Archive for May, 2012

Sony To Become The O2’s Official Screen Partner

Monday, May 28th, 2012

Maddie Cotterill

Sony Consumer Electronics and its sister companies (including Sony Professional and Sony Computer Entertainment) have joined forces to deliver an incredible entertainment experience at The O2 in London. As owner and operator of The O2, AEG will be working with Sony to roll out over 280 new BRAVIA displays throughout the venue over the coming […]

100 Member Malls For PlaceWise Media’s Shoptopia

Monday, May 28th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Denver-based PlaceWise Media, an integrated digital marketing provider to the shopping center industry and interactive media network operator, recently announced that its Shoptopia Network has exceeded 100 member malls. That’s an increase of 45 malls added since we first met Mort Aaronson, chairman and CEO of PlaceWise Media, last October in New York. The Shoptopia […]

Media Expo 2012, New Delhi, India

Monday, May 28th, 2012

Maddie Cotterill

Billed as India’s number one exhibition on advertising and the signage industry, Media Expo 2012 takes place on the 4th to 6th August 2012 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, India.

And So @RonniGuggenheim Becomes A Consultant…

Monday, May 28th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

There are now surely far too many consultants on OVAB Europe’s Board with news just in that ex-ComQi President Ronni Guggenheim and OVAB Europe Vice President has set himself up as CEO & President at his own ‘Strategic Executive Consulting’ company neXius AG.

SkyVue Las Vegas Observation Wheel Update

Monday, May 28th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

SkyVue, the iconic observation wheel rapidly taking shape on the Las Vegas Strip, has completed the first phase of construction, is beginning its vertical climb and has begun excavation on its retail and dining experience. Upon opening, SkyVue will be the largest observation wheel in the Western Hemisphere and the first attraction of its kind […]

SecureKey Completes $30M Strategic Investment Round

Monday, May 28th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Toronto-based SecureKey Technologies Inc has raised $30 million in growth capital to fund the commercial rollout of its innovative online and mobile authentication solutions. The financing was led by Intel Capital, the global investment organization of Intel Corporation, with whom SecureKey is working to deploy its solutions in Intel Identity Protection Technology beginning on Ultrabook […]

Millennial Media’s Q1 Mobile Mix

Monday, May 28th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Millennial Media’s Q1 Mobile Mix report, released last week, takes a deep dive into mobile device/OS trends over the first three months of 2012. Additionally, the report contains a special section looking at global tablet trends. We noticed that Smartphones led the Device Mix, with 73% of the impressions in Q1.Though overall Smartphone impressions grew […]

Astral To Expand Digital Billboard Network In Montreal

Monday, May 28th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Astral Out-of-Home, purchased by BCE Inc. (Bell Canada Enterprises) in March as part of the full Astral buy, will soon be expanding its Montreal Digital Network. As of mid-June, 2012, two new spectacular digital faces will be added, bringing Astral to a total of 15 in the Greater Montreal Area, illuminating the busy highways of […]

Scarletmotion blowUP Media Relationship Comes To An End

Friday, May 25th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

West Midlands based national outdoor digital media company Scarletmotion Ltd just announced that it would be bringing management of its national sales in-house, drawing to an end an 18 month relationship with blowUP media UK Ltd. John O’Hara, Director, Scarletmotion, commented “the decision to handle our national sales in-house is a positive move for Scarletmotion […]

DGScreens Tango Uniform?

Friday, May 25th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We thought this a few weeks ago when the emails to the employees we knew there bounced back (former Marketing Manager Francine Haliva told us over Skype that she had left the business a few months ago and former C-nario man Eyal Rom) but it looks like www.­dgscreen.­com is no longer. The other domain they […]