Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Jason Barak of D3 On The Rapid Rise And Future Of Fine Pixel Pitch LED January 31, 2018 by Super User 16:9 just released a Special Report called The Total Guide To Fine Pitch LED. It’s a big, 70 page look at the display technology, coming at it from all kinds of angles. The free report (you can download it here) came together, in part, because of sponsors – like the major one, custom LED design …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts – How OOHscreen Uses Artwork On Video Walls To Ease Patients’ Minds January 24, 2018 by Super User Hospital and clinic rooms are rarely places people like hanging around, and digital signage has long been seen as a way to distract and entertain patients, and their family or friends. A London-based solutions provider called OOHScreen has a very different take on what digital signage should look like and do in those places. Instead …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Sakchin Bessette On How Moment Factory Grew Into One Of World’s Top Multimedia Agencies January 17, 2018 by Super User Fantastic creative is at the heart of any great digital signage project, and when I am asked to rattle off the names of creative shops capable of doing top-level work, Moment Factory is automatically in there. The Montreal-based creative technology group has evolved from a small collective doing VJing and just, basically, have a …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: ISE Director Mike Blackman Previews The 2018 Show January 10, 2018 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is now just a matter of weeks away, with the doors to the massive pro AV trade show in Amsterdam set to open on February 6th. The show has broken attendance records in recent years, and it looks very much like the 2018 number will exceed last year’s count of 73,000-plus. ISE …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Dan Garner On How Xibo Makes Money From Free, Open Source Software January 3, 2018 by Super User By far the busiest post on the Sixteen:Nine blog is one that lists the many options out there for free, kinda sorta free, or free to start with digital signage CMS software. One of the oldest – and among the few that are legitimately free – is Xibo, an open source digital signage solution that …
No Podcast This Week December 27, 2017 by Super User It’s too cold to talk, plus we’re busy with, ummm, other matters this week with family, friends, etc.. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. New chat already in the can for next Wednesday. The story behind the Open Source CMS software Xibo.
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Rob Gorrie, Bricks + Matter December 20, 2017 by Super User Rob Gorrie is among the most digitally-savvy and sharp people I know – some of that based on the DNA of a family that’s been doing marketing for more than a century. But it’s also based on a pile of real world experience starting and running digital companies. The one Gorrie’s been focused on for …
16:9 Projects Podcast: 127 Feet Of Amazing Experiential LED At Chicago’s 150 N. Riverside December 15, 2017 by Danica Trapara Chicago’s 150 Media Stream is a 127-foot long and 19-foot high permanent installation in the lobby of the new 150 North Riverside office building. It is comprised of 89 individual vertical LED displays or ‘blades’ creating a canvas of over 3,000 square feet. The content is driven by an ‘intelligent content library’ that constantly changes …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Manolo Almagro, Q Division December 13, 2017 by Super User Just last week Manolo Almagro pulled the curtains back on a new company he’s started, under the umbrella of Chris Riegel’s ever-growing STRATACACHE empire. It’s called Q Division, a retail tech consultancy that in many respects is the sum total reflection of 20-plus years that Manny has been around tech, in a crazy variety of …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Jin Fan, ClearLED December 6, 2017 by Super User One of my big takeaways from the trade show circuit earlier this year was my conclusion that transparent LED was starting to look really good. If you’re not with me on what that is, think LED displays that are a bit reminiscent of window blinds, with the LED lights on the louvers. What you end …
