Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Paul Vincent, Flexitive January 25, 2017 by Super User There’s been a lot of talk about how HTML5 is the future of digital signage content, and Paul Vincent knows more about that than just about anyone out there. He’s the founder and CEO of Flexitive, an online tool for building advertising and content using everything HTML5 brings to the table. I first bumped into …
Sidewalk Campaign Uses Digital Displays, Sensors To Shame Swedish Smokers January 18, 2017 by Super User A Swedish pharmacy chain, Apotek Hjärtat, is running a digital OOH campaign in that country that uses sensors and triggered content to needle and shame passing cigarette smokers. When someone on the street walks near the digital poster, cigarette lit, a smoke sensor picks that up and triggers a video file on the display’s player that …
6 Ways To Get People Looking At Your Digital Signs. January 13, 2017 by Kenneth Brinkmann Guest Post: Debbie DeWitt, Visix You’ve spent untold resources – both time and money – getting your digital signage system up and running. But is it working? Do people look at your screens? One way to tell is with good ROI measurements in place. But there are a few surefire ways to attract and engage …
Enplug Partners To Build Mobile Social Gaming Into Digital Signage Platform January 5, 2017 by Super User A couple of LA companies have put together a partnership that would see mobile social gaming integrated with a digital signage platform’s offer. The deal gives clients running on Enplug’s cloud-based network the ability to participate in multiplayer tournaments with other gamers in public locations like restaurants, bars, gyms, retail stores, cafes, shopping malls, and …
Watch Moment Factory’s 3D-like Experiential Video Wall At Microsoft’s NYC Flagship December 22, 2016 by Super User Even digital signage nerds miss industry stuff right in front of their eyes. When I was in New York a few weeks ago, I finally had a chance to see the flashy Microsoft store on 5th Avenue, at 53rd, just down from Trump Tower. I was immediately looking inside at the visually dominant back video …
Will There Be A Pantenna Under The Tree For You? December 20, 2016 by Super User This deserves a big audience – the annual festive season video from the folks at signage solutions provider Telecine in Montreal, sent out this afternoon in an email blast. Your host is Telecine owner James Fine. Very well done!
Fast Fashion Etailer Missguided’s First Physical Shop Has More Than 30 Screens December 16, 2016 by Super User Spotted in Retail Gazette Here’s a look inside the first bricks and mortar shop for the online fast-fashion brand Missguided – a 20,000 sq. ft. shop in London’s Westfield Stratford shopping mall. It opened about three weeks ago. Integrator Smart LED put in two big 3.9mm high resolution LED walls at the payment areas, and then there are …
Screenfeed Goes Beautifully Minimal With New Spectrum Weather Service December 15, 2016 by Super User Loyal 16:9 blog and podcast sponsor Screenfeed just announced a very nice new subscription weather service that takes advantage of HTML5 to be highly configurable and animated. Called Spectrum Weather, the service has a wonderfully minimalist look that flies in the face of ALL the cluttered, often cheap looking layouts that persist in the signage marketplace. …
Hungary’s Telenor Uses IntuiLab’s DIY Tools To Build Interactive Shopper Experiences December 13, 2016 by Super User The Hungarian wireless carrier Telenor has opened 13 digital concept stores this year that try to bridge how their customers work with them on mobile and on desktops, with interactive digital stations in the store. “We see that our customers start prefering our electronic channels over traditional customer service: they purchase their devices in our webshop, …
Action Flick Trailer Gets Debut Across 22 Giant LED Boards In Times Square December 12, 2016 by Super User The producers behind The Fate of the Furious – which I think is a chick flick about annoyed shoppers and a woman who controls the Christmas shopping line-up outside of a Kate Spade outlet store – did a massive takeover last night of many of the LED boards in Times Squares to hype the movie and the trailer. …
