Petition Launched In UK To Turn Off Ad Billboards, Posters At Night; Energy Shortages Cited October 11, 2022 by Super User Community activists in the UK already opposed to digital out of home ad posters and billboards because of their visual impacts are now trying to pressure the government to curb their use because of energy availability and expected restrictions this winter. An organization called AdfreeCities has launched a petition it hopes will compel the UK …
Planar Launches New Outdoor Fine Pitch Displays As High-Bright LCD Alternatives October 11, 2022 by Super User If you’ve paid attention to developments in LED display technology, you’ve likely concluded it was only a matter of time before pixel density, durability and pricing started to make the technology competitive with high brightness outdoor LCDs – used mainly for Digital Out Of Home ad displays and drive-thru restaurant promotions and menu boards. That …
Building Housing Samsung’s Regional HQ Offices In Kyiv Takes Indirect Missile Hit October 11, 2022 by Super User Among the many civilian and non-military sites hit by Russian missiles around Ukraine in the last couple of days was a 27-storey office block in Kyiv that is home to Samsung headquarters offices for the region, as well as R&D. The 101 Tower did not take a direct hit but there are many visuals circulating …
DSE Reboot Expecting At Least 4,000 Attendees; In Line With Old Show October 7, 2022 by Super User I had a catch-up this morning with a couple of the key folks pulling together the DSE reboot – Marian Sandberg and David Drain of Questex. The headline statement is that that show next month is a go and the crowd actually looks to be pretty decent, in terms of headcount. The show – now …
Skykit Partners With Datadog On Real-Time KPI Dashboard Visualizations October 6, 2022 by Super User The Minneapolis CMS software shop Skykit has done what I think is a cagey little partnership with a company called Datadog, making it easy for customers who use the latter’s cloud security and monitoring platform to visualize status and activity dashboards on large displays around a workplace. Skykit Dashboard Connections, says PR, “are now available …
Some Digital Signs Are Up So High They Should Be Basketball Backboards, But This Screen Really Is A Backboard October 6, 2022 by Super User I have jokingly written a few times that some displays hung from ceilings in stores and workplaces are mounted so high, above normal sightlines, that the flat panel screens attached to poles were better suited to being backboards for pickup basketball. Now there’s a product on the market that is actually using flat panel displays …
ISE Opens Registration For Early 2023 Edition Of The Giant Pro AV Trade Show October 6, 2022 by Super User Registration has now opened for Integrated Systems Europe 2023, which is set to run January 31st to February 3rd in Barcelona, Spain. The biggest pro AV trade show on the planet has, as I type this, 656 registered exhibitors, with 216 of those identifying in some fashion as being in digital signage. Experience and common …
PPDS Parent Company TPV Sets Up Global Community Support And Giving Program October 5, 2022 by Super User The big electronic manufacturer TPV, which among many things makes the displays marketed under the Philips brand by PPDS, has created and launched a new foundation intended to provide technology as well as financial and volunteer support for deserving community projects around world. Called TPV Cares, the foundation “harnesses the talents of (TPV’s) teams and …
French Theme Park Creates 360-Degree LED Theater For Tornado-Chaser Experience October 5, 2022 by Super User Via AV Interactive … Tornadoes are mainly associated with the US Midwest, but they also happen in other areas and countries – including France. There’s enough of an interest in twisters, and the weather violence that they generate, that a theme park in France has invested more than 21 million EU to create a new …
Appspace Deepens Google Ties With Chrome Enterprise Integration October 4, 2022 by Super User The workplace-focused software firm Appspace has a long history of developing tight ties with tech giants, going back to the years when it was largely joined at the sales hip with Cisco. More recently, the company has been working with Google, and those ties are now more formalized through what’s termed as Appspace for Google. …
