A lot of mass transport infrastructure in the New York area has seen serious, much-needed upgrades in the last few years, and the latest ... […]
Photo credit: Fractenberg/The City Digital displays running everything from public information to advertising are having a rough ride on New York’s sprawling subway system ... […]
Photo credit: Hell Gate An NYC-focused news site called Hell Gate has a post up that gets into how the out of home media ... […]
Hat Tip to Paul Fleuranges, a board exec of the Digital Signage Federation (and a very smart, experienced guy looking for the right new ... […]
Photo: NY Post The public transport authority for the city of New York opened a flashy, video wall-driven command and control center in Brooklyn ... […]
The wide range of screens and shapes at the Fulton Center subway station (and retail center) have generated a lot of attention since it opened in 2014 – in part because it is part of the World Trade Center redevelopment area, but also because there has been a focused effort to make the screens more than just a cacophony of commercial ad spots. […]
Via NY Daily News Outfront Media has started testing on what will eventually be a rollout of a reported 37,000 new digital signage screens across the NYC subway and commuter rail systems. The digital OOH media screens are getting a test run on subway cars on the No. 7 line, the NY Daily News reports, ahead of a full rollout that should start this fall. […]
This is the latest digital art piece running at the busy Fulton Center Transportation Hub in Lower Manhattan. Commissioned by the MTA’s Arts & Design department, Skyyys is a video installation developed by interdisciplinary artist Dave Greber of Philadelphia. The idea behind Skyyys is playfully mimicking the constant stream of visual information that we all see daily. […]
The team behind the massive digital signage network at the Fulton Center subway station in New York have put a call out for visual artists who want to show their new media work on many screens in and around the facility. […]
OUTFRONT Media has won the advertising and communications concession agreements for the subways, commuter rail cars and buses, as well as billboards, owned by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, otherwise known as the MTA. […]
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. […]
NYC’s Transit department has taken an interesting approach to monetizing the interactive kiosks on many of its subway platforms – selling souvenir items from its own museum. […]
Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit Concerns about subway riders being dangerously distracted by their need to do whatever the hell they do with the red-hot Pokemon Go augmented reality mobile app has compelled MTA New York City Transit to start running safety messages on its On The Go Travel Station kiosk network. […]
On The Go (OTG) kiosks featuring the Amazon Holiday Gift Guides, at the 14 St-Union Sq station on Mon., November 30, 2015. Photo: Marc A. […]
New York’s MTA subway system is now big enough to merit measurement on Nielsen’s quarterly Place-Based Video Report, with 140 screens in 29 stations in view of some 1.4 million daily riders. The On The Go Travel Station network started getting rated as of Q4 2014, with the idea of establishing audience numbers to sell media. […]
