LG Launches Training Academy Aimed At Boosting Awareness, Expertise For Direct View LED March 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes One of the reasons many LED manufacturers market fixed-size all-in-one LED displays is that their partner ecosystems include a lot of companies and people who don’t fully have their heads around how these kinds of display projects come together. The challenge with that approach is that bundled solutions can limit what might get pitched and …
JCDecaux’s 2022 Financials Show DOOH Revenue Up A Whopping 41% Globally March 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes The biggest out of home media company on the planet had a terrific 2022 – led by DOOH revenue that grew by more than 41%. JCDecaux released its full year 2022 financial results earlier today, showing group revenue grew by almost 21% in 2022, to reach €3,1 Billion ($3.3 Billion USD). Jean-Charles Decaux, Chairman of the Executive …
Slovak Bus Line Kits Out New Terminal With 80+ Passenger Update Screens March 9, 2023 by Dave Haynes Several new or updated airport terminals have come online in the past year kitted out with displays that help inform and guide passengers, and it’s the sort of thing that can also serve other mass transport hubs well – like this new bus terminal in Slovakia. The new bus station in the Nivy shopping center …
Renovated Hugo Boss Store Adds Split Flap Display To Shopper Experience On London’s Regent Street March 8, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s an example of an electro-mechanical display being used in high-end retail for interesting and different messaging, in this case for a newly renovated HUGO BOSS store on Regent Street in London. It is supplied by Vestaboard, a Silicon Valley start-up that specializes in split flap displays that share the same core design and operating …
Brandon Harp On Why Electrosonic Stays Focused On Immersive And Experiential Integration Work March 8, 2023 by Dave Haynes When I see an ambitious new visual display project lit up at a new or reno’d airport, office tower or attraction, I just about assume that if it’s in the US, the company that put it in is probably Electrosonic. The company is, technically, an AV systems integrator, and there are lots of them out …
Telecine, YCD Partner On Custom On-Premise TV Channels For Retail Banking March 7, 2023 by Dave Haynes Solutions provider Telecine and software developer YCD Multimedia have developed a partner product that is, in effect, a financial news TV channel customized for banks. Called RAMP Up! , the product is intended to provide steadily updated information-you-can-use content to screens in retail banking scenarios, leveraging the data feeds and produced content of Bloomberg News, …
London’s Transport Authority Expanding LED-based Countdown Signs; Testing Interactive And E-Paper Signs March 7, 2023 by Dave Haynes The integrated mass transport authority for the UK’s capital city area – Transport For London (TfL) – is adding 300 more of its simple LED countdown displays to routes this year, and also started trials of e-paper displays on bus stop poles and interactive full color displays inside bus shelters on one route. Beginning this …
Global Ad Spend Up 7.5% Last Year, To $714 Billion: Research March 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes Global advertising and marketing spending was up by 7.9% last year, to $1.568 trillion, but the media research firm PQ Media suggests 2023 growth will be at a tamer 5.3% clip in 2023. Broken out, PQ Media says the global advertising sector grew 7.5% in 2022 to $713.97 billion, while the overall marketing sector expanded …
Poor Workplace Communications Can Have Massive Bottom Line Implications: Survey March 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes Workplace communications is a very active vertical in digital signage – both in white collar and operational environments – because of the recognition by end-user customers that better, more timely and relevant messaging is perhaps more important than ever. Some digital signage software companies – like Appspace, Poppulo (Four Winds) and NDS (Netherlands) – have …
16 Sq. Meter MicroLED Wall Greets Shoppers At Belgian Mall March 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes I’ve not seen or read a lot of PR about actual deployments of super-premium microLED products like Samsung’s The Wall, but there are indeed end-customers out there, including this shopping mall near Antwerp, Belgium. It’s at the Waasland Shopping Center and is measured at 16 square meters. It appears to be fixed along a corridor, …
