Archive for March, 2013

Titan Re-Imagines NYC Pay Phones

Monday, March 25th, 2013

JP Biamby

Titan and Control Group, a tech and design firm, have re-imagined how consumers would interact with pay phone kiosks in response to New York City’s Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge. A discussion with Titan’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and Mobile, Dave Etherington revealed some insights on the possibilities of the future of NYC’s pay phone […]

#2013SignExpo @ISAsignExpo Member Interviews

Monday, March 25th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Ahead Of #2013SignExpo’s Digital Focus we are interviewing a couple of International Sign Association members who have a specific interest in digital signage – no Alan, no Jonathan, no Lyle, it’s NOT called dynamic digital signage, Ed. The ISA International Sign Expo 2013 returns to Las Vegas this April 3-6 at the Mandalay Bay Convention […]

Renew Advertise New Portal On CNBC

Monday, March 25th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Renew is described as a dedicated network of 200 street-side screens within London’s Square Mile. The network went live, rather quietly as it happens, on 26th January 2012 which was all rather surprising given the reputed GBP 11 million spent getting to that point. If you have been watching CNBC lately you may even have […]

Silicon Valley Bank Tighten Screws At RNIN

Monday, March 25th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Looks like Silicon Valley Bank are tightening the screws at Wireless Ronin. Fresh from hitting one new 52 week low of $1.50 last week, and following that up with a close on Friday of $1.41 we see that they posted a form 8K after the week’s close. It looks to us like the loan is […]

SoloHealth Stations Used By More Than 10 Million

Monday, March 25th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

SoloHealth, an Atlanta-based consumer-driven healthcare technology company, says that its SoloHealth Station kiosk has surpassed the 10-million mark for consumer usage, as well as posted strong consumer engagement rates including time spent with the kiosks. The data has been compiled since Jan./2011 across SoloHealth Stations currently located in select Walmart, Safeway, Sam’s Club and Schnuck’s […]

This Is Interactive Europe

Monday, March 25th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

According to the latest Interactive Europe report, an annual study of over 5,000 people in six European countries by CBS Outdoor International, outdoor advertising leads all advertising formats in driving consumer responses for purchases online, Facebook Likes and the download of apps. Commenting on the Interactive Europe study, CBS Outdoor International’s CEO, Antonio Alonso, told […]

#DSTop10 Schemes And Machinations

Monday, March 25th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The year is but a few months old but the industry seems to be hotting up nicely; the RMG Networks / Symon Communications, Inc. deal is moving along well (we will be in Dallas towards the end of April to see, first hand, just how well) and we are also seeing a lot of action […]

BroadSign Picks A Side

Monday, March 25th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

BroadSign CEO Brian Dusho published Friday an open letter on their web site entitled ‘Why We’re All-in on the DPAA and DSF‘. “Better late than never” some cynics might point out – there are plenty of others who took a stance years ago when perhaps there was much more at stake – Real Digital Media’s […]

DPAA Gains Two New Members

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Digital Place-based Advertising Association has upped its membership for 46 with the addition of enVu and Elevate Digital as its newest members. New York-based enVu, a STRATACACHE company, specializes in motion-based technology to engage consumers. Its floor projections in malls both advertise and entertain. enVu is currently in 134 malls across the U.S., including […]

Companies Gearing Up To Attract The Golfer

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The approaching golf season in Canada with its abundance of affluent golfers has companies looking at how to best attract them, and we’ve heard from both Montreal-based iGotcha Media and Zoom Media this week on developments in their sectors. iGotcha Media, which has had an agreement with the National Golf Club Owners Association in Canada […]