Global OOH Ad Spend Almost $42B Last Year; Now Past 5% Of Total Ad Spend: WOO June 7, 2024 by Dave Haynes Global spending on Out Of Home advertising reached $41.9B last year, up 16% from a year earlier and representing 5.2% of global ad spend. Those were the big market highlights presented this week by World Out of Home Organization President Tom Goddard in his opening address to the organization’s Annual Congress in amazing Hong Kong. …
Spectrio Plans Big Presence For InfoComm In Las Vegas, Both On Trade Show Floor And For Social Events June 7, 2024 by Dave Haynes Spectrio has a big presence planned at InfoComm next week in Las Vegas, taking customers and business partners through an exhibit hall stand filled with the latest digital signage and experiential retail technologies, and sponsoring several of the most in-demand social events during what is North America’s largest pro AV trade show. From PR: Spectrio …
German Skin Care Company Uses Interactive Touch, Transparent OLED, To Tell Its Heritage Story June 6, 2024 by Dave Haynes This video shows an interesting mix of interactive technologies used to help tell the heritage story of the German skin care company Beiersdorf, whose best known product line is very arguably Nivea. The Hamburg company has what it calls its Heritage Room, which includes multi-touch tables and RFID thingies, and a nice use case for …
You’ll Check In Using A URway/Kioware Kiosk Solution At Next Week’s Buzz & Bullseye Mixer at InfoComm June 6, 2024 by Dave Haynes If you managed to score a ticket to next week’s very sold out Buzz & Bullseye digital signage industry mixer at InfoComm, you will gain access to the venue by using one of two kiosks at the entry to check-in. We’re using the kiosks that were supposed to be in place last last year for …
Sony – InfoComm 2024 Digital Signage Industry Mixer Sponsor Profiles June 6, 2024 by Dave Haynes InfoComm is now just days away in Las Vegas, and Sixteen:Nine has partnered with Experience United Social Club to run what is a very sold-out networking event. This one is at a darts-themed bar called Flight Club, in the Palazzo complex. There will will be a little discussion about what was seen on the show floor, …
Samsung ESL Spin-Off Solum Partnering With NDI On Video-Over-IP Large Format Displays June 6, 2024 by Dave Haynes A Samsung spin-off company most known for its electronic shelf labels has taken the interesting step of partnering with Sweden’s NDI to develop new large format displays that are based on video-over-IP connectivity. SOLUM, self-described as the world’s leading provider of Electronic Shelf Label and Digital Signage solutions (not so sure about that second bit, …
Miracle Mile Shops On LV Strip Complete Huge LED Displays Facelift June 6, 2024 by Dave Haynes There’s always new stuff to see in Las Vegas, particularly along a main drag that has casino-resort operators steadily trying to out-bling one another. Among the new projects that have been going up and are now done is a refresh of the outside and inside of the shopping and entertainment center Miracle Mile Shops, which is …
E-Paper Digital Signage Displays Still Very Much About The Future, With Just 400 Units Shipped Globally In Q1 2024: OMDIA June 6, 2024 by Dave Haynes Those walking the exhibit halls of InfoComm next week in Las Vegas will see several display manufacturers showing their adaptations of e-paper displays – talking about their future as replacements for static messaging more traditionally done using printed paper. It’s definitely a somewhat limited part of the future if unit costs can come down, but …
Bluefin, Intel Collaborate On New Ocean Series That Adds ChromeOS Support For All-In-One Displays June 6, 2024 by Dave Haynes Atlanta-based Bluefin has broadened its range of supported operating systems for its built-in displays – launching a new Bluefin Ocean series that is a direct collaboration with Intel and allows them to run on Windows, Linux or Chrome OS. Bluefin already had an Intel/Windows solution through Seneca, but Arrow’s decision earlier this year to wind …
Google – InfoComm 2024 Digital Signage Industry Mixer Sponsor Profiles June 5, 2024 by Dave Haynes InfoComm is next week in Las Vegas, and Sixteen:Nine has partnered with Experience United Social Club to run what is a very sold-out networking event. This one is at a darts-themed bar called Flight Club, in the Palazzo complex. There will will be a little discussion about what was seen on the show floor, then networking …
