2020 Digital Signage Awards Entries Now Under Review By Judging Panels November 21, 2019 by Super User The entries for the international Digital Signage Awards 2020 are now being reviewed by judges, with entries across 14 categories, from 40 companies in 20 countries, under consideration. Judges are from 10 countries, split into 3 judging panels, will review finalists entries and mark each one out of 100. Each judging panel combines the talents …
DSF’s Coffee And Controversy Privacy Panel Now Up As Video November 20, 2019 by Super User The edit is done and now you can watch the full video of the Coffee and Controversy panel on privacy issues run last month in New York City. I moderated the session and had a great, very smart bunch of panelists. The edit was done by the Digital Signage Federation, which organized and hosted the …
400-Plus Dual Outdoor Screens Positioned Around Riyadh For Saudi Culture Fest November 18, 2019 by Super User The Saudi government used more than 400 custom dual-sided outdoor LCD screens to drive public awareness of events surrounding Riyadh Season – one of a series of cultural festivals staged around the country to attract tourists. Developed by Saudi-based Faden Spectrum Optoelectronics – a digital signage solutions provided based in Riyadh – the screens are …
Europe’s Digital Signage Organisation Plans Dec. 4 Mixer In London November 15, 2019 by Super User The Digital Signage Organisation is running a members-only mixer at The Royal Opera House in London, UK on December 4th. There will be a technology tour both inside and outside the venue, followed by a Q&A session with the venue’s in-house IT team, and then drinks on the opera house’s balcony, which sounds very cool. …
LG Display Reports Big Loss; 3rd Bad Quarter In Row November 14, 2019 by Super User LG Display has reported a big loss in its recent Q3 earnings release, its third bad quarter in a row – forcing out the longtime CEO, prompting a round of voluntary departures and most interesting in the context of the commercial display business, the start of a move away from LCD. LG Display reported a …
Start-up Firefly Starts Using 2mm LED For Rideshare And Taxi-Top Ad Screens November 13, 2019 by Super User The Silicon Valley media start-up Firefly, which puts car-top media screens on taxis and ride-share cars, has started using 2mm pitch LED displays that it says delivers 4X the visual crispness of competing display systems. The new product – called Sunrise – supplants previous car-toppers that used 4mm pitch LED. This will sound nerdy, but …
Now The Kinetic Coke Board Has Modules Stuck In Place November 13, 2019 by Super User It is not my life’s work to detail the ongoing woes of a global brand’s Times Square ad display, but the Coca-Cola LED board in NYC is endlessly interesting. Last week, there was a maintenance crew doing something or other at the display that no longer does mechanical shape-shifting. On Tuesday, a reader grabbed some …
The 16:9 Mixer – Call For Sponsors November 12, 2019 by Super User UPDATE – All sponsored up (That was fast!) I have had an email out to the 2019 sponsors of the annual 16:9 DSE Mixer in Las Vegas, and about half have replied that they are back in for 2020, and I suspect a couple more will be back as well. That will leave two of …
Now That Coca-Cola Times Square LED Appears To Be Under Repair November 11, 2019 by Super User Maybe this routine maintenance. Maybe they’re cleaning off city grime. But whatever the case, that ill-fated kinetic Coca-Cola LED display in Times Square had workers and window-cleaner style scaffolding up on Friday. A reader in the city for meetings grabbed a couple of shots, showing numerous that are out and a crew at work. The …
Clever DOOH Campaign Syncs Creative Across Chicago Loop Bus Shelter’s Displays November 8, 2019 by Super User This is a clever use of creative that plays with the physical set-up of a transit shelter that has several equally spaced and aligned digital OOH screens. A campaign executed by JCDecaux for the DePaul University basketball program, running on what the media company its Loop Immersion Zone (LIZ) in downtown Chicago, sees a basketball …
