So Far, Compliance All Over Map On German Screens Going Dark To Save On Energy September 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes Sixteen:Nine’s German-language content partners at Invidis are based in Munich, and its editor went out last night and did an assessment of how businesses and media companies are responding to energy savings measures that have started requiring screens to go dark at night – the measures brought on by energy shortages that trace to Russia’s …
Global LED Display Shipments Up Almost 18% In Q2 2022: Omdia September 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes Growth in shipments for LED video displays was up almost 18 percent globally in Q2 of this year, with that worldwide number actually throttled by slowed growth in China because of COVID lockdowns. The research and analysis firm Omdia says global LED video display shipments grew 17.7% Year on Year for the second quarter of …
Transparent LED On Film Offers New Life And Option For Projected Illusion Creative September 12, 2022 by Dave Haynes Regular readers will have come across many, many posts here about different display technologies and visual tricks that create visual illusions generally labeled as holograms or holographic, though they’re not … really. We’ve seen transparent LCDs, transparent OLEDs, projections of transparent film and those spinning LED light sticks. But I had not really thought about …
Giant LED Statues Not Rising Up As Planned, Just Yet, But Irish Firm Has A Two-Metre Demo Ready September 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes That Irish company that hopes to have giant LED statues go up as attractions around the planet doesn’t seem to be rolling out at its publicized pace, but will show a reduced-size version of its concept at a UK theme park trade show in a couple of weeks. A two-metre preview of what’s called The …
Custom “Show Capsule” Creative Spans 100,000+ Sq. Ft. Of LED At Resorts World (with Video) September 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes There has been quite a bit of trade press coverage of the giant screens cladding the new-ish Resorts World casino resort up just past the Fashion Show mall and Trump Hotel on the Vegas Strip, but not as much attention placed on what’s on those grand-scale screens. Montreal-based creative technology shop Moment Factory was commissioned …
Modern Display Technology Can Handle New On-Off Energy Restriction Demands In EU: NEC-Sharp Experts September 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes EDITOR – This is an interesting take from German language content partner Invidis, with insights from Sharp-NEC, on how digital signage network operators can navigate energy consumption and cost issues that have emerged in Europe. Guest Post: Florian Rotberg, Invidis In times of scarce energy supply, the pressure on digital signage network operators increases, because …
Virtual Gold Waves Slosh Along 112-Metre LED Wall In Shanghai September 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes The international art collective teamLab is mainly known for developing and running experiential exhibitions at fixed sites like museums and galleries, but the artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians and architects also work on temporary projects like this pretty amazing 112-metre video wall along a walkway in a Shanghai subway station. This artwork, says teamLab, …
India Seeing Big Digital Signage Growth Because Of Messaging Compliance Needs: Scala MD September 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes Surprisingly little news or PR gets to me about the digital signage business in India, given the size of that country and overall region, and the amount of growth happening. So this Linkedin post and embedded video (but not embedded enough to also embed here!) from the India business unit of Scala, and by extension …
Paul Ciolino On How OptiSigns Differentiates Itself In A Crowded Digital Signage CMS Software Market September 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes It has been nagging at me for the last few months that I didn’t know a hell of a lot about OptiSigns, even though the Houston-based company was a main advertiser on Sixteen:Nine. That’s been fixed, having had a great conversation last week with the company’s sales director Paul Ciolino. We got into a whole …
Software Maintenance Boo-Boo Triggers False Active Shooter Alerts On New England College Campus Screens September 6, 2022 by Dave Haynes Data integration and triggered messaging are great applications for digital signage, but their use can come with some risks – as evidenced just before the long weekend at a US college. A false active shooter warning was sent out to the entire Amherst College campus last week, including to digital signs around the New England campus. …
