Pitches For Outdoor LED Displays Getting Fine Enough To Rival High-Bright LCD Units May 16, 2023 by Super User The high brightness outdoor LCD business has been at least a little insulated from the rise of LED displays because the pixel pitch for outdoor units wasn’t anywhere near tight enough to supplant LCDs for applications that had messaging that would be read at close quarters. Outdoor LED was great, at a distance. But now …
Start-up Offering Free Dual-Screen TV To Consumers, In Exchange For Non-Stop Ads May 16, 2023 by Super User Via Display Daily (pay wall) A start-up has started taking reservations for a free 55-inch 4K TV that has a second ribbon LCD below it that will run ads and information complementary to what’s playing on the primary display. The service – called Telly – is aimed at consumers, but the concept will probably be …
German LED Firm Builds, Stacks Sea Container-Style For Pop-Up Event Screens May 11, 2023 by Super User Here’s a variation on that pop-up display used for short-term sports and entertainment events in the UK – a German design that’s been around since 2010, stacking two sea container-like units, the upper one with an LED screen. The company is Stuttgart-based LED rental company Screen Visions, and it markets the Vidibox as a multi-purpose device …
Wendy’s Working With Google To Test Voice AI At Drive-Thru Ordering Stations May 10, 2023 by Super User QSR giant Wendy’s is going to pilot an AI-driven bot that will handle the voice ordering process in drive-thru lanes, with the goal of speeding up ordering times and improving accuracy. A trial is set to run at a Wendy’s in Columbus, Ohio, where the burger chain has its head office. The trial will be …
DSS Europe Releases Conference Details Ahead Of July 5-6 Munich Conference May 10, 2023 by Super User My friends at invidis consulting have released details on the conference speaker and panelist line-up for the 2023 edition of its annual Digital Signage Summit Europe (DSS Europe), set for July 5-6 in Munich, Germany. The line-up includes a whole bunch of C-level people from most of the largest digital signage software and solutions providers …
Portable Structures Firm Tops Pop-Up Building With Folding LED Display For Public Events May 9, 2023 by Super User This is an interesting mash-up of a pop-up portable structure for events with a large direct view LED panel that rests on the roof. Called The Cube Sight and Sound, it’s about the size of a small sea container, but is designed to collapse and fold into a much smaller footprint for transportation. The idea …
My Simple AI Research Request Gets An F On Report Card; 18 0f 19 Wrong May 8, 2023 by Super User Much has been written and discussed about the potential and use of AI for business and marketing, but far less has been written covering off its flaws – like accuracy. I was putzing around in OpenAI this morning, trying different things. I tried to get a word cloud of the most common terms used by …
UK IT Services Firm Markets Digital Signage As Output, Like Print, From Software Suite May 5, 2023 by Super User A UK-based IT services company that focuses on retail solutions software is marketing a broad communications suite that includes digital signage capabilities, and warning potential customers to not “go down the rabbit hole” of using narrow-purpose digital signage software platforms. ECS Global says its Enterprise Communication Suite platform – called ECS5 – is a retail …
Atmosphere TV Jumps Pond; DOOH-Supported Streaming Service Now In UK May 4, 2023 by Super User The streaming on-premise content service Atmosphere has jumped to Europe, adding some 1,000 venues that are using free Apple TV boxes to run curated, ad-supported content channels on in-house TV screens. The Austin, Texas company also has its eyes on Australia and New Zealand as future expansion countries. The company now has 30 people in …
Global Digital Signage Awards Are Back, But With Better Defined Categories That Level The Entry Field May 4, 2023 by Super User The global Digital Signage Awards are back for 2023-24 – with Sixteen:Nine again being the main media sponsor. But there are some big changes in place for awards categories, with much more focus on impacts as opposed to market segments. Instead of celebrating the best submitted work in categories like workplace or digital out of …
