Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Yahav Ran, Synect Media October 18, 2017 by Dave Haynes When I get asked about digital signage installations that I think really have it together, I tend to talk about Microsoft’s retail stores, and more recently, the crazy one by many 100s video wall at the check-in counters at Orlando’s airport. Turns out both projects were pulled together by Synect Media, a Seattle-area agency that …
UK Firm Touts The Fairest Of All Magic Mirrors October 17, 2017 by Dave Haynes Probably like most people, I tend to think a mirror is a mirror, and more particularly as a digital signage guy, I assumed a mirror display is just a display with any old mirror glass bonded to the face of the LCD. Well, yes and no. Turns out there’s a lot to mirrors. A UK …
US Supreme Court Denies Appeal By Anti-Billboard Non-Profit October 16, 2017 by Dave Haynes A four-year legal fight over digital billboards that went all the way to the US Supreme Court ended today, with that country’s highest court denying an appeal by the non-profit group Scenic America, which fights what it considers billboard blight. Scenic America doesn’t have a statement out, as yet, but the Outdoor Advertising Association of …
Amazing 3D LED, Without Any Moving Parts October 16, 2017 by Dave Haynes There are a bunch of great observations, pro and con, on this post about the Coca-Cola mechanical LED spectacular in Times Square – with some noting that the fact that people are talking about it means it has had the desired effect, while others have said it must be a technical nightmare to manage, and …
STRATACACHE Launches Latin-American Business Unit In Mexico City October 14, 2017 by Dave Haynes STRATACACHE has opened up a new business unit, based in Mexico City, that’s focused on servicing the Latin American (LATAM) and Caribbean markets. STRATA LATAM is more than just a remote sales office – with the unit having its own GM and VP Business Development for the region. Says a press release: Principal segments of focus – under …
Toronto LED Twin Ad Boards Get Implant To Make One Giant Display October 13, 2017 by Dave Haynes The big digital media tower outside of Toronto Eaton Centre is getting a little cosmetic work done – an implant, basically – to make it the largest digital OOH display in Canada. The tower outside the downtown shopping mall and adjacent to Yonge Dundas Square (a more modest version of Times Square) has a pair …
16:9 Projects Podcast: The Minnesota Vikings’ Digital Experience At U.S. Bank Stadium October 13, 2017 by Danica Trapara Personalized RFID check-in, transparent OLED, a 30-foot projection screen and virtual reality. That’s just some of what the Minnesota Vikings put in place as the NFL team moved into its new U.S. Bank Stadium in 2016. The Vikings worked with Dimensional Innovations to create this space for fans, which allows users to catch a pass …
Whole Facade Of Heathrow Superdry Shop Is LED October 12, 2017 by Dave Haynes I don’t think I’ve seen anything quite like this – a store facade in a shopping mall that is all LED, front and sides. This is the new Superdry shop at London Heathrow terminal 3 – so it’s airport retail. Only information I have is that it opened in July and is “doing well,” reports …
Toronto’s New Air Jordan Store Includes Projections, Fine Pitch Interactive LED Walls October 11, 2017 by Dave Haynes This is the new Air Jordan location on Toronto’s Yonge Street – a three-level retail space that uses fine-pitch LED video walls and window projections. The store has an underground kids-only concourse and an upper athletic training facility, as well as a main, street-level retail space. To immerse guests on every floor, Nike hired local …
L Squared Wins Deal To Take Over, Expand Canada Post Retail Digital Signage Network October 11, 2017 by Dave Haynes Toronto-area solutions provider L Squared Digital Signage appears to have the OK now to talk about a deal to supply a digital signage program for Canada Post Corporation. The contract was awarded earlier this year and has since deployed to more than 400 retail locations across Canada, including new Canada Post concept stores. L Squared’s runs its …
