Nashville Gets Even Better With Awesome New Airport Terminal Lobby January 26, 2023 by Dave Haynes I’d be very happy if every trade show I went to in the US was in Nashville, and not in Vegas or, ugh, Orlando. But it is my understanding that digital signage and AV trade shows are not organized, weirdly, just to suit me. Nashville is a great place on a bunch of levels (live …
Digital Signage In London: Impressions From The Road: January 25, 2023 by Dave Haynes It’s a big trip and expensive flight to get from North America to Barcelona for ISE 2023, so I broke it up by spending a few days ahead of next week’s trade show in Barcelona with meetings and site visits in London. I’ve had a bunch of good meetings with industry friends like Esprit Digital …
ISE Sixteen:Nine Mixer Sponsor Profiles: PPDS (Philips) January 23, 2023 by Dave Haynes Our final Sixteen:Nine digital signage mixer sponsor profile features PPDS, the company that operates as the sales and marketing arm for Philips commercial displays. PPDS will be delivering what it describes as a “wave of innovative and industry-advancing, new-for-2023 products and software solutions, including the highly anticipated global unveiling of a brand new, sustainability-focused Philips …
Real Estate Auction House Uses Pair Of Vast Fine-Pitch LED Walls To Monitor Business Activity January 23, 2023 by Dave Haynes Big LED video walls in company lobbies and reception areas are increasingly common, but the set up at the LA offices of CoStart Group is intriguing because of the way it was done, and also because the online auction firm uses more fine pitch LED for its core business activity. CoStar describes itself as a …
Read About The Sophisticated Tech Set-Up At Orlando Int’l Airport’s Moment Vault January 20, 2023 by Dave Haynes The technical and creative teams behind an experiential multimedia installation at Orlando International Airport have pushed out PR that goes into substantial detail about what’s called The Moment Vault – three big, curved fine-pitch LED walls that form a circle. The Moment Vault’s impressive technology was planned out and managed by system designer Smart Monkeys, …
ISE Sixteen:Nine Mixer Sponsor Profiles: Videri January 20, 2023 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe is fully back after COVID-era disruptions, and Sixteen:Nine is doing a Barcelona version of the networking mixer it has been staging annually at DSE in Las Vegas for the past decade or so. The event (sold out, sorry!) happens because of eight great sponsors who help cover the considerable costs. I like …
Melitron Broadens Product Line To Now Include A “Street Series” Of Outdoor Screens January 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes Custom display manufacturer Melitron has broadened its product line-up beyond the drive-thru menu displays that have been the Canadian company’s core product to now also include a “Street Series” aimed at use-cases like DOOH ad posters and directories/wayfinders. It’s an interesting step, as many of its custom display competitors have been getting into drive-thru displays …
Delta Air Lines Continuing Big Investment In Digital At Upgraded Hub Airports January 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes Air carrier Delta Air Lines continues to make a huge amount of capital and operating investments in digital displays at new or renovated airport terminals in the U.S. – the latest being a big upgrade at NYC’s JFK airport. Delta made big investments in airport infrastructure in 2022, with brand-new terminals at its New York-LGA …
Transparent LCDs Part Of Toolset Used To Solve Dutch Sex Assault Cold Case January 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes Police in the Netherlands used those shower-stall like transparent LCD set-ups in shopping malls to help generate leads on a series of sexual assaults of girls, tracing back more than a decade. The incidents go back to 2010, but an effort in late 2021 saw a composite drawing of the suspected offender put on public-facing …
Digital Signage Used To Pull Traveling Gamers Into Specialty Airport Lounges January 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes If I’m stuck in an airport because of delays or lengthy connection gaps, I’m finding a bar and a Bloody Mary, but a company called Gameway is offering a different time-killing distraction for airline travelers – a very 2023 version of a coin-operated gaming arcade. Gameway is building out a network of video gaming airport …
