Archive for October, 2007

Trumedia opens Sales Office in Amsterdam

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

I am always amazed at the number of companies (often US companies but this is not a ‘dig’ at the US in particular) who think they can get into Europe (their words not mine) by opening up an office in the UK (usually London). UK citizens rarely speak any other language than English and whilst, […]

Across the divide (retail)

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Really nice article from Stuart Armstrong, EnQii’s North American President, reproduced here with kind permission, attached below as a PDF. PDF Across the divide It explains how two dynamics are driving the next generation of digital screen media at retail – the change in technology and the transition from early adopters to mainstream. It’s well […]

Facing the future of facing the consumer

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

I am presenting at the London event… http://www.multiq.se/London The events are being held in Stockholm, London and Dusseldorf courtesy of MultiQ “Welcome to a fascinating seminar about the next generation of in-store communication” The London event is being held: – 8th November, 2 pm MultiQ office, St James House, 13 Kensington Square, London W8 5HD […]

Think Screenmedia Think Avanti…

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Think Screenmedia Think Avanti… … well so says Avanti’s newly re-vamped website See http://www.avanti-screenmedia.com/ Very nice it is too!

Those ScreenFX folks get everywhere…

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Richard Rowley, previously at ScreenFX (and before that at Maiden) has just joined ATM:ad as Head of Media Sales. At ATM:ad, Richard will be responsible for developing and implementing the new sales strategy. Also there of course; Jack Vincent will drive the business forward as Head of Business Development for media sales, focusing on ATM […]

Titan Outdoor trialing a number of digital six-sheet formats

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

I understand that Titan Outdoor is preparing to launch a new six-sheet digital format across all of its rail networks in 2008. Here is one of those currently on trial – these are the 65 inch digital screens made by Esprit Digital. This one is at Victoria Station in London. The trial is said to […]

70 square meters – the largest LED in the UK

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Not a fan at all of LEDs but this one is well worth a look – both in terms of size and independence – there is a hell of a lot of digital innovation going on around Europe with High Impact outdoor – traditional outdoor media owners should beware! This LED screen officially goes live […]

No Music Day (Weds 21st November 2007)

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

For those of you screen network owners wishing to do something different and get a bit of PR you may be interested in No Music Day. Read all about it here http://www.nomusicday.com/2007/ It falls on a Wednesday (21st November) this year

Digital Signage España

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

These guys, like many European based DS suppliers, attended Screen Expo 2007 earlier this year and I met some of the R&D folks briefly. Not sure exactly what they have been up to as their latest press release is a little confusing – it says a lot but it says nothing if you know what […]

Building a successful Digital Signage Business (Chicago)

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The list of companies attending this event, Chicago, 28th – 29th November 2007, has just been published. Intel Corp. have long been rumoured to want to play in the digital signage space so it is interesting to see them attending for the first time this year. Also nice to see a big / traditional Media […]