On road, again December 5, 2011 by Super User In New York this week for meetings and some holiday sightseeing. Hope to see and shoot a few things like this projection on the side of Saks Fifth Avenue. Blogging nonsense resumes Friday. Pic from: http://www.infofornyc.com
Retailers need to get “preferred” status with shoppers December 5, 2011 by Super User Poking around looking for something else led me to a good piece, from summer 2010, in Retail Customer Experience, written by author Robert H. Bloom (THE NEW EXPERTS: Win Today’s Newly Empowered Customers At Their 4 Decisive Moments) about how mobile devices are changing the retail landscape and its dynamic. The premise, in simple terms, is that …
Christie posts video and case study on massive London Stock Exchange project December 5, 2011 by Super User [vimeo id=”30825185″ width=”600″ height=”350″] Christie Digital has developed and released a nice case study and video that shows us folks on the other side of the Atlantic what that massibe MicroTiles installatiuon at the London Stock Exchange looks like in action. It’s a bit of a drive, so I’ve no idea when I might see …
Everything old is new again dep’t: Crowd games in cinema December 3, 2011 by Super User MediaPost has a story up about how National CineMedia and the Audience Entertainment Group have launched an interactive gaming element to the pre-movie entertainment content and Digital OOH advertising package. Called AudienceGame, MediaPost reports that the movie audience controls the on-screen action by moving their arms back and forth in unison (or something close to it), …
John Ryan bags 5-yr digital signage deal with global Top 20 bank December 2, 2011 by Super User With Europe and Spain in a bit of a financial pickle, it’s interesting and perhaps telling that a massive Spanish bank is going ahead with a digital screen network across its estate. Madrid-based BBVA, one of the Top 20 retail banks on the planet in terms of scale, has entered into a five-year agreement with …
rAVe: New Planar display tower makes shape the king December 2, 2011 by rave Planar Systems has introduced what it calls the Planar Silhouette , a “video display sculpture” the company publicly spotlighted on Nov. 30 at the Avant Gallery in Miami Beach, Florida, in connection with the weeklong Design Miami art event. The Planar Silhouette display, which towers over 10-feet tall, provides a new solution for architects, designers …
Report: Ronin, marketing partner trying to work NewCo deal? December 2, 2011 by Super User The only investor guys who tend to call me are the ones who want me to come to their free seminar at the local Holiday Inn, so I don’t see a lot of circulars for companies that are on the block. Adrian over at DailyDOOH, the industry’s go-to shit-disturber, gets them slipped his way now …
ABC media sales takes a Taxi TV ride December 1, 2011 by Super User There are vastly differing opinions as to whether Digital OOH should get a slice of the TV spend pie, and as many opinions on whether the medium can be sold like TV. Both will get a test starting next month as the ABC TV network’s national and local ad sales people try including screens in …
United Nations agency worried about digital signage standards. No, really … December 1, 2011 by Super User When I saw a news release from the International Telecommunications Union wringing its hands about the need for interoperability in digital signage, my natural reaction was: “What’s the International Telecommunications Union???” I looked it up in and went a little cross-eyed when I saw the ITU is a United Nations agency, based in Geneva, Switzerland, with …
ADFLOW Health announces massive 4,700-store network November 30, 2011 by Super User ADFLOW Health Networks has done a very nice deal with the Rite Aid retail pharmacy chain to put its biometric screening kiosks – branded as Personal Health Centers – in all US locations. The deal quickly turns ADFLOW’s network into the largest network of its kind, and represents what sounds like a very aggressive push into this sector. …
