Digital Podium Centre-Stage At Canada’s Music Awards This Weekend April 1, 2016 by Dave Haynes The Canadian version of the Grammys – called the JUNOS – goes this weekend in Calgary, and one of the features at the 2016 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards will be a special podium fronted by a digital screen. Dubbed George – The Digital Podium, the set-up will be used to relay social media updates to the crowd as …
Projects: Kuwait Petroleum’s VIP Lounge Experience March 30, 2016 by Dave Haynes This is the new VIP Executive Lounge Experience at Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, that country’s biggest national oil company. The company, which has annual revenues of something like $250 billion, wanted a space for execs and guests that was luxurious and comfy, but also reinforced the company and brand through visuals. Dubai-based solutions provider 2point0 Concepts were …
Foxconn Completes Acquisition Of Sharp March 30, 2016 by Dave Haynes Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s biggest contract electronics manufacturer, agreed to acquire Japan’s Sharp Corp for about $3.5 billion. The company that, among many things, has huge manufacturing facilities in China making iPhones, is taking roughly a two-thirds stake in the Japanese display and electronics manufacturer. It’s the biggest acquisition to date in Japan’s arguably fading consumer tech …
Apple Goes Big With LED Video Wall At Next-Generation Store In Memphis March 29, 2016 by Dave Haynes Memphis is likely not the first locale many people would peg for an iconic brand to open its first next-generation store in its home country. But that’s where Apple has opened a new store design concept that has a massive fine pixel pitch LED video wall as its signature feature. The store opened last week, and that …
Sign Expo Trying Again To Add Digital Signage Element March 28, 2016 by Dave Haynes The mainstream sign industry’s biggest trade show, Sign Expo, will be trying once again later this month to expand its reach into the digital signage business, with another “dynamic digital park” and a handful of conference speakers. The International Sign Association people have been trying this for a few years now, and it just doesn’t …
What’s Direct View LED? March 28, 2016 by Dave Haynes One of things that was confusing me a little bit when I walked around some display company booths a couple of weeks ago at Digital Signage Expo was the different names getting applied to indoor LED display walls. I’ve tended to call them fine pixel pitch LED walls, or just indoor LED. But I’ve heard, here …
Hybrid Display Totem Bridges Digital And Print March 25, 2016 by Dave Haynes We all know the world is going digital and things like brochures and pamphlets don’t have a big future – but it’s not a shift that’s going to happen abruptly. Go to a car dealership or bank, or real estate presentation centre, and you are still going to see a lot of printed material being …
Daktronics Acquires Adflow Networks March 15, 2016 by Dave Haynes Outdoor LED giant Daktronics has announced its recent acquisition of ADFLOW Networks, which for years been marketing a content management system aimed almost exclusively at retailers. So what does a South Dakota display manufacturer that is by far most known for building very large LED boards for sports stadiums want with a company outside of Toronto …
What To Expect At DSE 2016 March 11, 2016 by Sean Levy GUEST POST: Irfan Khan, Skykit The 2016 Digital Signage Expo (DSE) is almost here. Those of you attending the convention in Las Vegas from March 15-17 might be wondering what to expect and how best to prepare. Lucky for you, I’ve done some research so you don’t have to. I’ve compiled a list of what things …
DSE 2016 Booth Field Guide: Parabit Systems March 11, 2016 by Dave Haynes Parabit Systems, Booth 740 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? We are one of the only USA display manufacturers at the show. And we will have several of our stock models on display. Parabit is in a unique position to showcase our total …
