DOOH Start-up Issues Creative Awards Based On Insights From Anonymous Audience Analytics January 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes My start in digital signage and digital OOH came in elevators, 22 years ago, and I still have this weird habit of walking into office tower elevator cabs and looking at where a screen might go. So I am always curious to see how the medium and technology have evolved over two decades. Vertical Impression, …
Startup View’s Smart, Switchable Glass To Turn DFW Airport Windows Into Digital Signs January 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes The expanded Terminal D at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport will include smart architectural glass that reduces glare and heat, but also allows dynamic messaging on the switchable, network-controlled windows. The windows are expected to be and working by April, with the technology supplied by a Silicon Valley start-up called View. In View’s PR about …
Philips Pro Display Division Re-Brands As PPDS January 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes The professional display solutions side of electronics giant Philips has been re-branded as Philips Professional Display Solutions, or PPDS. There is a new logo, look and website at ppds.com, and a new tagline – powering evolution. The company explains the just-announced change: Over the past two decades, PPDS has rapidly evolved from a position of …
Sony Donates Crystal LED Video Wall, Other AV Tech, To New Int’l African American Museum January 14, 2021 by Dave Haynes Sony Corporation of America is making a $1.7 million product donation to the the International African American Museum (IAAM) that’s going up in Charleston, SC, with the key component being a 32 foot wide fine pitch LED video wall. The in-kind donation is made possible through the Sony’s Global Social Justice Fund, and will be used to create displays …
USSI, AdMobilize Partner To Deploy AI-based Audience Analytics Systems January 14, 2021 by Dave Haynes The computer vision firm AdMobilize has done a partnership with USSI Global that will see the AV/IT systems integrator positioned to deploy audience analytics systems for digital signage networks and other use cases. The two teams, says PR, have worked together to optimize the implementation of AI in digital signage projects for Retail, C-Store and more brick and mortar locations. This …
DSE’s Apex Awards Being Announced Today Via Digital Signage Federation January 13, 2021 by Dave Haynes With Digital Signage Expo now just a memory, one aspect that was lost was the annual Apex awards that were handed out for great projects and creative. Prior to the show being killed off by COVID-19, the show organizers and Digital Signage Federation were working on the 2020 version of the awards, based on submissions. …
London’s Cheese Grater Gets 2mm DV-LED Upgrade For Lobby January 13, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is the updated reception lobby of The Leadenhall Building in the financial district of London – known by the nickname of The Cheese Grater, because of its tall wedge shape. The lobby originally had a 24-screen videowall, but the operators switched that out for direct view LED, putting in 32 sq. meters of 2mm …
Spectrio Acquires Another Digital Signage CMS Firm, PEI-based ScreenScape January 12, 2021 by Dave Haynes The good folks over at ScreenScape, in lovely Charlottetown, PEI, have sent out word that the digital signage CMS company has been acquired by Tampa-based Spectrio, a PE-backed retail solutions provider that has been on an M&A binge in recent years. From a note to clients/customers/media: As of January 5, 2021, ScreenScape has been acquired …
UltraSense Shows Interactive Sensors That Can Hide In Merchandising Fixture Material January 12, 2021 by Dave Haynes It is taking forever, but at some point we will all go back to a new version of normal retailing and other routine, day-to-day activities. That will also mean a return of interesting in simple but effective things like interactive merchandising. A Silicon Valley startup, UltraSense Systems, is a CES 2021 virtual exhibitor this week, …
What If Smart Displays Didn’t Even Need Power Cords? January 12, 2021 by Dave Haynes One of the big pitches with smart digital signage displays is the ability to streamline an install by having just a single cable, for power, to connect. So what if even the power cable was removed? That’s the premise of a Russian company that is showing off the capabilities of its wireless power technology this …
