DSE To Be Revived – Targeted For Spring 2022 Back In Las Vegas June 23, 2021 by Super User This week’s podcast, released overnight, has a lengthy, exclusive interview with Paul Miller, CEO of the company that acquired the assets to the defunct Digital Signage Expo and has designs on reviving the event. The podcast summary goes into the basics, but it is worthwhile expanding on what he said. The quick take on it …
Peerless-AV Plans AV/Signage Showcase, Networking Event For Sept. In London June 23, 2021 by Super User One of the expected outcomes from the absence of big AV trade shows was individual suppliers and service providers re-thinking whether they need to do big shows – opting instead for their own events, done on their own time schedules and where they want and need to be. I’m not sure I buy into the …
Planar Launches Virtual Studio Initiative, With Fine Pitch LED Supplanting Green Screens For Movie Shoots June 16, 2021 by Super User Planar is the latest large format display company to sense and go after the rapidly emerging virtual production business – which sees big direct view LED displays replacing green screens on film and broadcast production sets. There is a lot of inertia around this use-case for fine pitch LED because a flat or rounded studio …
InfoComm Was Supposed To Be This Week, But Registration Now Open For Fall-Deferred Show June 15, 2021 by Super User If the world wasn’t still upside down with the pandemic, many of you (plus me) would be in Orlando for InfoComm this week. The bad news is COVID. The good news is that you are not having to deal with punishing heat paired with 92% humidity (unless you already live in the south and this …
Chipotle Using Digital Signage To Speed Up Back Of House Order Prep June 10, 2021 by Super User These may be common and I just haven’t come across them, but I was intrigued watching a video interview with QSR chain Chipotle’s CTO, talking about making a big pivot to digital when COVID hit. Just about every restaurant had to adjust in a serious way, but it is a bigger challenge for companies that …
ISE’s Barcelona Event Drew Just Over 2,400 In-Person Attendees June 9, 2021 by Super User The live event side of last week’s two-day physical ISE exhibition drew about 2,400 people to the Barcelona venue, with another 8,000 registered for the online presentations and virtual fair. Integrated Systems Events Managing Director Mike Blackman, whose firm runs the show for co-owners AVIXA and CEDIA, says it was an important milestone for the …
BT Enhances Its Smart City DOOH Totems As It Expands UK Street Hub Network June 7, 2021 by Super User British telecoms giant BT is expanding its network of what it calls Street Hubs – Digital OOH displays with smart city components – in both existing and new sites around the U.K. BT intends to add as many 200 second-generation versions of the digital totems in the coming year, using a new enhanced design called …
Gable Launches Mall Kiosk With Twin Big Screens For Directory And Advertising June 4, 2021 by Super User The retail-centric solutions company Gable has deployed an interesting double display in an Ohio shopping mall that uses one screen for navigation and directory lookup, and a second for DOOH advertising. The company, based in the Baltimore area, says the display unit is the first of its kind, and I can’t say I’ve seen something …
Submissions Now Sought For Next Global Digital Signage Awards June 3, 2021 by Super User Submissions are now being accepted for the 2022 edition of the global Digital Signage Awards. Previous awards categories are in place and three new COVID-centric categories have been added, HOPEFULLY as a one-time thing! Those are for sector-specific response, and creative and technical execution related to pandemic-focused signage efforts, Closing date for entries is September …
City Plaza Webcams Get Super-Sized As Real-Time Portal Views To Other Places June 1, 2021 by Super User The video and overall presentation comes across as though the backers have definitively cured cancer, but this community art project coming out of Lithuania is nonetheless kind of interesting. Called Portal, it is essentially a public webcam that connects people on the street with each other, even though they are cities and countries apart. The …
