Data-Driven NYC Taxi Top Displays Tout EWR Being Faster Ride Than JFK June 19, 2017 by Super User United Airlines has a data-driven digital OOH campaign going on New York taxicab toppers that’s designed to dispel the myth that taking a cab from the city to JFK, to fly out of there, is faster than traveling to Newark Airport (which has the airport code EWR). While JFK lays claim to being New York’s …
InfoComm 2017: It’s a Wrap – Record Attendance, Up 13.5% From 2016 June 17, 2017 by Super User My aching feet and back have returned from Orlando, and I am starting to thaw out from the high-performing air conditioning units at the convention center. You know things are weird when you’re doing conference sessions in hot, muggy Orlando and women are putting on sweaters. If you were there and found your way to …
China’s Hisense Starts Selling Digital Signage Displays In U.S. June 16, 2017 by Super User Chinese display manufacturers make and market container ship-loads of TVs for the North American consumer market, but they haven’t really shown up in the commercial display market and digital signage. Until now … Hisense is pretty well known for budget TVs but at InfoComm this week the Chinese company is in the Almo booth showing …
Infocomm 2017: Day Two Impressions – Where Are The Gimmicks? June 16, 2017 by Super User My time on the floor was pretty finite on Day 2, but here some quick impressions … Panasonic now has a projection mapping software tool aimed at the sports market, going after Christie and its Mystique software, which makes projection mapping possible on the competition surfaces of, for example, an NBA or NHL arena. …
InfoComm 2017: Day One Impressions June 15, 2017 by Super User It was readily apparent to just about anyone that the big InfoComm pro AV trade show down in Orlando this week would include a lot of exhibit hall real estate filled up by LED display manufacturers. But I’ve never seen as many of them as I saw here – not even at the version of …
Sweden’s ZetaDisplay Continues Roll-Up Of Scandinavian Digital Signage Companies June 9, 2017 by Super User The Swedish firm ZetaDisplay continues to roll up other companies in the Scandinavian market, doing a deal to acquire Seasam Oy, the second largest supplier of digital signage in Finland. The company, based in Malmo, had done deals earlier for other providers in Finland and Norway. Seasam has about 20 people and a customer base that …
Projects: Massive Video Wall Lines Moving Sidewalk In Seoul Rail Station June 9, 2017 by Super User This is a massive LCD video wall – maybe 16 wide by 3 high – in a corridor of a high speed rail station in Seoul, as spotted in LinkedIn from Sungwon Kim. No other details. The scale is impressive.
There May Be Beer: Ingram Micro Plans Canadian Night At InfoComm June 7, 2017 by Super User The Ingram Micro Pro/AV Digital Signage team is having an InfoComm Canadian Night next Tuesday at a restaurant and bar on I Drive in Orlando. The event is targeted to Canadians working in in the pro AV and signage ecosystems, and is sponsored by the Canadian Ingram Micro team and vendor partners like Chief, Da-Lite, NEC, …
School IT Services Firm Blends Mobile App With Digital Signage Menuboard Offer June 7, 2017 by Super User In an interesting twist, a tech services provider for K-12 districts, charter schools, and continuing education programs has come up with a school lunch application that blends a mobile app for rating and feedback with digital signage menuboards in lunchrooms. Harris School Solutions (HSS) says EZSchoolLunch “uses emojis, meal ratings, and other features to get students as engaged …
Is Rishi Shah The First Billionaire In Digital Signage? June 5, 2017 by Super User I don’t think there’s all that many people who could say they’ve become millionaires out of their digital signage businesses, so it’s kind of amazing to read a Forbes magazine profile of Outcome Health’s Rishi Shah – which pegs his net worth at $3.6 billion. If you are scratching your head a bit and muttering …
