Mvix Adds In-House Media Services Division; Brings On Industry Vet Ryno Colyn April 6, 2022 by Super User Washington, DC-area CMS software firm Mvix has broadened its offer beyond software and hardware to now also include in-house media services – bringing on a director of user experience and now offering everything from custom creative to managed services. Industry vet Ryno Colyn has been hired on to run Mvix’s new Interactive Media Services Division, …
Largest Ikea On Planet Needs Dozens Of Displays Just For Cafeteria April 6, 2022 by Super User I get tired and bewildered just thinking about a 700,000 sq. ft., five-level Ikea. As you might imagine, a store that big needs a lot of screens to do some of the basic work, like sell plates of Swedish meatballs. The first IKEA in The Philippines, along the reclaimed Manila waterfront, opened in November as …
MLB’s Mets Partner With Samsung To Upgrade Displays, IPTV At Home Park April 4, 2022 by Super User On the heels of word that the Toronto Blue Jays MLB team has seen its ballpark upgraded with a lot of LED comes news that another team – the New York Mets – have also unveiled a big digital upgrade at their ballpark, Citi Field. The ballpark in Queens has added a bunch of LED …
Delta Airlines Adds 250-Foot LED Ribbon To Its LAX Check-in Experience April 2, 2022 by Super User The check-in counters in the Delta Airlines section of LAX are getting a much-needed facelift, with renovations that include a 250-foot LED video ribbon behind the counters. The wall – reminiscent of what was done at Orlando’s airport – but with LED instead of countless LCDs in portrait mode – brand the airline, have custom …
US Grocer Giant Kroger Working With NVIDIA On AI Lab To Reinvent Shopping Experiences April 1, 2022 by Super User This is no overt tie to digital signage in retail, but the implications of a partnership between US grocer giant Kroger and the tech firm Nvidia are interesting. They are collaborating on what is described as a “state-of-the-art AI lab and demonstration center” intend to help reinvent the supermarket shopping experience. The largest grocer in …
How LED Displays Are Transforming The Digital OOH Industry April 1, 2022 by Sanket Rambhia GUEST POST: Sanket Rambhia, Xtreme Media (INDIA) Advertising has been an essential component for achieving business success and outreach for a long time. Out-of-home (OOH) advertising has been a mainstay, and the scale of available advertisement billboards globally is evidence of that. Businesses are increasingly demanding these attention-pulling ad displays. The growth of LED technology …
Navori Labs Does “Near-Complete” Rework Of UX For Its Digital Signage CMS Platform March 28, 2022 by Super User The Swiss CMS software firm Navori Labs has revealed details of a major update of its long-running platform, including a “near-complete” reworking of the user experience and an on-premise “lite” version aimed at the entry-level, modest needs market. The new QL 2.7 release also has expanded player functionality, rewritten players for proprietary smart displays and …
Signagelive, meldCX Partner On Retail Audience Measurement Solution March 24, 2022 by Super User The Aussie AI and IoT software and solutions firm meldCX has gone into a new partnership with UK digital signage firm Signagelive to market and deliver retail-centric screen solutions that are informed and driven by audience measurement data. The companies liken what they can collectively measure and use to the kinds of analytics Youtube generates, …
CRI Paid $16M Cash Plus 2.3M Shares For Reflect Acquisition March 23, 2022 by Super User There have been numerous acquisitions and mergers in the past few years involving companies active in digital signage, and in almost every case, I have ended up writing something like “terms of the deal were not disclosed.” But publicly traded companies are required to lay out deal terms in filings, at least in the U.S., …
GSTV Extends The Shopper Influence Of Its Screens Beyond Gas Station Lots March 21, 2022 by Super User The digital OOH media network built around getting people pumping gas to go inside to buy consumer goods in the station’s c-store has expanded the media pitch to say it can also influence at purchases at nearby, unrelated stores. The long-running network GSTV – short for Gas Station TV – has screens integrated with the …
