Samsung Launches First All-In-One Self-Service Kiosk March 1, 2021 by Super User Samsung has broadened its reach in QSR and retail by introducing its own 24-inch interactive ordering screen – starting in South Korea but intending to bring it to other markets. Samsung Kiosk – thumbs up for the to-the-point name – is an all-in-one LCD with a touch layer, using an SoC as the player and …
Start-up Road Runner Gets Financing To Roll Out DOOH Network On Fleet Vehicles February 23, 2021 by Super User I suppose if a taxi or ride-share service can puts ad screens on top of vehicles, it stands to reason the same media model could be applied to vehicles in commercial fleets, putting screens on the back-access doors of cargo vans. Road Runner Media, a DOOH startup based in Orange County (LA), has a financing …
Universal Symbols Suggested For Screen-based Health, Safety And Weather Alerts February 22, 2021 by Super User An industry consortium called the NextGen Video Information Systems Alliance (NVISA) has put out what it calls a recommended practice document on how to best display emergency alerts based on easily-discernable graphical elements. The group makes the case that weather, health and safety warnings can be more impactful and accessible if alerts that go out …
Look Ma, No PC: AdMobilize’s Audience Measurement Running On Samsung Smart Displays February 17, 2021 by Super User One of the minor but persistent concerns about using the smart digital signage displays now marketed by most LCD manufacturers is that the embedded computing devices didn’t have the power to meet the demands of some projects. Exhibit A has often been that a “smart” commercial display could not play out media AND handle the …
NDS Pivots PADS4 From Digital Signage-First To Broader User Experience Platform February 9, 2021 by Super User We’re starting to see companies in the digital signage sector starting to refine and re-package what they do in ways that gets them out of the box of being just a digital signage provider. On the heels of merging with the smart building platform LCS last year, the Dutch software firm NDS has started calling …
DOOH EV Charging Network Volta Does Special Purpose Merger; Hopes To Raise $600M February 8, 2021 by Super User Volta Industries, which has a Digital OOH ad network built around electric vehicle charging stations, has announced plans for a merger with a special purpose acquisition company with hopes of generating $600 million for its network buildout. The overall value of the deal is estimated to be $1.4 billion. The deal comes just three weeks …
MicroTouch Interactive Display Brand Back; TES America Revives After Buying From 3M February 1, 2021 by Super User If you were somebody who bought or specified 3M interactive touch products, the familiar MicroTouch line of touch monitors sold for many years by that Minnesota tech giant has been re-launched via a separate company, TES America. TES, in PR, says it has outfitted MicroTouch with an all-new look and is expanding the line of …
Firefly Wants To Generate Buzz By Putting Its Taxi-Top Screens On Tesla 3s In NYC January 27, 2021 by Super User The VC-funded DOOH media start-up Firefly is looking to generate some buzz by putting its taxi-top ad displays on a new fleet of Tesla 3 electric vehicles that have been approved for use in New York City. The EVs are run by a taxi concession licensee called Drive Sally. The company says it is the …
Video: How A Dutch Butcher Uses Queue Mgmt Software, Screens To Handle Customers January 27, 2021 by Super User I was on a call yesterday talking about how some of the most interesting work we’ve seen lately in digital signage probably looks pretty boring to people outside the industry – notably the use of queue management software for safer shopping. This is a really good video – albeit Dutch with English subtitles – showing …
Volta Completes $125M Raise To Expand U.S. DOOH Network Based On EV Charging Units January 19, 2021 by Super User A digital OOH media network based on electric vehicle charging stations just got a huge vote of confidence from investors – with an oversubscribed $125 million funding round for Volta that was guided by Goldman Sachs. The company puts totem-style units, equipped with the charging apparatus and 55-inch displays, in parking areas that see a …
