Projects: Digital Signage A Big Part Of London Whitechapel Diner’s Facelift May 4, 2017 by Super User My first reaction to a “£500,000 interior design investment” in a London dessert diner, based on the supplied photos, is wondering why they couldn’t have put just a little of that big budget into level tables. The poor woman’s food might slide right off if she doesn’t keep a fork firmly in place. But … …
Making Organic Reach More Organic With A Social Media Wall May 3, 2017 by Ellyce Kelly Guest Post: Arjen Klijs, SEENSPIRE Many digital marketers have experienced a sinking feeling when they notice the likes and shares on their social media postings have ground to a screeching halt. Was it something they did? Something they posted? They frantically dig through analytics and Google for clues, and realize the only plausible explanation is an …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: David Keribin, CityMeo May 3, 2017 by Super User Most of the companies I sit down with on these podcasts are well-established, and my interview subjects have a lot if history behind them. But I got pitched by a French start-up called CityMeo, and I agreed to meet up for a chat several weeks ago at ISE in Amsterdam, even though I knew zero …
Watchfire Raises Warning Of FCC Issues With Low-Cost Asian-Made LED Digital Signs May 2, 2017 by Super User Via Billboard Insider Danville, Illinois-based outdoor LED sign-maker Watchfire is raising warnings to prospective buyers about what it says are the risks of buying lower-cost LED boards from overseas, because some may exceed federal electromagnetic emissions standards and could be ordered switched off. The company has produced a white paper suggesting there is mounting evidence that manufacturers of …
InfoComm’s Digital Signage Track Takes Long Looks At The Big Digital Canvas May 1, 2017 by Super User InfoComm 2017 is coming up fast, with the big pro AV-systems integrator show set for mid-June in Orlando. The show has a pretty substantial digital signage education component this year, built primarily around the idea of the big digital canvas. There are eight major session spread over four days that go deep on how near-seamless video walls, …
Projects: Paris Hotel’s Interactive Wall Inspired By The City April 28, 2017 by Super User This looks very nice – an experiential video wall in a luxury boutique hotel in Paris that’s ambient, reactive and highly functional when needed. The Sofitel Paris Baltimore Tour Eiffel worked with Montreal tech agency Float4 on a multi-touch digital welcome wall on the street level designed to help tourist guests connect with the city. …
Projects: JFK’s T4 Now Greets Arrivals With Big, Sweeping LED Display April 27, 2017 by Super User This is a new two-sided 30-foot by 10-foot direct view LED display at the arrivals hall at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminal 4, which is mostly known as a Delta terminal. It’s a curved NanoLumens Nixel LED that displays ads, interspersed with flight information, time, news and weather. T4 has a throughput of about6 million …
Powerful Raspberry Pi-style Board Appears For Android; Runs Nougat April 27, 2017 by Super User The Chinese manufacturer Huawei has worked with Google on a new Raspberry Pi-like developer-centric single board computer for Android developers that, in theory, could be used for digital signage applications. Trouble is – it ain’t cheap. Ish. This news seems slightly odd, given that Huawei works under a partial ban on commercial activity in the …
Worst Digital Signage Maintenance Job Ever April 26, 2017 by Super User So you sign on to handle field service for a network of digital out of home ad screens, and then you find out where the screens are located … As spotted by reader/friend in Toronto office tower. It’s not a new concept, by the way. Goes back as fas as 2001. Has limited appeal to …
Grand Visual Spins Off QDOT; Aims To Ease Managing DOOH Campaigns Across Multiple Ad Networks April 26, 2017 by Super User The UK-based digital OOH creative production house Grand Visual has long been involved on the technical side of that business, and has now gone a lot deeper by formally spinning off an ad technology company that’s meant to make it easier to manage, measure and deliver dynamic ad campaigns across multiple ad networks. The company says QDOT …
