DOOH Network Targeting US Grocery Shoppers Adds 4,000 Screens In US Northeast January 13, 2022 by Dave Haynes The advertising screens in the grocery checkout lane thing has been around 20 years or more, and never seemingly had a lot of success … but an Austin, Texas start-up called Grocery TV appears to be getting traction. The company has announced a deal to add some 4,000 displays in a series of northeast US …
As Expected, CES 2022 Attendance A Fraction Of Pre-Pandemic Throngs January 10, 2022 by Dave Haynes No one will be surprised to learn last week’s CES didn’t draw anywhere near as many attendees as it was doing prior to the pandemic, but what’s arguably surprising is that some 40,000 people DID go – given the way omicron is spreading like mad everywhere. Of those 40,000 or so, there were 1,800 global …
CES Doesn’t Look Anything Like Usual, But It’s Not A Ghost Town Either January 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes There was a huge amount of speculation in the past month or so about whether this week’s CES show would even happen, and if it did, would anyone attend? It’s on, and there are people. Not the usual hordes that cause line-ups for everything and force you to pay $300/night for a hotel room that …
That Shade-Shifting Beemer At CES Is Coated In E Ink Film January 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes If you pay attention to news and images from CES this week, you have likely seen photos and short videos of a BMW concept car being shown in Las Vegas that can change from black to white on the fly. It’s kind of wild to see, and I assumed it was some sort of technology …
Streaming On-Premise Content Platform Atmosphere Completes $100M Raise To Further Grow Footprint January 5, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Austin, TX-based streaming content platform Atmosphere has announced a big cash raise intended to continue expanding its on-premises TV entertainment for business footprint in the U.S. and other countries. The company has completed an $80 million Series C funding round, led by Sageview Capital, and secured a $20 million debt facility (a loan, for …
UV-C Light Touted As Quick Disinfecter For Touchscreens, Payment Terminals, But Is It A Feasible Alternative To Hand Gel? January 4, 2022 by Dave Haynes I’ve not yet seen much at all in the way of digital signage and commercial AV-related product announcements coming out of the (in normal times) giant CES electronics trade show in Las Vegas, but was a little curious about a Florida company called LumixUV that has what it calls “groundbreaking robotic disinfection technology” that would …
A Very Different CES Offers Glimpse Of How Big Trade Shows Will Work This Quarter January 3, 2022 by Dave Haynes The normally huge and people-crammed CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas kicks off the trade show circuit for numerous companies and individuals involved in the digital signage and pro AV sectors, but as we all know too well, nothing continues to be normal. The show is still on this week, though a pile of …
Delivery Cubes For Scooter Delivery Get Little LED Media Facades December 29, 2021 by Dave Haynes We’ve seen, through the years, LCD screens tied in with harnesses so they loom over the heads of people hired to walk-around with these portable digital signs. And we’ve seen, for many years, LCD and then LED screens attached to the tops of taxis and, more recently, ride share cars. Now LED displays are being …
Boston Market Building’s Atrium Transformed Through Indoor Projection-Mapping December 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is a really interesting use of an otherwise unproductive atrium space in a market building in Quincy, MA, a south Boston suburb. The Gallery at Kilroy Square is now an interactive canvas for local and regional digital artists that will switch out exhibitions easily, because the main delivery mechanism is projection mapping. The program …
Motion Tracking Dynamically Animates St. Louis Arts Center’s Digital Donor Wall December 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes The new University Campus of the Center of Creative Arts in St. Louis, MO has made a 20-foot wide interactive display a visual centerpiece for the multidisciplinary community arts organization, using a motion-tracking system to react to the actions of onlookers. The wall was put together by the Boston-based creative technology firm SOSO. From start …
