Fixed: Pattison Crafts New Screen Layout To Deal With Screwball Hoarding Around Subway Screen October 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes You may recall a couple of weeks ago a post about the screwball workaround at a Toronto subway platform that saw construction hoarding built around part of a track information and ad display on the platform. It is a display managed by Pattison Outdoor, and the construction work was news to the media company. So, …
DIGICHIEF Debuts New API-Driven Content Feeds For Local Health Conditions October 18, 2024 by Dave Haynes Long-time subscription content provider DIGICHIEF has developed an interesting data partnership with a company that does what it calls healthcare intelligence to provide screen network operators with geo-targeted health information, like the prevalence of colds and flu in an area. It’s a collaboration between Lexington, KY-based DIGICHIEF, using APIs from IQVIA, which operates out of …
Another Hologram-ish Shower Stall Product Surfaces, But Done A Bit Differently October 17, 2024 by Dave Haynes The huge GITEX tech trade show is on right now in Dubai and among the acres of bling – it’s Dubai, so there’s no end of that – is a Lithuanian video conferencing company doing its own take on those transparent displays I unfortunately liken to shower stalls. During GITEX GLOBAL 2024, says PR, TrueConf …
Industry Vets Nista, Arnett Launch MOTV Experiential Creative Agency October 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes A couple of well-known industry guys have teamed up to launch an experiential design agency focused on generative AI app development, generative art, and creative services that leverage data to drive immersive experiences. MOTV reflects a partnership by LA-based creative and coding vet Jim Nista and Toronto’s Michael Arnett, who has a long history of …
Spreading Festive Cheer And Driving Sales With In-Store Digital Signage Technologies: Spectrio October 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes SPONSORED CONTENT By Ron Levac, Spectrio The holiday season is a critical time for retailers – with the period between October and the end of December often called the golden quarter for sales. A successful holiday season can make a retailer’s year, while a poor one can lead to losses, cash flow problems, and excess …
Fans Could See Themselves As Adele On Giant LED Screen During Singer’s Munich Concert Residency October 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes Singer Adele’s month-long run at a pop-up concert venue in Munich this summer attracted a lot of attention for the sheer scale of the very wide LED backdrop, but the show also had a clever social media/AR thing happening that allowed fans to have their faces swapping out the star performer’s face. They did that …
NC Auto Dealer Uses Service Counter Menu Display To Show How Its Fees Match Up With Competitors October 4, 2024 by Dave Haynes Digital menu boards are mostly associated with the quick service restaurant business, but they can also be used effectively by other kinds of products and services businesses – like auto dealers. I’ve seen numerous menus in dealerships showing services, fees and promotions. I don’t think I have seen this, though – a dealer in North …
Mexican Sam’s Clubs Using Floor Projections To Promote Brands October 1, 2024 by Dave Haynes Cavernous retail warehouse stores like Costco and Sam’s Club don’t tend to have the best sightlines for using big digital displays because of the concrete floor to metal ceiling shelving units that sit above eye-level shelves, so one workaround is using projectors to put media on the floor. That’s what Walmart-owned Sam’s Club is doing …
Portuguese Youth Center Nicely Integrates Ribbon-Style Touch Into Center’s History Wall September 27, 2024 by Dave Haynes This an interesting approach to doing an interactive video wall for a scenario in which budget restraints would almost certainly come into play – a touch-enabled stretch display on an otherwise printed wall display that provides a community youth center’s history and milestones. Floor to ceiling video walls are great, but the costs can be …
Signagelive Turns The Microphone Over To AI Bots To Talk Digital Signage, And It Sounds Credible September 19, 2024 by Dave Haynes Hat tip to Guy Campos at AV Magazine for pointing me to this … Signagelive CEO Jason Cremins, who with his CTO Marc Benson has a long history of being early adopters of emerging tech, has monkeyed around with some AI tools and come up with a podcast that is built around material from a …
