Ross Video Boosts Real-Time Graphics Capabilities Via Bannister Lake Acquisition April 23, 2024 by Super User The live video production technology company Ross Video has an agreement to acquire another Canadian company, Bannister Lake Software (BL Soft). Ottawa-based Ross Video is a major player in solutions and services for live broadcasts and events, and Bannister Lake’s data-driven graphics capabilities fit nicely within broad list of products. The flagship BL Soft product Chameleon …
Phish’s Four-Night Sphere Run Takes Predictably Different Visual Approach From U2 April 22, 2024 by Super User On Sunday night, the American rock band Phish finished the last of a four-night weekend run at Sphere in Las Vegas – the second touring act to put on performances that use the giant 16K curved screen as a backdrop. The freeform music of Phish is wildly different from Ireland’s U2, and that was reflected …
Digital Creative Collective Universal Everything Ding Months-Long Exhibit In Melbourne April 19, 2024 by Super User Another creative studio well known for generating visuals for big screens has got into the exhibition game – with the UK-based art and design collective Universal Everything putting on a special months-long event at the ACMI (formerly Australian Centre for the Moving Image) in Melbourne. The ticketed show is called Beings and will run from …
Barvanna Adds Real-Time Sports Betting Info To Place-Based Streaming Content Offer April 19, 2024 by Super User Barvanna has added a very different twist to the typical content mix used by place-based streaming Digital OOH networks, partnering with SportsGrid to deliver real-time sports betting information, including odds and moneylines. The content runs on L-bar overlays tied into Barvanna’s streams. From PR: The SportsGrid cloud-based content solution enhances the fan experience delivering a …
Big Multimedia Cylinder Display Previewed For Houston Airport’s New Int’l Terminal April 17, 2024 by Super User When I spoke with Thibaut Duverneix of the Montreal creative studio Gentilhomme on a recent podcast, he alluded to work that was underway for a big multimedia display piece at the main airport in Houston, Texas. It won’t be live until some time in 2025, but Gentilhomme presumably has the OK from the airport to …
Boring But Good: Denver’s Busy Airport Uses LED Header Banner At New TSA Checkpoint April 16, 2024 by Super User Denver International Airport recently opened a new 17-lane TSA security checkpoint on the terminal’s northwest end of Level 6, part of a $2.1B upgrade project at what is the third busiest airport in the US. The engineering and design firm Stantec is doing a big list of work at the airport, and one component is …
British Signage Language Displays Added To Digital Signage Mix At Scotland’s Busiest Rail Stations April 15, 2024 by Super User Mass transport environments have long used digital signage technology to relay important travel information to people rushing to catch planes, trains and buses, but the focus has mainly been on re-packaging real time data like gate and platform assignments as visual text presentations on screens. Now a UK rail system has started installing customer information …
46 Mapped Projectors Market Star Wars Products On One Face Of NYC’s Empire State Building April 12, 2024 by Super User Forty-six projector were sync’d and blended to fill the upper levels of one facade of the Empire State Building in New York with a five minute show celebrating the Star Wars movie series and encouraging fans to buy various consumer products marketed by Lucasfilm during its “Imperial March” marketing campaign. The art deco skyscraper, which …
Saudi Auto Dealer Invests Big In Custom Experiential Creative For Building And Showroom April 11, 2024 by Super User Much of what gets run on big screens at auto dealer showrooms is, somewhat logically, what amounts to car, truck and SUV porn – gorgeous footage of vehicles rolling along everything from the dampened roads of downtowns to winding, oceanside highways. So it is very interesting to see a dealership drop some presumably serious money …
Big Times Square Billboard Makes Selfies Part Of Visual Illusion Creative For Beauty Brand Campaign April 5, 2024 by Super User You can only see so many products and animated characters kinda sorta popping out of big LED billboards using visual illusions. Most tend to do variations on the same thing, and a spinning box or bottle seemingly escaping the confines of a display can get old – especially for people paying attention to this stuff. …
