STRATACACHE Hopes To Be Producing MicroLEDs Display Chips In US By Q4 2021 January 25, 2021 by Super User More details are starting to emerge about STRATACACHE’s intentions for that microLED production facility the company is spinning up in Eugene, Oregon. The new factory, reports microled-info, will be a complete microLED production line, from epiwafer (on 300 mm silicon wafers), through transfer process and to final module assembly. The company plans to produce a …
Patent Office Shoots Down LG’s Plans To Trademark QNED Term For Its New Premium Displays January 22, 2021 by Super User Hat Tip to Bob Raikes, who does the paywalled but valuable What Bob Saw newsletter through Display Daily … The US Patent and Trademark Office has denied an application by LG Electronics to register the the term QNED as a trademark. The patent office said that QNED is an acronym for Quantum Nano-emitting Diode, so it …
Volta Completes $125M Raise To Expand U.S. DOOH Network Based On EV Charging Units January 19, 2021 by Super User A digital OOH media network based on electric vehicle charging stations just got a huge vote of confidence from investors – with an oversubscribed $125 million funding round for Volta that was guided by Goldman Sachs. The company puts totem-style units, equipped with the charging apparatus and 55-inch displays, in parking areas that see a …
DOOH Start-up Issues Creative Awards Based On Insights From Anonymous Audience Analytics January 18, 2021 by Super User My start in digital signage and digital OOH came in elevators, 22 years ago, and I still have this weird habit of walking into office tower elevator cabs and looking at where a screen might go. So I am always curious to see how the medium and technology have evolved over two decades. Vertical Impression, …
Philips Pro Display Division Re-Brands As PPDS January 15, 2021 by Super User The professional display solutions side of electronics giant Philips has been re-branded as Philips Professional Display Solutions, or PPDS. There is a new logo, look and website at ppds.com, and a new tagline – powering evolution. The company explains the just-announced change: Over the past two decades, PPDS has rapidly evolved from a position of …
Here Are The DSF Digital Signage Award Winners January 13, 2021 by Super User Here are the winners of the Digital Signage Federation awards for creative and projects in 2019-2020. They were announced this afternoon, virtually. You can find a pile of videos here: https://www.digitalsignageexpo.net/apex-awards-finalists Overall Winners Integration of the year was DCL (Design Communications LTD.): Seminole Hard Rock & CasinoContent of the year was Potion: The Rubin Museum …
DSE’s Apex Awards Being Announced Today Via Digital Signage Federation January 13, 2021 by Super User With Digital Signage Expo now just a memory, one aspect that was lost was the annual Apex awards that were handed out for great projects and creative. Prior to the show being killed off by COVID-19, the show organizers and Digital Signage Federation were working on the 2020 version of the awards, based on submissions. …
CNN Winding Down Its Airport DOOH Network; Citing Changed Times, Lost Viewing Audience January 13, 2021 by Super User One of the original digital out of home media networks is shutting down after 30 years – a victim of changing times and a virus that reduced the viewing audience to bare minimums. The CNN Airport Network will switch off as of the end of March, with CNN President Jeff Zucker referencing the steep decline …
Spectrio Acquires Another Digital Signage CMS Firm, PEI-based ScreenScape January 12, 2021 by Super User The good folks over at ScreenScape, in lovely Charlottetown, PEI, have sent out word that the digital signage CMS company has been acquired by Tampa-based Spectrio, a PE-backed retail solutions provider that has been on an M&A binge in recent years. From a note to clients/customers/media: As of January 5, 2021, ScreenScape has been acquired …
Samsung Debuts 110-Inch MicroLED TV, With 4Vue, For CES 2021 January 11, 2021 by Super User CES 2021 is on, but it is virtual, so there’s no jammed trade show in Las Vegas and we will all likely see far fewer broadcast news stories about the buzzworthy, crazy or purpose-deficient gadgets being launched annually at this circus. The show is indeed on, though, and the big tech companies are still using …
