Jetbuilt’s DSE Presence To Show How Platform Bridges Organizational Silos And Streamlines AV Project Planning November 14, 2023 by Dave Haynes Having gone to a few trade shows through the years, I’ve often walked right on past exhibit stands because I either had no idea what the company did or how what they had applied to the industry, so a big hat tip to a vendor that will be at DSE in a few weeks, who …
Big European Integrator Trison Acquired By Investment Firm With Direct Ties To Lichtenstein’s Royal Family November 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes The largest digital signage-focused integrator and solutions provider in the European market has been acquired by an investment firm that is based in Lichtenstein and has direct ties to that principality’s royal family. The Spanish firm Trison had been on the market for the last couple of years, but nothing had closed. Now majority shareholder …
Canada’s Bell Media Launches Ad Tech That Syncs Digital Billboards With Radio Ads November 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes Canada’s Bell Media has launched new technology that pairs roadside digital out of home billboards with commercial radio, with ge0-fenced ads on the outdoor LEDs synced with ads on specific radio stations. So, a motorist crawling along the 20 in Montreal or the Gardiner in Toronto might see an ad for the financial company Desjardins …
Las Vegas Sphere Reports $98.4M Loss … But That Mostly Covers Period Before Doors Opened November 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes That giant LED orb in Las Vegas has generated a huge amount of intention since it was lit up and the doors opened for paid admissions, and its backers are undoubtedly hoping it will generate the kind of money needed to make it viable – given that the most recent financials for the Sphere show …
Eastidea Marketing 2nd-Gen Of Integrated Projection Systems For Elevator Media November 8, 2023 by Dave Haynes A very, very long time ago, when TVs had tubes and cell phones were too big to slide into pockets, I got my start in digital signage with a company that put screens in office tower elevators. Back in 1999, it was hugely expensive and hugely complicated. PCs were still, generally, the size of carry-on …
Here’s The Global Ranking By Business Volume Of Digital Signage CMS Vendors November 7, 2023 by Florian Rotberg The German consultancy invidis is active on a whole bunch of fronts, from doing advisory work and putting on events to producing a German language publication covering the marketplace. Its big annual focus is a yearbook that does a deep dive into the industry – for the longest time focused on Europe but in the …
Netflix Planning Bricks And Mortar Attractions To Immerse Fans In Popular Shows (And Sell Stuff) November 7, 2023 by Dave Haynes Streaming entertainment giant Netflix is reportedly going a little down the path of Disney and Universal Studios, with plans to start opening bricks and mortar locations that let consumers immerse themselves in aspects of favorite shows. First reported in Bloomberg (paywalled), and picked up by other media outlets, the Netflix House concept would start with …
US Sports And Entertainment Venues Seeing Big Demand Jump For Sponsor And Ad Signage November 7, 2023 by Dave Haynes A US company that specializes in what it calls sports and entertainment intelligence has some interesting insights and data on why there seems to be a lot of investment these days in digital signage and DOOH screens in sports and entertainment venues. SponsorUnited, based in Stamford, CT, says there has been a massive influx of …
Tiny Maine School District MacGyvers Digital Signage Network With $20 PCs Rescued From Reyclers November 7, 2023 by Dave Haynes The CMS software firm Rise Vision has an interesting new case study out about a school district in Maine really pushing its tight budget and multi-tasking what gear it had to boost the effectiveness and impacts of digital signage communication in its schools. Regional School Unit 25 (school names are evidently cooked up by no-nonsense …
E-Paper Bus Displays Now Work As Long As Three Years Off Single Battery Charge November 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes Transit stop updates and scheduling is a particularly good application for outdoor e-paper displays, and some of the companies marketing that tech have now pushed the limits on operating life to as long as three years on a battery charge. That’s not including the solar arrays that are sometimes attached to the transit stop poles …
