Look Ma, No PC: AdMobilize’s Audience Measurement Running On Samsung Smart Displays February 17, 2021 by Super User One of the minor but persistent concerns about using the smart digital signage displays now marketed by most LCD manufacturers is that the embedded computing devices didn’t have the power to meet the demands of some projects. Exhibit A has often been that a “smart” commercial display could not play out media AND handle the …
Gary Mundrake Of TSItouch On Why The World Needs More Touchscreens February 17, 2021 by Super User The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT Gary Mundrake’s company, TSItouch, has a tag line that flat out says The World Needs More Touch. He’d like, of course, to sell the world more touch technology, but there’s a larger story about his 10-year-old company’s activity in the digital signage and pro AV marketplace. He …
Premier Mounts Acquired By Industrial Manufacturer Gamber-Johnson February 16, 2021 by Super User The AV mounting solutions firm Premier Mounts has been acquired by Gamber-Johnson, described as a leading supplier of rugged mounting systems for fleet vehicles, public safety vehicles, forklifts, semi-trucks, and other mobility applications. “We are looking forward to joining forces with Premier Mounts,” says Brian Wagner, President, and CEO of Gamber-Johnson. “Gamber is a market …
Survey: Does The Digital Signage Industry Need Its Own Trade Show and Conference? February 16, 2021 by Super User Some recent conversations and several emails for virtual/online educational and product demo events have me thinking about DSE, and the debate about whether that now-defunct trade show and conference needs a replacement. I’m not sure reviving Digital Signage Expo as it was presented and run the last few years would make sense. The show always …
Another Almo E4v Event Coming March 9-11 February 16, 2021 by Super User The big US-based pro AV distribution house Almo has another one of its virtual roadshow events coming up in early March – with content spanning three days, March 9-11. The company normally has a traveling AV circus that has stops in US cities with live speakers and product exhibits and demos, but COVID. The E4evolution.com …
Captivate Making Canadian, And Then US, Ad Screens Available On Broadsign’s Reach SSP February 16, 2021 by Super User One of the oldest digital OOH media networks in Canada – office tower-focused Captivate – has done a deal to make its elevator and lobby screens available to brand advertisers via the Broadsign Reach supply-side-platform (SSP) Captivate and Broadsign, in announcing the tie-up, say more than 1,800 of Captivate’s displays across Canada have been on-boarded …
LCD Panel Prices Up 27% In Last Quarter 2020; Expected To Go Up Another 12% In Q1 2021 February 16, 2021 by Super User It may seem odd in the face of stalled economies and stalled AV projects, but the costs of LCD display products are on the rise, according to a report from Digital Supply Chain Consulting, or DSCC. Demand for LCD products remains strong , says DSCC, at the same time as shortages are deepening for glass …
Giant, Animated LED Foil Letter Tops Deutsche Telekom HQ February 15, 2021 by Super User I caught up recently with Florian Kall of the German start-up LightNTec, which uniquely does LED displays that use super-thin foil as its substrate or surface. The product is not really intended as competition to mainstream information displays, as it is an interesting way to approach experiential environments and ambient, motion lighting. Because it is …
Giant Bull Jumps Free In Anamorphic 3D Spot Run On Kuala Lumpur LED Board February 12, 2021 by Super User Here’s a couple of big wraparound corner DV LED boards in urban settings that are using anamorphic 3D visual effects to draw the eyes of onlookers. The first is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the outside corner of a shopping mall. Says the YouTube blurb: Pavilion Kuala Lumpur is an award-winning, premier shopping destination of …
72-Foot LED Wall Dominates Outdoor Plaza At New Atlanta Tech Center February 12, 2021 by Super User The is a 72-foot wide direct view LED video wall that’s gone up in the plaza of a new tech-centric real estate development in Atlanta’s Technology Square district. Sensory Interactive did the documentation, procurement, project management, and content development services on the project, and used SNA Displays for the LED. Says Sensory in its case …
