Archive for February, 2013

North Face Uses Digital Signage To Create Store Ambience

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Dmitry Sokolov

Opened in the newly renovated section of Toronto’s Yorkdale Mall, North Face experience store uses a tasteful selection of  40-46” monitors to complement  in-store merchandising. Sprinkled on end-caps and built-into themed ‘stations’ (each dedicated to a sport, an element or technology benefit of North Face gear) displays add to the ambiance and brand experience without […]

Not So Flawless At LGW, England

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

One of our regular stringers on their way to Gatwick for #dse2013 sent us this not so flawless video wall.. Eye UK / Airport Partners need to fix it!

A Picture Of Canada’s Smartphone And Tablet Markets

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Canadian population is nearing the tipping point of becoming a Smartphone majority, according to key findings in Ipsos Reid’s most recent wave of Mobil-ology, a syndicated study of the mobile market in Canada. It shows that 47% of Canadians now report using a Smartphone, a significant increase over last year, when 34% of Canadians […]

#mwc2013 Mobeam! The Supermarket Musical

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

San Francisco-based Mobeam launched an innovative new music video at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to showcase what will happen when the more than 165 million Point-of-Sale laser scanners in use today are capable of scanning barcoded content on a smartphone using mobeam’s technology. Mobeam has patented technology that will revolutionize the way we all […]

goa Chooses Dot2Dot And Scala

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

One of Australia’s leading billboard and signage companies, goa, has chosen a combination of Toronto-based Dot2Dot’s Ad Manager and Scala Content Manager to manage its digital and static media assets throughout Queensland. Following a review of available software options, goa chose Ad Manager and its seamless integration with Scala 5. TechMedia Digital Systems Pty Ltd, […]

More On The Airport Partners / Eye Link Up

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Late last week Ten Network Holdings Limited (ASX:TEN) announced that it had sold its UK outdoor business, or as those in the UK positioned it, ‘Airport Partners and Eye UK merge to become the UK’s largest airport advertising company’. These two (see below) create a UK airport advertising company that represents 30 airports and channels […]

Health Media Network Makes Apricot Hill Investment

Sunday, February 24th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Health Media Network (HMN) announced last week that it had made an equity investment in Apricot Hill a digital lifestyle multimedia and social utility company. HMN Founder and CEO Christopher J. Culver joins its Board of Directors. Apricot Hill will be HMN’s exclusive lifestyle partner providing content and creative across a spectrum of healthy lifestyle […]

Undisputed World Champion Digital Signage Events

Sunday, February 24th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

By our reckoning, most of our #DSTop10 have their own booths at #dse2013 this week. From ‘Top10 Digital Signage Vendors 2012‘ we see #2, #7 and #10 missing though that hasn’t stopped #2 being one of the most prominent on twitter. Signagelive are powering the Ping HD stand and will of course also be with […]

RMG Networks Launches ChalkboxTV

Sunday, February 24th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

RMG Networks, San Francisco-based provider of provider of digital out-of-home media and technology, Has launched ChalkboxTV, a digital signage product that empowers businesses to deliver marketing messages through existing on-premise television screens. ChalkboxTV provides a powerful low-cost solution to small- and medium-sized businesses for creating and delivering relevant, localized marketing executions for activating customers in-store. […]

Millennial Media to Acquire Metaresolver

Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We hear that Baltimore, Maryland-based Millennial Media, mobile ad technology company, has signed a deal to acquire Mertaresolver, San Francisco developer of a media buying platform for mobile advertisers. Financial terms of the all-cash deal were not disclosed. Seamus McAteer, CEO of Metaresolver, launched the company last year. Its platform is designed to accurately target […]