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CoolSign Appoints MxN Middle East As Regional VAR

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

News just in that MXN Middle East FZ-LLC has been appointed as the Value Added Reseller (VAR) for the Middle East and North Africa regions by CS Software Holdings LLC, maker of the CoolSign digital signage software suite.
Lou Giacalone, Jr., President of CoolSign told us “CoolSign is committed to the reseller channel and providing them [...]

Chris Sheldrake

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Blue Is The Colour, Football Is Our Game

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

If you are British and of a certain age you may remember Tommy Boyd, an ex-TV Presenter who once fronted the commercial equivalent of the BBC’s Blue Peter; a programme called Magpie.
Anyway the business Play Instore that Tommy is involved with was at the In Store Show last week and seemed to make no secret [...]

Chris Sheldrake

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Insight Is NOT An Embargoed Press Release

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Seems that DigSignageToday has been twittering about something they shouldn’t have – naughty boys!!
Let’s just say that sneak peaks, rumour, inside knowledge and hey! even gossip don’t come from embargoed press releases. If you want real insight, knowledge and opinion you know you need look no further than DailyDOOH
Earlier today we were [...]

Adrian J Cotterill

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James Abdool Raising GBP 5,000+ For Charity

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

On Sunday 19th July EnQii’s EMEA President, James Abdool is going to abseil 450 ft down Guy’s Hospital Tower, err the tallest building in London (that can be abseiled) to raise some well deserved funds for the Evelina Family Trust for their home away from home for families who have a child needing long-term treatment [...]

Chris Sheldrake

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STRATACACHE New Headquarters

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

STRATACACHE announces its new corporate headquarters earlier this week located in downtown Dayton, Ohio.
The new 60,000 square foot facility will house global sales, support, administrative, customer demo center as well as an advanced media laboratory.
It’s network operations center will provide command and control support to customers and partners worldwide.
About STRATACACHE
STRATACACHE is a world-leading solutions provider [...]

Chris Sheldrake

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The Life Channel Supports FSA In Raising Listeria Awareness

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) is tackling the rise in listeria food poisoning amongst older people by broadcasting a new campaign on The Life Channel’s television screens.
“The Food Standards Agency wanted to work with The Life Channel as our research showed that GP surgeries were a key source of trusted information for our target [...]

Chris Sheldrake

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Avanti Counts Setanta Losses Or Does It?

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

It was INCORRECTLY reported yesterday that Avanti Screenmedia was set to lose revenue over the next two years because of the collapse of sports broadcaster Setanta with whom it had a three year GBP 8m deal to sell media.
This deal was effectively ‘Pub TV’ in a number of UK pubs and bars (rather than [...]

Chris Sheldrake

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Disappointing In-Store Show

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

You know we say it as it is or at least the way we see it. We just got back from the in-store show in London and what a disappointment it was. As one senior exec in the industry told us on leaving “What a poor excuse for a show”. This used to be [...]

Chris Sheldrake

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July / August 2009 CEO Spotlight

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Towards the end of each month (usually a Friday) we bring you our regular CEO Spotlight feature.
In July Mr. Masafumi Yumikake, CEO of Comel, one of Japan’s largest Digital Signage Network owners joins us.
Comel has a large network of advertising displays and run their own content channels.
Remember you can view our CEO SPOTLIGHT archive by [...]

Chris Sheldrake

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Too Much Tango…

Monday, June 29th, 2009

This isn’t digital but we thought it incredibly interesting nonetheless – it’s from the guys at Motomedia who have just finished this campaign in East London for Tango.

It’s using a new vinyl material that is heated onto brickwork allowing them to create a painted effect.
Read the wording closely, for those readers who understand what a [...]

Chris Sheldrake

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