signage market by providing consultative services for comprehensive wayfinding and identity solutions to companies throughout the U.S. and the world. We offer superior product solutions for interior, exterior and digital signage. From our proven standard product assortment to our custom design and manufacturing capabilities, ASI is focused on providing our healthcare, hospitality, education and corporate clients with progressive products and services tailored to meet their exact needs today and in the future.

Founded in 1965, then ASI Sign Systems pioneered the architectural signage industry in North America and has held a leadership position in product and service innovation. Since 1993, ASI has been affiliated with Modulex A/S and ASI is the exclusive distributor of Modulex products in the U.S. Headquartered in Texas, the company is represented in more than 40 U.S. cities with global partners in 35 countries.

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of David Dalzell, founder and managing director of ONELAN Ltd, following a long battle with cancer.

David established ONELAN in 1988 and the company has focused on digital signage and IPTV for the last twelve years.  He led the company from its humble beginnings in his garage, to the expanding organisation it is now, with a turnover in excess of £5M and employing over 40 staff worldwide.  He was particularly proud of ONELAN winning not one, but two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise; one for Innovation, the other for International Trade – over half of ONELAN’s revenues are from export sales.  A series of industry awards and continued growth bear testament to David’s vision and drive.

Nick Randall, ONELAN’s Chairman said “David will be much missed.  Over the past two years, he strengthened the board and management teams with a view to securing the long-term future of the company.  We continue to pursue David’s vision.”

Ground-breaking delivery of live video to mobile devices in sports & entertainment venues around the World

Industry leaders Brooklyn Nets, Real Madrid and Sporting Kansas City to utilize unique multicast video solution over Cisco connected stadium Wi-Fi network to transform fan experience

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Cisco today introduced Cisco StadiumVision® Mobile, a ground-breaking solution that delivers live video to fans' mobile devices to create an entirely new experience in sports and entertainment venues. The solution uses an intelligent and high-density Cisco® Connected Stadium Wi-Fi network to bring high-quality video straight to the latest smartphones and tablets with minimal delay. Global sports and entertainment leaders the Brooklyn Nets (Barclays Center), Real Madrid (Estadio Santiago Bernabéu) and Sporting Kansas City (Sporting Park) are the first to be implementing StadiumVision Mobile in their venues.

More than 10 billion mobile devices are projected to be in use by 2016, and 71 percent of mobile data traffic is expected to be video by that time as well.[1] Teams and venues around the world understand that fans are demanding to be connected, engaged, able to interact and given an all-encompassing multimedia experience via their mobile devices. StadiumVision™ Mobile delivers on those demands.

When integrated with an in-venue app, the solution delivers live video and data feeds with minimal delay and offers multiple channels of unique content such as a replay channel, an alternate-view channel (a view of the bench during timeouts), and a data channel (for stats, trivia contests and multi-player games). These options create a more interactive and personalized experience and open business opportunities for the venue and teams through targeted advertising, sponsorship activations, promotions, branding and more. The solution was developed with an open interface to meet custom software requirements and seamlessly integrate with in-venue apps.

Cisco StadiumVision Mobile represents the industry's first proven solution to use multicast over Wi-Fi, which enables one source to be broadcast over an optimized network to many devices in a highly efficient way. This is a significant advancement over traditional unicast solutions, where one video channel is replicated multiple times across the network to each device.

The StadiumVision Mobile technology dramatically increases scalability, previously a problem in high-density environments, as the potential stress on the network is the same whether one mobile device or tens of thousands are viewing a particular video feed.

The addition of this technology to the Cisco Connected Sports & Entertainment portfolio, which includes Connected Stadium Wi-Fi and StadiumVision (an industry-leading digital video and content distribution platform), creates the only end-to-end offering for delivering a completely integrated live fan experience. To date, more than 100 venues around the world feature Cisco's customized solutions.

Supporting Quotes

David Holland, general manager and senior vice president, Cisco Sports & Entertainment Solutions Group

"The introduction of Cisco StadiumVision Mobile marks a significant milestone for Cisco and the Sports and Entertainment industry.  As prominent teams and customers around the world, such as the Brooklyn Nets, Real Madrid and Sporting Kansas City, begin to use this solution, fans will be able to use their mobile devices to transport themselves to the center of the action – no matter where they are in the venue. We are empowering our customers to meet the demands of a new generation of fans with media-rich, personalized experiences that translate into significant business opportunities."

Bringing this solution to market required not only significant research and development investment from Cisco, but the expertise of organizations like Sporting Innovations, who tested, refined and advanced the solution over the past year. The dedication and focus of the Cisco Sports & Entertainment Solutions Group, along with collaboration from our customers over the last 18 months, have made StadiumVision Mobile an exciting reality."

Brett Yormark, chief executive officer, Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center

"Cisco's sports and entertainment solutions have a proven track record of success, and their technologies are aiding us in leading and creating memorable experiences for fans at Barclays Center.  We are committed to offering our fans new and unique amenities to engage with us and our partners, and StadiumVision Mobile is one of the ways we are achieving that goal."

Chip Foley, director of building technology, Forest City Ratner Cos. (developer of Barclays Center)

"StadiumVision Mobile is a key component of Barclays Center's official mobile app. Our goal was to make Barclays Center one of the most technologically advanced venues in the world, and deliver an app to fans that includes incredible features like live video, the ability to order concessions from your seat and pick them up without standing in line and a plethora of other team and venue information."

Enrique Uriel, chief information officer, Real Madrid, C.F.

"Cisco StadiumVision Mobile will allow our fans to customize their experience in ways never before possible in the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. We know the millions of Real Madrid fans desire to be connected and engaged through their devices at all times, and this unique mobile video solution is a brilliant way to take these experiences to a completely new level.  We are always looking to add key proven capabilities to complement the existing cutting-edge technology at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, high-density Wi-Fi and HD video solutions, in order to deliver more value to our members, partners and passionate fans inside the venue and around the word."

Asim Pasha, chief information officer, Sporting Kansas City; managing partner, Sporting Innovations

"Cisco has been an incredible partner for Sporting Kansas City and Sporting Innovations. Together we have been able to use technology to reshape the fan paradigm. Cisco StadiumVision Mobile is the next step in that process, and we believe it will radically alter and enhance how teams and venues interact with fans. We look forward to implementing solutions that leverage StadiumVision Mobile to our other clients around the world."

StadiumVision Mobile Capabilities

Creating New Fan Experiences

Multiple channels of unique live content deliver an enhanced experience for fans and place them at the center of the experience, no matter where they are seated in the venue.

The solution can also deliver several other channels such as a replay channel, an alternate-view channel (a view of the bench during timeouts), a broadcast channel (out-of-town games) and data channels (for stats, trivia contests and multiplayer games) that create a significantly more interactive and personalized experience.

Delivering New Revenue Opportunities

Real-time delivery of multimedia to mobile devices in the venue creates the opportunity for teams, venues and leagues to connect with fans through targeted advertising, sponsorship activations, promotions, branding and more.

A venue-wide "Moment of Exclusivity" – owning every screen option in the venue (big board, HD displays, and now mobile devices) can deliver high-impact brand exposure for one specific sponsor.

Achieving End-to-End Integration

The solution achieves end-to-end integration across the entire Cisco Connected Sports and Entertainment portfolio.

From a single innovation platform (Connected Stadium) teams can now connect with fans through HD displays (StadiumVision), enable fans to share their experience via social media channels (Connected Stadium Wi-Fi), and place them at the center of the experience with live video (StadiumVision Mobile).

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City of Industry, CA – Shuttle, an industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance small form factor (SFF) PC business solutions, today revealed that a whole new lineup of products and solutions for the digital signage industry will be introduced at DSE 2013 and also CETW 2013 in the fall.
 
Shuttle, a specialist in small form factor and ultra-small form factor solutions for vertical markets, will be introducing its latest digital signage players, video wall players, all-in-one touch displays/kiosks and more at the Digital Signage Expo (DSE) and CETW 2013.
 
One of the latest products, Shuttle’s DS61 HD Digital Signage Player, has been selected for inclusion in the New Products Pavilion at the Digital Signage Expo, making its first DSE debut and first official digital signage industry appearance in North America.  Alongside the new digital signage players, Shuttle will be showcasing a complete lineup of bundled solutions for the digital signage market throughout the show at DSE Booth #754. 
 
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About Shuttle

Shuttle Computer, based in Los Angeles, CA is the North American subsidiary of Shuttle Inc., a publicly traded company established in 1983 and listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange since 2000.  Shuttle specializes in small form factor and ultra-small form factor PC hardware and business solutions.  Shuttle offers powerful, flexible and reliable solutions in fanless designs for digital signage, kiosk, point-of-sale, cloud computing, security and other specialty markets backed by an industry-leading 3-year warranty.  For more information, please visit us.shuttle.com.
 

Scala to release interactive features for mobile (Windows, Android and iPad tablets and mobile phones) that engage audiences in retail and corporate settings, new Facebook and Twitter implementations and the launch of Scala’s integration with the new Samsung Smart Signage Platform.
 
Exton, PA, – Scala Enterprise is a brand new version of Scala’s software which includes a totally redesigned user experience, many new features and improvements. Scala Enterprise has HTML5 and Android player support, the usage of interactive features on mobile devices to engage with retail and corporate communications audiences, new Facebook and Twitter integrations and Scala’s collaboration with the new Samsung Smart Signage Platform.
 
Built from the solid foundations of the Scala product line, Scala Enterprise is the next major release of the Scala Software Suite using state-of-the-art development techniques to deliver a fast, best-of-breed, web application.
 
User Experience – The result of in depth focus groups and usability studies to guide the development of a new user experience, Scala Enterprise Content Manager has an entirely redesigned user-interface with highly intuitive workflows. It leverages ‘Drag and Drop’ capabilities, easily highlights relevant information, makes tasks more efficient and places helpful links right at your fingertips.
 
Support for Android Players - Scala Enterprise supports a new family of Android-powered media-players and photo-frames.  These devices are lower cost, growing in flexibility and capability, and will take advantage of HTML5 for dynamic and interactive content. 
 
HTML5 Content - HTML5 is the emerging standard for great content on the web.  Both the new Android players and the classic Scala Players will support HTML5, as well playback content created using standard web-design tools.
Superior Integration and Extensibility - Scala Enterprise Content Manager includes an all-new set of web service APIs for integrating, controlling, and extending its functionality.  The APIs support the user-access system and grants role-based access to only what a given API user or work-group is entitled to.
 
Interactive – Retail and Corporate Communications - Aimed at retail and corporate communications usage, Scala is releasing some exciting tablet innovations. Scala’s Fling solution allows a user to “throw” content from a tablet onto a screen by the swipe of a finger. The Fling is now available on all operating systems; Android, Windows (8) and iOS tablets. Through a QR code application that is showcased at the stand, Scala will also offer a solution for shoppers to “catch” a sale, even when a certain product is out of stock at that moment in that particular shop. A fully integrated corporate communications lobby solution will be presented, including Facebook, Twitter and weather forecast integrations; all combined on a spectacular 6 screen ‘puzzle’ set-up.
 
“HTML5 and Android support, the integration with Samsung’s new platform and the fully integrated retail solution that Scala has created shows the abilities of Scala as an advanced knowledge company, leading not only by developing great software features, but also by creating practical, yet cutting edge concepts”, says Tom Nix, CEO Scala. “These solutions bring interactive shopping experiences to the retail industry, resulting in sales increases and reduction of churn for the retailer. Our CxO board and iS solutions are the advanced tools that give business leaders the ability to set the right course for their operation, based on up-to-date market and economic developments, as well as their internal business stats.” 
 
Scala - Driving more than 500,000 screens worldwide, Scala is the world leader in location-based media designed to actively and intelligently influence human behavior. We love creating intelligent digital signage solutions that move products, consumers, and sales metrics. Scala solutions increase sales, improve brand loyalty, optimize customer transaction times, and reinforce business objectives. Scala is headquartered near Philadelphia, Pa., and has subsidiaries in The Netherlands, France, Norway, Germany, Japan and India, as well as more than 500 partners in more than 90 countries. For more information, visit: scala.com or their blog. Connect with Scala via Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.