STRATACACHE CEO DETAILS PLANS FOR FIRST US MICROLED DISPLAY PLANT April 16, 2021 by Super User The trade publication i-micronews has a Q&A post up on its site featuring STRATACACHE CEO Chris Riegel, providing detail and color about his plans for that big, old semiconductor plant in Oregon that he’s turning into a microLED factory. The interview was done by a couple of guys from Yole Développement, a French research firm …
COVID-Safe Touch Taiwan Back After Pandemic-Forced Hiatus April 16, 2021 by Super User I’m starting to get emails from PR folks making me aware of live, in-person trade shows happening in the United States, and seeing lots of social media posts from people saying they’re back to business travel, so it’s interesting to see a country that largely dodged the pandemic continuing to take the abundance of caution …
LED China Attracting As Many As 50,000 People, 1,200 Vendors, This Week In Shenzhen April 14, 2021 by Super User I’m not entirely sure what the COVID situation is in Shenzhen, China, but there is evidently enough comfort around healthy safety for the organizers of LED China to run a live show this week. The event started today, with 1,200 exhibitors and as many as 50,000 attendees, according to the website. There is an option …
April 13th RISE Event Puts Spotlight On Post-COVID Role Of Digital Signage April 9, 2021 by Super User Integrated Systems Events, the company that runs ISE, has what it calls a RISE Spotlight event set for next week, called Digital Signage: New Solutions for a New Era. The online event on April 13 looks at how digital signage has become an essential tool for many businesses, retailers and governments in the midst of the …
Jakarta LED Billboard Mimics Surroundings To Create 3D Visuals April 8, 2021 by Super User There have been several videos relayed here in the last couple of years, showing impressive anamorphic 3D visuals on outdoor digital ad boards. But they’ve all been on displays that wrap around a 90-degree corner, and they only tend to show the “effect” from a certain, narrow angle. This is another take at anamorphic, on …
Chicago’s TheBulletin Building Millennial-Centric Ad Network In Upscale Residential Blocks April 7, 2021 by Super User A Chicago start-up is using plain old TVs as digital bulletin boards in upscale residential blocks as a targeted digital OOH advertising medium, with some 500 screens in a handful of U.S. cities and a sales deal with another start-up, New York-based Screenverse. Screenverse will manage all direct and programmatic sales across TheBulletin.io residential DOOH …
Country Artist Mines Fans’ Social Media Posts For “Good Day” Digital Billboard Campaign April 6, 2021 by Super User Lamar is running an interesting digital billboard campaign in U.S. markets that pairs promotion for a country music entertainer’s new album with photos contributed to a social media campaign built around the pay it forward concept. Nashville artist Brett Eldredge recently launched the #GoodDayMovement hashtag campaign, showing fans involved in community projects on Lamar digital …
ISE Releases More Detail On June’s Live And Online Plans April 6, 2021 by Super User The management company behind Integrated Systems Europe has pushed out more details about the hybrid ISE Live & Online program set for four cities in Europe in June. The event seems to be more about virtual than in-person, likely owing to the COVID-19 situation in Europe. Vaccines are happening, but so is community spread. The …
Vitec Acquires IPTV Signage Rival Exterity; Plans To Converge Platforms April 6, 2021 by Super User A pair of IP streaming firms with substantial offers for digital signage have merged, broadening their collective reach and portfolion. The French firm VITEC acquired the Scottish company Exterity, with a plan to converge platforms and leverage a blended engineering team of some 200 around the globe. “Exterity is a respected IPTV and Digital Signage leader around …
DSE’s New Owners Already Hiring For Event Producer And Sales Roles April 5, 2021 by Super User The B2B events company that acquired the assets of Digital Signage Expo recently appears to be serious about reviving the event in some fashion, with jobs posts already up on the Questex corporate site looking for several full-time people to develop and manage … something. The Questex jobs board includes posts for: Senior Conference Producer …