UK Start-up Targets Students With (Hopefully Rugged) Ad Screens In Student Housing Halls August 26, 2022 by Dave Haynes I have seen the necessarily ruggedized common areas and amenities of university student housing as a visiting parent, and twitch at the thought of trying to keep digital screens on the wall and running in that alcohol-impaired and testosterone-rich environment, but a UK start-up is nonetheless building out a digital OOH network in exactly those …
GSTV, Ara Labs Partner On Deploying, Marketing Screens Adjacent To EV Charging Units August 26, 2022 by Dave Haynes Given the eye-watering price of electric vehicles, we can assume it will be quite some time before conventional gas stations are mothballed. But it nonetheless makes sense for a company whose business is built on the wide presence of fuel dispensers to think ahead and branch into EV charging stations. Destination Media, the place-based media …
Synect, YCD The Big Winners For 2022 Global Digital Signage Awards August 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes The results of the global Digital Signage Awards for 2022 are now out, with the Grand Prix winners YCD and Synect, for work done in airports. The awards – Sixteen:Nine is a primary sponsor – were judged by an international panel of people who actually work in the industry, and not just as trade journalists …
More Detail On Germany’s Energy Savings-Focused Digital Signage And DOOH Restrictions August 25, 2022 by Florian Rotberg Partner Post: Florian Rotberg, Invidis This post originally appeared on the site of Sixteen:Nine’s German language content partner, Invidis. On Wednesday, the federal government approved two energy-saving regulations which, among other things, also restrict the operation of illuminated and self-illuminating advertising systems (DooH, digital signage in shop windows). An exception was considered for outdoor advertising. …
Proto’s Mini Hologram-ish Display Gets Its First Public Tryout In AT&T Pop-Up Lounge August 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes When I saw the reduced size version of Proto’s hologram-ish transparent LCD display at InfoComm back in June, I was struggling to come up with a use-case for the units – much more so than for the life-sized, shower stall-like seven foot tall units. It’s one thing to see a person captured on a cleverly-lit …
Videotel Adds Dual HDMI 4K Industrial-Grade Digital Signage Player To Product Line-Up August 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes San Diego-based Videotel Digital has added a 4K industrial-grade unit to its wide array of connected and standalone media play-out and interactive digital signage boxes. The VP92 4K box does up to 3840 x 2160 resolution, has two HDMI outs, and comes installed with free cloud-based management software. The units can also be customized to …
Hybrid Working Model Here To Stay; Tech Upgrades Needed: Research August 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes There were all kinds of predictions from experts about how the pandemic and health safety concerns would change workplaces, and as offices and other working environments have re-populated, there’s tangible research indicating what’s really happening. New research from Futuresource Consulting suggests that the hybrid working model is indeed here to stay, with nearly half (45%) …
Looming Energy Shortages Forcing Digital Signage, DOOH Screens Off Overnight In Europe August 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes My very smart content partners at the German consulting and publishing firm Invidis have been writing in recent years about the importance of what they call green signage, and how energy usage is an increasingly big consideration in how digital signage and Digital OOH technology is sourced and used in Europe. The company’s German language …
Digital Signage Of The Future: Trends, Innovations And Changing Consumer Demands August 23, 2022 by Wayne Rasor GUEST POST: WAYNE RASOR, FASTSIGNS Digital signage is fast becoming one of the most sought-after visual communications technologies in the market. While not limited to retail, research suggests its impact on the sector is significant, with more than 40 per cent of shoppers revealing that digital displays can change what they buy. Today’s savvy consumers …
That Giant Infinity Halo Screen At LA’s SoFi Stadium Went Dark During Much Of Weekend NFL Game August 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes There was a big oops over the weekend that left the giant halo LED screen that looms over LA’s SoFi Stadium blank for much of an NFL pre-season game between the Chargers and Cowboys. What was described as an outage with the “internal broadcast system” lasted from before kick-off all the way past halftime and …
