Commercial Flat Panel Display Volume up 20.1% Year-On-Year, Projection Flat: Futuresource March 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes Year-on-year volume global sales for commercial flat panel displays jumped 20.1% in 2021, according to new data from the UK research firm Futuresource Consulting, but commercial projector growth grew by just 0.2%. Given these numbers are tied to an exceptionally weird period of lockdowns, deferred projects and supply chain shortages, they may not be indicative …
Axiomtek’s New Palm-Sized PC With AI Chip Seems Well-Suited For Audience Measurement Jobs March 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Taiwan PC maker Axiomtek has several ruggedized products aimed at markets and use-cases that include digital signage, but a new one caught my eye because of its potential use for computer vision/audience measurement solutions used by retail and DOOH networks. The company has launched a “palm-sized” PC done in partnership with the artificial intelligence …
GSTV Extends The Shopper Influence Of Its Screens Beyond Gas Station Lots March 21, 2022 by Dave Haynes The digital OOH media network built around getting people pumping gas to go inside to buy consumer goods in the station’s c-store has expanded the media pitch to say it can also influence at purchases at nearby, unrelated stores. The long-running network GSTV – short for Gas Station TV – has screens integrated with the …
E-Paper Display Totem Firm Soofa Says US Installed Base Tripled In 2021 March 21, 2022 by Dave Haynes Cambridge, MA-based Soofa seems to getting some traction with its distinct and somewhat more genuine take on smart city digital displays – with 41 cities across 15 U.S. states now using the solar-powered, large format e-paper totems. The company says its U.S. footprint tripled in 2021. “We’ve had rapid growth over the past year as …
Is Amazon Getting Into Digital Signage And DOOH? Looks Like It. March 18, 2022 by Dave Haynes The online publication Modern Retail, which chronicles guess what, has an interesting, mildly speculative piece up that explores the idea of online retailing behemoth Amazon selling ads on the screens it is building into its tech-forward physical retail stores. Last month, Business Insider reported that Amazon was planning on selling in-store digital advertising inventory to sell …
Mvix Joins Growing List Of CMS Software Firms Running On Sony’s Android TV Pro Displays March 18, 2022 by Dave Haynes The digital signage CMS software and solutions firm Mvix has joined a growing list of companies creating variants of their platform to run on Sony’s commercial smart displays. The Sony platform for its Bravia series of pro displays runs on Android TV, which is similar to the Android operating system now broadly used in digital …
London Underground Projection Markets Windows Errors March 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes As relayed by a reader: A reminder for screen network operators – if reminding is needed – that shit happens. This is on the London Underground, on a platform at Green Park station. The media company with the ad concession for the subway platforms has in its portfolio billboard-sized projections that go across the track …
PORTL Rebrands As Proto; Adds Mini Version Of Hologram-ish Transparent LCD Display March 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes The LA start-up that made a name for itself for using big transparent LCDs and clever lighting to create hologram-ish virtual presence experiences has done a name change to reinforce how it was the first to figure this all out, followed by copycats. PORTL has re-branded as Proto Inc. – Proto meaning “first.” The company, …
First Arriving Breaks Off Digital Signage Services As Standalone Business March 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Virginia digital signage company focused on solutions for first responders – like police and fire departments – has taken the interesting step of spinning out its SaaS-based services as a standalone business. First Arriving IO will focus on rapidly scaling its existing dashboard and data infrastructure services while the parent company, First Arriving LLC, …
Elevator Manufacturing Giant Schindler Launches Own Screen Network In Its Installed Buildings March 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes Via German content partner Invidis … The big elevator equipment manufacturers have seen media start-ups equip their commercial and residential cabs with screens for more than 20 years, but have largely stayed out of the direct media business. Now there’s word that one of the largest global manufacturers, Switzerland’s Schindler, has created the Schindler Media …
