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16:9: How iGotcha Drives Digital Signage For Everyone From Banks To Circuses

I was in Montreal recently and had a chance to visit the offices of iGotcha, a digital signage and experiential media solutions company that has very quietly built up a nice book of business since launching in 2005. Working out of an old warehouse building overlooking the historic Lachine Canal, iGotcha works with everyone from banks and a lottery corporation to Cirque du Soleil. […]

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Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 1:11 AM

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Big Video Walls Help Market Mercedes Lux Cars In Pop-up Mall Dealerships

This is a shot from one of a pair of Mercedes Benz pop-up stores set up for two months this summer in high-end shopping malls in Miami and Chicago – using some 60 displays in each to create some visual interest and excitement in relatively small footprint spaces. […]

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Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 8:30 AM

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16:9: Mind Steadily Blown In Moment Factory Tour

Almost 20 years in this industry and more trade shows than I can count has left me a little jaded, and tough to impress, but my tiny little mind was steadily blown during a 90 minute tour Tuesday around the Montreal head office and studio of Moment Factory. […]

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Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 8:02 AM

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Podcast: How Moment Factory Became One Of The World’s Top Multimedia Agencies

Two more podcast interviews went sideways on me – at the last minute – in the past week. But as I type this, I have two and perhaps three set up for the next 24 hours, here in Montreal. So … we’re in rerun mode again this week. […]

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Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 12:03 AM

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16:9: Video: Digital Signage Creative At Footlocker Flagship

This is a nice, sync’d set of animations done by motion graphic designer Steven D’Arbenzio, who works in the NY/NJ area. “I was given the awesome opportunity to create an animated mural for Footlocker’s flagship store in Times Square, NYC,” says D’Arbenzio. “The ask was to create artwork that spoke to the strength, resilience, and culture of New Yorkers. […]

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Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 8:15 AM

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16:9: Tokyo’s Narita Airport Has Video Wall Ode To Toilets, Using Low-Rez LEDs And Fabric Panels

This is something called Luminous Textiles – a Philips product that blends multi-coloured LEDs with fabric panels. I’ve seen stuff a bit like this using relatively low-rez LED modules and a layer of film that diffuses and softens the light. In this case, it’s for a working exhibit at Tokyo’s Narita airport that celebrates toilets made by the Japanese company TOTO. […]

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Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 1:59 PM

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Moment Factory Director Presenting At DSF’s Next Mixer, Week Tomorrow In Montreal

If you work in Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City or even upstate New York and Vermont, have a think about getting into Montreal next Wednesday for the Digital Signage Federation’s Meet and Greet mixer. The August 8th evening event will have a lot of great networking, and a presentation on Digital Placemaking For Tomorrow’s Smart Cities by Amahl Hazelton from Moment Factory. […]

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Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 7:31 AM

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16:9: Watch This Very Impressive 3D Animation Done For Rolls-Royce Stand

Here’s another video in which I’m short on details. This is from the Rolls-Royce exhibit at the recent Farnborough air show in the UK. I spotted it on Linkedin. […]

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Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:42 AM

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16:9: Moving LED Curtain Used To Market Luxury Car

Not sure where this was – guessing somewhere in China. The video just says it is a road show. It’s a podium display for a Mercedes, and what’s interesting is how a NexNovo transparent LED mesh screen is attached to some sort of motorized channel that moves along the front of the podium, with the motion graphics sync’d to the motion. […]

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Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:13 AM

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LED Canopies, Facades, Columns And Bulkheads Sync’d To Light Up New Madrid Mall

This is what looks to be a very impressive integration of big digital into a shopping mall environment, at a new development in Madrid, Spain. Plaza Rio 2 is a 40,000 sq. meter retail and leisure development along a riverfront. […]

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Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 10:30 AM

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16:9: Take A Selfie, Watch Your Face Melt

Hat Tip – Digital Signage Connection This is an interesting mash-up of mobile, signage, mechanics and art, put together for an exhibit at the National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw. […]

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Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 8:26 AM

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16:9: DSE/DSF Open Call for 2019 APEX Awards Nominations

Nominations are now being accepted for the 15th Annual APEX Awards, the awards program put on each year by Digital Signage Expo and guided/presented by the Digital Signage Federation. The awards recognize and honor achievement in the creation and installation of compelling viewer content and interactive technology in the industry. […]

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Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 10:20 AM

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Stunning, All Projection-Mapped Digital Museum Opens In Tokyo

This is the stunning new MORI Building Digital Art Museum in Tokyo, a 100,000 sq. ft. digital space that is entirely projection-mapped and hooked to motion sensors. […]

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Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 9:23 AM

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The 2019 Digital Signage Awards Have A Venue And Big Evening Planned In Amsterdam

The nine-year-old Digital Signage Awards is stepping up its game for 2019, on the heels of 2018 awards that had, for the first time, a physical event. The 2018 awards were held during ISE, immediately after Invidis’ Digital Signage Summit. The 2019 event will again be held during ISE, but this time at a lovely old building in central Amsterdam. […]

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Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 9:01 AM

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16:9: Big Disty Almo Acquires Longtime Content Partner Insteo

Philly-based pro AV distributor Almo Professional A/V has acquired “certain assets” of Insteo, the Long Beach, CA content and creative shop. Almo has been tight with Insteo and its CEO/Founder Jim Nista for several years now, and the deal formalizes an arrangement that makes Almo capable of offering what can be lucrative digital signage content services through its partner channel. […]

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Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 4:19 PM

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