Iceland’s National Theatre Upgrades With Digital Promo Posters On Art Deco Facade January 29, 2021 by Super User Here’s an effective use of outdoor digital displays used as replacements for print posters – in this case at the National Theatre of Iceland, in Reykjavík. Last summer, according to a case study from screen supplier Peerless AV, the theatre’s technical team were tasked with finding an alternative to the old traditional static signage at …
Firefly Wants To Generate Buzz By Putting Its Taxi-Top Screens On Tesla 3s In NYC January 27, 2021 by Super User The VC-funded DOOH media start-up Firefly is looking to generate some buzz by putting its taxi-top ad displays on a new fleet of Tesla 3 electric vehicles that have been approved for use in New York City. The EVs are run by a taxi concession licensee called Drive Sally. The company says it is the …
Video: How A Dutch Butcher Uses Queue Mgmt Software, Screens To Handle Customers January 27, 2021 by Super User I was on a call yesterday talking about how some of the most interesting work we’ve seen lately in digital signage probably looks pretty boring to people outside the industry – notably the use of queue management software for safer shopping. This is a really good video – albeit Dutch with English subtitles – showing …
Get A Useful Video Glimpse Inside Ray-Ban Flagship In NYC January 19, 2021 by Super User Here’s a great example of how you don’t need a camera, lights and sound crew to produce a useful video about a digital signage project. This is Samsung’s Parrish Chapman, who I think leads the retail sector for the company’s pro display division in the U.S., walking and talking his way through the Ray-Ban sunglasses …
Skykit Packages Up Full Solution Aimed At Varied Workplace Experiences January 19, 2021 by Super User Minneapolis-based digital signage solutions provider Skykit has broadened and re-packaged its product lineup and, like several competitors, set its sights on workplace experience technology. Skykit, announcing the changes today, says it is reimagining the workplace experience – making it safer for businesses to return to the office or adapt to altered operations. Skykit’s new products …
Spectrio Acquires Another Digital Signage CMS Firm, PEI-based ScreenScape January 12, 2021 by Super User The good folks over at ScreenScape, in lovely Charlottetown, PEI, have sent out word that the digital signage CMS company has been acquired by Tampa-based Spectrio, a PE-backed retail solutions provider that has been on an M&A binge in recent years. From a note to clients/customers/media: As of January 5, 2021, ScreenScape has been acquired …
NYC’s New Moynihan Train Hall Features 1,700 SF Of 4mm LED January 5, 2021 by Super User The Moynihan Train Hall opened for passengers last week in midtown New York City – an expanded, much more open and welcoming section of NYC Penn Station. Among the big visual features in open atrium passenger hall is a giant, old school analog clock and some 1,700 sq. feet of 4mm direct view LED. The …
Capital Networks’ Founder Trainor Fully Retires January 4, 2021 by Super User Bil Trainor sent me a nice note in recent days letting me know he was finally, totally, 100% retired from Capital Networks, the broadcast and digital signage software company he started some 30 years ago. “December 31st was my last day with Capital Networks,” he wrote in a note. “Since planning, launching and operating it has …
Etisalat’s Dubai Mall Store Is Floor To Ceiling LED January 4, 2021 by Super User And we’re back, kinda sorta gradually … Happy 2021! The wireless carrier Etisalat is based in the United Arab Emirates, and is the case with many or most high visibility efforts in Dubai, the company’s new flagship store in the Dubai Mall is seriously over the top with digital displays. It appears the store has …
Lamar, FEMA Partner On Public Alerts, Warnings For 1,000s Of Digital Billboards Across U.S. December 16, 2020 by Super User