Samsung Marketing Bundled Outdoor LED Solution Aimed At SMBs, Schools, Churches October 2, 2020 by Dave Haynes Samsung has started marketing a bundled LED solution for outdoor applications – aimed at the SMB, QSR and education markets. I’ve seen a bunch of fixed size LED displays bundled with mounting and other components for indoor applications, but not sure there has been one for outdoor. For indoor, the big driver is simplifying the …
Walmart Does Big Store Re-Design That Borrows On Airport Wayfinding; Digital Signs Are Minimal October 2, 2020 by Dave Haynes Retailing giant has debuted plans for a major re-working on its in-store design that is built heavily around mobile applications, and borrows on navigation and experience ideas from airports. The new design has very little evidence of digital signage, though there are digital menu boards in-store. The new concept was tested in select stores and …
Taipei-area Porsche Dealer’s Experiential Centerpiece Is Big LED Feature Wall October 2, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a Porsche dealer in Hsinchu, Taiwan, a big city in the immediate orbit of Taipei that has a LOT of big tech companies, and therefore any number of high net worth individuals. Porsche Studio Hsinchu is a new concept dealership I assume is aimed at urban locations, where space is finite and real …
Transport And Military-Focused Tech Firm Cubic Expands Into Digital Signage Systems October 2, 2020 by Dave Haynes It has been readily apparent for some time that it is relatively easy for a company to develop a basic digital signage content management system, and while that results in a lot of start-ups, it also leads to well established companies adding the capability. It is, as noted in the past, generally much easier to …
Stingray Enters U.S. Market Via Partnership With LA’s Space Factory Media October 1, 2020 by Dave Haynes Montreal-based streaming audio and digital solutions firm Stingray has done a deal that gives the firm a sales footprint in the U.S. market, as well as an “exclusive option” to acquire its new partner, LA’s Space Factory Media. Stingray is primarily known in Canada for streaming audio services on cable systems, as well as in-store …
COVID Is A Problem Even For Shopping Mall Santas, But Nashville Firm Offers Solution October 1, 2020 by Dave Haynes I would not have factored Santa Claus being affected by the coronavirus, as he’s seriously isolated at the North Pole, but he too is seeing his routine upset by the contagion and efforts to contain it. He’ll be fine on the big night, but the problem is with all the Santa’s villages out there in …
Epson Adds Pair Of Signage-Focused Ultra-Short Throw Projectors; Inc. CMS Software October 1, 2020 by Dave Haynes Epson has started marketing a pair of ultra short-throw projectors aimed at the digital signage market – using long-lived laser light engines and rolling in content management and creative software. The PowerLite 800 series projectors can blast a 1080P image as big as 130 inches diagonal from an overhead set-up that looks a bit like …
In An Age of Sub-$200 Digital Signage Players, Here’s One That Starts At $3,500 September 30, 2020 by Dave Haynes The digital signage market has been steadily dropping the size and shape of media playout PCs for more than a decade. So it is interesting, in the age of $45 Raspberry Pi boards, to see an industrial-grade PC that has a starting street price of $3,500. A Toronto-area manufacturer called Stealth has released a new, …
New Hollywood-Themed Dubai Lux Hotel Fills Check-In Area With Big LED Visuals September 29, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Cosmopolitan in Vegas now has a worthy competitor to top the list of the most digitally-driven lobbies in a high-end hotel. This is the lobby of the recently completed and opened Damac Paramount Hotel in Dubai, which is next to the main roadway and mass transport line that bisects the city, and in the …
UPshow Closes $14M Series A Raise To Grow Its “In-Venue Engagement” Business September 29, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Chicago-based, gyms and bars-focused digital signage solutions start-up UPshow has closed a $14 million Series A funding round the firm will use to build out its business and installed footprint. The raise is a mix of institutional capital investment and angel funds from people like former Publicis Groupe Chief Strategist and Chief Growth Officer …
