Sharp NEC Combine Commercial Display Product Line IN EU April 5, 2022 by Dave Haynes The entire commercial display range of Sharp and NEC is now being sold under one roof in Europe, as the merged companies continue to blend operations, sales and marketing. The companies did a joint venture almost two years ago that saw Sharp acquire 66% of shares for NEC Display Solutions Ltd. Since then, the blended …
Schindler Gets Second Partnership With DOOH Firms Using Its Elevator Digital Signage Solution April 4, 2022 by Dave Haynes Elevator equipment manufacturer Schindler appears to be serious about offering a screen product for elevator cab interiors – with word of a second national network partnership for ads in residential and commercial buildings. Following news last month of the Swiss company equipping a German DOOH screen network, Schindler has announced a similar deal in India …
MLB’s Mets Partner With Samsung To Upgrade Displays, IPTV At Home Park April 4, 2022 by Dave Haynes On the heels of word that the Toronto Blue Jays MLB team has seen its ballpark upgraded with a lot of LED comes news that another team – the New York Mets – have also unveiled a big digital upgrade at their ballpark, Citi Field. The ballpark in Queens has added a bunch of LED …
Delta Airlines Adds 250-Foot LED Ribbon To Its LAX Check-in Experience April 2, 2022 by Dave Haynes The check-in counters in the Delta Airlines section of LAX are getting a much-needed facelift, with renovations that include a 250-foot LED video ribbon behind the counters. The wall – reminiscent of what was done at Orlando’s airport – but with LED instead of countless LCDs in portrait mode – brand the airline, have custom …
US Grocer Giant Kroger Working With NVIDIA On AI Lab To Reinvent Shopping Experiences April 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is no overt tie to digital signage in retail, but the implications of a partnership between US grocer giant Kroger and the tech firm Nvidia are interesting. They are collaborating on what is described as a “state-of-the-art AI lab and demonstration center” intend to help reinvent the supermarket shopping experience. The largest grocer in …
How LED Displays Are Transforming The Digital OOH Industry April 1, 2022 by Sanket Rambhia GUEST POST: Sanket Rambhia, Xtreme Media (INDIA) Advertising has been an essential component for achieving business success and outreach for a long time. Out-of-home (OOH) advertising has been a mainstay, and the scale of available advertisement billboards globally is evidence of that. Businesses are increasingly demanding these attention-pulling ad displays. The growth of LED technology …
Blue Jays’ Home Park Gets $200M Upgrade, Including $6M In BIG LED Screens March 31, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Major League Baseball season opens next week and venues like the home park for the Toronto Blue Jays will be unveiling off-season upgrades – some modest, some ambitious. In the case of the Jays, some $200M has gone into sprucing up what many still call the Skydome. That number includes almost $14 in AV …
Could Drapes And Curtains Be Future Display Canvases? Maybe … March 31, 2022 by Dave Haynes A pile of different institutions – including universities, institutes and the labs of private companies – have people looking into ways to blend LED light emitters with fabric to create news kinds of displays based around smart textiles. The core of it is woven fabric that incorporates electronic devices – LEDs but also things like …
LCD Video Wall Market Demand Up Despite Perceived Migration To Direct View LED: Research March 31, 2022 by Dave Haynes Here’s a case of perception not being reality, with research data suggesting the LCD video wall market is seeing very solid growth at the moment, even though it might seem like the large format display business has shifted heavily from flat panels to direct view LED. However, it looks like a lot of the video …
AVIXA Suspends Russian Member Companies, Blocks Exhibiting At ISE, InfoComm March 30, 2022 by Dave Haynes The trade association AVIXA has suspended the memberships of Russian companies and individuals, and banned Russian companies from exhibiting at its biggest trade shows, Integrated Systems Europe (co-owned wth CEDIA) and InfoComm. The organization has also withdrawn support for an event called ISRussia. The statement came out a few days ago, but I managed to …
