10,500 Drones Light Up Vietnam Skyline In Sync’d Show, But There Were Issues … May 6, 2025 by Dave Haynes I’m not sure drone shows belong in the digital signage bucket, but I’m also not sure anyone should care about that. What is not subject to much debate is that synchronized swarms of drones can put on very large and impressive shows that put messaging up at epic scale in public places. Consider this show …
OK Tribal Casino Uses Digital Signage To Boost Guest Engagement And Revenues May 6, 2025 by Dave Haynes The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma used digital signage across its tribal casino portfolio in that state, across 23 locations, all managed for several years now using Poppulo’s CMS software. The software company has an online case study up on its site that digs into what was done, where and why at the tribe’s flagship Durant …
More Pix And Video From That New Screen-rich Ikea In Central London May 5, 2025 by Dave Haynes A reader sent along some pix and videos shot at the new Ikea on London’s Oxford high street. While screens in Ikeas is not a new thing, the scale and use of screens in this new store is well beyond some flat panels on columns and in some of the scenes the retailer sets up …
Expanded, Enhanced Poster And Screen Network In London Underground Promoted As Greatest Show Under Earth May 5, 2025 by Dave Haynes The out of home media company that has an eight-year ad contract with Transport for London (TfL) says an expanded and digitally upgraded network in the Underground system will be the The Greatest Show Under Earth. That seems a bit of a reach (but that’s how a lot of marketers roll). The media company Global’s plan …
Seoul Now Has Its Own Big LED Sphere – In A City Park May 2, 2025 by Dave Haynes Hat tip to Damian Rezner for finding this … Las Vegas is not the only big city with a big LED sphere visible to the public – with a 23-foot diameter elevated LED ball operating since March at Seokchon Lake Park in Seoul, South Korea. The project went in as media art, with a goal …
Ikea Opens Screen-Filled City Store On London’s Busiest High Street May 2, 2025 by Dave Haynes While London’s Oxford Street seems mostly to cater to tourists, based on all the candy and cheap souvenir shops, the UK capital’s busiest retail high street continues to add more reasons for digital signage nerds to visit. There is Outernet London at one end, by the Tottenham Court Road Underground station. There is the Flannels …
UK’s Sky Pairs High-End TV In Shop Window With Transparent LED To Amplify Key Reasons To Buy April 29, 2025 by Dave Haynes Here’s an interesting window marketing project that is touting a high-end TV by accentuating its on-screen highlights, sync’ing and reinforcing them 0n a much larger near-transparent LED that fills much of the shop window. The effort supports the Sky Glass TV from the UK-based broadcaster and communications company also known as Sky. The UK wing …
SF Giant’s Jumbo Coke Bottle In Ballpark Outfield Adds LED Display To Animate Label April 25, 2025 by Dave Haynes Mitsubishi used to be one of the big dogs in the North American outdoor LED display business, but the flood of competition that started coming into the market by the mid to late 2010s has lessened its prominence. However, it is still out there and still winning some high-profile projects for its Diamond Vision displays. …
In Dubai, A 500-Meter LED Wall Takes Place Of Construction Hoardings And Some “Pardon Our Dust!” Signs April 25, 2025 by Dave Haynes Things are done differently in budget-indifferent places like Dubai. So it is interesting, but not all that surprising, that the communications solution to turning off the Las Vegas Bellagio-style fountains that front the Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa is not plywood hoardings and a Pardon Our Dust sign, but a 500 meter long LED screen …
German Apparel Retail Fills Flagship Store Window With Transparent LED April 24, 2025 by Dave Haynes While there are lots of vendors now making or reselling someone else’s near-transparent LED products, they’ve seemingly been more evident at trade shows than out in the real world. However, that also used to be the case with conventional direct view LED displays, which are now EVERYWHERE. So it is probably more a function of …
