Arreya Develops Return To Work Messaging For Free Download June 3, 2020 by Dave Haynes The digital signage CMS software firm Arreya has been one of the companies to step up and provide free content files to help distribute public service information about the pandemic. With businesses now re-opening in many jurisdictions, there is a need for content that again reinforces good habits and routines in public spaces and workplaces. …
This Fantastic Sloshing Virtual Wave Looms Over A Seoul Shopping District May 12, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is just flat fantastic creative work by the Seoul digital shop d’strict. It’s a three-dimensional illusion of a wave washing around inside a big glass cube looking over a heavily trafficked section of Seoul. It is showing on a 90 meter wide by 20 meter tall direct view LED board. It’s just art, and …
Burger King Re-Purposing Screens Inside Lockdown Stores To Celebrate Workers May 12, 2020 by Dave Haynes QSR giant Burger King has found an interesting way to re-purpose self-service order screens that are not being used right now, because in-store dining is barred in most or maybe all jurisdictions. The company’s order-ahead smartphone app allows users to write thank you notes and props to staff, that then appear on the self-service screens …
Cenareo Develops Free Chrome Extensions That Launch Health Safety Messaging In New Tabs April 30, 2020 by Dave Haynes The French CMS software firm Cenareo (formerly known as CityMeo) has developed a free Chrome browser extension designed to push educational reminders about Covid-19 issues. The idea is that when a user opens a new tab in the heavily-used browser, it starts with a splash page with up-to-date health information. The content includes: …
Rise Vision Puts Out Comic Book-Inspired Light It Blue PSAs For Free Download April 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes These are terrific new COVID-19 Public Service Announcements available for download by anyone running a screen network. There were created for the Light It Blue campaign – a public effort to light up buildings and landmarks to honor healthcare workers and others working in public spaces through this pandemic. They were created by …
Telecine Lights Up Its Historic Building’s Windows To Thank Essential Workers April 17, 2020 by Dave Haynes The folks at Montreal’s Telecine use their historic office building just east of downtown for a bunch of things – workspace, home (for owner James Fine) and party space, on the roof. They also use the windows for projection, notably during the Christmas season. Now the techs have fired up the projectors to send a …
33 (And Counting) Free COVID-19 PSA Resources Available For Digital Signage And DOOH Networks April 16, 2020 by Dave Haynes It has been a month and change since 16:9 started a list of free content resources that digital signage and digital out of home networks have made available to help share information and offer thanks as this pandemic has spread and worsened. The original post is a long beast of a thing now, with links …
Telecine Launches Animated Video Learning Series – Called Digitalsignage.tips April 9, 2020 by Dave Haynes The team at Montreal digital signage solutions company Telecine does a lot of serious work for some big name business clients, but it is a lot more playful when it comes to its own marketing. For many years, James Fine and his team have put together loopy Christmas videos that it then shares out to …
Screenfeed Debuts Free, Rolling HTML5-based Pandemic News Feed For Screen Networks April 7, 2020 by Dave Haynes Longtime, big time 16:9 supporter/sponsor Screenfeed has developed a free content feed for screen networks that is focused on US and global news and information surrounding this catastrophic pandemic. The Minneapolis content company noted that dozens of companies have produced great still images and slides, and videos, that educate people about important matters like …
Singapore Gov’t Authority Using Sensors To Visualize, Load-Balance Malls To Help Social Distancing April 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Singapore government has started published a really interesting real-time data visualization that provides citizens with the status of crowd levels at shopping malls. The government’s Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) collaborated with mall operators on what has been dubbed Space Out – which visualizes the current crowd levels of malls, as well as patterns for …
