The Cloud, Affordability and Other Key Digital Signage Trends (AV Network)
1. Displays will become even more affordable. That's one thing you can count on in the hardware business...costs always go down! […]
Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 2:01 AM
1. Displays will become even more affordable. That's one thing you can count on in the hardware business...costs always go down! […]
The following were some of the top retail technology trends of 2015. Digital Signage: Digital signage is among the top retail technology trends in 2015. […]
Two Greater Washington companies are hoping that mixing digital advertising with public transit information will pay big dividends. Tysons-based Corner Media, which creates and places digital advertising displays in high-traffic pedestrian locations, will now be featuring public transit schedules from the D.C.-based TransitScreen. […]
U.K. agency M&C Saatchi is experimenting with artificial intelligence in a billboard campaign for a fake coffee brand that it says takes a "Darwinian approach to advertising." The outdoor ads for the fictional Bahia Coffee will "evolve" according to how users interact with them, using facial recognition to gauge whether people look happy, sad or neutral. […]
A recently announced partnership between beacon-maker Gimbal and digital signage provider NanoLumens brings “Minority Report” style personalized advertising closer to reality. In the 2002 film, the character portrayed by Tom Cruz walks through a shopping mall and all the digital signage is personalized, mentioning him by name. Minority Report is a dystopian vision of the future. […]
Peel Advertising is set to relaunch as Perfect Fit Media after undertaking a major visual and brand identity change. Following significant investment and research - Perfect Fit Media has developed a new digital and traditional media portfolio with a clear strategy in four key sectors of the media market: premium malls, airports, retail parks and outlet malls. […]
New brands, more so in the e-commerce space, have increasingly used OOH as a dominant format of media communication. […]
Bolsa Mexicana, the Mexico stock exchange, has deployed "the largest indoor and outdoor display in Latin America," according to an announcement from financial market displays provider Wavetec. The Dubai-based company said it installed a total of 150 square meters of ultrabright LED digital signage displays, composed of both 4mm and 10mm pitch. […]
Jeff Hastings, CEO, BrightSign: Despite the rise in online sales and digital downloading, bricks and mortar stores will remain vital in 2016 and well beyond. They offer personalised customer interaction and education in a way that it is impossible to create online. […]
Outdoor advertising rose on the back of above-average growth for digital billboard spending and a strong quarter for transit ad formats. […]
MADRID--H.I.G. Europe (“H.I.G.”), the European arm of global private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, has established the largest independent outdoor advertising group in the Iberian region through the simultaneous acquisition of two outdoor advertising companies, Impursa S.A.U. […]
Out of Home advertising (OOH) is not a new channel. In fact, it’s one of the oldest media in existence dating back to the mid-1800s, when circus posters and horse-drawn streetcar advertisements were ubiquitous. OOH is still thriving because it has constantly evolved and adapted to new formats, markets and technology. […]
In the next five years, hundreds of millions of mobile beacon tracking devices will pepper retail shops, restaurants and malls, observers are predicting. […]
Almost 50 L'Oréal -partner hair salons in Paris have been equipped with digital signage displays by digital signage solutions provider Crown Heights since June, the digital signage company announced on its blog. […]
Last month MGM Resorts' expansive digital signage network of nearly 50,000 screens across all 12 of the MGM Resorts Las Vegas hotel and casino properties, covering 73 percent of the entire Las Vegas strip, entered the advertising market, according to an announcement from interactive touchscreen digital signage network owner Incentient. […]