Archive for September, 2011

A.N. Other Joins Magenta As President

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Dear John do you really know what you have let yourself in for? Ed. News just in that Magenta Research has appointed John D Dace as President. Dace joins Magenta from Liberty AV Solutions where he served as President, overseeing all worldwide operations. He joined Liberty in 2007 as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Prior […]

Hyundai Takes Position At Piccadilly Circus

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

Hyundai Motor Company today unveiled the widely anticipated LED billboard at the heart of London in Piccadilly Circus featuring Hyundai’s ‘New Thinking.’ The 116 sq metre space in Piccadilly Circus – previously held by Sanyo since 1978 – is estimated to be seen by over 56 million people every year including visitors to London from […]

It’s A Slow #TOTALMedia Apparently

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The few folks that we do know who attended this week’s TOTAL media Show in Madrid have all told us that it was “slower than last year”. The organisers have done a good job for many years and we reported positively on the event the one year that we attended (back in 2009) but they […]

Revenue Growth Percentage To Be Proud Of

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Digital Place-based Advertising Association announced Sept. 28 that growth rates for its industry sector remained strong during the first half of 2011, exceeding overall U.S. ad industry growth by a 5:1 margin. Based on information collected by Miller, Kaplan, Arase from DPAA members and non-members, advertising revenue for the digital place-based sector grew by […]

Hyundai’s New LED, Piccadilly

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Twenty minutes ago (10:00 BST) Hyundai’s new LED billboard was revealed at Piccadilly, London and (already) here’s the first picture … Kein mehr schimmernd neon licht.

ComQi In Path Intelligence Partnership

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Path Intelligence Inc. owns proprietary technology that detects and predicts how shoppers and visitors will behave within enclosed environments such as malls, retail stores, transportation hubs and stadiums and this week ComQi announced an interesting partnership with them. In what is claimed to be ‘superior to camera-based tracking’, Path Intelligence captures data on shoppers by […]

Educator Honoured By InfoComm International

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Alan Brawn, CTS of Brawn Consulting, Vista, California, and an advocate for digital signage, has been recognized by InfoComm International, the professional audiovisual trade association, with its Harald Thiel Volunteer of the Year Award – in particular for his contributions to the creation of the new ANSI/INFOCOMM 3M-2011, Projected Image System Contrast Ratio Standard. In […]

Gas Station TV Partners With Bloomberg TV

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Gas Station TV has made a strategic relationship with Bloomberg Television to deliver personal finance and business news to viewers at the pump. As part of this exclusive relationship in the gas space, Bloomberg will create custom segments specifically for GSTV’s affluent audience. More than 27 million viewers will see Bloomberg Television each month on […]

Things To Know To Invest In Digital Place-Based Media

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Despite the fact that we’ve known the founder of Zoom Media a long time, we don’t recall having heard him give a keynote speech before, so we’re really looking forward to hearing François de Gaspé Beaubien, chairman and chief coaching officer, give the opening keynote on day two of the Strategy Institute Digital Signage Investor […]

The Media Merchants Appointment

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Ronnie Caplan has joined The Media Merchants, an experiential outdoor advertising and live events company, as managing consultant – live events. Caplan has over 20 years as an innovative marketing communications and experiential event branding leader with a passion for producing immediate, sustainable and breakthrough impact for clients. He recently wore many hats at Creative […]