Here is the second part of a two-part Q&A session with digital signage veteran Brad Gleeson, now the Chief Commercial Officer at CIVIQ, on that company’s smart cities efforts in New York and beyond. The completed Q&A was provided to 16:9 by a Samsung agency, but they’re the sorts of questions I’d ask. […]
The Link NYC smart cities screens that have started dotting the sidewalks of Manhattan now have cousins in the subway system – new variations on the MTA On the Go (OTG) kiosks that have been in the system for some time now. There are eight screens in three stations on the loooooooong-awaited new line, which opened at the start of the month. […]
It should not surprise anyone who’s been on the operations side of digital signage networks that the flashy and very expensive interactive information stations that are replacing payphones around the sidewalks of New York are running into problems with the general public. […]
hat tip to @thegreatgadsby for noticing this … The tech publication Recode has a really interesting post up about how those interactive stations that are showing up on big city streets, replacing phone booths, are much more than information hubs with free Wi-Fi supported by digital OOH ads. […]
You’re reading more and more lately about the impact data will have on future advertising and visual communications, and here’s a small ad campaign, now running in New York, that shows some of the possibilities. […]
We are very pleased to launch our very first LinkNYC campaign featuring the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Cruze. The LinkNYC units replace NYC’s old telephone booths and will be featured across all 5 NYC boroughs. Each unit contains a 55-inch digital signage display that showcases multiple ads, the unit also doubles as a free Wi-Fi, telephone service and phone charging port. […]
So how many techs does it take to plant a ruggedized touchscreen on a New York sidewalk? Many many, by the looks of it. The group behind those LinkNYC information stations/free WiFi hotspots/ad totems slated for NYC’s boroughs started installing the first ones this week, and photos have been posted by Civiq Smartscapes, and also by the tech blog The Verge. […]
