Archive for June, 2010

YCD Multimedia Ltd. – Patent Application

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

YCD Multimedia Ltd. applied for a patent ‘20100161422 PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF POINT-OF-SALE PROMOTION IMPACT’ last week 24th June 2010. Described in the ABSTRACT filing as “A method for distribution of information includes displaying a sequence of promotional images at known, respective display times on a display terminal facing customers at a point of sale. Sales […]

Whatever Happened To Dear Old Lenny?

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The Embryo Studio were recently commissioned by the Arts Council to produce a piece of content aimed at inspiring the young and demonstrating how the latest technologies can be used creatively to bring young people together. In response they produced an Augmented Reality musical game which was shown live on a tour of the BBC […]

World’s Largest DVD Kiosk TV Network

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Described as “the Worlds Largest DVD Kiosk TV Network!” <sic> the owners (DVDKioskTV is a division of Pulse Interactive Kiosks, LLC) tell us “We have joined the DVD Rental Kiosk and the Digital Out of Home advertising market” Evidently they have 1000 TVs on top of DVD Kiosks in the USA in Grocery, C-Store, College […]

EYE Expands London Team

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Airport media specialist, EYE, has expanded its team in London by appointing two new members of staff; Mark Kaye and Hugo Clarke join EYE’s team following EYE’s successful acquisition of the advertising rights at London Gatwick Airport and London Stansted Airport. John Rankin, General Manager, Eye Fly UK told us “Due to the rapid expansion […]

Find And Share Local Secrets

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Described as the the world’s first location browser flook is a new iPhone app that lets you discover and share the world around you by simply swiping through a stream of nearby ‘flook cards’. Here’s what we liked about flook: – flook is a local search and discovery tool — wherever you may be, you […]

Parallel Worlds: Show+Tell and CEMUSA to install digital newstands in Times Square NYC

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

Big, big news in today’s Parallel Worlds post! Show+Tell and CEMUSA have finally, formally announced their “stealth” project that could arguably be one of the worst kept secrets in the industry. I can’t tell you how long I’ve been waiting to spill the beans on this story! In 2009, CEMUSA selected Show+Tell as the exclusive […]

Flypaper Studio Gains New Distribution Partners

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor


Phoenix, Arizona-based Flypaper Studio Inc., offering content creation software for digital signage networks, has acquired several new key clients and partners in the digital signage arena including, ConnectedSign, IN-Prima, NV3 Technologies and MG Digital Media Network.

Follow The White Rabbit

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Sidetrack Technologies (Winnipeg, Canada) were one of our favourite companies (technology or otherwise) and their demise pained us so when we heard that they might be back we got quite excited but alas not true and they seem pretty much dead and buried. All the kit is still in place in the tunnels around the […]

Coca-Cola Say Show Us Your Celebration

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Coca-Cola is encouraging Fifa World Cup fans to celebrate in Piccadilly Circus, London as part of their ‘What’s Your Celebration” marketing activation and rewarding them with their own celebration video being played on the famous digital sign. During every World Cup match live scores and Sky World Cup news run on the famous digital sign. […]

Fluid Becomes Mood Media Corporation

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Last week Fluid Music announced the results of an annual and special meeting; elected the following individuals as directors of the Corporation: Lorne K. Abony, Director, President and CEO, Justin F. Beckett, Director, Richard Weil, Independent Director, James Lanthier, Director and Chief Operating Officer, Harvey Solursh, Independent Director and Anatoli Plotkine, Independent Director AND officially […]