Cannabis Dispensaries Using Digital Signage Network To Explain And Sell March 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes At a lunch with some industry folks earlier this week, we were talking about emerging vertical markets, and I said cannabis retailing was among the most opportune, because it is still early days … and because the product and dynamics beg for screens that promote and explain things. While there are lots of customers who …
NYC Running Out Of Patience With LinkNYC, Citing Lack Of Payments, Stalled Rollout March 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes Via Politico New York … New York City’s IT and telecoms department is reported to be growing frustrated with the consortium that won a deal to install “smart city” kiosks around the five boroughs, saying the rollout has stalled and the promised ad revenue share hasn’t materialized. Politico reports that just 1,800 of the planned …
Nordic Retailer Makes LG’s Transparent LED Film Part Of Flagship Store’s Design March 4, 2020 by Dave Haynes Many people, myself included, have expressed a lot of interest and enthusiasm for LG’s transparent LED film, which has been shown at numerous trade shows but has not really shown up away from exhibit halls. But here’s a real world application of the film, on the mall-facing windows of a large Swedish apparel retailer’s flagship …
72 Sync’d Screens Flow Up And Down On Video Wall At Merck’s Innovation Center March 2, 2020 by Dave Haynes I was banging out a post, singing the praises of a recent video wall job done for a copper company at a trade show, until I noticed a pilot comment on Linkedin that noted what was done was pretty much a clone of a fixed installation in Germany. Moving parts can present problems for any …
Intersection Announces DOOH Network Across NYC’s Growing Hudson Yards Development February 28, 2020 by Dave Haynes The OOH media company Intersection has announced – guessing it was OK’d to finally announce – that it has the contract to run a digital OOH ad network throughout the impressive, 28-acre mixed use Hudson Yards development on the west side of midtown Manhattan. The press announcement sent to me doesn’t provide any detail on …
Paris Office Block Now Features Gorgeous Digital Skylight February 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is nicely done – a digital skylight in the lobby of an office block in Paris. The content was designed and produced by ADMEMORI for AXA REIM SGP, the owners of 21 rue de Châteaudun. You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Vimeo. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please …
Pearl Media Expands DOOH Network To Brooklyn’s Atlantic Terminal February 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes The NYC-area OOH media firm Pearl Media has expanded its place-based digital footprint to include a big commuter and retail hub in Brooklyn, known as Atlantic Terminal. The Atlantic Terminal Network (ATN) went live earlier this month, with eight 85” LCD displays, four 98” LCD displays and three double-sided 65” LCD kiosk displays. The …
Watch: New MSC Cruise Ship Has 480 Sq. Meter LED Canopy February 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is the LED canopy ceiling on a new cruise ship. The entire ceiling of the 96 meter shopping promenade on the new MSC Bellissima is covered by a giant 480 sq. meter curved LED screen. It functions as a digital ceiling that creates an artificial atrium, but also runs a series of animations, including …
Amazon Opens First Full-Sized Go “Just walk Out” Grocery, And There Are Few Screens February 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes Amazon has opened its first full-sized Amazon Go grocery store, and just like the smaller versions it has opened to date, this store is pretty short on screens. Two years after launching a set of c-stores that didn’t have cashiers or checkout lines, using sensors and a lot of AI to allow shoppers to “just …
Football Field-wide LED Screen Greets Arrivals At Kuala Lumpur’s Airport February 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a vast direct view LED display in the arrivals area of Kuala Lumpur’s international airport – the big Absen screen replacing 11 old backlights. The screen is 96 meters wide by 4.2 meters high, and was put in by the media company VGI Airports. A bank has already bought out the screen space for …
