Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Antoine Doublet, Deepsky November 29, 2017 by Super User The last interview and meeting I took on my recent trip to Asia, getting a crash course on the technology and manufacturers doing fine pitch LED, was with Deepsky. The LED display startup is based in Hong Kong, but has deep French roots, as you’ll be able to pick up easily in the accent of …
16:9 Projects Podcast: The Story Behind That 13K LED Wall In Netflix’s HQ Lobby November 24, 2017 by Danica Trapara Imagine, while sitting in the lobby waiting for your next meeting, three walls around you change, placing you in a cocaine manufacturing camp in the jungles of Colombia. Minutes later, they change again to drop you into a prison cafeteria in upper New York state. When Netflix was designing the lobby of their new Hollywood …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Michael Clarke, Citilabs November 22, 2017 by Super User The digital out of home media industry has been growing rapidly, and as awareness has built, there’s been more and more of a push from brands and media buyers to provide better, deeper detail on the actual audience. The old way of selling audience for outdoor was gross traffic counts and extrapolations on what they …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Sean Levy, MediaSignage November 8, 2017 by Super User There’s no question that consumers like the word free, and it’s a term that has certainly worked for LA-based MediaSignage, which sees about 100 new accounts opened up everyday for its mostly free digital signage platform. There are lots of software offers in this business that are free for the first account, but you pay …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts – Ryan Sterling, GreenScreens November 1, 2017 by Super User There’s a bit of a gold rush aspect to the rise of the cannabis industry in the United States – first in Colorado and now in several states. The rules aren’t all set, but up here in Canada the whole country is supposed to be legalized by next summer. There’s a lot of money in …
16:9 Projects Podcast: Wells Fargo Center In Philadelphia October 27, 2017 by Danica Trapara Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia is home to both the 76ers basketball team and Flyers hockey team, as well as the usual stream of arena-scale concerts and events (I’m looking at you Disney On Ice). So imagine trying to install almost 20,000 square feet of interior LED displays throughout the venue without being able to …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Peter Cherna, Scala October 25, 2017 by Super User This week we are doing a little wayback thing, talking to someone who has been working specifically at digital signage for almost 25 years, for a company that’s been at it for 30. One of the events that’s part of of all the digital signage week things in New York next week is one that’s …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Yahav Ran, Synect Media October 18, 2017 by Super User When I get asked about digital signage installations that I think really have it together, I tend to talk about Microsoft’s retail stores, and more recently, the crazy one by many 100s video wall at the check-in counters at Orlando’s airport. Turns out both projects were pulled together by Synect Media, a Seattle-area agency that …
200,000 Podcast Downloads, And Counting! October 17, 2017 by Super User Been a while since I looked at stats, and happy to see 16:9 Podcasts is now past 200,000 downloads spread across 77 episodes. That’s probably nothing by the standards of big, big podcasts, but a lot more than I expected. So thanks for downloading and listening. It’s a lot of fun having these chats. Coming …
16:9 Projects Podcast: The Minnesota Vikings’ Digital Experience At U.S. Bank Stadium October 13, 2017 by Danica Trapara Personalized RFID check-in, transparent OLED, a 30-foot projection screen and virtual reality. That’s just some of what the Minnesota Vikings put in place as the NFL team moved into its new U.S. Bank Stadium in 2016. The Vikings worked with Dimensional Innovations to create this space for fans, which allows users to catch a pass …
