Mega-Project Developer Uses LED On Film For Riyadh Presentation Center November 13, 2023 by Super User This is what looks to be a presentation center for a vast mixed-use project in Riyadh – using LED-embedded transparent film on the windows. It is at the themed attraction Boulevard World and, though details are skimpy, is presumably marketing New Murabba, a giga-project backed by the Saudi government-based Public Investment Fund. The development is …
Canada’s Bell Media Launches Ad Tech That Syncs Digital Billboards With Radio Ads November 9, 2023 by Super User Canada’s Bell Media has launched new technology that pairs roadside digital out of home billboards with commercial radio, with ge0-fenced ads on the outdoor LEDs synced with ads on specific radio stations. So, a motorist crawling along the 20 in Montreal or the Gardiner in Toronto might see an ad for the financial company Desjardins …
Las Vegas Sphere Reports $98.4M Loss … But That Mostly Covers Period Before Doors Opened November 9, 2023 by Super User That giant LED orb in Las Vegas has generated a huge amount of intention since it was lit up and the doors opened for paid admissions, and its backers are undoubtedly hoping it will generate the kind of money needed to make it viable – given that the most recent financials for the Sphere show …
Chinese TV Giant Hisense Now Distributing B2B Displays In US Via Exertis Almo Deal November 6, 2023 by Super User The Chinese TV manufacturer Hisense – top three globally based on sales volume – appears to be getting deeper into the commercial display business, having entered into an “exclusive U.S. distribution partnership with Exertis Almo, one of the largest and most specialized value-added AV distributors in North America. The agreement sees the full line of …
Australian Fire Danger Signs Go Digital, But They’re Not Always Bright Enough To Do The Job November 2, 2023 by Super User Photo: ABC News, Cathy Border Here’s a case of a good intentions but flawed execution – fire danger rating signs made easier to update by going digital, but not bright enough for people to read on sunny, hazy days. The rural fire service in Queensland, a state in Australia, switched over from analog road signs …
LED Mainstreamed: Small NC University Kits Out Sports Arena With Vast LED Halo Over Seating Bowl November 1, 2023 by Super User Yet more evidence of LED costs coming down and awareness and adoption going up – a small university on North Carolina has kitted out the seating bowl of its campus sports arena with a 577-foot circumference LRD halo ring. The 5,000-seater Nido & Mariana Qubein Arena at High Point University in North Carolina added the …
Changi Re-Opens Terminal 2 With Digital Waterfall, LED Halos And Virtual Sky November 1, 2023 by Super User Singapore’s Changi Airport has consistently been ranked as one of the best airport experiences anywhere, and while there are undoubtedly many operational reasons for that, our interests here are of course on what it does with digital. After 3.5 years of work, the upgraded and expanded Terminal 2 fully reopened today – with the terminal …
LED Back Wall Dominates Conceptual Shop For Presumably High-End Shoes In Tokyo October 30, 2023 by Super User This is a concept store for the URA apparel brand in a “semi-basement” back lane location in the Harajuku/Jingumae district of Tokyo, VERY minimalist in its design and dominated by a big LED back wall. Arch Daily Reports (warning: art-speak ahead) … The interior of the shop, which weakens the boundary between inside and outside …
LED Walls Have Now Been Around Long Enough They’re Aging Out – Like This One At Toronto’s Yorkdale Mall October 26, 2023 by Super User It really doesn’t seem that long ago that LED video walls were just emerging on the market, but we’re already seeing projects with walls that are aging out – like this big set of flanking walls at the entry to the upscale Holt-Renfrew store in equally upscale Yorkdale Mall in Toronto. The original wall went …
Interesting: A Big All-In-One LED Display That Folds In October 25, 2023 by Super User All in one LED displays are now commonplace across a variety of manufacturers – in part because they offer portability, but probably more so because the companies selling them and the customers buying them can readily get their heads around the idea of a giant TV. It’s far easier to explain a jumbo TV than …
