Projects: Tampa Bay Lightning’s Arena Upgrade Features Unique Video Walls April 12, 2016 by Super User The NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning’s home arena has finished a big fan experience upgrade that included new restaurants, bars, party decks and a lot of digital. The management team at Amalie Arena wanted to turn standard video walls into pieces of art to showcase views of the city and other local content, all of it in 4k. Pro AV …
Swedish Firm Has 40-Plus Active Lawsuits On Its Digital Signage Patents April 12, 2016 by Super User A small Swedish company now has dozens of lawsuits circulating in the digital billboard industry, suing those media companies for patent infringement, based on a suite of patents related to using a computer to remotely control digital signs. The company is called T-Rex Property AB, and has been around since 2003. I’m not sure it …
22 Miles Responds; Calls Four Winds Patent Lawsuit Meritless April 12, 2016 by Super User The wayfinding-centric signage software firm 22 Miles, Inc., based in Silicon Valley, has issued a statement responding to the lawsuit last month by Four Winds Interactive, of Denver. The statement issued April 8th says the lawsuit, alleging patent infringement and related activities, is meritless and that the company will vigorously defend itself in court. The statement was …
Projects: Ryerson’s Tidy, Minimalist And Effective Digital Signage Set-Up April 11, 2016 by Super User People who know me will be amused as hell by the notion of me attending a fashion show. But I have been to several in recent years, because I have a nephew who is at Ryerson’s fashion school in Toronto. The 4th year students have a major year-end show that attracts a lot of fashion industry …
BS Alert: The Crowd Now Reviewing Digital Signage Software, Mostly Using Martian April 8, 2016 by Super User When Google Alerts popped up a press release this morning celebrating “NAVORI QL PROFESSIONAL AWARDED BEST DIGITAL SIGNAGE SOFTWARE ON CROWDREVIEWS.COM,” I was fairly amazed the Navori guys would make hay over an award from a highly dubious crowd-sourced review site. But they didn’t. The news release was generated by the highly dubious review site. So …
Are Retail Designers & Architects Not Feeling The In-Store Digital Thing? April 8, 2016 by Super User There’s a really good blog on retail design I monitor through its regular tweets – with me looking mostly for featured projects that use digital displays in the design. I’ve been watching the feed for many weeks now – and seen scores of projects pop up, from around the world – and almost none of …
Five Reasons Why Your Organization Should Be Using Digital Meeting Room Signs April 8, 2016 by Bryan Crotaz Guest Post: Trey Hicks, Visix There are many powerful arguments to be made for using digital meeting and conference room signs for shared spaces in any organization – whether it’s an office, healthcare facility, conference center, college campus or K-12 school district. 1 – Integrative Room signs bring your calendar right to your door, and your door …
Jobs: Digital Signage Retail Project Engineer, New York April 7, 2016 by Super User I have a client that works with high-end retailers that needs to bring on a project engineer who can design and source solutions based on requirements of clients. Think video walls, integrated display fixtures … generally cool stuff, as opposed to mounting panels on walls. The gig is in New York City and Brooklyn, and can’t be …
Forget The Ad Model, Use Phone-Charging Kiosks To Keep Shoppers Shopping April 7, 2016 by Super User I’m not at all sold on the idea of screens on phone charging kiosks being a successful digital OOH media model, but the charging kiosks themselves – used purely as services – are proving successful in retail environments. The National Retail Federation’s STORES magazine has a piece up this month about how retailers like Neiman Marcus, …
Are Your 4K Players Really True 4K? April 7, 2016 by Jami McGraw Guest Post: John C. Wang, IAdea At every recent digital signage trade show, 4K or UHD (ultra-high resolution) has been a heavily promoted feature for next-gen displays. Research firm IHS recorded 95% year-over-year growth in 4K screen shipment in 2015. This may be the result of a strong push from display makers to generate market demand for showing …
