Tech-Filled SoFi Stadium’s CTO Set For Keynote At DSE; Sony In As Sponsor/Exhibitor December 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes The company re-booting DSE as Digital Signage Experience has announced a second keynote speaker for the March trade show and conference – the CTO of a technology-filled new sports stadium in Los Angeles. Skarpi Hedinsson oversees the technology set-up for SoFi Stadium – the home field for the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams AND the Los …
WaFd Bank Using Hyper-Local Creative Content As It Rolls Out Digital First Strategy In Branches December 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes Washington Federal Bank, commonly known as WaFd Bank, has started rolling out a ‘Digital First’ communications strategy across its branches in Washington and seven other U.S. states – using a variety of screen technologies and custom content. The bank – which has some 200 locations – engaged the West Coast boutique solutions firm NewReach to …
LG Canada Plans Dec. 8-9 Showcase And Conference For Downtown Toronto November 30, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Canadian wing of LG’s commercial display and signage business has organized a showcase and conference for two days in downtown Toronto early next week. The event will be at the Rec Room, a big dining and entertainment complex in the shadow of the Rogers Centre (where the Blue Jays play) and not terribly far …
Chinese Mall Uses Transparent LED Light Rings As Atrium Canopy November 30, 2021 by Dave Haynes Here’s a very different, interesting take on the idea of LED canopy ceilings in places like malls and public buildings – a series of suspended circles that are animated by transparent LED. It is a mall somewhere in Asia, and uses the transparent LED mesh product from NEXNOVO. The mall atrium has a series of …
Adidas First Terrex Flagship Store For Europe Appears To Go Big With LED Canopies November 29, 2021 by Dave Haynes I could be corrected, but looking at these photos and thinking about what seems to happen with sports retailer flagship stores, it appears the first Adidas Terrex flagship store for Europe uses a lot of LED video wall to drive the shopper experience. The store opened last week in central Munich. Terrex sells products related …
Denver Airport Upgrades Make Digital Signage Central To Check-In Process November 23, 2021 by Dave Haynes Jeremy Klammer of the cannabis-focused digital signage firm GreenScreens sent me a bunch of photos of the upgrades now active in the Great Hall at Denver’s sprawling airport – with a focus on how digital signage is now central to the check-in experience. The area where travelers do self-service check-in and bag drop for United …
Check Out The Emerald – A Different, Architectural Take On Center-Hung LED Ad Displays November 23, 2021 by Dave Haynes Four-sided LED displays suspended from ceilings are common in sports venues and seen here and there in the common areas of public spaces, but I haven’t seen one done like this ad display in the Dutch city of Utrecht. The London-based media company blowUP Media calls its display The Emerald and it is a visual …
Italy’s Expo2020 Pavilion In Dubai Includes Four-Meter LED Human Body November 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting four-meter tall LED display sculpture that uses 82 LED cabinets to create a towering representation of the human body, for an an exhibit in the Italy Pavilion at the Expo 2020 in Dubai. Warning – artspeak ahead: The Bracco Group has mounted a large-scale multimedia installation, focusing on the union between …
WHSmith Store Uses Massive Digital Facade For New London Stansted Airport Store November 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes Technical details have eluded me, but what I do know is the just-opened WHSmith store at London Stansted Airport went all-in with digital – with a huge, all-digital facade facing the concourse and screens all through the store. The travel retail focused online publication Moodie Davitt Report was at the store opening Wednesday and filed …
LED Mainstreamed: B.C. Golf Resort Hotel Adds 63-Foot Fine Pitch Video Wall For Weddings And Meetings November 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes In another sign that LED video walls are now a mainstreamed pro AV and digital signage solution, here is a giant 256-cabinet LED wall in the multi-purpose room of a resort hotel in Victoria, B.C. The ballroom video wall at the Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort & Spa is 63 feet wide and 9 feet …
