A Mind-Wobbling 3,357 FIDS Screens Being Upgraded At Istanbul’s Mega-Airport August 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes A staggering 3,357 55-inch LCD flight information displays are being deployed around Istanbul’s huge international airport over the next three years, evidently replacing what went in when the airport was built and then opened almost six years ago. It is more of an upgrade than a swap, with Vestel replacing the screens it put in …
German Pro Basketball Club Makes Its Home Court A Giant Dynamic LED Video Floor August 21, 2024 by Dave Haynes Sports playing surfaces that are made of laminated glass and animated by LEDs have been demonstrated at special events all the way up to the skills challenges during the NBA’s all-star weekend, but never used as a permanent playing surface for professional leagues … until now. Sixteen:Nine’s German content partners at invidis have a post …
Solutions Provider’s New Blue Square X Spin-Out To Lead With Creative Thinking On LED Video Wall Jobs August 20, 2024 by Dave Haynes Many, many times, I have heard directly or related by industry friends some baffling stories about big budget LED video wall projects being budgeted, procured and built – and as the walls were ready to switch on, the backers asked straight-faced questions about content, as in: “Sooo … what do you suggest we run on …
Screenfeed Debuts No-Code Calendars App For Workplaces And Events-Driven Venues August 15, 2024 by Dave Haynes Screenfeed has launched a new app that enables its users to reflect meetings and events calendars on screens around a venue, without taking on a full meeting room signs software and/or hardware platform, or enabling that functionality in a digital signage CMS. The new Screenfeed Calendars app syncs with other calendars and uses selected elements …
This Elevator Cab Has 10 Big Screens On The Walls And Ceiling August 15, 2024 by Dave Haynes MORE than 25 years ago now, sheesh, I got into digital signage and DOOH by joining a company that was putting tablet-sized LCD screens up in the corner or over the entry doors of office tower elevators. That was a giant (and expensive) technical feat back then, and I never imagined what would be possible …
Largest LED Mesh Display In Southern Hemisphere Switched On In Melbourne August 15, 2024 by Dave Haynes This is what’s billed as the largest LED mesh display in the Southern Hemisphere, a 500 sq. meter ad display up above the street and on a corner in Melbourne, Australia’s central business district. It was put in by Aussie integrator Certeq, and uses Absen’s C15-31 mesh product, which is relatively low rez at 15.625mm/31.25mm …
Korbyt Broadens Workplace Communications Solution Via Acquisition of UK’s NFS Technology August 13, 2024 by Dave Haynes Dallas-based Korbyt has broadened its workplace solutions offer to include meeting room booking and space management capabilities, via the acquisition of the UK firm NFS Technology. The acquisition is backed by the U.S. private equity firm Clearhaven Partners, a US-based software-focused private equity firm that took a majority owner stake in Korbyt last year. Financial …
Aussie Apparel Retailer Makes Its Mall Facade A Digital Billboard August 13, 2024 by Dave Haynes There are many examples now of retailers using LED displays to effectively be the facades for their shops in malls and on high streets, using digital arches and screens on bulkheads. But this is a slightly different but interesting take – turning the wall that flanks the entryway into a big billboard. It’s in a …
This 55-inch Transparent OLED Display Disappears Into A Floor Cabinet August 12, 2024 by Dave Haynes High price would likely keep these things from flying out the door, sales-wise, but this is an interesting use of a 55-inch transparent OLED as something of a display and product explainer fixture. The display sits atop a metal enclosure, and is voice-controlled to drop down and rise up kinda a slice of bread in …
Seat-back DOOH Ad Screens Trialed in Madrid’s Taxi Fleet August 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Spanish digital signage CMS software firm DENEVA has partnered with two other companies to have a run at making a successful digital OOH ad model out of the back seats of taxis – using AI to offer segmented, geolocated ad targeting. The trial run of what’s been called DigiTaxi involves taxis in Madrid, the …
