By Ken Klein, Executive Vice President, OAAA Beer. Lots of beer. This prime frontage property – adjacent to “the loop” in Bridgeport, CT – is a microcosm of two national trends in media and consumer tastes. […]
Demand for advanced displays is expected to grow before 2020 Tokyo Olympics. A Tokyo-based company jointly owned by consumer electronics giant Panasonic and major trading house Marubeni has developed a digital signage system capable of showing 8K ultrahigh definition images for the first time in the world. […]
St. Paul, MN-based Tightrope Media Systems has integrated its digital signage content management software with an Apple-centric device management platform that ends up turning little $149 Apple TV set-top boxes into commercial digital signage players. The integration with JAMF, says Tightrope, provides immediate interoperability between Carousel 7.0 and Apple TV. […]
Using technology created by Vehcio, billboards in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and four other markets will deliver personalized messages to passing drivers about which side of the intergalactic war their car is on. A driver of a Honda Civic, for instance, may see a message declaring “Attention! Your Honda Civic is an Autobot. […]
Outdoor Media Association (OMA) has opened entries to the 26th Outdoor Advertising Awards. The awards, which take place every two years, celebrate excellence in content and planning in out of home advertising throughout Ireland. The ceremony will take place in the Shelbourne Hotel on Thursday, October 12, with former Today FM presenter Anton Savage acting as MC for the evening. […]
The Ingram Micro Pro/AV Digital Signage team is having an InfoComm Canadian Night next Tuesday at a restaurant and bar on I Drive in Orlando. The event is targeted to Canadians working in in the pro AV and signage ecosystems, and is sponsored by the Canadian Ingram Micro team and vendor partners like Chief, Da-Lite, NEC, Planar & Sharp. There will be cocktails and furious card wapping. […]
Source: Nikkie Asian Review The practical use-cases for 8K digital signage aren’t readily apparent, but a Japanese tech company owned in part by Panasonic is demonstrating just that – suggesting the demand for that is tied to the 2020 Olympics on Tokyo. […]
Côtes du Rhône, France’s second largest AOC wine area, will unveil its new ad campaign: ‘Everyday Sophistication’ on London Underground during London Wine Week (5th – 7th June 2017). […]
Selfridges approached AVMI with a brief to help them evolve their internal communications strategy through the use of networked ‘digital noticeboard’ displays. They were also aiming to make an impact for their new staff ‘Team Tunnel’ that connects their HQ office building to their Oxford Street flagship store. […]
Mira triggers creative content on out-of-home screens based on the crowd of people looking at those screens. Using targeted digital out-of-home technology, Mira can process and aggregate this influx of information within 3 milliseconds, painting a very detailed snapshot of the crowd makeup within a specific area. […]
Pinterest is not the first social network to turn to out-of-home ad campaigns, as Twitter launched its What’s Happening Now campaign in the streets (and subways) of New York last October, while Facebook launched a multiplatform ad campaign backing Facebook Live in the U.S. and U.K. that same month. […]
Lamar Advertising's digital billboards will promote Paramount Pictures' new Transformers movie by flashing personalized messages to oncoming cars. The Baton Rouge-based firm will use vehicle recognition technology from Vehcio to display messages to drivers with the make and model of their car: "Attention. Your Honda Civic is an Autobot" or "Warning. […]
The conference theme is ‘Digital Signage at the Crossroads – New Technology, Changing Demand and Market Consolidation’. There will be specific focus on the evolutionary role of digital signage in a business and retail environment that increasingly embraces audio and augmented reality. […]
The new restrictions are designed to prevent "advertising of a sexist or discriminatory nature" throughout Paris, and specifically targets images that are considered "degrading" to both women and men. The rules also extend to areas beyond gender, including such issues as ethnic or national heritage, race and religion. […]
To reach one of the most targeted audiences imaginable -- sophisticated computer coders -- data analytics startup Uptake is using one of the most ubiquitous media possible: out-of-home. […]