Media Giant Bloomberg Repurposing Social News Videos For DOOH Screens November 13, 2018 by Super User Via Digital Signage Pulse The financial news giant Bloomberg now sees digital out of home as a market for the social media-angled news briefs it started about a year ago, under the handle TicToc. In a guest post on Digital Signage Pulse, the NYC-based media company’s Head of Strategy and Business Development for Bloomberg Digital talks …
STRATACACHE Buys UK-Based Systems Integrator Sys-Teams November 12, 2018 by Super User Dayton, Ohio-based digital signage solutions company STRATACACHE has acquired the UK integrator Sys-Teams, giving the company in-house European capability for installation, integration and field services. Sys-Teams has focused its projects in the UK and EU and, under STRATACACHE, plans to expand in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, beginning with Germany and the Benelux region. …
Next Digital Signage Federation Networking Mixer Set For Dec. 6th In Miami November 11, 2018 by Super User The next Digital Signage Federation networking mixer is coming up in a few weeks in Miami. The Miami Meet and Greet is 6:30– 8:30 PM on December 6th, at the EB Hotel near Miami’s International Airport. Why there and not downtown? The giant Art Basel art show is on in Miami Beach, making that part of …
Sony’s Crystal LED Wall Spotted In Real World Retail Install November 9, 2018 by Super User A reader, doubling as a volunteer operative, sent me pix from Toronto’s ritzy Yorkdale mall of an actual, real installation of that giant, gorgeous Sony “crystal LED” screen that’s shown up at trade shows for the last couple of years. The CLEDIS display – new tech that is micro/mini/something LED versus the normal surface-mounted LEDs …
Practice Makes Perfect – Why You Need To Pilot Digital Signage Projects November 9, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Ellyce Kelly, Visix “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” – Alexander Graham Bell After spending a significant amount of time and money planning and choosing your digital signage system – hardware, software, subscriptions, content strategy, staff to manage it, etc. – you want to make sure that your launch creates …
New Content Program Brings Famed Artworks From MOMA Collection To NYC Rail Platforms November 9, 2018 by Super User We can only wonder what Vincent van Gogh would have thought, in his more lucid moments, of seeing his work running on screens in New York subway stations. From my perspective, Starry Night beats the hell out of career college and Learn To Speak English posters. The media company OUTFRONT has launched a content program …
16:9 Mixer In Works For ISE In Amsterdam November 9, 2018 by Super User How about a 16:9 Mixer in Amsterdam, during ISE 2019? I am working with secured sponsors on plans to host a mixer at the RAI venue, where Integrated Systems Europe is staged, at the tail end of one of the show days. It would be quite similar to the mixer I’ve been doing for ages …
Taking Analog Style, And Going Digital With It November 9, 2018 by Super User Here’s a digitized take on those analog flip-flap, flip-disc boards, like the ones coming out of Philadelphia profiled yesterday. The New Zealand wing of the Flight Centre travel agency chain, if it is like Flight Centres I’ve seen elsewhere, has for many, many years had signs in windows and inside that list airfare costs for …
Blockchain for Digital OOH: Why, When, How? November 9, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Dan Dawson, Grand Visual We’ve taken an active role in defining how it might affect Digital OOH media specifically. Through our work with the Digital Future Council, a think tank of clients, industry leaders, and technologists, bridging the gap between media, advertising, and technology, and here’s what we found out about the transformative role that …
New Split Flap Display Adds Digital Spin To Old School Information Signs November 8, 2018 by Super User I’m a total sucker for flip disc displays – electro-mechanical signs that rapidly flip through a succession of characters to convey information in a way that’s old school cool, and kind of hypnotic. The tech is not new. These sorts of signs have been in airports and rail stations since the ’60s. But they’ve had …
