Experts that take their own advice to heart are preferred. That’s why out of home media software specialist Key Systems advertises its own job vacancies on digital posters.

Using Signature Outdoor’s CityVision digital screens in Birmingham centre, Key Systems broadcasted its own job offers to thousands of passers-by.

Mike Dillon, Key Systems CEO says: “In meeting the demand for global expansion, Key Systems has built its team of highly skilled and committed developers over many years. By using the out –of-home medium, and digital signage in particular, we will attract the right candidates. We also want to demonstrate that we believe in the reach and power of outdoor media.”

Signature Outdoor CityVision’s digital screens network was launched only last year. The 4m x 6m billboard with 10mm definition is located on the approach to the Bullring Shopping Centre. CityVision Southside is a landscape 6m x 3m 10mm LED located in the heart of Birmingham, which has only recently gone live.

More vendors are lining up to join the giant of IT distribution as it pushes into AV and digital signage. Scala will now expand its relationship with Ingram Micro Europe (for Scala's digital signage software including SaaS offerings) from just Nordics to all of Europe.

Nathalie Andersen, Director ProAV Digital Signage, Ingram Micro Europe, says, “…We look forward to extending Scala’s reach within the European market whilst offering to our channel partners Scala cutting edge software and recurring revenue streams .” 

“It is great to see the world’s largest technology distributor focusing on delivering a leading digital signage SaaS solution such as Scala Enterprise. Our retail solutions are a key component of the retailer’s omnichannel strategy and our corporate propositions such as the Scala CxO Board and iS solutions are the advanced tools that give business leaders the ability to communicate effectively with insight and real time business stats,” says Harry Horn, VP Marketing, Scala Inc.

Go Scala and Ingram Micro

BroadSign celebrates its 10th anniversary with the release of a new version of its SaaS platform: BroadSign X offers enriched functionality with more simplified workflows and a greater degree of network automation.

OK, you read it “X”. BroadSign would like you to pronounce it as TEN (as the X is in Roman numerals.)

The BroadSign X (TEN) software version follows the introduction of BroadSign Xpress, the company’s first Android media player hardware.

BroadSign Xpress matches the full functionality of PC playback devices at a fraction of the price, reducing the cost of network deployment.

Networks that wish to use the Android player must upgrade to the BroadSign X network management platform, available to existing client networks free of charge.

Among other significant enhancements, advertisers can now spend budgets more efficiently using BroadSign X’s “campaign goal” feature, which allows for a campaign to stop automatically once the desired number of ad runs, impressions or viewer interactions have been achieved.

The new BroadSign X platform also boasts features such as simple screen control, RS 232 device control API, export package check-sum, day part API and TCP triggers, as well as broadcast-like video transitions.

New features and enhancements include:

•     Display unit geopositioning using Google Maps
•     Campaign goals and goal-based targeting
•     Transition animations between videos
•     Simple screen control via DPMS
•     Extra integrity verification on export packages
•     Option to broadcast triggers via TCP instead of UDP
•     RS 232 device control command Player API
•     Day part active query Player API

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CyberStream showcased fresh features of its digital signage platform, DSplay, along with several user interface enhancements at ISE 2013. DSplay is a software platform that offers extension and customization features to facilitate interactive applications and dynamic content.

The newest addition to DSplay features has been on display, implementing retrieval, processing and presentation from live data feeds. The ability to capture real-time information and create live dashboards can enhance the value of business intelligence infrastructures and create applications in corporate boardrooms, executive offices, operations rooms, and more.

Additionally, DSplay’s newest version now exploits HTML5 technology.

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