Archive for November, 2012

Cuba Shows Canadians Its Warmth

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

With temperatures in Canada falling as winter approaches, the Cuban Tourism Office is running a campaign on Astral digital billboards that unveils the temperature of featured destinations in real time. Cuba is a popular destination for Canadians looking to get a break from Canada’s chilly winter. The goal of this campaign is to inspire consumers […]

#AVTweeps @SenecaData @SignageLive Webinar

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Maddie Cotterill

If you want to know more about the Signagelive and Seneca Data ‘Three Year Bundle’ for USD $999 MSRP then join their Webinar today. It’s at 11am CST (17:00 GMT) and you can register here

Sticky: It’s Finally A Go For @City24/7

Monday, November 26th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

After a development and trial period of four-and-a-half years, City 24/7’s Smart Screens are finally up and running in New York City. When we talked last Friday, Tom Touchet, CEO, told us that 10 screens were now set up in Union Square and that more are going up daily across the city with an initial […]

STRATACACHE Opens Hong Kong Office

Monday, November 26th, 2012

Maddie Cotterill

STRATACACHE this week announced that it has opened a new office in Hong Kong to support its growing customer base across the Asia-Pacific region. The new facility is located in the urban Energy Plaza building in Kowloon, Hong Kong, and will function as both a sales and technical support office for customers in China, Hong […]

Hospitality Does Banking?

Monday, November 26th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

If you were a large US bank looking for a digital signage solution why would you look at a vendor who was best known as a ‘hospitality / casino king’? #JustSaying

Most Consistent Venture Firms

Monday, November 26th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Interesting research from Preqin (reported first by peHUB, the Interactive Forum for the Private Equity Community) who assembled a list of the most consistent performers in venture (capital) based on IRR, fund year, strategy and geography. Only active managers that have three or more funds with a similar strategy are included and still formative 2010, […]

Is Timothy Baldwin About To Be Axed?

Monday, November 26th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Is Timothy Baldwin, currently Executive Chairman at RAM Active Media heading for the chop? One rumour in the City is that investors, allegedly disgruntled by all the money being poured into the business, with little to show in return are demanding his head.

China Digital Signage & Touch Inquiry Exhibition 2012

Monday, November 26th, 2012

Andrew Neale

The China Digital Signage & Touch Inquiry Exhibition 2012 kicked off yesterday (and continues until Tuesday) in Shenzhen. The focus here is clearly on Digital Signage but surprisingly there is not a software vendor to be seen. Almost all of the screen manufacturers are using some form of built in PCs and most have embedded […]

Tri-dé, Sofia, Bulgaria

Monday, November 26th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Over the last few months we have been looking around for content creation companies that can help us with a project we are working on for #ISE2013 in Amsterdam. We thought it might be nice that as we find them, we ‘feature’ (that is perhaps too strong a word but you hopefully get the gist) […]

Times Square To Get More Digital Spectaculars

Monday, November 26th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Superior Digital Displays Inc. is set to launch a multi-location network of digital spectaculars in New York’s Times Square. The first of five digital spectaculars to be installed on the Thomson-Reuters Building at #3 Times Square will be operational in Q1 of 2013. Three additional digital spectaculars will also be installed at 729 7th Avenue […]