Looking Ahead To ISE 2018 December 27, 2017 by Super User The next big industry-ish trade shows are CES in Las Vegas and NRF in NYC, but I am definitely skipping CES (mostly consumer tech and a too damn many people, everywhere) and I am too busy to sneak down for the retail show. So my head is now getting into Integrated Systems Europe, which is …
Twin LED Walls Light Up 55 Water Lobby In Wall Street December 26, 2017 by Super User This is a nice pair of 20 by 8 foot fine pitch LED screens that have been lit up in the lobby of 55 Water Street, in the Wall Street district of Lower Manhattan. The total resolution on the screens is 6,400 by 1,260 pixels, which I assume means each of them is 3,200 by …
Sixteen:Nine’s Best Of 2017 December 21, 2017 by Super User I’m working with a UK company on formal awards – and at some point I might actually have time to review the entries (there are numerous judges) – but I have my own thoughts on what impressed me in the past year. Going down the list, which is not in any order, most of these …
Toronto Startup Aims To Be An Uber For AV Install Gigs December 21, 2017 by Super User The gig economy has been around the Pro AV and digital signage install business for ages, but a Toronto startup has launched with the idea that it can get organized much like ride-sharing and other services. AV Junction is trying to simplify and systemize the hiring and management of independent contractors, using a global web …
Telecine Is Back With Another Loopy Holiday Video December 20, 2017 by Super User Here’s this year’s loopy holiday video from the folks up at Montreal’s Telecine, a digital signage solutions provider. Last year, it was the Pantenna …
See How A Lexus Gets Lit Up And Reactive With 42,000 LEDs December 20, 2017 by Super User Hat Tip Tom McGowan … This is about a year old but the first I’ve seen of an interesting car launch promo – tied in with a music video – that uses almost 42,000 hand-applied programmable LEDs to light up a Lexus luxury sedan. Three distinct modes, says a press release, allow the LIT IS …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Rob Gorrie, Bricks + Matter December 20, 2017 by Super User Rob Gorrie is among the most digitally-savvy and sharp people I know – some of that based on the DNA of a family that’s been doing marketing for more than a century. But it’s also based on a pile of real world experience starting and running digital companies. The one Gorrie’s been focused on for …
LCBO Pop-Up Booze Store Uses Digital Touchpoints To Market Wine, Whiskey December 19, 2017 by Super User When I think of pop-up stores, I think apparel start-ups. But in Toronto, Ontario’s giant booze monopoly is running a pop-up store for the holiday season that includes several digital components. The LCBO Pop-Up west of downtown Toronto, at the hipstery nexus of King Street and Portland, was set up to build awareness and attract new customers …
Luis Villafane On Installation Nightmares, And The Chosen Ones December 19, 2017 by Super User GUEST POST: Luis Villafane, MALER I have been running digital signage hardware since 2001, and over all that time I’ve only found a handful of devices I’d call “The Chosen Ones” – gear I was comfortable putting in production environments. Some have been incredibly reliable, hitting a minimal failure rate on a 13-year lifespan and …
The Last Jedi Takes Over Digital Boards In NYC, Toronto With Cast Portraits, Curated Live Tweets December 15, 2017 by Super User The latest Star Wars move – The Last Jedi – has opened in cinemas all over, and Disney is working with Twitter on a live campaign today that’s running on digital OOH boards in New York and Toronto. There’s a giant board in the Yonge-Dundas Square area in Toronto and boards in Times Square and Bryant …
