Ambitious Digital Signage Still Getting Deployed In Ukraine, Despite War July 19, 2024 by Super User I got a nice note overnight from a company in Ukraine, thanking me for earlier coverage of a petrol station in Kyiv that went up, with 200 sq. meters of LED display in the forecourt area, even while the war continued on and on with Ukraine’s Russian invaders. Inna Bielik from the company Fasade Master …
Big Public Art Video On London’s Highest-Profile DOOH Display Shows Fighter Jets In DISARM Formation July 19, 2024 by Super User The big Piccadilly Lights digital board in central London is running a video piece by UK artist Fiona Banner (apparently also known as the Vanity Press) meant as a reminder that there is more global conflict happening right now than at any time since the end of the Second World War. The long-form video developed …
Running Digital Signage Networks On Windows? Pour A Three-Finger Drink Instead Of Morning Coffee Before Reading This July 19, 2024 by Super User People on the America side of the Atlantic are sipping coffee and taking in news this morning that enterprise devices running Windows on networks – like digital signage media players using that OS – were blue-screened if they also were using security software from CrowdStrike It is not a Windows error directly, but one caused …
New DOOH Academy Certification Course Aims To Get Indie Billboard Operators Up Steep pDOOH Learning Curve July 18, 2024 by Super User The educational effort spun up to help buyers, sellers and operators up the considerable learning curve of digital out of home advertising and programmatic DOOH (pDOOH) now has a course aimed at independent billboard operators who are still, at least in some case, making the shift to digital from analog. The DOOH Academy’s Billboard Operators …
Screenfeed Has Stats And News Package Ready And Automated For Paris 2024 Games July 18, 2024 by Super User Subscription content provider Screenfeed has again developed a special package of news and stats that digital signage and DOOH networks can incorporate into their schedules to allow viewers to keep tabs on the upcoming summer Olympics in Paris. From now through the Opening Ceremony, says Screenfeed in its marketing, an exciting countdown will be featured …
This Digital Signage Software Firm Is Letting Customers Decide If They Want AI-based Functionality July 18, 2024 by Super User While a lot of digital signage CMS software and solutions companies are trying every which way to work AI into their marketing and PR messages, the CEO of a UK CMS firm has taken the interesting step of saying his company is dialing back its AI support and enabling customers to unilaterally switch off AI-backed …
Spectrio Launches Menu Board App Intended To Simplify, Streamline Messaging Across Multiple Use-Cases July 18, 2024 by Super User Spectrio has developed a set of online tools intended to streamline and simplify what can be arduous tasks of organizing, populating and updating business-critical digital menu boards, whether that’s at quick service restaurants, attractions ticket windows or business service and order counters. The Tampa company’s new Menu Board App is position as a toolset that …
Korean Tech Institute Commercializes New Kind Of Low-Cost Switchable Projection Film For Large Transparent Surfaces July 18, 2024 by Super User A Korean research institute has developed a new kind of switchable transparent film that can be used as a projection surface for windows and other large glass surfaces. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, located south of Seoul, has developed and commercialized what it calls a Nano Transparent Screen (NTS) – a 100-inch sheet …
Melbourne, Australia Politicians Considering Nightly Curfew On LED Billboards To Curb Light Pollution July 18, 2024 by Super User A proposal in front of local politicians in Melbourne, Australia would see digital OOH billboards in that city subject to a curfew, in an effort to curb light pollution from big, super-bright LED displays affixed to buildings. A report in the Guardian newspaper says a review of current conditions suggests location-specific lighting requirements be created …
TelemetryTV Debits Own Digital Signage Operating System, Optimized Hardware Player July 17, 2024 by Super User Vancouver, BC-based TelemetryTV is the latest digital signage solutions firm to develop its own operating system and play-out hardware tuned to it, with the intent of maxing out reliability, simplifying management and reducing costs. The company now has an online store featuring what it calls the TelemetryOS Box. “Designed for 24/7 commercial use in sectors such …
