Archive for January, 2012

Trigger And Azuki Systems Each Raise Funds

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Mobile firm Trigger, San Francisco, has raised $1 million in a seed round, with which it will launch its cross-platform HTML5 mobile development framework. And Azuki Systems, an Acton, Massachusetts-based developer of video delivery technology, has raised $5.1 million in a round of venture capital which will be used for OTT distribution. Trigger’s funding was […]

Early #ISE2012 Tweet Stats

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Andrew Neale

Adrian has asked me NOT to remind folks what the hashtag was for last year’s ISE (i.e. ISE in 2011) because it is nothing like this year’s, and we don’t wish to promote it any further. The last couple of weeks has, not surprisingly, seen an upswing in twitter traffic referencing #ISE2012, and we’ve only […]

Ding! Ding! All Aboard!

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Geny Caloisi

It’s all aboard the bus as ‘LoveContent Hits The Streets‘ and heads up the Euston Road for a close up view of a few of the exciting new digital formats and campaigns likely to feature strongly in this year’s Love Content awards… Quiet at the back please!

AMS And IOHI Merge To Form Spectrio

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Audio Messaging Solutions, Oldsmar, Florida, provider of audio marketing technologies, has merged with with IOHI (Impressions On Hold), New York, which delivers solutions for on-hold messaging, IVR prompts, overhead music and digital signage, to create Spectrio. Spectrio combines the audio marketing skills of AMS with the expertise of IOHI, creating and delivering a variety of […]

#ISE2012 Panphonics Talking Loud And Clear

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Panphonics, the directional audio experts, are bringing their latest directional audio technologies to #ISE2012 next week and are aiming to demonstrate how effectively sound can transform the ROI of digital signage installations. Kari Mettala, CEO at Panphonics told us “Making a solid business case for new digital signage installations is a big issue within the […]

Mickey Mouse Brings (Some) Disney Magic to Times Square

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

JP Biamby

When I noticed this Augmented Reality experience by Disney on Sixteen:Nine, I was intrigued at first but then after watching the video I was left feeling a bit unsatisfied. Obviously, these types of augmented reality experiences are not new, however if you are like me, you might have believed that an old school powerhouse like […]

Katy Perry’s Virtual Christmas Tree

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Shoppers at The Grove, the prestigious retail complex located in Los Angeles, CA could count on at least one free gift this holiday season – a Katy Perry personalised ornament created using interactive digital signage. Via touch interactivity, shoppers had their picture taken and placed within an ornament which was in turn ‘hung’ on Katy […]

SAS Flybussen Choose Mermaid, Oslo

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

SAS Flybussen are renewing the digital signage solution used in their buses traveling between Oslo Airport and Oslo city center and seem to have chosen Mermaid (who seem to be winning a lot of business at the moment) who (also seem) to have a particular focus on this particular market segment. Mermaid has become a […]

#ISE2012 Win A Free Trip To #InfoComm12

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Geny Caloisi

InfoComm International will have their very own booth at #ISE2012 next week in Amsterdam where one can… Participate in their GAME SHOW, taking place every hour, on the hour! Answer questions about InfoComm and win tons of fabulous prizes Enter a prize draw to win a free trip to #InfoComm12 in Las Vegas later in […]

Steve Roberts Leaves Digital AdTech

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

News just in that Digital AdTech‘s CEO Steve Roberts has resigned from the company. We were never sure if Digital AdTech ever got any of their Entourage offerings out into the marketplace proper.