Swiss OOH Media Companies Facing Existential Threat From Local Government Bans July 30, 2024 by Super User Filling the screen inventory with enough ads to pay their way is normally the biggest challenge for digital out of home media companies, but in Switzerland, the challenge is becoming existential – as the highest court in that country has cleared the way for municipalities to banish commercial advertising in public spaces. The ruling this …
UK University Team Develops Touch Screens That Can Be Squishy When Pushed By A Finger July 29, 2024 by Super User Researchers at a UK university have come with what they suggest is a new kind of touchscreen technology that’s squishy and responds to the user’s finger pressure, becoming softer or stiffer. Computer scientists at the University of Bath say the technology, dubbed DeformIO, has at least the potential to change how people interact with digital …
Happy Trails To A Retired Craig Marshall, Now Ex Of Omnivex! July 26, 2024 by Super User Happy trails to Craig Marshall, who retired this week after almost 25 years in the digital signage business, all with Toronto-based CMS software firm Omnivex. His now ex-boss Doug Bannister: We know Craig has formed countless relationships over the years with Omnivex customers, partners, and employees, which is why we are making this announcement today. …
Demand Appears To Have Dried Up For Large Commercial OLED Displays – Omdia Research Report July 25, 2024 by Super User Demand for OLED displays used for tablets and laptops has spiked this year, but the use of very large OLEDs as public information displays (aka digital signage) has all but evaporated, according to an analysis from the research firm Omdia. Overall, Omdia’s latest Large Area Display Market Tracker for 1Q24 says shipments of large-area OLEDs sized …
This New Wingstop In London Looks As Much Like A Blinged-out Nike Flagship As It Does A QSR July 24, 2024 by Super User A fast food chain specializing in chicken wings has opened up its largest UK operation, with an east-end London store that – because of all the AV bling – looks as much like a flagship Nike store as it does a QSR. What is described as the world’s largest Wingstop has tiled menu displays, big …
Christine Rogers Of AVI-SPL’s XTG Team On The Art Of The Possible With Experiential Display Projects July 24, 2024 by Super User Sixteen:Nine worked with German content partner invidis on its annual digital signage yearbook, which by a mile (or 1.6 km) is the most comprehensive annual look into the industry. That free yearbook has been available for the last few weeks, and we’re now making individual pieces available online – so readers get a sense of …
Three Big LED Ovals Light Up In Dubai For DOOH Media Company July 23, 2024 by Super User A 10mm pitch LED billboard alongside a roadway is not normally something that merits much attention, but what is interesting with this one is its unusual shape. The Dubai media company Lets Ad Advertising has lit up The Ovals, three custom oval-shaped displays fitted into unique sign structures located along major thoroughfares near the Museum …
Korbyt Integrates Its Workplace Experience Platform With Crestron’s AirMedia Systems July 23, 2024 by Super User Integrations with workplace collaboration platforms like Teams and Zoom are growing commonplace for digital signage solutions and platforms targeting business communications as a vertical, but I haven’t seen as much work done with the big companies that do pro AV controls in those environments. So it’s interesting to read of a partnership Dallas-based CMS Korbyt …
UK’s EcoVista Among First AV Integrators To Get Carbon Neutral Certification July 23, 2024 by Super User Sustainability and the concept of green signage are still something of a “Yeah, whatever” in North American digital signage and pro AV circles, but they’re major topics and issues across the pond in the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. Consider news from England, where LED display integrator EcoVista has announced its certified carbon neutral status, the …
WAVIT Launches Podcast For In Women In AV And IT To Share Stories, Insights July 23, 2024 by Super User The non-profit group set up to support and empower women working in the AV and IT industries has broadened its efforts by starting a new podcast series, as a platform to share stories and insights. The WAVIT Podcast – WAVIT is short for Women in AV/IT – is described as a natural extension of the organization’s …
