Impairing Astronomers’ Work Cited As Argument Against Digital Billboards In Silicon Valley March 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes The bright lights of digital billboards have always generated some public opposition, particularly if a big roadside display’s visuals spill at night into the living and sleeping spaces of nearby residences. Now there’s a new argument against such displays – the light pollution problem they might create for astronomical studies. A pair of students in …
CRI Paid $16M Cash Plus 2.3M Shares For Reflect Acquisition March 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes There have been numerous acquisitions and mergers in the past few years involving companies active in digital signage, and in almost every case, I have ended up writing something like “terms of the deal were not disclosed.” But publicly traded companies are required to lay out deal terms in filings, at least in the U.S., …
Fred D’Alessandro And Eric Hutto Detail The Big C-Suite Change At Pro AV Giant Diversified March 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes New Jersey-based Diversified has grown into one of the world’s largest AV integration companies, and certainly among the most active in digital signage. The company was started almost 30 years ago by Fred D’Alessandro, who just recently announced he was shifting his role in Diversified to make way for a new CEO. He’s still going …
ASU Management School Uses LED Halo, Suspended Globe, At New Building March 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is an early look at the new home of the Thunderbird School of Global Management’s building at Arizona State University, and a lobby/common area that is visually dominated by LED displays. The school in downtown Phoenix is 75 years old this year and it is marking that with a grand opening and anniversary celebration/reunion …
Commercial Flat Panel Display Volume up 20.1% Year-On-Year, Projection Flat: Futuresource March 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes Year-on-year volume global sales for commercial flat panel displays jumped 20.1% in 2021, according to new data from the UK research firm Futuresource Consulting, but commercial projector growth grew by just 0.2%. Given these numbers are tied to an exceptionally weird period of lockdowns, deferred projects and supply chain shortages, they may not be indicative …
Axiomtek’s New Palm-Sized PC With AI Chip Seems Well-Suited For Audience Measurement Jobs March 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Taiwan PC maker Axiomtek has several ruggedized products aimed at markets and use-cases that include digital signage, but a new one caught my eye because of its potential use for computer vision/audience measurement solutions used by retail and DOOH networks. The company has launched a “palm-sized” PC done in partnership with the artificial intelligence …
AVIXA Firms Up Plans For Digital Signage At June’s InfoComm Trade Show March 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes The pro AV trade organization AVIXA has firmed up plans for the digital signage educational efforts at the upcoming InfoComm 2022 show in Las Vegas in June, with the return of the D=SIGN Conference, as well as workshops, training and lunch ‘n learn sessions. InfoComm is June 4-10, with the exhibit hall running June 8-10. …
Swiss Timepieces Store In Vegas Blends Physical With Digital In Clever Window Display March 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes Via Sixteen:Nine’s German content partner invidis … Back when traveling was routine, I tended to stay at the Wynn in Las Vegas, because I’ve long been on some mailing list from the casino resort that regularly offers me room rates that actually work within a pay-my-own-way travel budget. So I have walked countless times down …
Watch: Nike Delivers One Of The Best 3D Illusion Pieces Yet Seen On Big DOOH Billboards March 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes This is a particularly good piece of 3D creative – unsurprisingly from Nike, which understands the value of that – running now on a corner LED board in the buzzing Shinjuku district of Tokyo, It is celebrating the Nike AirMax and does a particularly good job of straddling the line of fun eye candy with …
NY Artist Puts Printed Political Statements Over DOOH Posters On NYC Subway Platform March 21, 2022 by Dave Haynes Let’s assume that New York contemporary artist Jonathan Allen did not have permission to go in – or have someone go in – to the New York city subway network this weekend and put printed film posters atop the digital OOH screens on the platform – making the political point that while what’s going in …
