Archive for August, 2011

Fake Apple Store Stories

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

The blogosphere has been buzzing in the last couple of weeks about fake Apple Stores popping up in China and making a nonsense of President Obama’s overtures to nudge the Chinese into respecting intellectual property. The web-site of the ‘birdabroad’, who first wrote about the phenomenon was inundated with visits – 1,000,000 views in less […]

AOpen Key Partner Summit, Netherlands

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

AOpen is organizing its Key Partner Summit on 6th and 7th October in the Netherlands.

Multitouch Partner Summit, Helsinki

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

MultiTouch are holding their 1st Annual MultiTouch Partner Summit and Grand Opening of their new facilities in Helsinki, Finland on Thursday September 29th, 2011.

Scala Conference Locale

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The locale for Scala‘s International Scala Conference Sept. 14-15 in Noordwijkerhout near Amsterdam, looks both sophisticated and comfortable, if this artist’s rendering of the site rings true. This is where you can not only partake of a conference with knowledgeable speakers but learn how easy it is to work with SignChannel, Scala’s Do It Yourself […]

Chatting About Cowboys With Cathy

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Cathy Fernandes has only been with Zoom Media Canada as its new president and COO for four weeks, but she’s getting her feet wet fast, despite having not worked in the Out-of-Home sector, let alone the Digital Out-of-Home field, before. However, we get the feeling that Fernandes, who joins the company as it’s about the […]

$45M Investment For TouchTunes Interactive Networks

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We’re expecting New York-based TouchTunes to expand into Europe, now that it has gained $45 million in funds from 3i and Vantage Point Capital Partners. 3i, London, UK-based international investor focused on private equity, infrastructure and debt management, has acquired a minority stake of newly issued shares in TouchTunes, believed to be the world’s largest […]

DOOHgood Starts East Africa Relief Efforts

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

DOOHgood, a volunteer collective of Digital Out-of- Home operators and suppliers, has begun an effort to help raise awareness and drive donations to help ease the drought and health crisis in the Horn of Africa. A video public service ad for Canadian network operators is now available on the DOOHgood website, available for use by […]

xSolutions 2011, London

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Billed as the UK’s event for the Commercial AV industry, xSolutions 2011 takes place on the 19th and 20th October at excel in London.

Vista Training Arizona

Sunday, August 21st, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Six monster Christie Vista Spyder systems were acquired for our LSE MicroTile work with Amigo Digital and others earlier this year in London and although they’ve been installed since May we’ve only really scratched the surface with what they can do when coupled with the Scala software we also run on site… …so we promised […]

Retail Week Conference 2012, London

Sunday, August 21st, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The Retail Week Conference 2012 is being held 14th – 15th March 2012 at the Hilton London Metropole.