NRF’s Big Show In January Now Preceded By Full-Day Retail Media Networks Conference December 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes Discussion of retail media networks has really accelerated in the past year or so, and while a lot of that discussion has been much more about online and mobile, in-store displays are also getting a lot more attention as being part of the marketing mix. There’s enough noise about the topic that the National Retail …
NYC’s 5th Ave Snowflake Gets Big Digital Upgrade From i5LED December 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes Most of the LED display project news I see out of New York City involves either big outdoor displays in Times Square or big indoor video walls in flagship retail, but here’s a very different project supplied, in part, by an LED display firm – a giant Christmas snowflake suspended over Fifth Avenue. The Fifth …
Free Download: Green Signage Handbook Provides Overview On How Digital Signage Can Be More Sustainable December 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes Sixteen:Nine’s friends and content partners, Munich-based invidis, have released an English language digital publication designed to help integrators, manufacturers and end-users make their digital signage networks more green and sustainable. The Green Signage Handbook is a free download. “Public pressure to act sustainably as a company has never been so great,” notes invidis in a …
Almost Everything That Could Go Wrong, Did, For Clear Channel Outdoor: Report December 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes Billboard Insider has some very interesting background insights on why there have been stories this past year of the media company Clear Channel Outdoor selling off its European business units Clear Channel has recently sold subsidiaries in France, Switzerland, Italy and Spain, and the plan is to sell all of the remaining European business operations to …
KC’s Dimensional Innovations Helps Drive Visual Experience For Ted Lasso-Filled Thundergong Charity Concert December 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes This isn’t digital signage, but some great set design and supporting creative done by a company that is well known and very active in digital signage and creative technology jobs – Dimensional Innovations. If you’ve been on YouTube and come across videos of a charity concert involving some of the cast of Ted Lasso, that …
School’s Digital Signage Management Handed Off To Young Woman Battling Cancer, To Keep Her Connected December 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes Sometimes stories are just about the people using technology, and not the whiz-bang nature of the display tech or software. Take the case of this school in Oklahoma, and a teacher who found a way for a young student to stay involved in her school – even from home, where she was dealing with cancer …
Neat To See: Poppulo’s Management Team Has More Women Than Men December 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is neat to see … I did a quick check today of the Poppulo website, curious to see if it had cut over the leadership page to reflect CEO David Levin stepping back Friday after 18 years to a board position and Ruth Fornell taking over. The site has indeed been updated – and …
Office Tower Elevator’s Controls Tied To Digital Mirrors To Show Floor Location December 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes A UK company called iFaceMirror has been putting LCD-backed digital mirrors in the interiors of elevator (lift) cars for a bunch of years, with their purpose heavily focused on advertising and branding for the venue or the businesses in that office tower, hotel or shopping space. So I was intrigued by this video (below) that …
1,100 Custom LED Light Strips Drive Experiential Visuals At Bangalore’s Main Airport December 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes Wide LED walls over the entry to the big security screening areas of new or modernized airport terminals are almost becoming something of a standard – with great examples from Singapore to Newark, NJ – but I haven’t seen one like this variation in Bangalore, India. It involves almost 1,100 custom LED light strips, using …
Four Winds Co-Founder David Levin Stepping Down As CEO Of Company Now Known As Poppulo December 15, 2023 by Dave Haynes Big news out of Denver as David Levin, the longtime CEO and co-founder of Four Winds Interactive (now known as Poppulo), is stepping down from that role. Counter to some rumors out there, Levin said the decision was his and that he helped recruit his replacement, Ruth Fornell, who starts Monday. Levin will stick around …
