Archive for April, 2013

Ben Wagner Joins Tapit

Monday, April 29th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Ben Wagner, former JCDecaux (UK), oOh!media and EYE sales professional, has joined Tapit in the role of Commercial Director. Jamie Conyngham, CEO of Tapit said “I believe OOH will keep taking a larger percentage of the media-spend pie, especially from TV. Ben is a high calibre executive and was our first choice to take our […]

CBS Outdoor Attracts Bid From Searchlight Capital Partners

Sunday, April 28th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

According to a Sky News report, Searchlight Capital Partners is believed to be bidding for CBS Outdoor – Sky News’ city editor Mark Kleinman wrote that Searchlight is through to the auction’s next round of bidding, but did not cite sources for the claim. Kleinman estimated that CBS Outdoor could sell for about GBP 200m […]

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus

Sunday, April 28th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

‘Mood Media Effectively Up For Sale’ we wrote three weeks ago on April 7th and whatever the truth / spin Mood want to put on their market announcement they obviously have their hands full. Strange then that Mood’s CEO and Chairman. Lorne Abony has time to join the Board of Directors at Glu Mobile Inc. […]

#WCDD2013 @jcdecaux_uk Cromwell Road Live Stream

Sunday, April 28th, 2013

Andrew Neale

Thanks to @jcdecaux_uk’s @Tim_Harvey for pointing us at their Cromwell Road Live Stream for this weekend’s #WCDD2013 (World Communication Design Day, see here).

STRATACACHE’s First Exhibit At Retail World Asia

Saturday, April 27th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

STRATACACHE, Dayton, Ohio-based provider of scalable, high-performance digital signage, content distribution and enterprise video acceleration technologies, showcased its latest retail experiences at Retail World Asia 2013 in Singapore earlier this week. Held at Marina Bay Sands April 24 and 25, the sixth annual Retail World Asia is Asia’s most dedicated event for end-to-end solutions and […]

Dallas Love Field Adds New Networks

Friday, April 26th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

ClearVision, the airport TV network of Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Clear Channel Airports, marketer of airport multimedia, was launched at Dallas Love Field Airport last Monday April 8, 2013. The new in-airport television network features local, regional and national sponsors’ products and services in starring roles opposite some of the best news, sports and entertainment from all […]

Giving Agencies Deeper Insights On @Outcast At-The-Pump

Friday, April 26th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Outcast Media, has announced the expansion of its relationship with Nielsen and the release of an Outcast-specific Nielsen IMS model, that enables agencies and brands to quantify the increased reach and efficiency they can achieve by incorporating Outcast into their video investment strategy. Outcast, the Santa Monica, California-based television-network-at-the-pump with over 18,000 screens across over […]

Captivate Expands Programming Line-up With Lifestyle Content

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Captivate Network, Chelmsford, Massachusetts-based digital media company for reaching on-the-go professionals across North America, has added a range of new select programming partners that greatly expand Captivate’s editorial content. The Muse, GOOD, Greatist, Lonely Planet and Oyster.com are now among nearly 100 content providers that contribute to Captivate’s daily programming, distributed across 10,000 elevator displays […]

Exposing Toronto’s Underground Waterways

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

When we heard about ‘Contacting Toronto: Under this Ground’ transforming Toronto’s subway system during Scotiabank CONTACT, and offering a glimpse of the city’s underground waterways to more than one million Toronto Transit Commission’s commuters daily throughout May, it sounded a little bizarre. But that was before we discovered that Scotiabank CONTACT is an annual Photography […]

PlayNetwork’s Two Story Video Wall, London Lingerie Store

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Now this we can’t understand: When you have a videowall as attractive as this one to help draw customers into your store, why wouldn’t you want to tell people who you are? However, that’s the case with an unknown lingerie store in London, U.K., that apparently doesn’t mind it being written about but doesn’t want […]