Archive for the 'Scuttlebut' Category

Time Warner Cable Staten Island Store

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Prysm announced Wednesday that the company’s Laser Phosphor Display (LPD) technology was selected by Time Warner Cable to create an engaging customer experience for the company’s new Staten Island, New York, retail store. A 16.6 ft x 6.25 ft Prysm display is to create a unique, captivating in-store brand experience for Time Warner Cable by [...]

Were You Truly Wafted Here From Paradise?

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Spotted at Luton Airport… A rather nice video wall.

Korea vs China And The Fallout Is…

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

I blame the Koreans (well okay, I blame Samsung and LG) for getting into a war of attrition in the display business with the Chinese. Seemingly, never a day goes by, without more bad news from one or other of the display manufacturers (whether they be Korean, Japanese or other). It’s been widely reported this [...]

Kinetic Americas Expands Executive Leadership

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Kinetic, one of the world’s largest planners and buyers of out-of-home media, has made two key senior management promotions in the US, promoting David Krupp as executive vice-president, Kinetic client services, and Tanza Bove as executive vice-president, commercial operations. Both Krupp and Bove previously held managing director positions at the New York-based agency. David Payne, [...]

#dse2012 CoolSign Integrates @intelaimsuite

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Not quite “NEW at Digital Signage Expo 2012: Intelligent Digital Signage” as Haivision Network Video quote BUT interesting enough as we see yet another digital signage software vendor announce integration with Intel® AIM Suite. The press release states “Haivision is announcing the integration of its CoolSign™ digital signage solution with the Intel® Audience Impression Metrics [...]

Sources Sought For In-Store Marketing Initiatives

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Leave it to a Government to ask for free advertising networks… Sources Sought for In-Store Marketing Initiatives We quote from the Federal Business Opportunities Solicitation Number: HDEC0512SS0001 “The purpose of this Sources Sought notice is to seek sources interested in developing, implementing, and maintaining in-store marketing programs” .. it goes on but we will leave [...]

Prysm Panels With Multi Touch And Gesture Input

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Last week Prysm showed at #ISE2012 a new tile display panel specifically designed for Broadcast environments and (what they describe as) ‘Close Proximity Interaction’. In a press release received today, Roger Hajjar, Prysm’s Founder and Chief Technology Officer was quoted as saying “The new Close Proximity and Broadcast Panels were designed to provide users optimal [...]

#AOpenForum And #ISE2012 Breaking Records

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Guest Contributor, Gabrielle Offringa

The AOpen Forum 2012 started the week before last off (Monday 30 January) with the event labelled as ‘Bringing Digital Signage Business Together‘ with 118 digital signage experts, resellers, integrators and partners. The #AOpenForum attendance grew 25% compared to last year while #ISE2012 that took place from 31 January to 2 February hit an attendee [...]

JiWire’s Snapshot Of Super Bowl’s Audience

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

With the Super Bowl attracting millions of fans from all across the U.S., JiWire looked across its entire network of the on-the-go audience connecting to cafes, hotels and airports, to determine the top 20 places that fans traveled from to attend Super Bowl XLVI and watch the New York Giants play the New England Patriots [...]

City Guide Apps For Young Travelers

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This is the time of year when many North American senior high school classes are gearing up for graduation class trips to Europe (or maybe the Big Apple) and university students are planning those post-grad-before-work-kicks-in backpack tours, so when we saw these new apps from Travora Media, New York, we figured that it was ideal [...]