Archive for May, 2009

Sticky: 100,000 Not Out For Scala

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Scala this week announced that it had sold its 100,000th software player and claimed in said press release that it had “reached a milestone unmatched by any other digital signage software company” – evidently a recent purchase from pharmaceutical company Novartis to expand its (NOTE) ‘internal” digital signage network marked the sale of more than […]

Digital Signage Experts Tour, InfoComm

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Minicom are doing another ‘Digital Signage Experts Tour’ – this time at InfoComm 2009 in a couple of weeks time. If you are interested then meet at the Peerless booth (5441)… After a successful launch at Screenmedia Expo in London last month, Minicom Digital Signage is again offering “The Digital Signage Expert Tour” a new […]

Cabvision Adds Top Gear Channel

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Like so many UK digital networks Cabvision have been so quiet of late we thought that they might have disappeared but hey ho, here is an announcement from them of the addition of a (BBC motoring programme) Top Gear channel in their London taxi cab network. The idea is that advertisers will able to place […]

Proposed Tax Could Devastate Toronto OOH Industry

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

“A proposed tax on billboards – including outdoor digital boards – will have a devastating impact on Toronto’s outdoor advertising industry if passed,” says Rosanne Caron, president of the Out-of-Home Marketing Association of Canada. Five of OMAC’s members, who represent 90% of the outdoor advertising revenue generated in the City of Toronto, would be directly […]

EYE Adult Shopper Profile Study By Arbitron

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Arbitron continue their impressive research work and EYE continue mounting it up and releasing it, here we see them both release the EYE Adult Shopper Profile study which can and should be viewed at www.eyecorp.com/shopperprofile The study was conducted in November 2008 (Arbitron surveyed adults aged 18 to 64 as they exited shopping mall) to […]

In Memoriam: Michael Terni, iGotcha Media

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We sadly announce the recent sudden death of Michael Terni, a founding partner and executive vice-president at the growing digital firm iGotcha Media, Montreal. Terni had been accidentally injured playing hockey while in Las Vegas. “Michael was an intelligent and passionate partner who shared with me a vision for starting iGotcha Media at a point […]

New Zealand Premium Hotels Lobby TV

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Guest Contributor, Damien Edmonds

Rush Media have recently acquired the rights to Hotel lobby TV in New Zealand This is a network of screens located in the lobby area in some of New Zealands’ premium hotels. The offering itself has been developed over the last 3 years and uses Scala IC5.

Screen Technology Calls In Administrators

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Three years ago these folks in Cambridge, England had a red hot product on their hands (ITrans) but corporate ineptitude and wanton waste of investors’ money surely did for them. Even a nice OEM deal with a reputable far east OEM such as LiteMax wasn’t enough to save them – though perhaps someone like a […]

Do You Provide Soap With That?

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Westinghouse Digital Electronics, Santa Fe Springs, California-based provider of premium digital signage displays for gas stations and convenience stores, has introduced the Car Wash Display, promoted as a powerful and cost-effective way for car washes to educate and up-sell customers. The self-contained system includes all of the hardware, software and simple-to-use content needed to easily […]

Coke Zero Virtual World

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here’s a very interesting Virtual World digital signage installation for Coca Cola Israel for the Coke Zero brand. Tom Parnes, Coca-Cola Zero brand manager at Coca Cola Israel, told us “we are very excited from the new technology introduced by DigiGage, and we are confident it will provide our customers with a unique and special […]