LG Follows Samsung Into All-In-One Kiosk Market With 27-Inch, Windows-Driven Unit April 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes Sixteen:Nine content partner Invidis has a German language post up about how LG has followed the lead of Korean rival Samsung by developing and launching an all-in-one kiosk aimed at self-service applications. The LG Kiosk, reports Invidis, will be launched first in the Korean home market and later in Europe and North America, likely by …
Hall Technologies Acquired By Michigan Indian Band’s Economic Development Wing April 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes Much of the mergers and acquisitions activity in the digital signage and pro AV sectors has involved consolidation of competing companies or investments by private equity companies, so it’s an interesting twist to see a manufacturer acquired by the economic development arm of a Michigan-area Indian band. Dallas-based Hall Technologies, which makes and markets gear …
Largest Ikea On Planet Needs Dozens Of Displays Just For Cafeteria April 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes I get tired and bewildered just thinking about a 700,000 sq. ft., five-level Ikea. As you might imagine, a store that big needs a lot of screens to do some of the basic work, like sell plates of Swedish meatballs. The first IKEA in The Philippines, along the reclaimed Manila waterfront, opened in November as …
Axiomtek’s New Palm-Sized PC With AI Chip Seems Well-Suited For Audience Measurement Jobs March 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Taiwan PC maker Axiomtek has several ruggedized products aimed at markets and use-cases that include digital signage, but a new one caught my eye because of its potential use for computer vision/audience measurement solutions used by retail and DOOH networks. The company has launched a “palm-sized” PC done in partnership with the artificial intelligence …
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 …
Electronic Shelf Labels Being Used In Big Retail To Drive Donations For Ukraine Relief Efforts March 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes There is lots of evidence of the digital OOH media community stepping up to support what’s going in Ukraine through free media on digital billboards and things like sidewalk ad totems. But now there’s a way to offer support and trigger donations in mass merchandise and grocery retail, using electronic shelf labels (ESLs). The firm …
UK Custom Display Firm Literally An Anomaly For Market Focus March 11, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of my takeaways from the last pro AV trade show I was at – a couple of years ago now – was how there were one hell of a lot of companies selling indoor and outdoor display totems, all seemingly chasing the limited markets of DOOH advertising and campus and mall directories. A UK …
Need To Hide Electronics For A Digital Signage Screen? Stick Them In A Drawer. March 11, 2022 by Dave Haynes Product innovation tends to be subtle and incremental in categories like flat panel and LED mounting hardware, and it’s hard (trust me here) to write something interesting about new variations on articulating arms and micro-adjustment thingies. But I came across what seems like an interesting approach to the challenge of tucking media players and other …
Dead-Simple Triggered Floor Projections Drive Workplace Safety March 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting take on the idea on the idea of using sensors to trigger content to displays, based on things like motion or other activity. Just about every use-case in digital signage for this sort of thing has been for managing line-ups or product marketing in retail, but here’s a simplified solution meant …
