New Pro AV Event – Commercial Integrator Expo – Set For September In Denver April 20, 2023 by Super User Not sure how I missed this – apart from being old and stupid – but there’s a new pro AV-focused event on the trade show and conference calendar, focused on integrators. Commercial Integrator Expo will run September 6-9 in Denver, co-located with CEDIA Expo 2023. The show is run by the business events firm Emerald, …
Oakland As Buy Las Vegas Land; New-Build Ballpark (Presumably With Many, Many Screens) Targeted For 2027 April 20, 2023 by Super User Health care, airports and sports and entertainment venues tend to all present long and bureaucracy-filled sales processes, but the projects can offer a lot of scale in terms of hardware and software deals for companies selling digital signage solutions. So word that the Oakland As are getting closer and closer to moving to Las Vegas …
Sixteen:Nine InfoComm Mixer Update: Call For Sponsors & How To Register April 20, 2023 by Super User A whole bunch of emails and Linkedin messages have come in since the announcement last week that there will be a Sixteen:Nine digital signage networking mixer at InfoComm in Orlando, on June 13th. The event will have the usual feel and spirit of past mixers at various events, but this one is notably different in …
NYC’s Subway Screen Network Steadily Battered By Vandalism April 20, 2023 by Super User Photo credit: Fractenberg/The City Digital displays running everything from public information to advertising are having a rough ride on New York’s sprawling subway system – with 100s of LCD screens vandalized in just the past two and a half years. There is so much vandalism – from graffiti to shattered glass and damaged vending machines …
Thanks For Your Patience! April 19, 2023 by Super User 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 Super User 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 Super User 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 Super User 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 Super User 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 Super User 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 …
