Halifax Adopts Region-Wide Digital Signage Program August 14, 2014 by Dave Haynes PEI’s ScreenScape Networks has for years now been advocating the value of content sharing across a broad, community-wide networking, running off their web-centric publishing and management platform. They’ve had some success in vertical markets like bars and restaurants, but now they’ve got a showcase client for the notion – the regional government for Eastern Canada’s …
Projects: Brilliant Interactive Video Wall At Performance Court, Ottawa August 1, 2014 by Dave Haynes This is a brilliant video wall execution in a new office block in Ottawa, Canada’s national capital. The project was put together by Cineplex Digital Solutions, with Arsenal Media doing the creative and Dynamix and RPV doing the supply and installation. The 26 foot high by 21.5 foot wide wall used 72 Barco LED tiles …
Projects: Smoke Signals Go Up At Saskatchewan Casinos July 31, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Saskatchewan wing of the Western Canadian Lottery Corporation has raised Smoke Signals at five of its casinos across the province. The vaguely teepee-shaped digital fixtures, dubbed Smoke Signals, are 12.5-feet tall by 14.5 feet around. The display presents video and ticker content designed to engage patrons and increase message retention with the goal of repeat sales. …
Projects: Gloriously Stupid Wait Terminal Screen At Toronto Airport July 30, 2014 by Dave Haynes This is a screen in the wait area of the pain-in-the-ass ferry terminal at Billy Bishop Airport, on an island just off downtown Toronto. The scary thing is, someone would have put this up, turned it on, and thought to his or her self, “Nailed it!” This features a 24-hour cable news feeds that already …
Projects: Siemens UK Uses Screens For Internal Comms July 29, 2014 by Dave Haynes The UK offices of Siemens, the huge engineering and technology services company, are now using digital signage to improve the delivery of their internal communications. Eclipse Digital Media put the project together and uses ONELAN as the management and playback platform. Eclipse says it “carried out a period of consultancy with Siemens to establish the goals …
Projects: Aerva Driving Outdoor Digital Way Down Under July 23, 2014 by Dave Haynes Boston-based Aerva is working with a New Zealand reseller, nGage, on a deal that’s now powering outdoor digital screens for the media firm APN Outdoor. There will be five screens up around Auckland by the end of this month. Reports Aerva: In addition, Aerva’s AerWave software will also power APN Outdoor’s digital plinths and video …
Projects: London Windows Make Eye Contact With Passersby July 23, 2014 by Dave Haynes Eye Contact from Peter Hudson on Vimeo. As spotted on Engadget, here’s a new visual art project in London, UK that uses two giant pairs of eyes gazing from streetfront windows at passersby. The 650 oversized pixels that make up the video windows are at the Welcome Collection’s venue in London and intended by artists …
Projects: Under Armour Brand House in NYC July 22, 2014 by Dave Haynes The sports apparel and gear brand Under Armour opened the doors the SoHo (NYC) Brand House in April, the company’s largest retail store to date and one that puts a big visual focus on digital. The Brand House has nearly 10,000 square feet of interactive retail space that use technology to “tell the brand story through …
Projects: Samsung Turns On Interactive Touch Walls To Peddle Appliances At Best Buys July 11, 2014 by Dave Haynes Samsung has just unveiled a new digital in-store shopping experience designed to help consumers decide on just the right home appliance. Called CenterStage, the 3 by 3 interactive video wall showcases Samsung’s portfolio of appliances in Best Buy stores with ultra-realistic, life-size displays. In a news release, Samsung says: consumers find appliance shopping confusing and uncomfortable. …
Projects: Shelf-Edge Digital In Europe July 11, 2014 by Dave Haynes The in-store marketing firm Alrec Instore now has more than 3,000 networked screens running in European stores that are mounted at the shelf edge in aisles and sales counters, all aimed at moving tobacco product. The units – one in line with smokes and the other over top a cabinet that has (I think) chewing tobacco, …
