Archive for July, 2013

Peter Whitehead & Phil Eastwood Join oOh! Media

Friday, July 26th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

oOh! Media this week announced that it had bolstered its national sales leadership team with a number of key appointments that it says will help increase out-of-home’s share of advertising spend in Australia to around six per cent. Peter Whitehead has been named National Sales Director while Phil Eastwood, formerly of APN Outdoor, has been […]

airportmedia Germany Joins VUKUNET

Thursday, July 25th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

VUKUNET recently welcomed airportmedia germany, a media company with screens at major German airports, as a new partner. The cooperation, we are told, will facilitate the distribution of advertising campaigns to nearly sixty million travellers and visitors per year at eighteen German airports, including Köln-Bonn, Hannover and Nurnberg. airportmedia germany has established travel service lounges […]

NanoLumens? Penn Station, NYC

Thursday, July 25th, 2013

Andrew Neale

Apparently there is a new very large portrait LED hanging in Penn Station NYC. It looks extremely like NanoLumens but there is no official word yet from anyone, whose it is and who (media-wise) it belongs to. Very nice though 😉

Global Ad Spend Biggest Growth Internet Display & Outdoor

Thursday, July 25th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

According to Nielsen‘s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report, Television remained the dominant media type in terms of advertising investment in the first quarter of 2013 with a 59 percent share of media spend share and 3.5 percent growth globally. It appears that TV will maintain this position at least for the short term, however, TV […]

Giant Twin HD Digital Signs At JFK

Thursday, July 25th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

JCDecaux has unveiled giant twin HD digital signs at John F, Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 1, initially featuring LVMH’s Moet Hennessy and Louis Vuitton. The two high-definition digital signs, each measuring over 15’ x 7’, feature fully synchronized content and are strategically located above the terminal’s TSA security entrance where they will be seen by […]

Castmill HTML5 Digital Signage Software

Thursday, July 25th, 2013

Andrew Neale

OptimalBits announced this week the release of their HTML5 digital signage player, Castmill for Samsung‘s Smart TVs. Like many others, OptimalBits wants to revolutionise the player market. Aron Kornhall, Head of Development of OptimalBits told us “We believe that digital signage should be inexpensive and accessible to any small business. If for example a restaurant […]

Giving Average TVs Motion & Mobile Capabilities

Thursday, July 25th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Linkett, another new digital signage product, was launched in Canada yesterday, July 24, 2013, aimed at enticing retail companies to enter the digital signage sector. It was launched in Ontario’s Kitchener/Waterloo technology hub by WestonExpressions, a technology business providing hardware and software technology for the out-of-home advertisement industry. Its product, Linkett, which is currently in […]

Chilin Sells Vertigo Display Systems

Wednesday, July 24th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

It’s confirmed: Toronto-based Vertigo Display Systems, which became part of Chilin back in January, 2011, has been sold to a not-yet-revealed private Canadian investor for an undisclosed sum as of June 30, 2013. The purchase was confirmed by J.B. Daines, president of Chilin Solutions, and Ralph Idems, co-founder of Vertigo who heads the company under […]

ScreenScape Power Hyundai Canada Showroom Displays

Wednesday, July 24th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. is partnering with ScreenScape Networks to power video displays in Hyundai showrooms and its parts and service waiting areas. “We find video to be a very effective way to share the experience of driving and owning a Hyundai with our customers,” says Michael Handy, director of marketing, Hyundai Canada. “ScreenScape gives […]

Christie HoloStation, Lifelike Images in Small Spaces

Wednesday, July 24th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Christie announced at SIGGRAPH, the 40th anniversary conference and exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Technologies, the launch of its Christie HoloStation, a fully self-contained, personal visualization system that provides ultra high performance 3D and high resolution display for an immersive experience in small spaces and for ‘on-the-go’. “With its low maintenance and low cost […]