Hey DOOH And Digital Sign Network Operators, Allocate Two Minutes Tomorrow To Support Ukraine! March 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes Digital OOH industry veteran Nick Coston is trying to organize a global campaign that would see, potentially, millions of screens turned over for two minutes tomorrow to communicate support for Ukraine. Writing in the online publication OOH Today, Coston suggests there are some 65 million connected ad displays out there, around the world. What if, …
London Underground Projection Markets Windows Errors March 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes As relayed by a reader: A reminder for screen network operators – if reminding is needed – that shit happens. This is on the London Underground, on a platform at Green Park station. The media company with the ad concession for the subway platforms has in its portfolio billboard-sized projections that go across the track …
Pssst: Want To Buy Some Two-Sided DOOH Displays? Like New. Just £500 A Pop. March 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes DOOH media companies in the UK and maybe across the waters in Ireland and mainland Europe might be interested in what amounts to a fire sale of a bunch of big, robust and unneeded double-sided digital street furniture displays. They were manufactured as bomb-proofed trash bins for London financial district sidewalks, doubling up as ad …
Elevator Manufacturing Giant Schindler Launches Own Screen Network In Its Installed Buildings March 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes Via German content partner Invidis … The big elevator equipment manufacturers have seen media start-ups equip their commercial and residential cabs with screens for more than 20 years, but have largely stayed out of the direct media business. Now there’s word that one of the largest global manufacturers, Switzerland’s Schindler, has created the Schindler Media …
OOH Media Vet Kym Frank Added To Digital Signage Federation Board March 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes OOH media veteran Kym Frank has been added to the board of the non-profit Digital Signage Federation (DSF), taking over for another board member to fully meet the commitment. Frank has some 20 years of experience and insights in the OOH/DOOH sector, and brings the benefit of being super-smart and hyper-connected. She is currently the …
New Broadsign Hire Adds Serious Subject Matter Expertise To EU Team March 10, 2022 by Dave Haynes Non-exec level hires don’t tend to get chronicled on Sixteen:Nine because the analytics reliably show few readers are interested. But once in a while there are new appointments that are interesting and notable. In this case, a company is bringing on serious subject matter expertise. Broadsign has hired on Savvas Tombouloglou as an account executive …
Shanghai Subway Adds 112-Meter-Long Fine Pitch Led Wall Along New Concourse March 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of the underground walkways between subway lines in central Shanghai now has a 112-meter-long fine pitch LED video display running along one wall. Yes, a 2.5mm pitch LED wall longer than the length of a football field – American or soccer. The LianTronics display is in the transfer passageway of Lujiazui station, on Shanghai’s …
Saccoman Steps Back From AdMobilize Leadership; Focused Now On NFTs And Crypto March 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Miami computer vision firm AdMobilize has announced big management changes, with founder Rodolfo Saccoman stepping back to just have a seat on the board and be an active advisor, while a pair of long-timers with the company take on CEO and COO roles. The executive changes, says PR, is the culmination of a transition …
Revitalized Toronto Union Station Adds More LED, LCD Video Walls March 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes The main commuter rail and bus hub in Toronto – Union Station – has been undergoing renovations for the past 10 years, and as new common areas have been spruced up, they’ve opened with more and more digital components, including LED video walls for ad spots and messaging. The latest area released at the station …
Bat Signal Flashes In Movie Promo Running On World’s Tallest Ad Display March 4, 2022 by Dave Haynes The tallest building on the planet – the Burj Khalifa in Dubai – is clad in LED light sticks that have enabled it to show visuals like very basic messages, huge photos and things like country colors. But I hadn’t really thought about the skyscraper’s media facade having tight enough pixels to run multimedia campaigns. …
