Archive for April, 2011

DPAA Digital Media Summit, NYC

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The Digital Place-based Advertising Association (DPAA) are holding their Digital Media Summit on Wednesday 19th October 2011 in New York City. The event will be held at the Marriott Marquis in the heart of New York’s Times Square.

#CETW – Panasonic, Booth 814

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

During the 2011 Customer Engagement Technology World event in San Francisco this week, Panasonic Solutions Company will showcase the company’s first professional LCD displays for general-purpose signage, the LF20 series. In addition, Panasonic will be discussing its recent partnership announcement with Haivision. The combination of Panasonic’s LCD displays and Haivision CoolSign management software create a […]

Haivision Claims 45% Revenue Increase in 2010

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Management of Haivision, Montreal provider of advanced video networking, digital signage, and IP video distribution solutions, says that 2010 represented yet another record-breaking year for the company, with a 45% growth in revenue over 2009, driven by the release of market-focused solutions and the expansion of its worldwide sales, support, and engineering teams. “Despite the […]

Help Me BHX EGBB, You’re My Only Hope

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We were told by travellers that there are three virtual mannequins at Birmingham Airport and it didn’t take us long to find on-line proof positive (without actually having to go to Birmingham) yet another UK airport using Virtual Mannequins… Technology is we believe by MediaZest via Tensator. For those interested (and there will be many […]

Simage Network Shuts Its Doors

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

After two years and we think something like a two million dollar investment, Tom Simonds founder of The Simage Network shut its doors. Although we hear that CEO Simonds and the management team he initially hired were unable to raise a dollar of investment money and sign one real advertiser it’s actually a mystery as […]

New DSA President

Saturday, April 23rd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

EnQii’s Stuart Amstrong would have been a great full time DPAA President but alas we don’t even think he was considered for that post when it came up last year. News however reaches us that he will be stepping down from his similar role at the DSA this week. We understand that a new president […]

#CETW – San Francisco 2012

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Customer Engagement Technology World is being held at the Moscone Centre in San Francisco 28th – 29th March 2012

Introduction to Headspin Media

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We are always keen to see content agencies join the DOOH fray – whether that be new ‘new’ companies (as in this case) or existing companies turn their hand to the medium. Headspin Media are a London based creative design agency specialising in providing content for Digital Signage and Digital-Out-Of-Home (DOOH). Having already worked together […]

X2O Media, Booth 741

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

At Customer Engagement Technology World 2011 in San Francisco next week, X2O Media, Montreal, will launch a new version of its Xpresenter vClips video kiosk powered by the company’s next-generation NITRO graphics platform. With NITRO, the latest version of vClips combines new dynamic display capabilities, including a 3D video carousel that displays HD videos, with […]

Slovenian Creative Hits Jackpot In Five Seconds

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Giuseppe Andrianò

IGP Decaux and Dooh.it organised a creative contest in Italy, to see which media creative people could come up with the best content for a five second OOH ad, on a portrait format. The ‘Cinquesecondi’ (five seconds) competition received 130 HD videos  from all over Europe and was judge by ADCI (Art Directors Club Italiano). The results […]