Digital signage and the PowerPoint problem

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
One of digital signage's great strengths is its ability to display content in multiple forms, including high-definition video (or standard def), Flash, dynamic Flash, and even static images (like jpgs, gifs & pngs). You can then use the content and the platform to reach employees, customers or whoever your target audience is with engaging messages. 

PowerPoint artIs PowerPoint right for digital signage?But inevitably the question arises: Can it play PowerPoint? 

And so here's the problem. PowerPoint was never designed to be used for digital signage content. And furthermore, most PowerPoint...Read More »

Back-of-house digital signage gets brought front and center (cc: @Infocomm) #avtweeps

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
I've been on my soapbox a lot about the lack of attention digital signage gets when its used internally at companies for employee communications. Sure it may not be as sexy as the "front-of-house" digital signage networks you see in retail environments and other public venues. But I argue that despite the ignorance it is one of the strongest digital signage vertical markets. 

Digital signage for employee communications InfoComm published an article yesterday about internal digital signage networks and I was fortunate enough to be interviewed for the piece, along with a few others who are...Read More »

Making employee communications dynamic

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Friday, June 4, 2010
I spent the day with one of our current digital signage customers who's looking to expand their network to help with a new internal branding campaign.

First, I love going behind the lines (so to speak) and seeing how our clients are using all sorts of measures to improve communication with employees.

Second, I love when they use digital signage to do it.

There divisions and lines of business have gone through some recent shuffling and they are banking on digital signage to help them through the transitions.

One of the features they love about...Read More »

New guy at the helm...

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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Keith Kelsen and Simon WilsonThe official release went out this morning but I thought I'd use this space to publicly congratulate Simon Wilson (pictured right) as the new CEO of MediaTile and a member of the board of directors. Simon joined MediaTile just this past January as the COO and has improved our manufacturing and customer delivery programs to meet the growing demand for our technology.

Our former CEO Keith Kelsen (on the left) is still very much involved with the company and will remain as the executive chairman of the board. This will free up Keith's time to...Read More »

Extend the reach of your corporate LCDs

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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Many companies are using basic LCD televisions and monitors as a form of digital signage for employee communications. Some are networked to a content server, while others are simply wired straight to a PC in a back closet somewhere. No matter the solution, they can be quite manual to update and a pain to keep current.

But if your company already has LCDs and you're tired of the hands-on labor to keep them up to date, all is not lost. MediaTile is here for you.

MTC Component PlayerWith our Component Player you gain (nearly) all of the advantages of our Digital Sign...Read More »