Giant 250 Sq. M. LED Dome Fills Part Of Mexican Mall’s Ceiling October 10, 2018 by Dave Haynes This is a 250 square meter LED screen that faces down from the ceiling in a central section of a three-level shopping mall in the suburbs of Mexico City. Called The Dome, the installation at the Paseo Interlomas Mall in Huixquilucan, EdoMex runs a series of content pieces designed to be experiential. The project was …
The Digital Signage Future (And Present) Is Managed: Industry Vet Jeff Martin October 10, 2018 by Dave Haynes Jeff Martin has been around the digital signage industry for pretty much as long as the industry has existed – running the ops side of some very large retail networks. He was one of the co-founders of SignStorey, which at its peak ran screen networks in a wide range of groceries across the United States …
LED Billboard Barge Starts Cruising Up And Down Manhattan’s Surrounding Waterways October 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes New York’s Times Square is a 110% assault on your senses, and a massive tourist attraction, so a barge working the Hudson and East Rivers with an LED billboard on it will probably generate not much more than eye-rolls and shrugs from seasoned residents. This past weekend saw what I think was the maiden voyages …
Suzuki Rolls Out French Dealer Network Using Sony’s Digital Signage Solution. Yeah, Sony … October 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes It is reasonable to suggest that Sony has been, at most, on the fringes of the digital signage industry for many years. So it’s interesting to stumble across indications that it 1) has a solution and 2) it’s getting used. From UK-based AV magazine comes news that Suzuki France has more than 100 motorcycle dealerships …
Remodeled Reno Sportsbook Features 110-Foot, Curved LED Wall October 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes Casino sportsbook areas are target-rich environments for companies selling fine pitch LED display solutions, because of a wicked combination of a need for very screens, already bright environments to put them, and invariably large egos of casino owners – who tend to want to one-up the owners of competing properties with bigger, better bling. Consider …
LG Holding Nov. 1 Tech Tour Digital Signage Event In NYC October 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes It looks LG has a big cross-section of companies co-exhibiting with it at its Tech Tour event in New York on Nov. 1. LG’s commercial display partners at the event in Hell’s Kitchen include BrightSign, Chief, Peerless Av and numerous CMS companies like Gauddi (from the Netherlands), Hughes, Omnivex, Ping HD, Skykit, Tripleplay and 22 …
PATTISON Onestop Says It Has Surpassed Captivate As Largest Elevator Screen Network In Canada October 5, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Canadian OOH media company PATTISON Onestop, a division of Vancouver-based PATTISON Outdoor Advertising, says it now has the largest elevator screen network in Canada – surpassing the footprint of rival Captivate. PATTISON Onestop says it now has more than 2,200 displays across all eight major markets in Canada, delivering over 3.2 million viewable ad …
LIRR Takes PowerPoint For Digital Signage To A New Low October 5, 2018 by Dave Haynes Here’s an entirely new kind of digital signage fail – spotted by a reader this morning at the Atlantic (Brooklyn) Long Island Railroad (LIRR) station. Normally, we see Windows or other errors on screens out in the wilds. In this case, somehow or other, there is a blank PowerPoint template up for all to see??? …
Samsung Continues As Global Leader In Digital Signage Display Shipments: IDC Research October 5, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Boston-area market research firm International Data Corporation has released new data on the global digital signage market that suggests Samsung continues to be the big dog when it comes to display shipments, with LG second and, in a slightly weird twist, a company I’ve never heard of ahead of NEC in third spot. Goodview??? …
LED Fingers Help Drive Diesel Brand In Barcelona Flagship Shop Windows October 5, 2018 by Dave Haynes Here’s a slick, budget-friendly application of LED modules in the shop windows of Diesel’s Barcelona flagship store. The AV/multimedia firm Instronic, also based in Barcelona, put together a shop window branding program that uses 47 of what it calls LED fingers, looking a bit like a big city skyline. There also appears to be a big …
