Archive for October, 2011

CETW Times Square

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

I’m not sure how relevant it is for CETW to attempt advertising or put any sort of content on a digital signage display at the center of Times Square but they have, as you can see below… They are on both the Reuters sign and the NASDAQ tower so look on the right hand side, […]

Blue Mountain Resort Selects Omnivex

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Software from Concord, Ontario-based Omnivex Corporation, content management software provider for digital signage networks, has been chosen by Blue Mountain Resort in Collingwood, Ontario, to power an extensive digital signage network throughout its facilities. Blue Mountain will replace its existing digital signage software with Omnivex Moxie software, to manage displays throughout the resort to meet […]

Amscreen’s New Poland Installs

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Further to our post ‘Amscreen Rolls Over Poland‘ we’ve secured some Blackberry footage of a number of different installs (they are all separate installations) Whether you like it or not, the interesting thing about the Amscreen installations is how they all follow the same format, whether in Poland, UK, Germany or UAE the screen itself, […]

The Screen Breakfast Mtg Full House

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

It’s a full house at Bumpkin, Westfield Stratford City for The Screen’s Breakfast meeting… The event has kicked off with Westfield’s own strategy which we of course reported on in depth here a few weeks ago.

POPAI Award Winners 2011

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Frankly there are far too many industry awards and very few, we believe, are actually that credible and few it would seem actually ever garner large numbers of entries (and don’t get me started on ‘judging criteria’). Last night saw the POPAI UK and Northern Ireland Awards for 2011 and the two categories we would […]

Amscreen Rolls Over Poland

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Amscreen’s Continental European rollout continues with Poland’s first Amscreen installation yesterday… We are following the locations as they are installed using their ‘Amscreen Live Network Map – Poland‘ (shown above). Also up on their live network map are; UK, Germany and UAE.

PlaceWise Shoptopia So/Lo/Mo

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

While in New York last week, we had the opportunity to meet with Mort Aaronson, chairman and CEO of PlaceWise Media which officially made its Shoptopia known to advertisers attending the Digital Place-based Advertising Association’s Digital Signage Summit. “Whereas everyone with screens is talking about how they must be integrated with So-Lo-Mo (social-location-mobile), Shoptopia offers […]

Annual Winter POPAI Meeting, London

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

POPAI UK & Ireland are holding their Annual Winter POPAI Meeting and the POPAI Sustainability Showcase on the 17th November 2011 at the Commonwealth Club in London. Kellogg and United Biscuits will reveal new insights into their retail marketing strategy and campaign work. The event will take place at The Commonwealth Club, 25 Northumberland Avenue, […]

VeriFone A Company To Watch

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

When François de Gaspé Beaubien, chairman and chief coaching officer, Zoom Media, in his keynote speech at the Strategy Institute’s Digital Signage Investor Conference, forecast that, “in three years, seven major digital place-based market players will control 80% of the market AND one player will be one who is not yet in the market – […]

NEC, Booth 401, At CETW

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

NEC will be offering previews of products that will be introduced this winter during Customer Engagement Technology World this Nov. 9-10 at the Javits Convention Center in New York. Along with its new displays for creating near seamless video walls, NEC will also be discussing recent digital signage implementations, industry trends for 2012 and its […]