Archive for April, 2012

John Doe Lawsuit Filed By Mood Media

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Exactly a week today we will be in court. It has something to do with SuperLargeUnhappyCorp and we probably shouldn’t say too much about our court appearance especially as the lawyers for SuperLargeUnhappyCorp have been enjoying our twitter and our postings and obviously don’t have the same sense of humour as we do. Anyway, a […]

TV About Movies Now At The Movies

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Albuquerque, New Mexico-based REELZCHANNEL – TV About Movies has partnered with Screenvision, New York, to provide unique branded programming for its custom movie pre-shows nationwide. This new relationship brings REELZ original programming to millions of movie patrons each month. John deGarmo, REELZCHANNEL senior vice-president of sales and distribution, says, “REELZ is the only TV network […]

Zoom Media Gets Measured In Canada

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Zoom Media has joined Captivate Network as the first digital out-of-home/digital place-based media companies in Canada to be measured by Nielsen in the way that some 25 different US networks are now measured as participants in the 4th Screen report. While Captivate has kept relatively low-key about its Canadian participation, Zoom is taking a leadership […]

Adapt Media Adds Account Exec In Quebec

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Josh Segal is the new face of Toronto-based Adapt Media in Quebec where he takes on the role of account representative to bridge the French connection at agencies in Montreal. Adapt’s move comes after its recent signing with iSIGN Media to represent the Mac’s/Couche-Tard Network. Jamie Thompson, Adapt president says, “We wanted to show our […]

#NECshowcase Wonderworks 3D

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Andrew Neale

For those going to the #NECshowcase today, go find this and take a look at the Wonderworks 3D offering… It’s not VUKUNET related (see other post), but interesting nonetheless.

Work Harder @gmchiasson Work Harder

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Andrew Neale

Gail’s on the VIA train on her way from Montreal to Toronto.. Luckily for us (although not necessarily her) there’s free wi-fi on the train, which means she can work ahead of the Strategy Institute Digital Brand Activation: A Place-Based Strategy Summit, being held in Toronto on Wednesday and Thursday. Needless to say that we […]

New Hires At @visix_inc

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Maddie Cotterill

Visix, Inc. has hired Tony Martin as Chief Operating Officer and Lindsay Hahn as Customer Success Manager. Tony Martin will oversee all technical operations for the company including implementation, support, development, quality assurance, production, technical documentation, support escalations and internal infrastructure. He has over 10 years of business management experience in both the public and […]

ONELAN Wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2012

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Congratulations to ONELAN Digital Signage who have just won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade.
 The award was given for outstanding achievement in overseas sales growth. Export sales now represent 44% of the company’s sales turnover. David Dalzell, ONELAN’s Managing Director told us “We are of course delighted to receive a second Queen’s Award. […]

DPAA Releases 2011 Revenue Data

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The Digital Place-based Advertising Association (DPAA) announced this week that growth rates for the industry sector remained strong in 2011, exceeding overall U.S. ad industry growth by a more than 17:1 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 14.2% […]

SoDA at Cannes Lions 2012

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

While we don’t often write about SoDa, the Society of Digital Agencies, largely because its members – we think (and please correct us if we’re wrong) – are more involved with web advertising content than digital out-of-home, it’s interesting to see that SoDA will be participating in the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity by […]