Etisalat’s GITEX Booth Went Crazy This Week With Digital October 15, 2018 by Super User I go to a lot of trade shows, of all sizes, but I have never seen anything like what the UAE-based telecoms company Etisalat has up this week at the huge GITEX trade show in Dubai. Think CES, but in a desert city on the other side of the planet from Las Vegas. Like CES, …
Appspace Shifts CMS Platform To Progressive Web App; Purging Last Bits Of Flash October 15, 2018 by Super User I kinda made the assumption Adobe Flash was ancient history for software companies in the digital signage ecosystem, but there are bits of it still around. The software firm Appspace pushed out an interesting mass email Monday to its contacts database saying it was happily announce that by the end of this year, all Flash-based tools in …
Digital Pour Your Own Beer Stations Now Online At DC Sports Arena October 15, 2018 by Super User The main sports arena in the Washington, DC area has unveiled a completely new and upgraded venue and dining experience that includes new signage, wayfinding, and a couple of interesting interactive screen experiences – like pour your own beer stations. The renovations at Capital One Arena cost some $40 million and were ready in time for the …
Tributes Pouring In For Lyle Bunn – 1954-2018 October 15, 2018 by Super User A real testament to how much Lyle Bunn was liked and respected in this industry is the volume of comments the news on Saturday of his passing last week has generated here and, particularly, on Linkedin. You can read some of comments – 23 at the moment – in this embedded Linkedin post. I’ve also …
For This Video Wall, The Dreaded Blue Screen Really Is A Feature October 15, 2018 by Super User This would have to be the first time I have seen the dreaded Windows Blue Screen Of Death used as a an artistic element … During the recent Paris Fashion Week, the Balenciaga fashion’s show featured a runway that was fully surrounded by LED panels, including curved ones for overhead. Based on the video, the …
Very Sad News: Industry Consultant Lyle Bunn Has Passed Away October 13, 2018 by Super User Very sad news started filtering in last night and through today. I didn’t want to write anything until it was confirmed, and it unfortunately has been. Well-known digital signage industry consultant Lyle Bunn has passed away. He died Tuesday, at his home in Brighton, Ontario, of complications from colon cancer. He was just 63. I’d …
Salt Lake Theater Complex Makes Big LED Part Of Both Promotions And Productions October 13, 2018 by Super User A longtime performing arts center near Salt Lake City has made LED displays a huge part of its new $75 million complex. The Hale Centre Theatre at Mountain America Performing Arts Centre, which opened its new home a year ago, uses big LEDs on the facade to promote productions, in the lobby near concessions, and most …
Intuiface Launches Creative Experts Program October 12, 2018 by Super User The French firm Intuiface has announced an interesting new partner program squarely aimed at interactive and experiential content designers. The Creative Experts program involves companies that offer experience content design services – who can be connected with end-users or other partners who effectively need someone to design and deliver what shows up on screens. Participating freelancers …
Why Digital OOH Will Eventually Require Real-Time Performance Metrics October 12, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Rodolfo Saccoman, AdMobilize I love AdWeek in NYC; it always exudes elevated levels of “thinking collisions per capita” in the advertising industry. Obviously, I am not siloed on being bullish about the growth projections of outdoor advertising and digital signage. Research suggests a global OOH ad spend of $38B for 2018, with 38 …
DSF Toronto’s First Breakfast Event Built Around Cannabis Legalization October 11, 2018 by Super User The Toronto chapter of the Digital Signage Federation has firmed up plans for its first DSF Toronto Breakfast Session, on Nov. 14. They’ll be talking about cannabis – just weeks after Toronto and thew rest of Canada goes legal. Here’s the synopsis of the planned session: Designing in Prohibition :: My life as a Design …
