Archive for June, 2009

London’s Newest Arts Venue Selects C-nario

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Kings Place, London’s newest arts venue has selected C-nario’s digital signage platform to display information about upcoming and current events, pricing information, corporate client information, and venue promotional videos. The integrator was DRV Group, one of Europe’s foremost professional designers and integrators of large scale corporate and educational audio visual communications technology. Kings Place, situated […]

IndoorDIRECT Signs Agreement With Carl’s Jr

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Earlier this year, indoorDIRECT announced venture funding of USD 22.5 million to complete the roll-out of its national in-store network infrastructure and with that expansion, indoorDIRECT now has an initial national media platform of more than 10 million viewers a month in top DMAs. Adding to this is a new agreement recently signed with restaurant […]

Wireless Zone Selects Netkey For 350 Stores

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

The largest independent Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) dealer in the U.S., Wireless Zone, has selected Netkey to operate digital signs in the company’s stores. As part of an effort to enhance the customer experience and drive new sales, the company is installing up to eight digital signs in each Wireless Zone store – the signs […]

Crowds Throng SCALA/Vanten Booth, DS Japan

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Chris Phelan

Digital Signage Japan 2009 which was part of this years InterOP at Makuhari Messe was a big success. Here we see huge crowds thronging the SCALA/Vanten booth… Se our other coverage of the event here

Imagesound Wins Holiday Inn Music

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Imagesound has been appointed as the nominated music supplier for Holiday Inn Europe, Middle East and Africa. New rollouts are part of the rebranding of Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and Resorts hotels which will be completed in 2010.

YouTube/DailyDOOH Vlog

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

VlogRobot

What was surprising about this VMG installation at the Lakeside Mall, Thurrock in Essex was that there was absolutely no advertising on the display. It seems that whilst VMG’s digital 6-sheets, sold by Clear Channel of course, are reputedly sold out, the media buyers in the UK have an aversion to anything in landscape mode. […]

130,993 Visitors To Digital Signage Japan 2009

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Chris Phelan

Digital Signage Japan 2009 was a big success, attracting 130,993 visitors. Although the event was held simultaneously with Interop 2009 and Internet Media Convergence 2009, it was by all accounts, the busiest of the three expos. Attendees swamped the booths at DSJ 2009, keeping exhibitors busy for the entire 3 day show. The event was […]

T-Mobile Interview: Using Digital Signage

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Guest Contributor, Leoš Smutný

At the beginning of the month the company T-Mobile Czech Republic began to use two auto-stereoscopic 3D screens by Spatial View Company. The digital displays are installed in the shop windows of the company stores, in particular in the Shopping Centre of Nový Smíchov and in the Phoenix Gallery in Prague. T-Mobile has thus become […]

Walmart Goes Fishing

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In the US there are rumours of a fishing expedition from Walmart / sorry that should be rumours of an RFP. There seems to be a lot of skepticism among some of the vendors about Walmart’s motives here AND we’d agree with them 100% on that. In the past, Walmart have apparently floated at least […]

21 Digital Signage Grows To 220 Screens

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Signagelive reseller 21 Digital Signage announced earlier this week that it had expanded their network to 220 screens across the UK and Ireland. Seems that they are now setting their sights on expanding into Europe. A multi-screen system with the The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (the regulatory body for veterinary surgeons in the UK) […]