Archive for November, 2008

Zoom Media Buys Again

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Montreal-based Zoom Media Inc has just acquired the assets of digital signage provider Smart One Media Inc., Brampton, Ont.. Zoom Media was already using Smart One Media’s technology to offer a national Digital Network solution in its Sport and Resto-bar networks. The two have had a strategic alliance since early 2006, and Smart One Media […]

Big UK Retail Rollout To Be Announced Next Week

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Chris Sheldrake

If you do a good job for your customers, offer them value for money, can prove benefit and ROI, employ good staff, have robust business partners and above all have (and can demonstrate) a sensible business model – oh yes and slowly build your brand through sensible sales and marketing you should do well IN […]

Thursday Session – Digital Signage Business Summit, Chicago

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Jorge Garcia de Bustos

Raffi Vartian, Co-Founder/VP, ContinuumMobile is reporting live for us today from Chicago on the Fourth Annual ‘Building Your Digital Signage Business‘ Summit cheers all during the Thursday session… I will work with Adrian to get some of the best presentations online and will ensure that the speakers know that of the DOOH follow during the […]

US Markets (NYSE / Nasdaq)

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Chris Sheldrake

Yesterday we reviewed the SEC documents from Planar Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLNR) and there was no mention of what they were paid from Bally Technologies (NYSE: BYI) for Coolsign AND there was nothing on the Bally Technologies’ side either 🙁 Either it was a very minimal amount, i.e. not material BUT somehow we doubt that […]

Twitter Updates AGAIN On Today’s Digital Signage Biz Summit

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Don’t forget that we are AGAIN (Thursday) reporting live from the ‘Building Your Digital Signage Business‘ summit in Chicago. The event kicks off at 08:30 CST and we will have a post up 15 minutes before then for you to follow. 08:30:00 Thursday November 20, 2008 in America/Chicago converts to 14:30:00 Thursday November 20, 2008 […]

Consumer Debt Support At The Cash Machine

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Chris Sheldrake

We see that the Scottish Government is promoting a financial advice service to consumers via ATM cash machine advertising with atmAd. Notice the new branding for atmAd – the way its lower case and then upper case and their name has lost the colon in between ATM and ad – much nicer!!! Ed The new […]

WindowGain Does Eyeconic Outdoor Deal

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here’s the official press release on the big WindowGain rear projection windows we saw in Oxford Street, London earlier this week. We are not sure that we would exactly describe an easyInternetcafe as an ‘iconic’ venue but WE noticed the implementation on Monday without being told about it AND, it is opposite Bond Street tube […]

Posterscope In IPM Deal

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Chris Sheldrake

Interesting article in Campaign this week, it’s online over on the Brand Republic web site … Posterscope in IPM deal by Posterscope, Campaign 20-Nov-08, 06:50 LONDON – The Aegis-owned Posterscope is set to enter a strategic buying deal with Interpublic Group’s poster specialist IPM, under which both companies will share one buying and investment point. […]

Virtual Mannequin

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

This is an ABSOLUTELY superb example of image innovation that will find many uses in the retail sector, it’s definitely well worth taking a couple of minutes to look at it. It’s described as a ‘Virtual Brand Ambassador’ and it was built using 3M Vikuiti technology BUT we think it’s much cooler (and more sensible) […]

Do You Oohgle?

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Anyone else Oogle’d and ended up at http://www.oohgle.com/