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36-597: 51°48′25″N 0°01′27″W  /  51.806963°N 0.024065°W  / 51.806963; -0.024065 Beaver Group is an organization whose focus is the delivery of digital signage , content design and web technologies . Beaver Group clients are spread across the UK and international markets, and include the GlaxoSmithKline , SSP , Center Parcs , Whitbread , Bloomberg , Home Office , IKEA and P&O Cruises . Graphic designer Alan Critchley worked as

72-452: A database. All the information must be inputted manually by a person before the message display is updated. This form of digital signage is most commonly used in both train stations, airports, and other areas where information must be conveyed to the mass public. The downside of having dot matrix digital signage is the lack of media player. This digital signage will not be able to play multimedia content. The second generation of digital signage

108-481: A form of wayfinding, to guide a large group of people for a conference to the correct room. Digital signage is used to provide a simple method to update information that is continuously changing such as expo information. Digital signage is placed in the lobby, concession stands and displays advertisement before the movie begins. This informs customers about other theater offerings and scheduling, increasing concession sales and gaining other sources of revenue. Transport

144-402: A freelance graphic designer for Nabisco (now Cereal Partners – Nestlé cereals) and Rank Xerox , at which time he met Dave Suter. In 1978 Alan and Dave partnered to start a graphic design company called Beaver Design. In 2001, Beaver Design came together with Managed Information Technologies Limited, run by directors Barry Thurston and Peter Critchley, to form the 'Beaver Group'. Beaver Group

180-426: A full-time job, especially if the menu is updated daily. With digital signage, restaurants do not have to manually update the menu feed, with live menu feed from digital signage solutions. According to a survey conducted by quick-service restaurants and casual restaurant operators, over 20% of restaurant operators experience a 5% sales lift after incorporating digital signage in their service sectors. Digital signage

216-619: A growing increase in the number of digital sign installations. An array of these displays is known as a video wall . With the release of the HDMI 2.1 standard in 2017, wall resolution can reach 4K at higher refresh rates, 8K displays, up to 10K in some applications. Digital signage displays use content management systems and digital media distribution systems which can either be run from personal computers and servers or regional/national media hosting providers. In many digital sign applications, content must be regularly updated to ensure that

252-421: A network. One content management server may support multiple media players and one media player may support multiple screens. Stand-alone digital sign devices combine all three functions in one device and no network connection is needed. Digital signage media players run on a variety of operating systems including Windows, Linux, Android and iOS. Rapidly dropping prices for large plasma and LCD screens have led to

288-468: A picture and then connect to their Facebook , Twitter , Instagram , or other Social media platform to share the photo they have taken. Products such as people counting or facial recognition are leading to developments where adverts on digital signage boards can change to display gender specific adverts or screens can direct shoppers to specific locations to enable queue management. Wayfinding Wayfinding (or way-finding ) encompasses all of

324-525: A single location. The former are ideal for small groups of displays that can be updated via USB flash drive , SD card or CD-ROM . Another option is the use of D.A.N. (Digital Advertising Network) players that connect directly to the monitor and to the internet, to a WAN (Wide Area Network), or to a LAN (Local Area Network). This allows the end user the ability to manage multiple D.A.N. players from any location. The end user can create new advertising or edit existing advertisements and then upload changes to

360-418: A specific company for digital menu boards - Signature Digital Menus Ltd. Along with Sanyo , Scala , Vogels and Matrox , Signature was a company whose purpose was to provide elements for digital menu boards. Signature Digital Menus offered consultancy services until 2016. In 2014, Beaver Group developed a new approach to digital signage implementation, through its software platform, signage.ninja. Recognizing

396-403: A variety of hardware to deliver the content. The components of a typical digital sign installation include one or more display screens, one or more media players , and a content management server. Sometimes two or more of these components are present in a single device but typically there is a display screen, a media player, and a content management server that is connected to the media player over

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432-933: Is a growing sector for digital signage with practical solutions, such as wayfinding , as well as out-of-home advertising. One specific use of digital signage is for out-of-home advertising in which video content, advertisements, and/or messages are displayed on digital signs with the goal of delivering targeted messages, to specific locations and/or consumers, at specific times. This is often called "digital out of home" (DOOH). Digital signage can be used for school cafeteria menu boards, digitized noticeboards, and as an element of smart campuses. The University of Minnesota has installed 300 digital signage boards, updated with real-time data. Interactive digital signage allows end users to interact with digital content via touchscreens , body sensors or QR codes via smartphones. Digital signs can interact with mobile phones using SMS messaging and Bluetooth . SMS can be used to post messages on

468-740: Is a technology company which specializes in digital signage, design and web technologies, with a range of software for the display of messages to customers. Beaver Group has continued to develop the digital signage industry since 1998, including serving as one of Scala’s premier integrators. Beaver Group operates across various market sectors, including food retail, cinemas, retail and hospitality and corporate. The range of services offered includes consultancy, content design, application development, installation, project management and support. Beaver Group are also fully equipped to provide ongoing and fully managed services . In late 2008, Beaver Group partnered together with industry leaders in digital signage to create

504-609: Is able to play multimedia content and is controlled by a centralized management system. Digital audiovisual (av) content is reproduced on TVs and monitor displays of a digital sign network from at least one media player (usually a small computer unit, but DVD players and other types of media sources may also be used). Various hardware and software options exist. These range from portable media players that can output JPG slide shows or loops of MPEG-2 video to networks consisting of multiple players and servers that offer control over enterprise-wide or campus-wide displays at many venues from

540-427: Is managed via display control software. This control software can be a stand-alone dedicated program or integrated with hardware. New messages can be created from an inventory of audio, video, image, graphics, words and phrases which are assembled in different combinations and permutations to yield new messages in real-time. Digital content displayed on the signage is presented in one of the following formats: Prior to

576-400: Is widely used in shopping malls as a form of directory or map display. Uses of digital signage include a wayfinding kiosk, enabling the customer to find their path through an interactive touchscreen. Recent digital signage have begun combining interactive advertisement with wayfinding application. This will offer shoppers who interact with the advertisement of the tenant in the shopping mall to

612-480: The Internet of Things (IoT) to monitor the ambient environment, process information and deliver promotional messages based on environmental cues. Many digital signage products include cameras and gather shopper demographic data by estimating the age, gender and economic status of passers-by and use this information to update signage as well as to provide back-end analytics and shopper profiles. Digital signs rely on

648-476: The D.A.N. via the internet or other networking options. APIs for some digital sign software allow customized content management interfaces through which end-users can manage their content from one location. More advanced digital sign software allows content to be automatically created by the media players (computers) and servers on a minute-by-minute basis, combining real-time data, from news to weather, prices, transport schedules, etc., with av content to produce

684-716: The Showcase Cinemas de Lux brand in the UK, and again in 2010 for a deployment at Burger King in the UK. They have won the Daily DOOH Gala Awards twice, along with the Marketing Week Engage Award. Digital signage The many different uses of digital signage allow a business to accomplish a variety of goals. Some of the most common applications include: Over 200 different companies worldwide market digital signage solutions and

720-411: The advent of digital signage throughout the industries, electronic paper were used as display devices. Electronic paper were used to hold static texts and images indefinitely without electricity. The disadvantage to electronic paper as a form of digital signage is the limited reach of information transmission. Users that need to update the information will need to be in the same retail store, or be within

756-437: The benefits of digital signage. As of 2021, North America dominates the digital signage market with a revenue share of 34.5%. The U.S., U.K., and Germany are projected to have considerable digital signage growth. The predominant market users of digital signage are restaurants, retailers , office buildings, regional state and local planning authorities, public transport services, and various different industries. The size of

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792-526: The changing face of digital messaging and the need for contextual content, analytics and data-driven content, Beaver Group has successfully deployed signage.ninja across multiple clients, including Ikea and SSP. Beaver Group services a wide range of customers across market sectors. In 2008, Beaver Group was awarded 'Digital Signage Project of the Year' by the AV Awards for the deployment of digital signage for

828-405: The components of the hardware. Outdoor usage of digital signage is most prevalent in drive-through that allows the customer to browse through the entire menu at a glance while also placing their order with an interactive touchscreen. Indoor digital signage is used for the display of menus. Prior to the integration of digital signage, restaurants manually updated the cafeteria menu, which is in itself

864-425: The content server is usually a wired Ethernet connection although some installations use wireless Wi-Fi networking. Some digital signage with the ability to offer interactive media content will come with a usage reporting function. Each interaction users have made with the digital signage such as the photos that were taken, the number of games that were played will be recorded in the digital signage and produced in

900-407: The correct messages are being displayed. This can either be done manually as and when needed, through a scheduling system, using a data feed from a content provider (e.g. Canadian Press , Data Call Technologies, Bloomberg LP , Thomson Reuters , AHN ), or an in-house data source. Whenever the display, media player and content server are located apart there is a need for audio-video wiring between

936-514: The digital signage screen, for example, participate in a poll, play a game, or share social network content. JPEG images and MPEG4 videos remain the dominant digital content formats for the digital signage industry. For interactive content, HTML5 and Unity3D are widely used due to their popularity among web developers and multimedia designers. Context-aware digital signage leverages technologies such as sensors, cameras, beacons, RFID technologies, software programs and network connectivity including

972-411: The display and the media player and between the media player and the content server. The connection from media player to display is normally a VGA , DVI , HDMI or Component video connection. Sometimes this signal is distributed over Cat 5 cables using transmitter and receiver baluns allowing for greater distances between display and player and simplified wiring. The connection from media player to

1008-502: The displays, while Bluetooth allows users to interact directly with what they see on screen. In addition to mobile interactivity, networks are also using technology that integrates social and location-based media interactivity. This technology enables end users to upload photos and messages to social networks as well as text messages. The widespread use of smartphones led to the development of screen–smart device interaction technologies. These allow smartphone users to interact directly with

1044-523: The form of a usage report. From the report, owners of the digital signage will be able to gauge the effectiveness of the particular advertisement or media content that was in play at the specific hour based on the number of times interaction has been made. Furthermore, if the digital signage is integrated with kinect , the signage will be able to determine the proximity of the consumer to the display and their demographic details such as age, gender for further analytic and consumer behavior study. Digital content

1080-503: The most up-to-date content. The current generation of digital signage builds onto the previous generation with the added function to interact with the system. Users will be able to interact with the advertisement, scroll through the product menu, or share their information online via the new generation of digital signage. The interactive digital signage opens up interaction and ability to collect more personalize information. Some common uses of interactive digital signage are for users to take

1116-399: The number is still consistently growing. With the influx of digital signage providers, the digital signage market will increase at a compounded annual growth rate of 7.5% between 2021 and 2028. The reason for the rise is due to the growing demand by companies for the development of digital signage solutions , advertisement displays and paper wastage reduction, along with the growing awareness of

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1152-404: The proximity for shopping malls. This required manual work from store staffs and shopping mall staff in maintaining the device with the latest information. First generation of digital signage display utilize LED board, projection screens or other emerging display types like interactive surfaces or organic LED screens ( OLED ). A dot matrix display digital signage will relay the information within

1188-423: The store. Another usage is disseminating relevant information such as the schedule of an event or campaign. The hospitality industry uses digital signage to display crucial information at a convenient and visible location for all its patron. A digital signage is capable of functioning as a virtual concierge in hotels and as entertainment for conferences during waiting room. Digital signage is also used in hotels as

1224-541: The use of traditional wayfinding and navigation methods by the indigenous peoples of Polynesia . The ancient Polynesians and Pacific Islanders mastered the methods of wayfinding to explore and settle on the islands of the Pacific, many using devices such as the Marshall Islands stick chart . With these skills, some of them were even able to navigate the ocean as well as they could navigate their own land. Despite

1260-666: The ways in which people (and animals) orient themselves in physical space and navigate from place to place. Wayfinding software is a self-service computer program that helps users to find a location, usually used indoors and installed on interactive kiosks or smartphones . The basic process of wayfinding involves four stages: Historically, wayfinding refers to the techniques used by travelers over land and sea to find relatively unmarked and often mislabeled routes. These include but are not limited to dead reckoning , map and compass , astronomical positioning and, more recently, global positioning . Polynesian wayfinding refers to

1296-422: The world market for digital signage was projected to be USD 26.76 billion in 2023, and it is projected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.1% between 2024 and 2030. Digital signage is used in restaurants through an interactive menu screen that rotates promotional offers. Restaurants use digital signage both indoors and outdoors, with the latter needing a form of weather protection depending on

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