Los Angeles: Cosm Is The Sphere for Soccer Fans September 5, 2024September 4, 2024 by Balthasar Mayer The Cosm in LA has introduced live sports as “shared reality” experiences. This concept, different from larger competitors, has led to the construction of additional locations.
IKE Smart City: Like Google, Only Better September 3, 2024August 28, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Roadside DooH screens are usually integrated into bus shelters. But in US cities without bus shelters, DooH providers are turning to smart kiosks to give advertising screens an added value. While the (over)ambitious LinkNYC project is reaching its limits, Orange Barrel Media is already rolling out smart city steles in 19 US cities – similar …
Las Vegas: U2 Movie Comeback at The Sphere August 28, 2024August 28, 2024 by Antonia Hamberger Bono and his band mates are back in The Sphere: U2’s legendary “Achtung Baby Live” show will be repeated as a concert film on the giant 16K screen. “V-U2 An Immersive Concert Film” starts on September 5.
The Week on Sixteen:Nine: Chick-Fil-A’s Display-less Drive-Thru, IST’s Screen Upgrade, and More August 22, 2024 by invidis Redaktion invidis content partner Sixteen:Nine complements our coverage with news from the North American digital signage market. This week’s highlights on the blog: Chick-Fil-A opened a bold new drive-thru-only store that skips almost all displays, Istanbul Airport upgrades 3,357 screens after just 6 years, and Screenfeed launches a no-code app that syncs calendars to displays.
Mobile Apps: Managing the Flood of Orders August 22, 2024August 21, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Houston | Ordering via mobile app has become increasingly popular in QSR restaurants. Moving to mobile is not only a threat to digital signage – the need for digital menu boards and order terminals diminishes – but challenges the operations at Starbucks, McDonald’s & Co.
Creative Realities: The One Million Mission August 20, 2024August 20, 2024 by Florian Rotberg While big generalists like AVI-SPL and Diversified dominate the US market, CRI is relatively unknown outside North America, despite having 400,000 active digital signage SaaS licenses.
The Week on Sixteen:Nine: Stream’s Content Strategy, Loop Media’s Fall, and More August 15, 2024 by invidis Redaktion invidis content partner Sixteen:Nine provides insights into the North American digital signage industry. This week’s highlights on the blog: LA-based DooH network Loop Media delisted from the NYSE, a surprising OoH forecast for 2028, and a podcast interview with the founder of Stream, a start-up specializing in custom content for digital signage.
invidis Market Compass: The Top Digital Signage Players in North America August 12, 2024 by Balthasar Mayer From the invidis Yearbook 2024: The invidis Digital Signage Market Compass North America presents the most important digital signage players in the USA and Canada.
M&A: Market Consolidation in Full Swing August 5, 2024July 9, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Seven acquisitions in seven days – market consolidation in the digital signage industry is visibly gaining momentum. Due to high interest rates and poor sales and profit development caused by the pandemic, market consolidation had almost come to a standstill in the past two years. Now, M&A deals are back in full swing.
invidis confidential 15|24: What Happens in Vegas Shouldn’t Stay in Vegas August 1, 2024June 17, 2024 by Florian Rotberg We’re back from a busy week at Infocomm in Las Vegas. The ProAV world flocked to the desert last week for Infocomm 24, the North American sister show of ISE, drawing a post-COVID record crowd of 30,271 attendees (36,967 registrations) from 125 countries. Among non-exhibitor attendees, 71% were from the ProAV channel, and 29% were …