PRN renews content deal with NFL Network November 14, 2011 by Super User Are NFL highlights the sort of thing that will draw eyeballs to Digital OOH screens? Sometimes, yes, I’d imagine. In other circumstances, more of a maybe. Premier Retail Networks, Inc. (aka PRN) has renewed an agreement with the NFL Network to show touchowns, picks and big hits on in-store media network screens it manages and …
Immersive Labs gets nice profile in NY Times November 14, 2011 by Super User I don’t know who does public relations for New York start-up Immersive Labs, but whoever that may be gets a hat tip. The company, which fuses face pattern detection with ad serving, has been profiled on Fox Business and was part of a business reality TV series on Bloomberg. And this weekend, the company got …
NanoLumens diversifies product line, and now goes outdoors November 11, 2011 by Super User I have been watching NanoLumens for about 2 1/2 years now, really liking the display product but always thinking the line needed to get a little more diversified to get end-users interested. It looks very much now like that diversity thing is addressed. The Atlanta company was at Customer Engagement Technology World this week showing off …
rAVe: Sales Of Commercial Flat Panels Grow 9 Percent In Past Year November 11, 2011 by rave Sales of large (26”+) flat panel displays made for commercial applications, such as digital signage, continue to increase according to the latest DisplaySearch Monthly Large Format Commercial Displays Sell Through Report. “In contrast to slowing sales of flat panel TVs for at-home consumer enjoyment, monthly sell-through of FPDs designed specifically for commercial applications are up …
Christie marks two years for its Tiles November 11, 2011 by Super User Christie Digital’s PR team sent a note around Thursday rolling up the big moments for its MicroTiles product, which is two years old as of this week. Some of the big jobs they have done are well-known and covered – like the London Stock Exhange, NASCAR Hall of Fame and Arsenal Media’s BuzzWalls, but what …
Visit Norway, from your subway seat November 11, 2011 by Super User [vimeo id=”31475670″ width=”600″ height=”350″] A couple of students at the Miami Ad School are getting some attention online for an advertising project that uses LED light bars to create advertising in subway tunnels. The technology – which has been around for a few years now – uses the motion of the subway trains to create …
DSA-CETW Mixer Snapshots November 11, 2011 by Super User Digital Screenmedia Association president David Drain sent along snappies of the mixer they had Monday night ahead of CETW, which wrapped up earlier today. So, evidently the night had drinks and enough food you had to sit down and shovel. And a barbershop quartet … And a Republican presidential candidate. Nice.
ComQi goes Shazam, but is it magical? November 10, 2011 by Super User I haven’t seen a release, but did see a DailyDOOH post up yesterday, as well as tweets from the vendor, trumpeting a deal between ComQi and Shazam – a mobile app that recognizes and identifies music files. Shazam has a BIG user base among iOS and Android handset users who fire up the app when …
Lots of interactive signage goodies in IPG’s new(ish) media lab November 10, 2011 by Super User IPG Mediabrands, described as the “media innovation unit” of the $34-billion media holding company Interpublic Group, has launched a whiz-bang media lab in its New York offices. The IPG Media Lab, says a release this morning, is the world’s first, and the industry’s most highly-invested immersion and exploration center dedicated to bringing the most promising …
Digital Signs For Dummies now available, via Scala November 9, 2011 by Super User Say whatever you want to say about the software firm Scala and its product, but one thing there is no debate about is the company’s marketing smarts. I don’t think any competing company comes close in that department, and it looks like the Scala folks have made another smart and cheeky move by sponsoring and giving …
