Global Chip Shortage Affecting Availability, Forcing Prices Up, For Digital Signage Hardware May 12, 2021 by Super User Just as business has started picking back up for suppliers and solutions providers active in digital signage and pro AV, there is a new global problem to throw off business prospects – more demand for computer chips than supply. We’re collectively in the midst of a worldwide shortage of semiconductors that see supplies limited, shipments …
Ford Patents Method To Scan DOOH Billboards, Push Versions Of Ads To Dashboard Screens May 12, 2021 by Super User Auto manufacturer Ford has patented a method and apparatus for using AI-driven pattern detection to read digital billboards on highways, using the on-board sensors in new vehicles that are there for safety purposes. The concept has vehicles that are scanning the roadway for things like speed limit and other traffic control signs, as well as …
ISE’s 2-Day In-Person Event In Barcelona Has Roughly Two Dozen Exhibitors May 11, 2021 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe has released the list of on-premise exhibitors for its two-day in-person event at the start of June in Barcelona, and it is reasonable to describe the list as modest. Some would suggest a shadow of its normal self, but that’s the situation, not the show. Hopefully, February 2022 in Barcelona will see …
Uniquest Acquires Sagely In Continued Build-out Of Senior Living Vertical May 11, 2021 by Super User Nashville-based solutions provider Uniguest has acquired a Hawaiian software company, Sagely, to build out its growing vertical focus on senior living communities. Sagely will merge into Touchtown, which is Uniguest’s senior living brand via the earlier acquisition of Touchtown. That company works with more than 1,300 senior living communities – running content that reduces social …
DOOH Boards Around Globe Used As Digital Gallery For New David Hockney Artwork May 10, 2021 by Super User The work of British artist David Hockney is being celebrated this month on digital OOH media displays in the big tourist zones of major global cities. Hockney’s new piece – Remember you cannot look at the sun or death for very long – was created on his iPad while he was stuck like everyone else in quarantine …
Captivate Gives SMBs Love Through Free Business Spotlights On Its 11,000 Screen Network May 6, 2021 by Super User Office tower media network Captivate, which has screens in elevator cabs and building lobbies in big cities across the U.S. and Canada, is running a nice advertorial promotion this month aimed at helping small businesses. Captivate’s Small Business Spotlight series allows small business owners to submit their story and ad to be featured on Captivate’s …
Splashy New Westfield Mall Of Netherlands Using Big Digital Displays Inside And Out May 5, 2021 by Super User The Westfield Mall of The Netherlands opened a few weeks ago – Holland’s biggest retail destination with over 280 stores in the vicinity of The Hague. The development cost more than half a billion Euros, but even in a period when retail has been clobbered, the mall is more than 90% leased. Like just about …
UK’s B-Tech Makes Strategic Hire To Broaden AV Mounts In North America May 4, 2021 by Super User A firm that has been selling pro AV mounting hardware from a base in the U.K. has seen the sale of Premier Mounts as an opportunity to amplify expansion efforts into the U.S. and Canada, even hiring a 25-year Premier vet to run U.S. sales. B-Tech AV Mounts has almost 50 years of experience in …
Lamar Puts Teacher Recognition Up On US Billboards This Week May 3, 2021 by Super User The OOH media company Lamar Advertising is running a nice community program on its U.S. billboard network this week, honoring teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week. The #LamarLovesTeachers billboard campaign is showing curated images from some 2,500 submissions from people hoping to recognize their favorite teachers, and the efforts they have undertaken in this past year. …
ISE Regional Events Planned For June In Amsterdam, Munich Scrapped; Two Others Still On For June April 30, 2021 by Super User The regional events Integrated Systems Europe planned to stage in June in Amsterdam and Munich have been scrapped, but similar events planned that month for London and Barcelona are still going ahead. Mike Blackman, Managing Director for Integrated Systems Events, the company that runs the show for owners AVIXA and CEDIA, says the ongoing pandemic …
