Archive for August, 2010

A Mobile App For Smart Air Travelers

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Clear Channel Airports, a leading marketer of airport advertising, has teamed with Geodelic, a Santa Monica-based tech start-up, to create FLYsmart, a free location-based mobile app that allows air travelers to quickly locate services and amenities in terminals, as well as browse live feeds of arrival and departure information. As part of Geodelic’s extensive network, […]

DSF Standards Committee

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We believe that the first DSF Standards Committee call is tomorrow (Tuesday) – chaired of course by Ken Goldberg, CEO, Real Digital Media. We wait to hear officially who the members are and what they will come up with. We are expecting good things, especially if the rumours of who we have heard is on […]

rVue To Announce Deal With al-Qaida

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

rVue Inc. press releases come thick and fast – sometimes too fast and usually with an ‘importance’ which we think is often beyond their worth. We are struggling here. Folks in the US that we respect tell us completely opposite things. On one side we have senior execs who tell us “I wouldn’t touch a […]

#viscomffm – Best Digital Signage Projects

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

I’ve just done my first round of online judging for the European Digital Signage Best Practice Awards which will be announced (now in its 4th year) at VISCOM, the International Trade Fair for Visual Communication in Frankfurt. There were lots of great entries in all five categories. The shortlist winners will be shown at the […]

Cisco, Carrefour, Paris Go Figure

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Carrefour for some reason in Paris seem to have chosen Cisco’s Digital Media Suite for a solution. Rumours of an announcement this week from some of the players involved (though probably not Cisco – they would NOT want to get too many people excited by their solution now would they?).

French Industry Association Rebranding

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

The French industry doesn’t (yet) have its own Draught Proofing Advisory Association or a Doberman Pinscher Alliance but it does share the same preoccupation with the rest of the world in finding an appropriate term to describe our profession. The industry body, the jauntily named ‘Association pour la Promotion de la Communication Audiovisuelle Dynamique‘  (APCAD) […]

Digiadvans Launch Their First Campaign In Norway

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Back in May we told you “SA Screen media have finally arrived in Norway … recent opening of a Norway office in association with Anders Krogh” and the first campaign as a result of that is a campaign for the Offshore North Sea 2010 Committee. Last week saw digiadvans interact with 42,000 people from over […]

Hoyts Installing Digital Cinema Projectors

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Hoyts Cinemas has signed an exclusive deal to convert its entire cinema circuit of over 400 screens across 49 locations in Australia and New Zealand to 2K and 4K-ready Series 2 Christie Digital System’s Solaria projectors over the next three years. As a part of the Digital Cinema Implementation Partners – Australia program, the agreement […]

Seven Mag Apps In August With Woodwing

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

With the recent addition of Schweizer Illustrierte, the iPad apps of seven reputable publications worldwide created with Zaandam, The Netherlands-based WoodWing´s iPad publishing solution, have made their debut in August alone. Among these are the business publication FORTUNE magazine and the celebrity publication PEOPLE magazine by Time Inc.; the app of the Russian edition of […]

Skating Tragedy To Show In Digital Theatres

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Centennial, Colordo-based NCM Fathom, the entertainment division of National CineMedia, has made an agreement with U.S. Figure Skating to present the cinematic feature RISE as part of a special in-theater event on Feb. 17, 2011. This historic evening will celebrate American figure skating, while commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Feb. 15, 1961 plane crash […]