NHL Makes In Arena Rinkboards Digital, But Only Virtually October 4, 2022 by Super User I don’t know if this qualifies as digital signage or digital out of home, but whatever the case, a move by the National Hockey League to virtually digitize the boards that surround playing surfaces is quite interesting. The NHL is debuting what it calls Digitally Enhanced Dasherboards (DEDs) that allow dynamic, targeted advertising for its …
PC Chip Shortage Has Swung To Oversupply Situation; Samsung Cuts Sales Forecast by Almost One-Third October 3, 2022 by Super User There are indications that the semiconductor supply chain issues that tightened availability of electronics components and extended manufacturing and delivery times on key components has eased, and that the situation has already swung to an oversupply situation because of slumping demands for PC products. Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has lowered its sales …
Volta Eases Off Rollout Accelerator; Cutting Staff And Pulling Back DOOH Ad Revenue Forecast October 3, 2022 by Super User The Digital OOH media company Volta has been announcing aggressive rollout plans at the same time as financial filings show a company burning through investor dollars, and now there’s word the San Francisco start-up is easing off the accelerator and tapping the brakes. The company has announced an “organizational realignment to reduce costs and drive …
UK Startup Offers Pop-Up Retail By The Day Or Even Hour; Stores Heavily Powered By Digital Signage September 21, 2022 by Super User A UK start-up has developed a really interesting business model for renting short-term spaces that relies very heavily on digital signage technology to video walls to deliver the experience. Sook leases spaces to brands who need a short-term pop-up space to sell goods or launch products, but rents that same space for things like art …
Mvix Brings On Chief Growth Officer; Says Sales Revenue Up Almost 72% In Past Two Years September 14, 2022 by Super User CMS software firm Mvix has pushed out news of a new senior hire, but what was more interesting to me was the description of the CMS software company’s growth in the last couple of years – with sales revenue up nearly 72% and the head count almost doubled. Based in the Washington, DC-area, Mvix has …
Proto Secures U.S. Patent For Its Method Of Doing Hologram-ish Displays September 13, 2022 by Super User The LA start-up Proto now has a U.S. patent for its method of capturing people and subjects on a white screen and relaying that visual in real-time to a custom transparent LCD screen and enclosure, creating what I tend to describe as a hologram-ish visual experience. The company, which has evolved its brand from PORTL, …
Shipping Container Costs Have Dropped 50%-60% From COVID-era Peak September 12, 2022 by Super User I don’t write much about shipping container costs because I know very little about that whole thing, but I do know those costs skyrocketed through the pandemic, and that affected prices for large items like displays. Which brings me to the good news, I think, that costs are dropping in a big way. A publication …
Global LED Display Shipments Up Almost 18% In Q2 2022: Omdia September 12, 2022 by Super User Growth in shipments for LED video displays was up almost 18 percent globally in Q2 of this year, with that worldwide number actually throttled by slowed growth in China because of COVID lockdowns. The research and analysis firm Omdia says global LED video display shipments grew 17.7% Year on Year for the second quarter of …
Giant LED Statues Not Rising Up As Planned, Just Yet, But Irish Firm Has A Two-Metre Demo Ready September 9, 2022 by Super User That Irish company that hopes to have giant LED statues go up as attractions around the planet doesn’t seem to be rolling out at its publicized pace, but will show a reduced-size version of its concept at a UK theme park trade show in a couple of weeks. A two-metre preview of what’s called The …
India Seeing Big Digital Signage Growth Because Of Messaging Compliance Needs: Scala MD September 7, 2022 by Super User Surprisingly little news or PR gets to me about the digital signage business in India, given the size of that country and overall region, and the amount of growth happening. So this Linkedin post and embedded video (but not embedded enough to also embed here!) from the India business unit of Scala, and by extension …
