Archive for March, 2013

Christie Helps Museum Visitors Curate Own Tour

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Visitors to the celebrated Cleveland Museum of Art and its Gallery One are engaging with displays and curating their own tours, thanks to Christie MicroTiles and Christie Interactivity Kit. Blending art and technology as part of an elegant $100 million renovation, Gallery One’s Collection Wall is a 40’ wide multi-touch screen comprising two 15-units wide […]

SoloHealth To Roll Out At Safeway

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Atlanta-based SoloHealth, a consumer-driven healthcare technology company, and Safeway Inc., one of the largest food and drug retailers in North America, have signed a multiyear deal to rollout the SoloHealth Station kiosk to almost 700 Safeway stores nationwide. The SoloHealth Stations will start being installed in stores in April, 2013, giving Safeway’s customers access to […]

AMEX Launch Geo-Targeted Digital Taxi Ad Campaign

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

American Express has launched what is believed to be the UK’s first geo-targeted taxi media campaign – though this is something we have seen on Buses a few times already, Ed. Using VeriFone Media’s cutting-edge geo-targeting facility, London taxi users will be served with advertisements on ‘in-cab’ screens that are relevant to their specific location […]

Mood Media’s Loss Widens To $80M

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We love (figuratively speaking, anyway) all the headline numbers in Mood Media Corporation (ISIN: CA61534J1057) (TSX:MM ) (LSE AIM:MM) 2012 and fourth quarter financial results for the period ended December 31, 2012 announced here Thursday March 28, 2013. What they don’t mention is that their loss widened from $60m last year to $80m the next.

ComQi Shrinks Further

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It’s hard not to read between the lines with the latest press release from ComQi – ‘ComQi announces promotions, organizational changes to drive further global growth‘ We won’t insult our readers, by doing anything other than writing here, just how we see it (they know, just as well as we do, that ComQi has seen […]

Lots To Learn 4 Sign Companies At #2013SignExpo

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Ben Ziglin thinks that the Sign Industry has one major plus going forward as more and more sign companies get into the digital signage world: Sign companies are creative, know graphic design, and should be able to offer great content creation. Ziglin, founder of Ziglin Signs, located in Washington, Missouri, recognizes that sign companies have […]

The Chiswick Towers, London

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Transport for London (TfL), Clear Channel and Wildstone announced this week the launch of ‘The Chiswick Towers’, a new premium roadside digital advertising site which pretty much copies the successful (and dare I say ‘iconic’) Ocean Outdoor Two Towers – which of course picked up a ‘Reggie’ for best digital billboard in The DailyDOOH Gala […]

Media Frankfurt Chooses BroadSign

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Media Frankfurt GmbH, Germany’s largest OOH advertising media owner in airports, has converted all of its 161 digital locations to BroadSign International’s digital signage software platform. Media Frankfurt’s network is currently comprised of 238 large-format LCD panels, strategically placed to capture the attention of more than 57 million passengers annually. More large LED screens are […]

CEO Spotlight: Sebastien Obregón, Enmedio Comunicación Digital S.A., Bogota

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, we welcome Sebastien Obregón, Gerente General, Enmedio Comunicación Digital S.A., Bogota, Colombia I believe that you were founded in Medellin as a new company owned by El Colombiano, the leading newspaper in Colombia, but recently moved to new headquarters in Bogota. What prompted that move? Does El Colombiano still own 100% of the […]

Maxx Media, Queens Road, Brighton

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Maxx Media have put up an LED in Queens Road, Brighton, England… Peter Dixon, Maxx Media’s MD told us “Whilst the screen has already been embraced by major advertisers, we are keen that Brighton’s business and community sectors see this as a valuable resource for reaching local customers, so much so that the council and […]