New Istanbul Airport Goes Big On Direct View LED, LCD Smart Signs December 18, 2018 by Dave Haynes The new Istanbul Airport in Turkey, which is opening in phases, has almost 700 Samsung LCD and LED displays, with the direct view LED encompassing more than 1,000 sq. meters of visual space. The centerpieces of the install are two giant 193-sq. meter LED screens at the international departure gate, near the hotel area and …
Fails, Everywhere Digital Signage Fails December 17, 2018 by Dave Haynes Digital signage is so common now in retail and public spaces that I don’t tend to notice screens as much as I did for many years, when it was interesting to see what early adopters are doing. Now I tend more to notice stuff that isn’t right – because it sends the wrong message and …
Chinese LED Firm Marketing A Version Of That Failed Times Square Shape-Shifting Screen December 17, 2018 by Dave Haynes One might have thought the shape-shifting LED display that Coca-Cola put in Times Square was such a disaster, as innovations go, that the market for such a product was created and killed in a matter of weeks. But while the Coca-Cola screen’s way-too-many moving parts have been rendered static, there are companies out there marketing …
Rome’s Airport Has Shape-Shifting LED Ad Chandelier December 13, 2018 by Dave Haynes Anything with moving parts has risks, but using programmed hydraulic arms and LED screens inside and airport is way, way, way less trouble-prone and risky than something with thousands of sync’d, ever-moving bits on an outside display. That’s why comparing this install to the doomed Coca-Cola display in Times Square isn’t all that relevant. This …
Video: LAX Int’L Terminal Gets Content Refresh For Iconic Digital Signage Install December 13, 2018 by Dave Haynes The LAX International Terminal digital experience is a few years old now, but to the credit of the airport and JC Decaux, which has the media concession for the airport, the content is being refreshed. This is a loop showing the content being developed for the seven big display elements in the post-security part of …
Here’s The Judge List For This Year’s Global Digital Signage Awards December 12, 2018 by Dave Haynes The 2019 Finalist list of companies was issued Monday for the global Digital Signage Awards, and as head judge I want to thank all of the other industry people – from around the world – who very kindly donated their finite time to review submissions, score them, and help identify the best of the best. The …
Kiosk Mashes Up Robots And Touchscreens For Vending Machine Coffee You’d Actually Drink December 12, 2018 by Dave Haynes Drinking coffee that comes out of vending machines tends to be an act of desperation (or utter indifference), but here’s an automated coffee machine that serves up the good stuff. A company called Briggo produces and places micro coffee shops that are like the oversized vending machines you see in airports for Best Buy, except …
Here’s The Finalist List For The 2019 Global Digital Signage Awards December 10, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Finalists have been selected by 28 judges for the 2019 Digital Signage Awards, run in conjunction with Sixteen:Nine. The Winners and High Commendations will be presented on the evening of Feb. 6 at the Compagnie Theater in Amsterdam, which puts it in the middle of ISE. The awards team says entries were up more …
London Underground Escalators Lined With LCD Ribbon Walls December 7, 2018 by Dave Haynes The London Underground many years ago took on what I think were the first digital escalator panels – a cascading series of synchronized displays in the escalator wells of the subway system. The media firm Exterion Media is in the process of upgrading some of the most well-known and busiest stations on the Underground with …
Sports Retailer Decathlon’s First US Store Features LED Video Wall December 3, 2018 by Dave Haynes Decathlon is the world’s largest sporting goods retailer, with more than 1,350 stores in 39 countries, but the French company only recently entered the US market. Decathlon Sports has moved into 8,313 square feet on the ground-floor space of 735 Market Street, a building designed by legendary architect Willis Polk and opened in 1908, in …
