Sony Donates Crystal LED Video Wall, Other AV Tech, To New Int’l African American Museum January 14, 2021 by Super User Sony Corporation of America is making a $1.7 million product donation to the the International African American Museum (IAAM) that’s going up in Charleston, SC, with the key component being a 32 foot wide fine pitch LED video wall. The in-kind donation is made possible through the Sony’s Global Social Justice Fund, and will be used to create displays …
USSI, AdMobilize Partner To Deploy AI-based Audience Analytics Systems January 14, 2021 by Super User The computer vision firm AdMobilize has done a partnership with USSI Global that will see the AV/IT systems integrator positioned to deploy audience analytics systems for digital signage networks and other use cases. The two teams, says PR, have worked together to optimize the implementation of AI in digital signage projects for Retail, C-Store and more brick and mortar locations. This …
Here Are The DSF Digital Signage Award Winners January 13, 2021 by Super User Here are the winners of the Digital Signage Federation awards for creative and projects in 2019-2020. They were announced this afternoon, virtually. You can find a pile of videos here: https://www.digitalsignageexpo.net/apex-awards-finalists Overall Winners Integration of the year was DCL (Design Communications LTD.): Seminole Hard Rock & CasinoContent of the year was Potion: The Rubin Museum …
DSE’s Apex Awards Being Announced Today Via Digital Signage Federation January 13, 2021 by Super User With Digital Signage Expo now just a memory, one aspect that was lost was the annual Apex awards that were handed out for great projects and creative. Prior to the show being killed off by COVID-19, the show organizers and Digital Signage Federation were working on the 2020 version of the awards, based on submissions. …
London’s Cheese Grater Gets 2mm DV-LED Upgrade For Lobby January 13, 2021 by Super User This is the updated reception lobby of The Leadenhall Building in the financial district of London – known by the nickname of The Cheese Grater, because of its tall wedge shape. The lobby originally had a 24-screen videowall, but the operators switched that out for direct view LED, putting in 32 sq. meters of 2mm …
CNN Winding Down Its Airport DOOH Network; Citing Changed Times, Lost Viewing Audience January 13, 2021 by Super User One of the original digital out of home media networks is shutting down after 30 years – a victim of changing times and a virus that reduced the viewing audience to bare minimums. The CNN Airport Network will switch off as of the end of March, with CNN President Jeff Zucker referencing the steep decline …
Sam Ward On How Soofa Uses E-Paper To Set Itself Apart From Smart City Display Pack January 13, 2021 by Super User The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT There are several media companies – from giants to start-ups – offering smart city display solutions, which are, effectively, outdoor totem displays that run local information, backed by advertising. But there’s only one – Boston-based Soofa – that actively markets a product that runs entirely off solar …
Spectrio Acquires Another Digital Signage CMS Firm, PEI-based ScreenScape January 12, 2021 by Super User The good folks over at ScreenScape, in lovely Charlottetown, PEI, have sent out word that the digital signage CMS company has been acquired by Tampa-based Spectrio, a PE-backed retail solutions provider that has been on an M&A binge in recent years. From a note to clients/customers/media: As of January 5, 2021, ScreenScape has been acquired …
UltraSense Shows Interactive Sensors That Can Hide In Merchandising Fixture Material January 12, 2021 by Super User It is taking forever, but at some point we will all go back to a new version of normal retailing and other routine, day-to-day activities. That will also mean a return of interesting in simple but effective things like interactive merchandising. A Silicon Valley startup, UltraSense Systems, is a CES 2021 virtual exhibitor this week, …
What If Smart Displays Didn’t Even Need Power Cords? January 12, 2021 by Super User One of the big pitches with smart digital signage displays is the ability to streamline an install by having just a single cable, for power, to connect. So what if even the power cable was removed? That’s the premise of a Russian company that is showing off the capabilities of its wireless power technology this …
