UK Activist Slapping Official-Looking Energy Use Stickers On Digital Posters To Shame Media Owners September 6, 2022 by Super User Energy shortages have forced prices up – way, way up soon in the UK – and prompted usage restrictions in some countries for things like digital advertising displays. It’s also started, or more likely heightened what’s already been happening, efforts by activists who are opposed to widespread advertising in city streets and public areas. UK …
Swedx UK Shows A 3,000 Nit Portable Outdoor LCD Display That Runs Off Solar September 2, 2022 by Super User Digital sandwich board signs became a bit of thing during the height of pandemic lockdowns, particularly in Europe. The freestanding LCD screens, parked outside store entries, could explain how things were now working when there were capacity limits, staff shortages and supply issues. Now there’s a version of that sandwich board – also referred to …
LA Bus Shelter Expansion Clears Approvals Hurdle; Integrated DOOH Screens, Surprise!, Have Opponents September 1, 2022 by Super User A proposal to add some 3,450 new tech-laden transit shelters to LA’s streets has cleared a big hurdle for its backers, but still needs to get the final OK from the full Los Angeles City Council. LA’s public works board has approved a plan from a partnership called Tranzito-Vector to add the shelters to the …
Wireless Power For Displays Is Here … Kinda Sorta September 1, 2022 by Super User One of the reasons ops and deployment people who are active in digital signage and AV companies tend to insist on doing site visits and surveys before starting on projects is that they want to see what they’re up against with the location, and check on things like the availability of power. Often, there’s no …
Metal Fatigue On Under-Spec’d Suspension Wire Caused That LED Collapse At HK Concert: Task Force August 31, 2022 by Super User Metal fatigue on a suspension wire that was probably under-spec’d led to the collapse of an LED screen hanging over the performing stage at a boy band concert in Hong Kong in late July, according to a task force now looking into what happened and why. The rated strength of the wire that snapped at …
UK’s The Led Studio Launches Fine-Pitch LED Unit For Outdoor Ad Displays; Designed To Supplant LCDs August 31, 2022 by Super User I tend to be very reticent to go with claims that something is a world-first, because there’s almost always something else that actually was first, but a new LED display set-up from The LED Studio is definitely among the first of its kind, and an indication of what’s going to come (probably) in a big …
Here’s How And Why Energy Savings Measures With DOOH Screens Can Be A Handle-With-Care Situation August 30, 2022 by Super UserFollowing on to that situation in Europe in which some countries are encouraging or mandating energy usage restrictions, our German language content partners at Invidis have an interesting post up looking at the workable measures for shutting off screens for part of the day. If you are unfamiliar with what’s up here, Russia’s invasion of …
MRI Sues Samsung, Files International Trade Complaint Citing Infringement Of Outdoor Display Patents August 26, 2022 by Super User Atlanta-based custom display manufacturer Manufacturing Resources International (MRI) is going after Samsung in court, and both Samsung and some key business partners via the US International Trade Commission, citing patent infringements with respect to high-brightness outdoor and window displays. I covered courts for maybe a couple of days, a million years ago, when I was …
GSTV, Ara Labs Partner On Deploying, Marketing Screens Adjacent To EV Charging Units August 26, 2022 by Super User Given the eye-watering price of electric vehicles, we can assume it will be quite some time before conventional gas stations are mothballed. But it nonetheless makes sense for a company whose business is built on the wide presence of fuel dispensers to think ahead and branch into EV charging stations. Destination Media, the place-based media …
More Detail On Germany’s Energy Savings-Focused Digital Signage And DOOH Restrictions August 25, 2022 by Florian Rotberg Partner Post: Florian Rotberg, Invidis This post originally appeared on the site of Sixteen:Nine’s German language content partner, Invidis. On Wednesday, the federal government approved two energy-saving regulations which, among other things, also restrict the operation of illuminated and self-illuminating advertising systems (DooH, digital signage in shop windows). An exception was considered for outdoor advertising. …
