Archive for May, 2008

How Digital Marketing Boosts Retail Sales

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Interesting article written yesterday and posted today in South Africa on How Digital Marketing Boosts Retail Sales… Speaking at the recent Marketing-at-Retail Workshop in Johannesburg, One Digital Media CEO Mike Bosman illustrated why digital media at retail is becoming a force to be reckoned with in South Africa’s retail marketing arena. According to independent research […]

Simply The Best

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Alex Hughes

Based on the title alone I would expect a large number of you to immediately think of the one and only Tina Turner !!! Which brings me onto this latest piece of creative for City Gateway Media and their huge 19m x 4m screen in Manchester. The international director for Tina Turner’s 2009 world tour […]

SignTech Digital Editions

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We see that SignTech picked up on EnQii’s Liberty travel install See http://www.nbm.com/digital/edition/te/08/06/LR/TEJUN046

How To Stand Out In Times Square?

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Glenn Collins wrote in the New York Times on Saturday about an even bigger and brighter billboard coming soon to Times Square… They could be 212-foot-high, flat black stealth bomber wings studded with tiny jewels, soaring 17 stories above the crossroads of the world. Soon enough, their gemlike lights will glow brilliantly as the signature […]

Tiled Plasma

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Tiled LCD or TFT PDP are the only way to go if you want a cost effective big screen, viewable close up (LED does not ‘cut it’ when it comes to close distance viewing) but even the Orion tiled plasma systems have big bevels between each screen. This picture was taken in the Royal Festival […]

Big Shopping Mall Win In China

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We have heard a rumour that Enqii have secured a big shopping mall win in China! We believe that it could be for as many as 100 shopping malls

Showcase CDL, Westfield Shopping Centre, UK

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

From the pictures we have seen, and the money we are told was spent, this really looks like a showcase Showcase installation (if you get what we mean). To be fair, Beaver Group are pretty good at this sort of thing – in the UK they are up there with AMX in terms of doing […]

Dynamic Digital Signage For Humans

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The folks over at s3mer (one assumes that this is pronounced ‘streamer’) are yet another entrant into the now-crowded free signage software market. These folks distinguish themselves somewhat however by being pretty much a cross platform solution – as Mac fans we like their support for OSX and of course their ‘soon in Linux’ offering… […]

LinkedIn 3,000

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We are pretty close now to having 3,000 LinkedIn contacts – this size network is quite useful as a ‘hub’ for introducing people to each other so if you ever want to get in contact with someone in the industry then please – search for them on LinkedIn as it is extremely likely that we […]

Your Lynx3 Hybrid Girl

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

This is the sort-of picture that you get at the end of the Eye Magnet interactive solution. It can be downloaded via the Internet using a special code or on to a mobile phone.