Archive for April, 2013

Sticky: CARE Buys Saddle Ranch, Cohen Takes Over AMHN

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

When Phil Cohen makes a move, you can be sure it will be major and, with huge news coming from CARE Media Holding Corporation today, it is! And, since Cohen, who is also chairman of the Digital Signage Federation, never does things in a small way, we won’t be at all surprised if there’s even […]

Russell Young Joins STRATACACHE

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Russell Young, formerly with SapientNitro, is the new senior vice-president of interactive and mobile experiences at STRATACACHE, Dayton, Ohio-based provider of scalable, high-performance digital signage, content distribution and enterprise video acceleration technologies. In this newly created position, Young will develop new mobile and interactive experiences for consumer engagement, establish strategic partnerships and originate new business […]

Symon’s Future Becomes Clear(er)

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It’s starting to become a bit clearer on what RMG Networks plans to do with its acquisition of Symon Communications, Inc. RMG Networks (NASDAQ: RMGN) has two divisions; RMG Media Networks which in turn has in it, RMG Air Media and RMG Mall Media and RMG Enterprise Solutions. RMG Networks also has a new tag […]

BMW Mini Thinks Small On A National Scale

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Amscreen, Europe’s leading digital media network owner, this week began a two week campaign with MINI. The campaign will see the iconic car brand use their own regional insight with regards to model preferences and combine it with Amscreen’s GEO+ technology to automate the delivery of differing relevant, regional creative across the UK. Leia Reuter, […]

Key Industry Players At viscom Düsseldorf 2013

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

327 exhibitors and 12,100 trade visitors saw new records set at last year’s viscom Frankfurt 2012. The event moves city every other year and changes it name; this year viscom düsseldorf 2013 takes place 7th to 9th November 2013. viscom Director Petra Lassahn told us “As in the previous years, we focus on two aspects: […]

Oscar Elizaga Joins RMG Networks Enterprise Solutions

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We note that Oscar Elizaga, previously Senior Vice President, Americas at Scala, Inc. until he was kicked out in October 2012 is now VP & GM, Latin America at RMG Networks Enterprise Solutions (nee Symon Communications, Inc. of course).

Gender Recognition Ads Target Men at Risk Of Bowel Cancer

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Bobby Moore Fund and Cancer Research UK have launched a new outdoor advertising campaign, using the latest digital face recognition technology, to specifically target men at risk of bowel cancer. The campaign is running on Ocean Outdoor’s digital screen at Westfield London using the latest ‘Look Out’ camera technology. The Make Bobby Proud campaign […]

Greystone Golf And Country Club’s Private Network

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Birmingham, Alabama-based Highlands Digital Media partnered with Greystone Golf & Country Club to deploy a multi-screen private network for dynamic communication with its members. Last fall, Highlands Digital Media installed and launched the network, which Greystone itself manages, backed by BroadSign software fpr content management. Network programming, which is administered by Ashley Fuentes, membership marketing […]

RMG Networks Completes Symon Acquisition

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

SCG Financial Acquisition Corp., (RMG Networks) has announced the successful acquisition of Symon Communications Holdings Corporation, global provider of intelligent visual communications. With this step, RMG Networks expands its digital signage media offering to include complete end-to-end solutions providing hardware, software, professional services and monetization management for both advertising and non-advertising digital signage customers. This […]

Shoppers Drug Mart Spectacular

Sunday, April 21st, 2013

Dmitry Sokolov

As Digital Signage continues to cross into the mainstream, retailers of all stripes continue to embrace the medium for both in-store communication and architectural applications. Canadian wellness chain Shoppers Drug Mart, is the latest retailer to show digital as part of their future store design and retailing strategy. Pictured above, Shoppers’ award-winning “Beauty Boutique” store-in-store design was envisioned by Montreal-based […]