Fab Stanghieri On Why Canada’s Biggest Cinema Company Is In Digital Signage May 22, 2019 by Super User Canadians all know Cineplex as the dominant movie theater chain in that country, and the Toronto-based company has also been expanding its reach, in recent years, into other related lines of business. Cineplex now has entertainment-centric restaurant-bars, is bringing Top Golf into Canada, sells out of home media and runs a thriving digital media group …
NYC’s 28 Liberty Gets Reinvigorated With Big Lobby LED Features May 21, 2019 by Super User Here’s another example of how big fine-pitch LED video walls are the 2019 version of 1980s and 90s water features in office tower lobbies. The property owners for 28 Liberty in New York wanted a visual solution that reinvigorated the space and, more to the point, made tenants want to move in and existing ones decide …
Diversified In Software Partnership For Workplace Digital Signage May 21, 2019 by Super User 16:9 could be an endless supply of re-purposed PR about new industry partnerships, but I read and then ignore most of that news because experience and analytics show readers aren’t much interested either. However, when the biggest digital signage-focused integrator in North America announces a partnership for workplace communications, I get more interested. New Jersey-based …
Fitness App Tona’s Leaderboard Digital Signage Gamifies Gyms May 20, 2019 by Super User Here’s a nice example of that whole omnichannel thing actually being put to use – an all-encompassing fitness app called Tona for individuals and gyms that spans everything smartphone screens to leaderboards everyone sees. The background for Tona is a fun story – a visual designer interviewing for a Google job, asked as part of …
Some Digital Signage Audiences Are Genuinely Engaged, But Here’s How To Deal With Flirters And Zombies May 20, 2019 by Samantha Brault Guest Post: Mike Kilian, Mvix Many companies are drawn towards using digital signage because it is an effective “mass communication medium” which allows dynamic and frequent content updates. Even though delivering dynamic, targeted content is the hallmark of the digital signage platform, effective communication requires a deep understanding of the audiences and their preferences. Creating …
Five Ways Internal Communication Managers Can Use Digital Signage To Create Informed, Engaged Workplace Cultures May 20, 2019 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Samuel Mekonen, Seenspire You go by many names: internal communication manager, people’s experience manager, chief diversity officer, or even chief heart officer. But whatever your mantel, your mission is one of nurturing: to foster a positive and empowering company culture through the promotion of open communication, understanding, and shared values, to create the …
74-LCD Video Wall Energizes JP Morgan’s Hong Kong HQ Lobby May 17, 2019 by Super User This is a very nice, narrow-bezel LCD video wall in the lobby of J.P. Morgan’s Hong Kong offices. The wall had to somehow fit well in an elevator lobby area that was all of 12-feet wide. In all, there are 74 LCD screens filling the main wall and then taking a 90-degree turn to fill …
Screenfeed Adds Full Customization Capabilities To Its News Feeds May 14, 2019 by Super User News feeds from data providers have typically come in one of two ways: raw XML or other feeds that could be flowed into templates; or pre-designed, finished feeds with the look and feel already sorted out. Now Minneapolis-based Screenfeed has added new capabilities that allow top-to-bottom customizability for their customers. “News is, by its nature …
Seattle DSF Mixer Gets The Understory On Amazon’s Spheres May 9, 2019 by Super User It took going to Seattle to remember and realize a few things about the city and region. First, there are some really big, impactful companies out here – like Amazon, Microsoft, Costco, Boeing and a little coffee chain called Starbucks. Second, there’s more of a signage ecosystem than is maybe obvious. I am in Seattle …
Cruise Line Uses Robotic Arms For Choreographed LED Screen Shows May 4, 2019 by Super User Four Royal Caribbean cruise ships – the newer ones that are the size fully loaded container ships – are now using screens on robotic arms for entertainment. The cruise line’s Quantum Class ships – like the Spectrum of the Seas – have lounges with these dancing screens, using ABB robotics arms. The first ones went …
