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16:9: LED Billboard Barge Cruising NYC’s Waters Predictably Upsetting Residents

It should surprise exactly no one that at least some of the good residents of New York are not all that thrilled that a barge with big-ass LED screens on it is working as a floating billboard on the Hudson River. This Gothamist post lays out the public upset and civic position on Ballyhoo Media, which started operations off Manhattan this fall. […]

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Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 12:40 PM

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16:9’s 2018 year In review for digital signage: a full CMS is an overkill; accelerating consolidation and other trends for 2019

Here are the most heavily-read posts on 16:9 in 2018, as well as (later) my observations on the major trends in 2018 for digital signage, and what may be coming in 2019. As you will notice right away, readers like free or cheap, and they definitely like lists and headlines that promise 3 or 5 or 20 items or ideas. […]

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Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 7:58 PM

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16:9: More Smart Parking Systems Should Mean More Smart Digital Signs

Digital signage systems for parking lots is not the sort of thing that’s going to set the hearts of industry people racing, but there’s reason to pat attention to this use-case because of the way these very utilitarian venues are going smart. […]

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Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 7:00 PM

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16:9: Big LED Fail At Montreal’s Trudeau Airport

From a reader – This is a very large LED display board at international arrivals at Montreal’s main airport, shot this weekend. I THINK this is a media company’s display, and not the airport’s. […]

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Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 10:54 AM

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16:9: New Istanbul Airport Goes Big On Direct View LED, LCD Smart Signs

The new Istanbul Airport in Turkey, which is opening in phases, has almost 700 Samsung LCD and LED displays, with the direct view LED encompassing more than 1,000 sq. meters of visual space. The centerpieces of the install are two giant 193-sq. […]

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Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 12:18 PM

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16:9: Chinese LED Firm Marketing A Version Of That Failed Times Square Shape-Shifting Screen

One might have thought the shape-shifting LED display that Coca-Cola put in Times Square was such a disaster, as innovations go, that the market for such a product was created and killed in a matter of weeks. […]

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Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 5:45 AM

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16:9: Rome’s Airport Has Shape-Shifting LED Ad Chandelier

Anything with moving parts has risks, but using programmed hydraulic arms and LED screens inside and airport is way, way, way less trouble-prone and risky than something with thousands of sync’d, ever-moving bits on an outside display. That’s why comparing this install to the doomed Coca-Cola display in Times Square isn’t all that relevant. […]

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Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 9:55 AM

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16:9: Video: LAX Int’L Terminal Gets Content Refresh For Iconic Digital Signage Install

The LAX International Terminal digital experience is a few years old now, but to the credit of the airport and JC Decaux, which has the media concession for the airport, the content is being refreshed. This is a loop showing the content being developed for the seven big display elements in the post-security part of the terminal, as developed by the Paris-based experiential content shop Admemori. […]

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Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 5:33 AM

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16:9: Leyard Partners With LED Rival Lighthouse To Chase Sports Venue Signage Business

In what seems like a slightly-odd partnership, Leyard (and Planar, which it acquired) have forged a partnership with a competitor to build up its LED display capabilities in the sports and entertainment market. […]

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Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 2:21 PM

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LED Screens Starting To See Adoption By Cinema

It would not have been unreasonable to look at Samsung’s push into digital cinema – marketing fine pitch, direct view LEDs as an alternative to screens and projectors – as an interesting concept, but not one that would see much adoption because of cost. […]

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Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 11:36 AM

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16:9: Sports Retailer Decathlon’s First US Store Features LED Video Wall

Decathlon is the world’s largest sporting goods retailer, with more than 1,350 stores in 39 countries, but the French company only recently entered the US market. […]

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Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 9:53 AM

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16:9: World’s Largest Space Shop Gets LED Feature Walls and Lots of Digital Signage

This is what’s called the World’s Largest Space Shop, a renovated 15,372 sq. ft. retail space at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Florida’s east coast. […]

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Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 8:42 AM

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16:9: 20+ LED Screen Firms Fined By FCC For Compliance Problems; Two For More Than $100K

Some US LED sign manufacturers started making noises a couple of years ago about competing manufacturers – especially those from China – were selling product that did not comply with US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations. […]

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Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 11:55 PM

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Sydney’s New Train Ops Center Boasts Largest Control Room LED Wall On Planet

A lot of the larger LED companies – particularly ones from China – have been going after the control room market with its finest pitch LED product, the thinking being large public and private companies might have deeper pockets than retail and other vertical industries. […]

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Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 6:22 AM

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16:9: That Insane ETISALAT Booth At GITEX Also Had Shape-Shifting LED Walls

One of the buzziest impressions from the recent GITEX trade show in Dubai – a very large, by the looks of it moderately crazy  variation on CES – was the way, way, way over-the-top ETISALAT booth – with the telecoms company having LED everywhere, and a flying car (only kinda sorta – it appeared to be a very expensive balloon). […]

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Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 4:02 PM

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