Ocean Outdoor is to introduce touchless advertising screens post-Covid-19 using mid-air haptics technology from Ultraleap. Ocean will be the first preferred DOOH media owner in the UK to introduce the technology, rolling it out to its premium retail and city centre portfolio. Touchscreen activity will be replaced by displays and…
Digital Signage and DOOH
Tripleplay upgrade for NHS staff at Hotel Football
Tripleplay has offered its support to National Health Service workers staying at a hotel owned by former England footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs during the Covid-19 pandemic. The company has upgraded the hotel's IPTV solution at no cost to make sure every key worker, in every room of the…
One voice DOOH campaign spreads ‘Stay at Home’ message across the globe
The world's first one voice global OOH campaign has encouraged people to stay home and stay safe in a way that is relevant to any country. Free to all D/OOH operators/vendors, the campaign needed to be simple, direct and easily translatable in order to effectively support frontline workers and reinforce…
Retailers to reopen with people-counting signage
Philips Professional Display Systems has launched a new range of intelligent queue management camera/signage solutions, which have been trialled and are currently being installed by some of the world's leading retailers, such as H&M, Primark and Footlocker, ahead of reopening. Philips has worked with quickly with its partners to develop…
Gesture, voice-control and big data: what’s next in digital signage?
Most businesses are facing the biggest challenge they’ve encountered in the last five decades and the digital signage industry is no exception, being one of the largest IT sectors to be affected by the pandemic. With most retailers closed around the world, airports and train stations without travellers, restaurants and…
Queue number screens assist with social distancing
Since mid-March the South African government has been advocating social distancing to reduce the spread of Covid-19 and, as a result, flatten the curve of infection. These measures have become even more stringent after the country went into lockdown on 27 March. As the public are only allowed to leave…
Digital signage solution monitors hand sanitiser dispensers
The dispenser management solution from digital signage content management company NowSignage monitors hand sanitiser usage and sends refill alerts. Protecting staff and customers is the responsibility of every employer. By installing the advanced LCD hand sanitiser station, employers can play their important part in stopping the spread of infection and…
Diversified’s DSaaS to test human temperatures
Diversified has announced the debut of a new public safety enhancing digital signage solution, FocalPoint - VitalSign. The solution provides an initial layer of screening protection by detecting anyone with a high temperature from three feet away within one second. Powered by Tauri technology from Aurora MultiMedia, VitalSign is an…
Digital signage upgraded at medical research centre
BrightSign has announced a collaboration with Signagelive to bring a complete signage solution to The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in Australia. The installation covers two Perkins Research Institute facilities to manage the creation, scheduling and delivery of content to a large number of LED screens, information boards and…
Zio meets AV-over-IP needs in AVI-SPL project
A leading business directory service headquartered in San Francisco, California is experiencing significant employee expansion. This growth is requiring the company to devise ways to improve enterprise-wide communications and productivity. Previously, a bevy of PCs were used throughout the organisation to distribute digital signage content. However, management of so many…