Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
We were curious about two things related to Toronto’s proposed out-of-home advertising bylaw that the Out-of-Home Marketing Association of Canada says is being pushed forward without consultation with the OOH industry. (See our Oct. 29/09 articles.)
We know that 20% of the proposed $10.4 million tax that the city of Toronto wants to put on the [...]
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Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
For the first time, movie fans will be able to witness production location shoots from their favorite big screen titles when they are pumping gas.
Irvine, California-based PumpTop TV, digital media network located at-the-pump, has made a deal with MovieSet.com, a pioneering movie website, to provide content from movies in various states of production – from [...]
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Eric Heatzig who was up until recently Chief Technology Office at TElentice Global, Inc is now Vice President Technology at Outcast.
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Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
Erie, Pennsylvania-based M-Dot Network will unveil and demonstrate its new digital coupon and incentive network (see our Oct. 16/09 article) at the Retalix Synergy Customer Conference and Expo, November 8-11 in Dallas, Texas.
M-Dot Network enables retailers to redeem coupons from multiple coupon issuers in real-time. Shoppers receive digital coupons via the retailer’s web site or [...]
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Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
This weekend is the inaugural Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix being held at the brand new Yas Marina Circuit and we see that Barco have supplied 14 LED displays (some 452 square meters of LED).
The Yas Marina Circuit is guaranteed to host the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for the next seven years and this [...]
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I strolled into my local Doctors’ Surgery a couple of days ago, booked myself in with the receptionist and sat down for what we are told in the UK is an average waiting time of around 20 minutes. I’ll keep my ailments to myself, aside from the fact that my condition did not degrade my [...]
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Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Alan Phillips, Founder and President, Thinking Screen Media (formerly known as FrameMedia) in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
You started FrameMedia in Jan./07 to offer FrameChannel for in-home use, and quickly commercialized with SignChannel. Was the in-home product a ‘test run’ for the commercial product? What was your plan when you [...]
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Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
The Project Team Leader on Toronto’s proposed by-law on out-of-home advertising doesn’t foresee any major drop in city revenue as a result of the proposed new bylaw on outdoor advertising.
Ann Borooah, chief building official for the City of Toronto and head of the Project Team discussed with us the concerns of the Out-of-Home Marketing [...]
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Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
Sometimes you have to wonder about city governments and that of Toronto – Canada’s biggest city – is certainly no exception.
For months now, two separate city committees have been dealing with a new proposed by-law and a proposed tax on the out-of-home industry. (See our June 14 article.) And for more than a year [...]
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Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
Canadians are expected to soon be dropping their dollars into vending kiosks sporting digital screens in their efforts to rent movies and games – which could be bad news for those small mom-and-pop movie rental shops that still remain.
As for the big players, it could be good or bad, depending on if and how they [...]
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