GSTV Gets New CEO As DOOH Network Co-Founder Leider Moves On After 12 Years September 5, 2017 by Super User One of the larger and more well-established digital OOH networks in the U.S. has a new CEO for the first time – with Sean McCaffrey taking over Gas Station TV from CEO and co-founder David Leider. The company’s press release today says Leider is leaving after 12 years to start a new venture (no details provided …
Chinese Restaurant Launches With Kiosks That Enable Ordering And Payment Via Facial Recognition September 5, 2017 by Super User Self-service ordering stations on touch-driven displays are getting mainstreamed by giant QSRs like McDonald’s, but a Chinese company tied in with KFC is taking the tech a step further by building facial recognition and payments into the screens. Yum China Holdings has launched a new restaurant concept, KPRO by KFC, in Hangzhou, China (near Shanghai) …
Projects: 7-Metre-Wide High Street Window LED Kicks Off New Boot September 4, 2017 by Super User As seen on Linkedin This is a nice temporary installation in a high street window, in central London, using a one metre tall by seven metres wide fine pitch LED wall to highlight the launch of a new boot by Clarks Shoes. I like how the design team used print graphics to frame the digital …
Columbus Convention Center Expansion Includes 7 by 60 Wide LED Wall September 2, 2017 by Super User Turns out that 14-foot LED selfie head isn’t the only big digital feature turned on at the convention center in Columbus, Ohio. There’s also a 7-foot tall by 60 wide fine pitch LED wall in the building, put together by solutions provider Coffman Media and running Signagelive’s CMS. It’s part of a $140 million upgrade to …
Eyes Open For Giant 14-Foot LED Selfie Head At Columbus, OH Convention Center September 1, 2017 by Super User I like how fine pitch LED is making for some highly creative displays – like this giant head that opened its eyes last night at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, in Columbus, Ohio. The LED head electronics were manufactured by SNA Displays, and the structure and integration was by Design Communications Ltd. This is a …
Who Says Digital Signage Can’t Be Gorgeous? September 1, 2017 by Alan High Guest Post: Jeff Doud, MaxMedia The bar is set so low. Everywhere you go, we are assaulted by clutter or what I would call “environmental hubbub.” Public spaces, retailers, malls, and lobbies often assume that their messaging or offers are the single most important component of their content strategy. I argue that this is the …
Video Download: Post This Hurricane Harvey Fundraiser Spot On Your Network August 31, 2017 by Super User Brian Nutt and his team at Louisville, KY software and solutions shop Codigo have put together a video available for any network operator to download and run on their own screens, as a Hurricane Harvey fundraiser. The 20-second video clip encourages donations to the American Red Cross. You can preview it on this page. To …
Despite All The Gloomy Stories, U.S. Bricks and Mortar Retail Growing August 31, 2017 by Super User If your company chases business in retail, you’ll know it’s a tough slog for a bunch of reasons, and you’ll also have heard and read no end of stories about how brick and mortar retail is in a death spiral. Turns out that’s not really true. The National Retail Federation says the industry may indeed …
New InterContinental Uses E-Paper Counter Displays To Greet Guests August 31, 2017 by Super User Putting tablets as small digital signs on hotel reception counters is not new, but the Slovenian tech firm Visionect has added some nice twists to the offer. This is the new five-star InterContinental Hotel in Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital. The operators are using Visionect’s Place & Play wireless e-paper display, which shows arriving guests information on the loyalty …
Tampa’s NFL Stadium Adds Fine-Pitch LED Ribbon Board For VIP Fan Area August 31, 2017 by Super User LED ribbon boards are very commonplace inside stadium and arena seating bowls, and along soccer pitch sidelines, but I’m not sure they are often seen inside the sports venues, along the concourses. And not at a fine pitch normally reserved for video walls. This is the concourse at Raymond James Stadium, home to the NFL’s …
