Archive for June, 2013

Help Set The DiSi Standard

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Digital Place-based Advertising Association is taking action to create an escalating standards scale of digital place-based platform capabilities to help creative agencies and marketers best realize the potential of our medium. “Content producers require an intuitive way to understand the features, formats and APIs available to them on digital place-based networks,” said Daniel Parisien, […]

iVUTV Powered By @Signagelive

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Signagelive announced this week that its core software is being used to power ‘iVUTV‘, an interactive signage solution that has been developed by ChallengerTEC for the hospitality industry. The first company to benefit from this solution is Camerons Brewery Chain. Instead of running (expensive) TV advertising campaigns, ‘iVUTV’ allows publicans to overlay targeted content in […]

#MWLive2013 @BeaverGroup Stand E409

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

Andrew Neale

We note that Scala’s Platinum Partner Beaver Group will be in the Retail Zone at this week’s #MWLive2013 on stand E409. Alchemy Expo and Amigo Digital are also exhibiting, sharing stand B119. STRATACACHE will have their latest digital@retail solutions on display on stand E304. #MWLive2013 kicks off tomorrow 9:30am, Olympia, London.

Voices Raised In Welcome, Hands Held In Prayer

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Word reaches us from the hallowed halls of Park Ridge that the deal to sell Convergent Media Systems may now be dead in the water. Just three short years after buying Convergent Media Systems for USD 6 million, we hear that Sony Japan put a USD 20 million price tag on said business – if […]

CNN Airport Network Adds New Entertainment And Sports Programming To Lineup

Monday, June 24th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

CNN Airport Network, a source for on-the-go news and entertainment in the airport industry, has added new entertainment and sports programming to its compelling TV lineup, beginning this month. CNN Airport Network is available in 50 major airports across the U.S. and delivers live daily news from CNN and HLN, original travel features, entertainment programming […]

After 44 years And 10 months Charles Ansley Retires

Monday, June 24th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

One of the longest serving (we mean ‘old’) and one of the very nicest people (we mean that most sincerely) in the industry announced his retirement Friday. Charles Ansley, who managed the most profitable digital signage business for just over 11 years and then steered it towards an acquisition (and what was, no doubt, a […]

Why (Android) Digital Signage Players Are Not Created Equal

Monday, June 24th, 2013

Guest Contributor, John C Wang

In this past year, the digital signage industry appears to have suddenly woken up to the thrill of Android and embrace it, if somehow, it were a saviour for us all. A few weeks ago I had the privilege of joining on stage, in Taiwan, Adrian Cotterill, DailyDOOH’s Editor-in-Chief, at a digital signage seminar with […]

Digital Signage – No Alternative. Moscow

Monday, June 24th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Late last month, the 3rd Digital Signage Moscow conference (again) entitled ‘Digital Signage – no alternative‘ was held at the Radisson Slavyanskaya hotel and again the conference organiser Digisky managed to gather together Digital Out-of-home representatives and end-users from different vertical markets. More than 300 specialists had visited the conference, among them representatives from such […]

More #Dpbmedia Ads From Amscreen

Monday, June 24th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Amscreen has, once again, been working with car manufacturer Kia to run a series of locally targeted campaigns via its own Adlive platform. The platform, launched last year, was developed in-house by Amscreen and gives local Kia dealerships the chance to personalise a national ad campaign on digital forecourt screens for their local marketplace. The […]

San Francisco International Airport Selects Clear Channel Airports

Monday, June 24th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Clear Channel Airports, Allentown, Pennsylvania, was selected last week by San Francisco International Airport to provide digital media and sponsorship solutions throughout SFO’s airport terminals. The deal will see SFO and Clear Channel Airports embrace, through ambient digital art, the uniqueness of the ‘Gateway to the Pacific’ while informing and inspiring air passengers traveling through […]