Archive for March, 2013

Canadian Agency Float4 Spotted At #SXSW

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Dmitry Sokolov

Catching the eyes of Forbes reporters at SXSW was work of Montreal creative agency @Float4 Interactive. An interactive Christie Microtiles video wall designed for Planet Quebec, a government initiative highlighting the province’s booming arts and technology sector, served as a back-drop to the 10X20 exhibit space. While judging from the photo above, not the most daring of Float4’s projects (Float4, along-side […]

Are Intel About To Acquire @YCDMultimedia?

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We wrote back in early March, “Are @YCDMultimedia About To Be Acquired?” after hearing a lot of gossip at #dse2013 that pointed to the same. Executives at YCD did not return our emails back then (and still haven’t) so it seems pointless to ask them this time around if the latest rumour we heard over […]

Eye & Monster Media Gatwick Media Wall Tie Up

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Eye and Monster Media announced this week the launch of an interactive media wall at Gatwick Airport. Gatwick is the first to utilise this platform which engages and entertains travellers via a specially designed travel themed memory game. The interactive media wall employs touch interaction technology, whereby passengers are challenged to compete against the clock […]

DSMA Call 4 Speaker, 7 June, Taipei

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

The DSMA (Digital Signage Multimedia Association) is looking for a speaker for their annual Digital Signage Forum on Friday June 7th in Taipei, Taiwan. It’s a 30-minute talk, with the topic ostensibly about state-of-the-art digital signage applications, and an opinion on the next big thing in digital signage. Interested speakers should submit a proposal to […]

New Titan Canada Digital Spectacular Display

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Titan Canada tell us that they have taken inspiration from the beauty of the Greater Vancouver District (GVD) with the launch of their most recent digital spectacular displays. Located on some of the busiest main arteries in the GVD, the first spectacular to go live with digital content last week, resides south of Queen’s Park […]

Signature Outdoor CityVision Southside, Birmingham

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

CityVision Southside is a landscape 6m x 3m 10mm LED located in the heart of Birmingham. It’s the second display (following the CityVision Bullring display) to go live within the CityVision network which aims to help revolutionise Digital-Out-of-Home in Birmingham, England.   The LED was installed by Dynamic Digital Displays Europe and went live on Monday 11th March 2013. 

Amscreen Blackberry Campaign

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Looks like BlackBerry is using the Amscreen network as part of their BlackBerry 10 marketing campaign and specifically to support their experiential activity – we note also that Amscreen are integrating live Twitter feeds into adverts in real time. We understand that it is a seven week nationwide campaign and as part of the BlackBerry […]

VIA’s Android Board Support Package

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

VIA Technologies Inc., Taipei, Taiwan, recently announced its latest Android board support package (BSP) for the VIA Vantage digital signage line which enables a split-screen multi-touch user experience, providing more dynamic interaction within the limited real-estate of a single screen. The Android BSP enables the combination of app and HTML 5-based content to be displayed […]

100 Digital Billboards Still In Jeopardy

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We’ve been keeping our eye on laws and rulings regarding digital billboard in California. But we’re a little late in reporting this which we learned a couple of weeks ago. You may remember that we wrote last December that a District Court of Appeal said that 100 digital billboards in the Los Angeles area had […]

Wildstone Win With Wandsworth

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Outdoor advertising consultancy Wildstone has won a contract from Wandsworth Borough Council to develop its outdoor advertising sites. The two year contract was won in a competitive pitch. Commencing in March, the project aims to maximise Wandsworth Council’s revenue through creating a network of prime digital advertising sites in an area where large format advertising […]