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Samsung America Expands Color E-Paper Lineup with 13-Inch Display

Samsung launches its 13-inch e-paper display in the U.S. (Image: Samsung)

Samsung has introduced a smaller-format addition to its color e-paper portfolio, with the U.S. launch of a 13-inch display aimed at commercial signage applications. The EM13DX is positioned for use across retail, restaurants, hospitality, and workplace environments, where it can be used for applications such as promotions, menus, schedules, and internal communications. Like other e-paper-based …

Viooh Adds OBM Digital Spectaculars And IKE Smart City Kiosks To Programmatic Marketplace

Viooh Adds OBM Digital Spectaculars And IKE Smart City Kiosks To Programmatic Marketplace (Image: OBM)

Unlike traditional out-of-home operators that focus on roadside billboards, Orange Barrel Media (OBM) has built its business around large-format “digital spectaculars” embedded into urban architecture and street-level smart kiosks designed to double as civic infrastructure. That distinctive urban media network — developed alongside its subsidiary Ike Smart City — is now becoming available to programmatic …

SK Broadband Using IPTV Set-Top Boxes For Hyundai Service Center Signage

SKB builds digital signage at Hyundai Motor's stores (Image: Hyundai)

While telecom operators have periodically explored using IPTV platforms to power digital signage networks, relatively few large-scale deployments have actually materialized. Sixteen:Nine founder Dave Haynes has written about how IPTV providers have occasionally looked at extending television distribution platforms into commercial display networks. And, a new rollout in South Korea offers a glimpse of how …