Archive for April, 2013

NCM Media Networks Monster Wall Displays

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Moviegoers in the top 10 US markets will soon be able to interact with Monster Wall video displays in select theater lobbies, thanks to a new deal between NCM Media Networks and Monster Media. NCM Media Networks and Monster Media have signed a multi-year exclusive agreement to bring interactive Monster Wall video displays to the […]

New Roadside Digital Billboard in Brisbane’s CBD

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Following on from the news that APN Outdoor had secured approval for Sydney’s first-ever large format, roadside Digital Billboard in the Central Business District (CBD), comes news that APN Outdoor has also secured approval for Brisbane’s first large format Digital Billboard in the CBD. It will be located at the busy Queen Street intersection – […]

Stayhealthy Picks BroadSign For iHealthCENTER Kiosk Network

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Stayhealthy Inc., Monrovia, California-based health solutions provider, has selected BroadSign International LLC, Montreal, as its digital signage software provider for deployment of its network of HealthCENTER kiosks across the U.S.. The initial, completed deployment of approximately 2,000 kiosks includes Kroger grocery stores, where the self-service, health screening kiosks are situated in waiting areas of in-store […]

Blackpool County Court Find Showreel TV Have Case To Answer

Monday, April 29th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Showreel TV who have always claimed that they have a network of, we quote “selected premier salons across the UK to generate the latest in salon entertainment”  seem to also have, by far, the largest ‘network’ of disgruntled customers one can possibly imagine (read all of comments below whilst trying to get the phrase “there’s […]

ONELAN At The #NECshowcase May 16, London

Monday, April 29th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Now that #ScreenmediaExpo has gone, like many clever digital signage vendors, ONELAN will be showing their solutions (as they have done for a couple of years now) for Education and Retail at the NEC Showcase in the Tobacco Docks in London on Thursday 16th May 2013. In the Retail zone, ONELAN will be demonstrating Player […]

New Garmin Digital Traffic Advertised on Amscreen

Monday, April 29th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Amscreen, Europe’s largest digital media network owner, has this week announced another project in its partnership with Garmin that will see it display the satellite navigation leader’s new Digital Traffic service and product across the forecourt network. The new campaign will advertise the latest range of sat nav products from Garmin that provides its fastest […]

#OPA13 @Posterscope + @liveposterUK Sweep @clearchanneluk Awards

Monday, April 29th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

You might have spotted that here in the UK Posterscope won five of the six Clear Channel outdoor planning awards last week but what readers may not have noticed is that four of their five winners used real time content through Dan Douglas’s LIVEPOSTER business… ‘Eurostar Live’, entered by Posterscope, Arena Media and The Cloud […]

Screenvision Aligns Buying Process With TV Model

Monday, April 29th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Screenvision, one of the U.S. major national cinema advertising companies, announced what company management says is a first for the cinema advertising industry: a true alignment of the buying process with TV, including a commitment to offer demo guarantees, supported by Nielsen‘s Cinema Audience Reports, to national advertisers participating in the 2013 Upfronts. The announcement […]

Communitech’s $107M Digital Strategy Delivering Ahead Of Schedule

Monday, April 29th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The five-year digital strategy of Communitech, based in Canada’s Waterloo Region of Ontario, is producing big results after just three years, according to a report card released last week. The Kitchener-Waterloo region was already one of Canada’s technological hubs prior to the founding of Communitech, with such companies as Research in Motion, Christie and others […]

Accenture Survey Shows How To Increase Adoption of Mobile Payments

Monday, April 29th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Financial incentives and mobile-based financial-management tools could increase consumers’ use of smartphones as payment devices, according to an Accenture survey of 4,000 smartphone users in the United States and Canada. More than half of respondents who currently use their smartphones to make payments said they were highly likely to pay by phone more often if […]