World Out of Home Organization Cancels Toronto Congress That Was Set For June March 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes The World Out of Home Organization has cancelled its big Toronto Congress, originally slated for early June, due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus and the variety of travel restrictions. The Congress is being rescheduled for Toronto in June 2021. “COVID-19 is now officially designated a pandemic by the World Health Organization and is …
North America’s Busiest Mall Plans Big Digital Upgrade; Seeking Sales Proposals March 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes Eaton Centre is a very large urban shopping mall in the heart of Toronto, just on the edges of the central business district. The mall has been around for decades and steadily evolved. It is not quite as ritzy as Yorkdale, which is well away from downtown, but Eaton Centre’s high profile location and huge …
Spanish Media Company Uses Projection For Its Large-Scale DOOH Ad Positions March 12, 2020 by Dave Haynes If you have been involved in the digital signage and digital OOH sector for a while, you have seen the steady evolution of big printed spectacular ads on the sides of buildings to digital versions. We all think of the digital piece being LED, but here’s a case where the the operators instead went with …
Screenfeed Again Providing Visual Aids For March Madness March 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes March Madness is back – the annual US college basketball tournament that starts at 64+ teams, and eliminates all the way down to a Final Four and championship game and winner. Subscription content provider Screenfeed packaged up an automated service that allows hoop fans to follow the tournament and the bracketed elimination set-up. The service …
34 Sources For Free Files That Screen Networks Can Use For COVID-19 Awareness March 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes Here is a resource of free, screen-ready public service graphics and motion media files that digital signage and DOOH networks of all stripes and models can use to raise awareness of, and reinforce, health safety and prevention measures in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak. These have been developed by companies to make available to …
Free Coronavirus Icon Sets For Creatives March 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes Alex Camacho from Intuiface kindly passed along links to some free icon packs for creatives who want or have been tasked with developing messaging for digital signage and DOOH screens about coronavirus health safety. Together with kind contributors, Iconfinder is giving away more than 200 free vector icons related to hygiene and awareness about the virus spread. …
Shanghai’s Pudong Airport Adds Massive LED Board In Departures Hall March 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a massive 178 sq. meter ad board at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, installed last year but just being touted now by LED manufacturer AOTO. The board is sold and presumably run by DOOH media giant JCDecaux . It uses 300 AOTO E3i LED cabinets and results in a resolution that equates to 11K. …
Tina Williams On How Toronto’s Big Airport Does DOOH Differently March 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes Airports are very different places from when I started my working life, and technology has done a lot to not only change travel experiences, but also help monetize what are, often, very busy public places. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority runs that city’s Pearson Airport. It is the busiest airport in Canada, with almost 50 …
Wanted And Needed: Coronavirus PSAs That Digital Signage Networks Can Use March 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes Maybe it is out there and I just can’t find it, but my efforts to find a helpful, product-neutral Public Service Announcement video spot about proper hand-washing, coughing into one’s sleeve, and so on, have proven fruitless. Despite the 24/7 news coverage of the COVID-19 virus outbreak and rapid spread, and lots of written material, …
NYC Running Out Of Patience With LinkNYC, Citing Lack Of Payments, Stalled Rollout March 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes Via Politico New York … New York City’s IT and telecoms department is reported to be growing frustrated with the consortium that won a deal to install “smart city” kiosks around the five boroughs, saying the rollout has stalled and the promised ad revenue share hasn’t materialized. Politico reports that just 1,800 of the planned …
