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Digital signage phone-charging kiosks hit the show at VidCon 2015

Brightbox Inc., a global platform provider of networked mobile device recharging and engagement solutions, announced it teamed with Panasonic to keep the throngs attending this past weekend's VidCon 2015 charged and engaged.

July 27, 2015

Brightbox Inc., a global platform provider of networked mobile device recharging and engagement solutions, announced it teamed with Panasonic to keep the throngs attending this past weekend's VidCon 2015 at the Anaheim (California) Convention Center charged and engaged.

Brightbox, a New York-based B2B kiosk technology company, makes the Brightbox Mark3 charging kiosks, which features a 10-inch interactive digital signage touchscreen with messaging capabilities that provide delivery of direct sponsor videos, slideshows, surveys, customer acquisition, brand offers and product promotions.

The annual VidCon brings the leaders of the online video industry together to discuss, predict, debate and discover the future of the online video industry through keynotes, fireside chats, roundtables and hands-on learning focused on the nuts and bolts of writing, editing, shooting, lighting, marketing, monetizing and creating online video, according to the announcement.

Brightbox and Panasonic offered complementary charging to attendees who could recharge their mobile devices at one of 40 Brightboxes located throughout the Exhibit Halls, the Creator and Industry floors of the event, as well as Panasonic's booth and the Lumix Lounge.

Users of the kiosks just have to swipe a credit/debit or complimentary card to open an available station chamber, plug in their mobile device or accessory to one of three industry-standard charging cords, close the chamber and return later to swipe the same card to retrieve their charged phone.

"Brightbox is delighted, with our partner Panasonic, to offer VidCon fans our secure and interactive mobile device recharging platform," Brightbox CEO Billy Gridley said in the announcement. "Together our companies are enabling continuous and empowered social connection via online video and fully charged mobile devices."

"New video apps such as Periscope, that transmit live from the show floor, drain batteries at a fairly fast rate, and waiting in line for two hours to get in to see a speaker can kill a battery if you're surfing, texting, tweeting and staying connected," said Joel Martin, Brightbox VP of brands and experiential. "Attendees don't have time to sit anchored to a floor outlet, waiting indefinitely for their device to charge, ultimately missing all the action when the biggest names in online video arrive to sit on a panel. With Brightbox, they can get and stay charged throughout the convention center, whenever they need to, and not miss a moment when it counts the most."