Big New Samsung LED Displays Going Into Astros’ Ballpark During Off-Season December 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes Samsung generated lots of buzz for its sports and entertainment venue LED products when it installed that vast halo screen at LA’s SoFi Stadium, but the electronics giant is also making headway in big-time sports with more conventional jobs – like one now underway at the home field of MLB’s Houston Astros. Samsung is equipping …
That Santa Elevator Ride Is At A Boston Mall (Not in NJ), And It Was Created By A Montreal Creative Studio December 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes The post I put up about a week ago about a digital Santa Claus display at a U.S. shopping mall has generated a lot of page views, but also a lot of confusion about the location of the exhibit and how it works. After many comments and emails, I finally have some clarity about where …
M&A: Digital Jukebox/DOOH Network AMI Changes Financial Backers December 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes The digital jukebox and digital OOH media firm AMI Entertainment Network (or AMI) has exchanged financial backers, with the LA-based private equity firm Coral Tree Partners buying into from the investment firm The Gores Group. Started in 1909 under the name National Automatic Music Co., AMI has, of course, evolved through the years and now …
Footballer Messi Gets Giant Tribute On Dubai Landmark, But It’s Just A CGI Job December 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes If you stumble on a social media post today that shows a tribute to footballer Lionel Messi on a giant roadside screen in Dubai, just be aware that it’s another variant on marketers using computer-generated graphics to fake an ad that takes over a building. Usually, it’s just some animator/motion FX person working something up …
Dead-Simple Signage Application For Health Care Reduces Interactive To A Button Pad December 19, 2022 by Dave Haynes There has never been a shortage of whiz-bangery offered up to make simple visual display tasks more difficult, and probably like many people in this industry, I have seen demos of screen interactions that were portrayed as seamless but in fact just added steps and complexity. I think, particularly, of applications that required pulling out …
Watch: Full Video Now Available From DSE 2023 Trends Forecast Panel December 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes I was part of an otherwise terrific panel a couple of days ago, billed as a Digital Signage Experience Trends Forecast for 2023. If you missed it or found out too late about it, you can now watch it on demand. The session was hosted by the DSE trade show, specifically David Drain, and sponsored …
Retail Store Tour’s 2023 Retail Trends: Social Media-Inspired Shops And More December 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes Retail Store Tours, a NY company that does customized walkabouts focused on retail innovation, is doing a press-only 2023 Retail Trends event next month just ahead of the big NRF 2023 retail trade show and conference in New York. Not going to NRF this time around, but I thought the trends the company will be …
Check Out This $9 Million LED Facelift At Three Times Square In NYC December 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes LED display technology has come down in cost for a variety of reasons, but the overall budget for big displays can still be best presented with a defibrillator ready for the end-user. Consider this update at 3 Times Square in New York – a $9 million upgrade of what was previously known as the Thomson …
See How An LED Facade And Canopy Draws Passing Eyes Into San Francisco Building Block December 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes Lots of commercial property owners have started using LED displays as a way to add experiential elements to their building lobbies or other key areas, as a way to attract and retain tenants. The owners of an office block in central San Francisco had a different twist to its use, creating a 126-foot long display …
The LED Studio, VOD Visual Marketing “Industry-First” Display With Multiple LED Light Emitter Options December 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes The UK-based firm The LED Studio has launched, with its manufacturing partner VOD Visual, what they say is an industry-first display LED display cabinet design that supports a range of different LED light emitter types. The V1 Architecture cabinet, which will debut at ISE on Booth 3R250, has the same general dimensions as a 43-inch …
