PJSC Skeds May 11 Session Taking Pulse Of Digital OOH Industry April 25, 2016 by Super User The investment banking and advisory firm Peter J. Solomon Company is doing a webinar in a couple of weeks taking a look at the state of the Digital OOH industry. Called Pulse of the Industry: DOOH, the Wednesday, May 11th at 11 a.m. ET session will be led by Verifone Media General Manager Paul Jankauskas …
Digital OOH Mediacos Respond Quickly With Prince Tributes April 22, 2016 by Super User One of the powers of digital signage and the digital out of home business is the ability to respond quickly and powerfully to events that have the public talking. That happened Thursday with the surprising and sad death of Prince. Within hours, several out of home media companies had billboard ads running on their digital stock …
Digital Signage Talks Drawing SRO Crowds At Print Industry’s Sign Expo April 20, 2016 by Super User Jim Nista of Insteo sent me a note saying he wondered if perhaps the traditional sign industry might finally be catching on that digital screens are an opportunity, and not either A) a nuisance or B) the devil’s work. He’s a speaker at the International Sign Association’s big trade show this week in Orlando, and …
Leyard, Planar Light Up Giant 8K Indoor LED Wall At NAB April 19, 2016 by Super User This is what Planar and its parent company Leyard are showing this week at the big NAB broadcast trade show in Las Vegas – about $2.3 million worth of 8K LED wall. The video wall measures more than 31 feet wide by 18 feet tall (9.5 meters by 5.5 meters) and is composed of 64 …
Projects: Nanonation Takes On Raising Nebraska April 18, 2016 by Super User Raising Nebraska is a 25,000 square foot, interactive digital-heavy exhibit on the state fairgrounds that’s designed to help visitors better understand and appreciate that state’s big industry, its advances, and the impact it has locally and globally. Located in Grand Island, about three hours west of Omaha, the exhibit was put together and is now …
Swedish Firm Has 40-Plus Active Lawsuits On Its Digital Signage Patents April 12, 2016 by Super User A small Swedish company now has dozens of lawsuits circulating in the digital billboard industry, suing those media companies for patent infringement, based on a suite of patents related to using a computer to remotely control digital signs. The company is called T-Rex Property AB, and has been around since 2003. I’m not sure it …
22 Miles Responds; Calls Four Winds Patent Lawsuit Meritless April 12, 2016 by Super User The wayfinding-centric signage software firm 22 Miles, Inc., based in Silicon Valley, has issued a statement responding to the lawsuit last month by Four Winds Interactive, of Denver. The statement issued April 8th says the lawsuit, alleging patent infringement and related activities, is meritless and that the company will vigorously defend itself in court. The statement was …
Forget The Ad Model, Use Phone-Charging Kiosks To Keep Shoppers Shopping April 7, 2016 by Super User I’m not at all sold on the idea of screens on phone charging kiosks being a successful digital OOH media model, but the charging kiosks themselves – used purely as services – are proving successful in retail environments. The National Retail Federation’s STORES magazine has a piece up this month about how retailers like Neiman Marcus, …
DSE Reports Slight Upticks In 2016 Attendee, Exhibit Space Numbers April 4, 2016 by Super User The company behind the recent Digital Signage Expo says DSE set new records for attendees and floor space, and also saw a critical bump in the number of end-users walking the aisles. Atlanta-based Exponation says more than 4,100 people attended, from 69 countries, and 45% of them were end-users, up 7% from 2015. The exhibit hall set a …
Digital Podium Centre-Stage At Canada’s Music Awards This Weekend April 1, 2016 by Super User The Canadian version of the Grammys – called the JUNOS – goes this weekend in Calgary, and one of the features at the 2016 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards will be a special podium fronted by a digital screen. Dubbed George – The Digital Podium, the set-up will be used to relay social media updates to the crowd as …
