Thanks For Your Patience! April 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes Sixteen:Nine is at the tail end of some IT work, changing web servers and workflows. As tends to happen, it’s not been entirely smooth. But we’re almost there. The site is now on a new server, and while all the content shifted over without much issue, I still have a few functionality things to get …
MSG Sphere’s Owners Sell Off Nightclub Group Stake After Construction Costs Soar April 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes The developers behind MSG Sphere, that big LED-clad ball going up behind The Venetian in Las Vegas, have sold off the majority stake it held in a company that runs a lot of the flashier nightclubs in that city, with observers speculating that was necessary to offset the cost overruns on an entertainment and events …
NY Company Touting Rear License Plates Of Vehicles As Part-Time Ad Displays April 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes Digital billboards and street furniture displays have long been used to advertise products to motorists as they make their way around an area, but a small New York company is suggesting the rear license plates on vehicles can also double up as digital OOH ad displays. An industry friend sent along the link to a …
How COBstr Turns Windows And Glass Walls Into LED Displays April 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes Technology tends to improve as it matures. That’s certainly the case with LED displays marketed as being transparent. The first generations looked okay from the front, but the back sides were big metal grid arrays that often looked like hell. That’s improved a lot with newer generations, but the technology now has competition in the …
Case Study Provides Glimpse Into How A Typical School Using Digital Signage April 19, 2023 by Dave Haynes The software firm Rise Vision works a lot with schools, places of worship and other community organizations, and the case studies and briefs it publishes on projects offer some interesting insights on the hows and whys of what I’d describe as modest jobs. Much of what drops in my inbox from marketing and PR people …
Sony Announces Deal That Puts AI Chip On Raspberry Pis April 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes It is reasonable to suggest that when the first iterations of Raspberry Pi single board computers came on the market, the main interests among the digital signage community was as a micro PC that – at $35 for a barebones device – could take some of the hardware cost out of digital signage. This was …
Historic Building Getting Giant LED Display On Facade As Part Of Yorkshire City’s Revitalization April 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes I tend to avoid posting stories about deployments that are in a planning stage because a lot of them never get beyond planning, but a development in Bradford, England has the support of that northern city’s council and looks to actually happen. An entertainment venue that once hosted bands like the Beatles and Rolling Stones, …
DOOH Media Company Using Loopy Recipe Ideas On Subway To Drive Ad Impressions April 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes Photo credit: Hell Gate An NYC-focused news site called Hell Gate has a post up that gets into how the out of home media company Outfront is using purposefully bizarre quick-form recipe videos on MTA subway screens to attract attention. Subway riders getting around that city might look up at one of the screens in …
Merchandised Smartphones Turned Into Teeny Video Walls For Mobile Retailers April 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes Mobile retailers have long been regarded as environments that would really benefit from digital signage technology because of the constant evolution of devices and subscription plans, but I hadn’t really thought of the various smartphones on display in stores being used as digital signs. I came across a company called SensorMedia that does what it …
DSF’s Next Mix And Mingle Set For May 4th In Toronto April 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation has settled on a date and venue for its next “Mix & Mingle” networking event – May 4th at the as Canadian-as-it-gets Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, and then at a (very) nearby pub. The hall of fame venue, if you don’t know Toronto, is in a historic corner building …
