Archive for September, 2010

Sticky: Live Creative Entries Now Up On YouTube

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

All of the creative is now up on YouTube for Ocean Outdoor’s Live Creative competition which is being judged Friday lunchtime at Westfield, London. In all of the categories, there has been a phenomenal amount of entries; Tron, The XX, Superdrug, Corbettsports.com, Sade, Reiss, Plan B, Legend of the Guardians, Lavazza, House of Fraser, Harry […]

Clear Channel Interactive Touchscreen Digital Panel

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Quality Meat Scotland has installed an interactive touchscreen digital panel in the heart of Edinburgh in a Clear Channel bus shelter on Prince’s Street. The 52” digital screen allows consumers to choose and view videos which feature the people ‘behind the labels’ and learn more about the quality and origin guaranteed by the Scotch Beef, […]

It’s Green Onions For Amscreen

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Amscreen today announced that it has been appointed by food and drink wholesaler Booker as its exclusive digital signage partner. The five year deal will see Booker’s Premier stores broadcast on Amscreen’s new neighbourhood convenience network. Booker Premier is the first nationwide partner to join the network, following the recent regional account win of CJ […]

Hyundai IT At Total Media 2010

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Hochheim, Germany-base Hyundai IT will be showing a whole gamut of products at its booth no. 5 at the Total Media 2010 in Madrid Oct. 6-7. A run down on its products being displayed include: the next generation of outdoor displays in a new design; a transflective panel and an anti-graffiti protection – we saw […]

New CEO To Lead Jumptap’s Expansion

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

George Bell, an experienced CEO and venture capitalist, has been named CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Cambridge, Mass-based Jumptap, provider of mobile advertising solutions. Former CEO Dan Olschwang will remain on the Jumptap Board. Dan who we can imagine has his hands full at the moment was scheduled to be on […]

#DSInvestor – Get With It, Agencies!

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Next week’s Investor Conference will have a wide variety of speakers speaking on a mix of topics, and it seems like the attitude of media agencies is still of concern. On Day 1, in a panel of two, Connie Garrido, CEO at Posterscope, will share the stage with Jill Nickerson, vice-president, director of OOH at […]

Creative Use Of 3D Space

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Andrew Neale

These pictures have just come through of this (predominantly) Christie MicroTile display in the Russian pavilion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. The 28th Sept there was Russia Day, which was opened by the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev. This display is part of a new exhibition recently opened this month in the pavilion, promoting […]

CEO Spotlight: David Courtney, JiWire, San Francisco

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome David Courtney, CEO, JiWire, San Francisco How did you get into this field? Tell us about your background. Is there anything or anyone that particularly inspired you? I’ve had varied experiences throughout my career, always trying to stretch my horizons and gain new perspectives. I began my […]

Outdoor Builds Brand Equity, Drives Search

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

A new study has shown once again the tremendous power of Outdoor Advertising. Mike Baker, CEO, Outdoor Advertising Association told us “This work really moves our learnings on and gives us a whole new set of findings to present to advertisers and their agencies. It shows that you can measure a clear consumer response to […]

Cisco Buys Into Digital Media Again

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Dmitry Sokolov

Less than a year after the acquisition of Tandberg and previous acquisition of Pure Digital (makers of Flip Camcorder), Cisco recently announced intent to acquire yet another media company – ExtendMedia. The motivation behind this appears focused on consumer-level service provider media delivery: “ExtendMedia will strengthen Cisco’s position in the delivery of IP video services by enabling service providers to provide a more […]