London’s Transport System Redesigns Status Screens To Improve Viewing Experience September 20, 2019 by Super User I can’t find the official word from Transport for London but have now seen a couple of separate references to that city’s mass transport system testing what I would say are improved status update screens on the Underground system. The information layout and presentation on 400 or so Electronic Service Update Boards (ESUBs) across the …
Uniguest Acquires Tripleplay, On Heels of ONELAN Acquisition September 19, 2019 by Super User Well this is interesting … Nashville-based hotel services provider Uniguest has acquired UK-based Tripleplay, just 15 months after acquiring a different UK company, ONELAN, which shares some of the same software capabilities. The result, says Uniguest, is “the world’s largest IPTV, digital signage, and room booking solutions provider.” Tripleplay does digital signage, like ONELAN, but …
Using Digital Signage For Greener Communications September 19, 2019 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Derek DeWitt, Visix Eco marketing, sustainable marketing, green marketing – whatever you call it, “being green” is something very much on people’s minds today, especially millennials and Gen Zers. As such, it’s an important consideration for any communications strategy, regardless of whether its internal or public facing. This method of marketing means focusing …
Latin American Digital OOH Industry To Gather Next Week In Buenos Aires September 18, 2019 by Super User People working in the digital OOH sector in central and South America – and those supplying into it – might want to book a trip next week to Buenos Aires for that region’s major industry conference – called the ALOOH LATAM FORUM. This will be the 2nd annual event – with the 2018 version in …
October Conference Focusing On Light Field Displays, Other New Display Tech September 18, 2019 by Super User A lot of companies – mainly startups – have been scratching away for years at display technology that is called three-dimensional or holographic. Sometimes the terms are misappropriated and things get called holograms, for example, when display nerds will say, “Nuh-uh. That’s not a hologram.” One of the reasons I went to the SID display …
Printing Industry Group Arguing Digital Signage Not Eco-Friendly September 18, 2019 by Super User The graphic printing industry is making the argument that printed signage has a more positive impact than the digital versions – suggesting that while print has a one-time carbon footprint, digital has a running footprint because of energy consumption. The industry financially supports a blog called Verdigris, part of an initiative “intended to raise awareness …
LG’s Garry Wicka On The Merits And Prospects For OLED In Digital Signage September 18, 2019 by Super User LG has gone very big on OLED displays in recent years – making the super-thin, flexible and generally gorgeous displays the centerpiece of the company’s marketing efforts at trade shows. They bend, they curve, they hang like wallpaper and for some of them, they’re see-through. I had a chance to grab a very busy Garry …
Start-up Gets US Patent For Powering Screens Via Transparent Solar Film September 17, 2019 by Super User A Silicon Valley-based MIT spin-out has been granted a patent for technology that would potentially integrate solar power harvesting and usage within outdoor digital signage displays. Ubiquitous Energy says the new US patent extends the coverage of its ClearView Power technology to display applications. The patent, U.S. Patent 10,403,774, describes a method in which solar technology can …
Research: Menu Board Testing Shows Differences Images And Motion Make On Sales September 16, 2019 by Super User Atlanta-based High Street Collective has now released the results of a first round of testing at a local store that doubles as a “Living Retail Lab” for digital initiatives. The owner of Citizen Supply, located inside Atlanta’s Ponce City Market, built a bar and lounge inside his store in early 2019 and called it Likewise, …
TCL Is Latest Display Maker Showing Premium MicroLED Screens September 16, 2019 by Super User The Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL has joined the list of display makers working on microLED displays – showing a 132-inch diagonal LED TV at last week’s IFA trade show, which you can think of as a European CES. TCL’s Cinema Wall is made with 24 million individually controlled LEDs, has a 1,500 nits maximum brightness …
