Bahrain Star-Up Touts Autonomous Wandering Ad Screen Robots July 11, 2023 by Super User I was amazed at a couple of recent trade shows to still see companies marketing an ad solution that involves screens that are attached to backpacks and harnesses worn by people, the displays looming over the heads of the humans, or running on the backpacks. It’s an idea and effort that’s been around for maybe …
Canadian Elevator Screen Network Expanding Into 10X-Sized US Market July 11, 2023 by Super User The Canadian media firm Vertical City is expanding its core product – screens in elevators – into the much larger US market. The Edmonton company says its Vertical Impression screen network hopes to reach into more than 130 ad markets in the two countries. “Our goal is to become the largest elevator screen network in …
Spectrio Acquires inReality, Adding AI-Driven Venue Analytics To Solution Stack July 11, 2023 by Super User The Tampa-based digital signage software and solutions firm Spectrio has added to its solution stack with the acquisition of inReality, an Atlanta-area company that does audience engagement and analytics. Disclaimer – Spectrio acquired and now publishes Sixteen:Nine. From the announcement: Spectrio, one of the nation’s leading providers of comprehensive digital signage systems, has broadened an …
Store In QSR Giant Chain Uses Printed Labels To Hide Out Of Stock Items On Digital Menu Screens July 11, 2023 by Super User This is just sad – a major QSR chain using printed labels that staff evidently use to indicate out-of-stock menu items on the digital menu display boards behind the order counter. We have all seen this sort of thing in places like food court malls – but the operators of those tend to be one-offs …
Cenareo Adds Video Production To Its Offer Via Acquisition Of Another French Software Firm, EasyMovie July 11, 2023 by Super User The French CMS software firm Cenareo has acquired another French software firm EasyMovie, expanding its range of solutions to include video production capabilities aimed mainly at corporate customers. Based in Paris, EasyMovie is positioned as an all-in-one video suite for busy people who don’t have “video production” in their job title. That would seemingly align …
Virtual Selfie Display For Football Giant PSG Drives Fan Engagement, Social Sharing July 10, 2023 by Super User The German interactive software firm Sensape has been marketing an AR-driven virtual selfies application for a while now, including this one with Bayern Munich, but has pushed out PR that provides some interesting insights on what happens around in-store interactive screens. It draws traffic, boosts social sharing and causes a big bump in e-mail subscriptions …
Miracle Mile Mall In Vegas Starts Lighting New Exterior LED Displays July 10, 2023 by Super User The Miracle Mile Shops mall that’s part of the Planet Hollywood resort in Las Vegas is nearing the end of a much, much needed facelift – and a big visual feature is new LED displays on the outside, facing the Strip. This is a view of the south entrance, which has added a big SNA …
DSSE 2023 Wrap-Up: Key Observations From Presenters And Panelists July 10, 2023 by Super User My friends at the German consulting and publishing firm invidis just made my day a little easier by publishing a nice set of summary quotes from last week’s two-day Digital Signage Summit Europe event in Munich. The company, based in that city, puts the event on in partnership with Integrated Systems Events, the company whose …
Tim Horton’s Adds Order Status Displays, LED Halo To Stores July 10, 2023 by Super User The Canadian coffee chain Tim Horton’s was an early adopter of digital menu displays, rolling them out across Canada and elsewhere long before many of its competitors. And it now appears to be making the welcomed addition of order status screens in busy stores. An industry friend sent me a photo of Timmy’s in Bancroft, …
Wrap-up And Photos From Invidis On Digital Signage Summit Europe July 7, 2023 by Super User Here’s the translated take, as well as a photo gallery, from invidis, the German consulting and publishing firm that hosted this week’s Digital Signage Europe in Munich: The participants have already left, but the positive feedback that invidis and ISE received for this year’s DSS Europe still reverberates in our heads. With the Digital Signage …
