Interactive DOOH Campaign In UK Malls Pairs Lego And Latest Star Wars Flick May 29, 2018 by Super User This is an interactive game that has LEGO tied in with the Uk launch of Solo: A Star Wars Story, the latest in what seems like a steady drip now of Star Wars movies. The “Master the Force” promotion invites shoppers at a couple of UK malls to build the galaxy using on-screen LEGO bricks. The …
Three Ways Digital Signage Software Can Add Value To Digital Out Of Home May 28, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Balaji Kamineni, Zeetaminds An ideal Digital Out Of Home Network irrespective of the size should be managed without any manual human intervention. Once the signage network is set and running, there should be few or no reasons for an operator to go on site. As important as the entire hardware setup, equally important it is …
ZetaDisplay Acquires Norway Digital Signage Solutions Provider Webpro In Ongoing Scandinavian Roll-Up Campaign May 28, 2018 by Super User Consolidation continues in the Scandinavian digital signage ecosystem, with news overnight that ZetaDisplay has acquired Norwegian solutions provider Webpro in a cash deal worth NOK 21 million, which is about $2.5 million USD. The deal also has performance-based supplemental payments. Webpro would have been attractive to the Swedish firm ZetaDisplay, in part, because clients include IKEA …
New Sphere Touted For Vegas Would Have 170,000 Sq. Ft. High-Rez LED Display May 25, 2018 by Super User Las Vegas is up there with Dubai and China for over-the-top buildings and attractions, but a new entertainment complex touted to be open in 2-3 years may top them all. The MSG Sphere is giant see-through ball that will house an 18,000 seat concert and events venue. The Sphere would be 360-feet-tall and 500-feet-wide, and …
New Boston QSR Mashes Up Robot Cooks, Touchscreens And Digital Order Signs May 25, 2018 by Super User A new quick restaurant has opened up in Boston that mashes up touchscreen order tablets and digital order status displays with a largely robotic food prep line. Cooked up by a set of MIT grads, Spyce opened at the start of the month in one location – using robotic dispensers and wok-like heating pans on …
Crap Research: You Probably Didn’t Know NEC, Advantech Are Market Leaders In Signage Software (Spoiler: They’re Not) May 25, 2018 by Super User I have seen tweets, Linkedin posts and even news coverage from people who need to invest a little more time thinking (than they do copying and pasting) about a report out in the last few days about top-rated digital signage software platforms. Some rated companies are even congratulating themselves on being selected, etc etc. But …
Put The World Cup On Your Digital Signage Screens With These Feeds May 24, 2018 by Super User The world’s biggest sporting event gets started in a matter of a couple of weeks, and the World Cup squads for many of the footballing countries who qualified are already gathering for training, and generating news. It’s a big deal, and at least some of the subscription and specialty content companies who produce material for …
16:9 Podcasts: Sheldon Silverman On The Opportunity GDPR Presents For Digital OOH Operators May 23, 2018 by Super User If you deal with companies over in Europe, you’ve probably been carpet-bombed lately by email requests to update your subscription settings for things like product announcements. That all owes to something called GPDR, the General Data Protection Regulation that goes into effect in the European Union at the end of this week. You can count …
Prysm Back In Digital Signage Game With Huge 6K Display May 22, 2018 by Super User The display company Prysm was in the digital signage display market 8-10 years ago with a laser phosphor display cube that had a lot of similarities to Christie’s MicroTiles. But in the last few years, the company has been more focused on displays used for corporate environments, particularly for collaboration. Now the company is back …
FCC Cracking Down On Non-Compliant LED Display Vendors (Updated) May 18, 2018 by Super User When LED companies like Watchfire and Daktronics started making noises in the past year about the perils of buying offshore product that was not FCC licensed, it was reasonable to think a little bit of that was about sowing some FUD – Fear Uncertainty & Doubt. Nothing like the risk of fines or being shut …
