Broadsign Acquires DOOH Software Rival, And Neighbour, Ayuda April 23, 2019 by Super User There are times when mergers I hear about just send me into cross-eyed head-scratching mode, and others when my immediate reaction is: “Ok, that makes sense.” Broadsign acquiring Ayuda makes sense. Both companies are well established and much respected in the digital OOH sector. They serve the same kinds of clients but in different ways …
Some 30 Of New York’s Smart City Ad Posters Vandalized April 23, 2019 by Super User The NYC-focused online publication Gothamist has a post up, with multiple photos, of the beating laid on some 30 LinkNYC smart city ad posters in Manhattan this past weekend. A very cranky New Yorker smashed a series of the big digital display kiosks in the West Village and Chelsea, along 6th and 8th Avenues and …
Denver’s 900 LED Light Pole Welcome Sign Switched Off For Fix, Less Than Two Years After Lighting Up April 22, 2019 by Super User An ambitious project that was intended to generate new revenues for Denver’s airport, and showcase the innovative LED technology of Panasonic, has run into big problems less than two years after it was first switched on. The $14.5 million art and ad media piece features 900 LED light poles in a 1,000 foot curving line …
InfoComm Has A Big Digital Signage Zone, But Vendors All Over April 18, 2019 by Super User InfoComm is less than a couple of months out and I have sorted out my air, hotel and press registration, which means I can now start to look at why I am going and what I will see that I have not already seen this year at NRF, ISE, ShopTalk and DSE. Probably not much, …
Samsung Kits Out Shipping Container For Parking Lot Pro AV Tour April 16, 2019 by Super User Pro AV road shows have been a staple of distributors like Almo for many years, and the display companies have also done variations here and there, most notably the big showcases NEC and LG do each year in New York. But I don’t think I’ve seen one like what Samsung is starting this week. Today, …
DSE Says Total Attendance Up 6% From Year Earlier, And Record End-User Tally April 11, 2019 by Super User Digital Signage Expo says its verified total attendance at its 2019 event was 4,260 people, up six percent from 2018 and the second largest total in its 15 or so years. The show’s organizers also say DSE delivered the highest number of qualified end users in its history – 1,848. That number is the one exhibitors tend to …
More Activity In Last Three Months, Than In Previous Three Years, Suggests Shift In Digital OOH Interest April 11, 2019 by Jason Cremins Guest Post: Jason Cremins, Signagelive As my company set its development and commercial strategy for this year, back in late 2018, a focus on Digital Out of Home (DOOH) was not on our agenda. But that may change, because of a noticeable uptick we’re sensing in both interest and activity in ad-based digital signage. Broadsign, …
LED Tower That Does Times Square NYE Ball Drop Getting Facelift April 10, 2019 by Super User Times Square in New York is getting yet another LED digital signage display upgrade, with the out-of-home advertising firms, New Tradition, signing a master lease agreement on One Times Square – the site of the iconic New Year’s Eve ball drop. The new 350-foot-tall digital signage screen – a collection of stacked LED boards – will …
Watch Extended Length Interviews Done On DSE 2019 Show Floor April 9, 2019 by Super User When I was at DSE a couple of weeks ago, I noticed retail consultant Laura Davis-Taylor running around with a microphone and camera doing interviews at a bunch of stands. I know Laura as a seriously-smart retail expert and somebody who’s been around signage forever, but not so much as a member of the trade …
Fulton Center’s Award-Winning Display Network Launches Latest NYC-Themed Digital Art Piece April 9, 2019 by Super User The wide range of screens and shapes at the Fulton Center subway station (and retail center) have generated a lot of attention since it opened in 2014 – in part because it is part of the World Trade Center redevelopment area, but also because there has been a focused effort to make the screens more …
