Racapé Leaving Post As Global Commercial Head For PPDS; Last Day Just Before ISE October 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes I don’t normally write about personnel stuff like new hires and departures because page view metrics clearly suggest few readers have much interest in that kind of news, but this is a big one: the guy who has been a big part of building up the profile and user base for Philips pro displays is …
Screenly Launches Hyper-Secure Power Bi App To Integrate Visualized Data Tools And Digital Signage October 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes There are numerous CMS software companies indicating in their features and benefits that their platforms have integrated with Microsoft’s popular and powerful business intelligence and data visualization tool, Power BI. I don’t have enough nerd in me to discern what’s the optimal way to go at this, but I asked Bristol, UK-based Screenly CEO Viktor …
This Week’s GITEX In Dubai Expected To Attract 170,000 Attendees; Satellite Event Planned in Berlin For May 2025 October 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes In this part of the world we all tend to regard CES in Las Vegas each January as the mother of all tech trade shows, but there’s a bigger one run each year an ocean and many time zones away – GITEX in Dubai. That show is on this week and it is a monster. …
LA Startup Blends LED Lighting Backdrops With Building Materials To Create Animated “Luminous” Video Walls October 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes An LA company has launched a new product that blends LED backwalls with other materials like fabrics and even stone to create luminous, animated wall panels for commercial environments. It’s a spin on what companies like ESI Design did in some office tower lobbies, creating a relatively low cost digital feature wall by animating a …
Belgian Firm Uses Big LED To Help Customers Build And Visualize Their Dream Bathrooms October 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes We’ve seen display technology used to help consumers do everything from configure their ideal cars in digital showrooms to accessorizing outfits on interactive screens in fashion retail dressing rooms, but I don’t think I’ve seen a set-up built with the intent of helping homeowners come up with a visualize their dream bathrooms. The Belgian firm …
Dancers Pop Out From Busy Concourse’s Wall In This Visual Illusion Campaign In NYC October 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to my buddy Paul Fleuranges for passing this along … Broadcaster ABC booked a campaign across 22 screens in the Oculus retail and transport hub, which is in the World Trade Center complex in New York, to market the latest season and iteration of Dancing With The Stars. Property operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield U.S. (URW) …
Beauty Brand’s DOOH-Extended Reality Billboard In Kyiv Generates Huge Online Buzz October 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is interesting in a couple of ways – a slice of normal in Ukraine’s main city and evidence of the impact of marketing stunts using big outdoor digital displays. The beauty brand Maybelline worked with an extended reality company called Ffface.me to promote a new mascara product called Falsies Surreal, using a street-level kiosk …
Captivate Further Extends Footprint Into Residential Via Partnership With Deliveries Locker Firm October 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes The DOOH media company most known for putting screens in office tower elevators has broadened its footprint a bit more, partnering with a company that puts package management lockers in the lobbies of upscale apartment blocks and condos. Captivate is working with Luxer One, a tech company that specializes in “contactless pick-up and drop-off solutions …
Oct. 25th Webinar To Preview DSE 2023 October 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes With the various cocktail parties and related events happening last week in New York now out of the way, industry attention is turning to Digital Signage Experience in seven weeks in Las Vegas. Questex, the events company that now organizes the show, has a webinar that kind of advances the show set for Oct. 25th. …
Reminder: 200+ Pages Of Profiles, Insights And Research On Digitl Signage Available As Free Download October 16, 2023 by Dave Haynes I get calls and emails frequently – had one just last week – asking if I knew of good resources for research on the digital signage industry. I always reply that it is very hit and miss in terms of what’s available and worthwhile. There are a handful of credible research firms – like Omdia, …
