Screenfeed Adds New Content Feed Aimed At The Times: Nothing But Good News October 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Minneapolis-based subscription content team at Screenfeed has developed a new service aimed squarely at the times – a playlist of videos of positive and uplifting news stories curated and re-packaged by Screenfeed’s editorial team There will be 10 new 60-second stories every week. Music and audio narration, plus captions, allow the Good News feed to work …
Cupid Bursts From Painting, Flutters Around Airport, In Cool Projection Job October 23, 2020 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to Bob Raikes, who flagged this via his Display Daily “What Bob Saw …” newsletter. This is a terrific projection mapping piece done at the international airport in Brussels. A cupid animates and busts out from the painting he’s in, and flutters around the famous painting-filled wall in an airport common area. We …
Cineplex Digital Media Launches Machine-Learning Smart Digital Signage Content Engine October 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes Toronto-based Cineplex Digital Media has started marketing a new data-driven retail optimization platform called FLEX SmartEngine – using machine learning and a variety of data inputs to boost sales for stores and QSR operators. The built-in-house platform steadily analyzes what’s happening in and around physical stores to generate and deliver messaging based on shifting circumstances …
Reminder – Global Digital Signage Awards Submissions Close Today September 30, 2020 by Dave Haynes A final reminder that today is the end of September – yay, 2020 is gone in three more months!!! – and that means it is the last day for entry submissions to the global Digital Signage Awards, which 16:9 helps sponsor and guide. The UK team that puts together the awards has had to pivot, like …
UPshow Closes $14M Series A Raise To Grow Its “In-Venue Engagement” Business September 29, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Chicago-based, gyms and bars-focused digital signage solutions start-up UPshow has closed a $14 million Series A funding round the firm will use to build out its business and installed footprint. The raise is a mix of institutional capital investment and angel funds from people like former Publicis Groupe Chief Strategist and Chief Growth Officer …
Watch A Giant Polar Bear Walk Over Crowd On Chinese Attraction’s LED Canopy September 28, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a fairly amazing LED canopy ceiling in what I think is a theme park in Jinhua, China, a large city roughly south of Shanghai. Details are scant, as is often the case for projects only written about in local languages, but I think this is the Shanghai Bund theme park, which is a …
Submission Window Closing For Global Digital Signage Awards; Why Your Firm Should Enter September 22, 2020 by Dave Haynes Re-upping and refreshing this post from early summer about the global Digital Signage Awards, which 16:9 helps sponsor and guide. The submission window is starting to close, and with the demise of DSE and the COVID-driven reduction in marketing opportunities, entering awards makes more sense than ever. The DSE people did a great job driving …
Healthcare Services Provider Uses FWI’s Platform To Relay Real-Time KPIs To Staffers September 15, 2020 by Dave Haynes Denver’s Four Winds Interactive has a case study up online about the work it is doing with HHS, a big Austin-area services provider in healthcare and other sectors that need things like housekeeping and catering. The company jettisoned its older, legacy CMS software for FWI’s a couple of years ago, and uses the new platform …
Screenfeed Adds Automated Twitter And Google Trends Feeds To Subscription Options September 8, 2020 by Dave Haynes The folks at Minneapolis-based subscription content store Screenfeed are rolling out a pair of new services today that visualize trending topics for Google and Twitter. The new Google and Twitter Trends tap into what people are thinking and talking about globally, aimed at people “of all ages and demographics that have a desire to stay …
How To Do Wayfinding Design For Stress-Filled Environments, In Stress-Filled Times August 28, 2020 by Dave Haynes The big architectural and experiential design firm NBBJ has developed an interesting paper that looks at signage as an important means of de-stressing visits to medical centers by people who are worried they’ve picked up COVID-19. “Studies show high levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, can decrease memory and critical thinking skills,” says a team …
