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Airport advertising company takes off with LED displays

August 4, 2017

Departure Media Inc, an airport advertising company, recently teamed up with NanoLumens to deploy two LED displays at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The displays are designed to catch customer's attention as they ride the escalators, according to a press release.

Departure Media was originally going to deploy video walls but decided to switch to LED displays instead. It selected two 4-milimeter pixel pitch 17-foot wide by 5-foot tall displays. It took three days to deploy the displays, because a local installer could only work from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. due to high customer foot traffic.

"If any repairs ever have to be done, the whole display can stay on the wall while we replace only the section that's having issues," Leslie Bensen, president of Departure Media said in the release. "That's huge from a maintenance perspective, to be able to quickly address problems without shutting down the area or replacing a large component. I don't know of any other display that operates this way and comes with such a fantastic warranty. That was one of the biggest selling points for us, and why we were willing to increase the budget a bit. The display's seamlessness, low heat generation, longevity and lack of maintenance will certainly allow for a large return on our investment."