Archive for October, 2007

Billboards are sticking around – with or without glue

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

I am an avid reader of newspapers and magazines but unfortunately not a regular reader of the Grauniad <sic> and so missed this interesting article “Billboards are sticking around – with or without glue” on Monday of this week. It was written by an ‘authority’ and so well worth a read. See http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/oct/29/ I missed […]

Campaign update for City Gateway Media

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

City Gateway Media with their screen up in Manchester have been running a lot of nice, well known brand name campaigns recently. Shown above is that lovely French lady in the Marks&Spencer commercials – showing off of course that great and still unique, long thin digital screen. Other campaigns shown recently have included: – Hewlett […]

Screen Expo 2008 Call for papers

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Screen Events, the folks of course behind Screen Expo have issued a call for papers, inviting exhibitors and attendees to submit proposals for speaking in the four show-floor theatres: – The Content Theatre The Advertising Centre Network Owners’ Pavilion Thought Leadership Pavilion Contact Barnaby Page, Editor, Screen Media Magazine, via Barnaby@barnabypage.com or visit www.screenevents.co.uk/screenexpo2008/ if […]

A New Name for Gym TV

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In the UK we are ‘blessed’ with a couple of nice Gym and Health and Fitness Centre screen networks. Gym ScreenMedia has come about through the amalgamation of Gym TV – a provider of Music and lifestyle TV services and Screen Media – who offered interactive information channels. www.gymscreenmedia.com

POS install for Coca Cola

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

On Screen Solutions Ltd in Northern Ireland have just competed their first POS install for Coca-Cola (shown above). The screen is located in a busy petrol filling station convenience store on one of the main commuter routes into Belfast. It’s a 32” LCD operated through Panasonic NMstage software (yes Panasonic do have customers!!). Content is […]

ScreenFX says it is to buy an unnamed business

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

ScreenFX says it is to buy an unnamed business. As they do not have any money and are desperately trying to dispose of their TrainFX network in next 2 months it is no surprise that the acquisition (should it ever happen) is to be “wholly funded by shares” LONDON (Thomson Financial) – Digital advertising and […]

People Movement

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Quite a bit of people movement in our industry in the last 6 weeks which deserves a mention. In strict surname alphabetical order here goes… Mike Baker is leaving Point Four / Decision Vision to join UTV Radio Group Katy Barbary has left Brightspace Media as they close their office down in London Brian Broakes […]

The Bose Tricast

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It is great to see Bose bringing their newly launched SoundDock Portable and their revolutionary In-Ear headphones closer to the iPod generation by running a London-wide Tricast campaign. This is the 3rd time that Captive People have convinced Bose (and their media planners) to run a campaign in the digital out of home sector. It’s […]

Federal Agent Jack Bauer Races Up the Tube Escalators

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Grand Visual created this unique multi panel, time sensitive concept for CBS Outdoor’s Digital Escalator Panels (DEPs) in London. I like the campaign copy which changes every hour, on the hour obviously mimicking the real time format of the programme – real time changes has not been done before on the DEPs. Claire Mallender, Brand […]

EnQii’s Custom Weather

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

EnQii (previously Digital View Media) have announced an interesting deal with CustomWeather in order to deliver flash-based weather services to their customers. Even as an Englishman (and all we ever do is talk about the weather) you know my thoughts on weather as a piece of content – it ranks (i.e. not highly) next to […]