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16:9: Christie Launches Next-Gen MicroTiles Based On LED Display Tech

In an interesting and, I’d argue, puzzling move, Christie has re-launched its much-celebrated MicroTiles display series with technology that has very little shared DNA with the original, stackable projection cubes. The new MicroTiles are LED modules that are, in just about every respect, similar to the scores of other fine-pitch LED products out there. […]

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Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 12:09 PM

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Workplace Collaboration Firm Extends Platform To Digital Signage With ScreenCloud Tie-In

Austin, TX-based Lifesize, which does video collaboration and meeting productivity solutions, platform, has announced an integration with UK-based ScreenCloud that extends digital signage content to connected screens in meeting rooms and around the office. The company primarily markets cameras, microphones and conferencing phones, as well as a management platform. […]

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Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 9:17 AM

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16:9: Cisco Touts New Wrinkle That Turns Webex Displays Into Part-Time Digital Signage

Networking hardware giant Cisco appears to be slipping back, a little, into digital signage, touting a new capability that lets Cisco Webex video devices show digital signage messaging instead of what it calls the “default half-wake state. […]

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Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 8:45 AM

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16:9: Irony: Coke’s Times Square LED Board Shape-Shifting Again, But Done In Creative

Here is some serious irony for you … A NYC reader who has a deep background in out of home advertising periodically sends me images and videos of that ill-fated Coca-Cola display in Times Square – the one that used incredibly-complex robotics to deliver visual effects that could have just been done in the creative. […]

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Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 10:21 AM

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JCDecaux Working With French Telecoms To Add Smart Cities Small Cells To Shelters, Kiosks

Traditional digital out of home street furniture units – like transit shelters and free-standing digital kiosks – are increasingly becoming hubs for smart cities, and the biggest outdoor media company on the planet is making is adapting with a new initiative in its home country, France. […]

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Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 12:34 PM

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16:9: Sheer Footprint Of Flat Panel Displays Grew More Than 10% In 2018 – IHS Research

Global shipments of large LCD panels rose again in 2018, as did the sheer square footage of display footprint, says the research firm IHS Markit. Despite concerns about over-supply in the market, area shipments increased by 10.6 percent to 197.9 million square meters compared to the previous year, driven by TV and monitor panels. […]

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Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 8:23 AM

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New Cruise Ships To Feature Giant 57-Foot LED Walls Showing Live Video Of Surroundings

The Scandinavian cruise line Hurtigruten is building a pair of ships that will feature 57-foot tall LED in a seven-storey atrium area, running live video of the surroundings, as well as pre-planned content triggered by the ship’s location. […]

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Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 9:53 AM

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16:9: Samsung’s The Wall Back At ISE, And Ready For Its Close-Up

When I first saw Samsung’s micro LED display product – The Wall – a year ago at ISE 2018, viewers were kept at a distance of maybe 10 feet from the physical screen, with the screen set back in a room. I assumed that was to keep all the Pro AV nerds from touching the LEDs – which with most LED modules are easily damaged. […]

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Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 9:25 AM

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Watch Video Of LG’s Insane 260-Screen OLED Demo At CES

Good … freaking … Lord!!! Here’s a video of the absolutely massive curving OLED video wall that was the unmissable eye candy for LG at its booth earlier this month at CES in Vegas. I have not been briefed on what LG will do at ISE – which is also a monster trade show. […]

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Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 3:50 PM

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169 Tire Merchandising Goes Digital At Canadian Nissan Dealers

This is a simple but effective, I think, mash-up of merchandising and digital signage used to promote tire options at Nissan and Infiniti dealers in Canada. Groupe Touchette, the largest Canadian-owned distributor of automobile tires, worked with Montreal solutions shop  iGotcha Media on digital signage display stands for nine dealerships, across several provinces. […]

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Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 6:11 AM

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16:9: Interactive Cube Promotes Netflix’s Cooking Show To JFK Airport Travelers

This a pop-up marketing campaign at Terminal 4 of New York’s JFK Airport – an interactive food dispenser used to promote the Netflix show Final Table. […]

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Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 10:43 AM

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Venetian Resort Cocktail Bar Opens With 40-Foot Ambient Video Wall

Add this to your must-see rotation at Digital Signage Expo, or whatever next brings you to Las Vegas – a 40-foot wide high-rez display in a new Venetian resort bar. The new cocktail bar – Electra – is on an edge of the casino floor, and runs custom content developed by Chicago agency Digital Kitchen. […]

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Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 9:30 AM

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16:9: Mvix Puts 150 Business Data Sources And Widgets In New Portal

DC-area CMS software firm Mvix has announced a data integrations portal with more than 150 business data sources and integrations – enabling end-users to automate the presentation of content from sources as diverse as HubSpot and court dockets. […]

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Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 9:04 AM

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50-Foot Fine-Pitch LED Strip Added To Downtown Calgary’s Pedway System

Calgary, Alberta’s forest of energy sector-centric office towers is interconnected above the streets by a series of enclosed and climate-controlled (usually) pedway bridges, with the mezzanine levels of many of the buildings filled with retail and services. […]

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Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 10:01 AM

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16:9 Podcast – From ESLs to Avatars At NRF 2019

This is a special edition of the podcast, which I am pretty much whacking together myself, in the wake of running around the NRF show last week in New York. I had my handy little Tascam recorder with me, so I grabbed some quick interviews with several companies I bumped into, with the idea of stitching them together in a round-up. These are not the biggest companies. […]

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Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 1:22 AM

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