Digital Signage Ecosystem Training hosted by Minicom Digital Signage, Broadsign & Samsung

Last month Minicom Digital Signage (MDS), Broadsign and Samsung hosted a Digital Signage Ecosystem training day. It consisted of two ½ day sessions with in-depth presentations on Broadsign, Samsung and MDS technologies. Broadsign discussed its flexible content creation and management system. Samsung’s presentation focused on their reliable, low energy consumption Professional Display screens including their ultra thin bezel offerings for video walls. MDS presented its solutions for media distribution and control which help reduce the cost of installing and operating a Digital Signage network. more

Operators can reduce system downtime and increase operational transparency for increased system value

Zurich, Switzerland (May 5, 2010) – Minicom Digital Signage (MDS), the leader in media infrastructure solutions for the Digital Signage (DS) marketplace, introduces a unique Proof of Performance mechanism for Digital Signage Systems. The technology will be demonstrated at ScreenMedia Expo 2010 (booth D5), taking place in London (UK), on May 5-6, 2010. more

Zurich, Switzerland (May 4, 2010) – Minicom Digital Signage, the leader in media infrastructure solutions for the Digital Signage marketplace, announced today that they will demonstrate a fully integrated Digital Signage system featuring Minicom’s HDMI Extension system with integrated Remote Display Management technology at ScreenMedia Expo 2010 (booth D5). Harris Corporation is providing its InfoCaster™ digital signage hardware and software solutions to support the system at Minicom’s stand. The show will be taking place in London (UK), on May 5, 2010. more

Minicom Digital Signage is proud to have been appointed by Screenmedia Expo to run again the Digital Signage Showcase (DSS) at the 2010 Screenmedia Expo in London.

DSS is aimed at providing on-floor education to the endusers and integrators visiting Screenmedia Expo. The digital signage industry is a fragmented collection of several hundred technology and solution providers, each of them providing one piece of the puzzle in the digital signage eco-system. While a show visitor normally walks the show seeing bits and pieces of the overall application out of context, the DSS will showcase the end-to-end solution, hence giving a bird´s eyes perspective on how to plan, create, rollout and operate a full scale digital signage solution, covering from content to measurement. more

Remote centralized management and Proof of Performance reduce operational costs and TCO
Zurich, Switzerland (April 27, 2010) – Minicom Digital Signage, the leader in media infrastructure solutions for the Digital Signage (DS) marketplace, will demonstrate the first Remote Device Management (RDM) solution with Proof of Performance capabilities at Screen Media Expo 2010 (booth D5). The show will be taking place in London (UK), on May 5-6, 2010. more

“We never made any secret, we will conduct an aggressive expansion strategy. Our desire is to be one of the leading players, between the content and display. We will therefore, in these sectors , make acquisitions that will complement and support our current offering.� – just an abstract of the interview with the catchy title, conducted by Denis Gaumondie from ooh-TV.

Read more about Minicom Digital Signage future plans and new products announcements exclusively in the interview

Join Minicom as we discuss, from an integrator and VAR perspective, the basics building blocks of a digital signage network. We will discuss the different elements that go into selling a digital signage network and the core competencies needed to be successful in building a business. We will show examples of how to get started and whom you may need to collaborate with to make sure your business/network is successful. Dave Haar, Managing Director of Minicom’s Digital Signage Division, presents the webinar. more

The enthusiastic team at Switzerland’s screenIMAGE had a vision and a corresponding business plan: a wide-area digital display network across 50 select, upscale bars that would generate sales and increase profits for all parties using Point of Sales (POS) advertising.

screenIMAGE therefore needed to come up with a pricing model that wouldn’t cost the bars any cash outlay. The company decided to fund the installation of the screens, to generate income by selling advertising, and to share profits from the advertisers with the bars. Today this is a very common pricing model for digital signage applications but again, at the time, it was as revolutionary as the idea of the application itself. more

The Customer
One of the biggest malls chains in the world, boasting both the largest and second largest malls on earth, wanted to uplift the look of six large malls in the Philippines through high-end digital signage deployments. The malls had been using players on screen but found this limited the number of screens to which they were able deploy due to the cost of player equipment, software licenses, as well as operations and management. more

Investment enables market leading digital signage solutions provider to broaden its platform and expand its services to meet market requirements.
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (March 24, 2010) – Minicom Advanced Systems, a developer of remote access, KVM, and digital signage solutions, today announced that it would spinout its digital signage division (“MDS�). The new company simultaneously announced that it had raised $6 million to finance its operations independently. The investment, which was led by Jerusalem Venture Partners and joined by Aviv Ventures, will enable the company to broaden its platform from its new offices in Jerusalem’s JVP Media Quarter. more