JCDecaux Working With French Telecoms To Add Smart Cities Small Cells To Shelters, Kiosks January 28, 2019 by Super User Traditional digital out of home street furniture units – like transit shelters and free-standing digital kiosks – are increasingly becoming hubs for smart cities, and the biggest outdoor media company on the planet is making is adapting with a new initiative in its home country, France. JCDecaux has announced that it is providing support for …
Sheer Footprint Of Flat Panel Displays Grew More Than 10% In 2018 – IHS Research January 28, 2019 by Super User Global shipments of large LCD panels rose again in 2018, as did the sheer square footage of display footprint, says the research firm IHS Markit. Despite concerns about over-supply in the market, area shipments increased by 10.6 percent to 197.9 million square meters compared to the previous year, driven by TV and monitor panels. Says …
New Cruise Ships To Feature Giant 57-Foot LED Walls Showing Live Video Of Surroundings January 25, 2019 by Super User The Scandinavian cruise line Hurtigruten is building a pair of ships that will feature 57-foot tall LED in a seven-storey atrium area, running live video of the surroundings, as well as pre-planned content triggered by the ship’s location. Hurtigruten is most known for its operations along Norway’s western and northern coast between Bergen and Kirkenes, …
Samsung’s The Wall Back At ISE, And Ready For It’s Close-Up January 25, 2019 by Super User When I first saw Samsung’s micro LED display product – The Wall – a year ago at ISE 2018, viewers were kept at a distance of maybe 10 feet from the physical screen, with the screen set back in a room. I assumed that was to keep all the Pro AV nerds from touching the …
Giant LED Banner Starts Revolving In Famed Kuala Lumpur Mall January 25, 2019 by Super User This is what’s touted to be the world’s largest double-sided LED display, a revolving ad banner in a six-storey shopping mall at the base of the famous Petronas twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The banner is a 4.7mm pixel pitch, 19-foot wide by 33.5-foot high NanoLumens screen that rotates 359 degrees (I’m guessing it rotates …
Watch Video Of LG’s Insane 260-Screen OLED Demo At CES January 24, 2019 by Super User Good … freaking … Lord!!! Here’s a video of the absolutely massive curving OLED video wall that was the unmissable eye candy for LG at its booth earlier this month at CES in Vegas. I have not been briefed on what LG will do at ISE – which is also a monster trade show. In …
Santiago’s Subway Rolls With Smart Stations, Data-Driven Screens January 24, 2019 by Super User This is an information-rich digital sign on Chile’s Santiago Metro. It runs ad messaging and educational messages, but what I like is the amount of detail in the train status messaging. The city’s transit system is using DENEVA, the transit-focused digital signage system developed by Spain’s ICON Multimedia. The project, says the company, includes 18 “smart stations.” DENEVA platform enables …
Tire Merchandising Goes Digital At Canadian Nissan Dealers January 24, 2019 by Super User This is a simple but effective, I think, mash-up of merchandising and digital signage used to promote tire options at Nissan and Infiniti dealers in Canada. Groupe Touchette, the largest Canadian-owned distributor of automobile tires, worked with Montreal solutions shop iGotcha Media on digital signage display stands for nine dealerships, across several provinces. Says a …
Interactive Cube Promotes Cooking Show To JFK Airport Travelers January 23, 2019 by Super User This a pop-up marketing campaign at Terminal 4 of New York’s JFK Airport – an interactive food dispenser used to promote the Netflix show Final Table. Says mediaco JCDecaux: Netflix collaborated with JCDecaux North America to promote its ‘The Final Table’ culinary competition series by creating a mini-meals food dispenser cube in Terminal 4 at …
Venetian Resort Cocktail Bar Opens With 40-Foot Ambient Video Wall January 23, 2019 by Super User Add this to your must-see rotation at Digital Signage Expo, or whatever next brings you to Las Vegas – a 40-foot wide high-rez display in a new Venetian resort bar. The new cocktail bar – Electra – is on an edge of the casino floor, and runs custom content developed by Chicago agency Digital Kitchen. …
