Archive for June, 2009

Kaleidovision Acquires Music Concierge

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Kaleidovision, the UK digital media and music agency, has acquired Music Concierge, a boutique luxury brand music profiling consultancy. Kaleidovision already works with premier mainstream leisure and retail brands such as Pitcher & Piano, Gala Casinos, Varsity and London Clubs, providing digital media network content and technology services and Music Concierge has built up an […]

Sticky: iNNOVA Win 1,200 Branch Digital Signage Contract

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Chris Heap

Exclusive news just in from Scala is that iNNOVA, Turkey’s leading IT provider, has just won a contract to provide a digital signage solution to over 1,200 Turkish Telecom branches. Details are sketchy other than they are a Scala partner. More on this soon. It probably helps that Turk Telecom OWN 50% of iNNOVA – […]

Wallflower Global’s Value Proposition

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Guest Contributor, Damien Edmonds

We recently received the first newsletter from Wallflower Global – an Antipodean company that seems to get things right on a small scale locally before rolling out solutions internationally. Our first impression was that Wallflower made some big claims with their Value Proposition – ‘the most advanced digital signage software available‘ so we thought we’d […]

YCD Multimedia Raises $12 Million

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Pitango Venture Capital and Arts Alliance Digital Ventures has helped YCD Multimedia secure USD 12 Million in a further round of financing. Described as “Reflecting Investor Confidence in Business Momentum” the financing package includes new equity investment, led by venture capitalists Pitango Venture Capital and Arts Alliance Digital Ventures and the conversion of a bridge […]

Anything New At InfoComm This Year?

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

A common question we get asked by those who don’t go is “was there anything new this year?”. Well, 29,100 folks braved the heat and humidity of Orlando, Florida to visit InfoComm last week (yes, I know someone has to do it) and as with the year before we think it was well worth the […]

UBI (Urban Interactions) HotSpots, Finland

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

It’s claimed that these HotSpots provide an opportunity “for a new and unique way to interact in urban environments” and we see that twelve of them (dubbed UBI for Urban Interactions HotSpots) have been installed around the city centre of Oulu in Finland. This is the first phase in public buildings and different parts of […]

Mitsubishi America Bundle C-nario

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America’s Presentation Products Division (phew!) join Mitsubishi Electric’s Visual Information Systems Division in the Netherlands (who last October announced a strategic partnership) in announcing a product bundle with C-nario. The C-sign™, a digital signage software product from C-nario, is now available for Mitsubishi’s 32-, 42-, 46- and 52-inch monitors – the idea […]

DMiR Evening Seminar, London (POPAI)

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

‘Understanding the shopper journey‘ looks like one of the really interesting presentations at POPAI’s next DMiR Evening Seminar in London on Tuesday 23rd June, 5:30pm – 8pm at the Hotel Russell, Russell Square, London. This event is part of POPAI’s ongoing efforts to educate and inform retailers, end-users and non-users about the application of Digital […]

Cisco Helps Sheridan Institute Deploy Emergency Notification

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Sheridan Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning has successfully deployed an automated, comprehensive security and safety notification system, including digital screens, that is based on Cisco Unified Communications technology. The system, called SIREN (Sheridan Incident Response and Emergency Notification) is the first of its kind in North America, and involves Sheridan’s three campuses located in […]

Digital At Montreal Mode & Design

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The popular Montreal Mode & Design four-day fashion event took place June 17-20, with 50 fashion shows held outdoors on Montreal’s McGill College Avenue. While there was some digital signage to draw attention to the event – and we don’t know whose screens they were – at least one didn’t do the DOOH business any […]