Archive for August, 2013

Claude Nahon Leaves Mood

Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

We note that Claude Nahon, most recently President of Mood Media Europe, has just been hired by HighCo.

AOPEN Forum 2013

Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

AOpen, both in North America and Europe, put on some of the best partner events in our industry and the next one coming up is AOpen Forum 2013: Explore The Future of Retail – an invite only event, now in its seventh year which kicks off September 12 at 2pm. and adjourns at September 13 […]

OMAC’s IGNITE For Sparking Ideas in OOH

Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

IGNITE, the Out-of-Home Marketing Association of Canada‘s half-day Out-Of-Home forum and trade show will take place Nov. 14 at the Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street W, Toronto. Steffan Postaer from Gyro San Francisco, as keynote speaker, will provide insight into the relevancy of OOH media in the development and success of his celebrated works, […]

More On Activision Litigation

Monday, August 26th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning’s fight against those he considers ‘patent trolls’ has shred some interesting light on who Activision has recently been in litigation with. Richard Piersol at the Lincoln Journal Star first of, reports that for his trouble Bruning (plus his chief deputy and an assistant attorney general) are being sued in federal […]

Tom Touchet Gives Us A @City24x7 Update

Monday, August 26th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Tom Touchet, president and CEO of City24/7, may have won many awards, but nothing made him happier than to recently receive the ADA Sapolin Telecommunications Award from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on behalf of the City24/7 team for “doing extraordinary work for New Yorkers and visitors to our city living with disabilities”. Accessibility for […]

The DailyDOOH Investor Conference

Sunday, August 25th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In the same week that the DPAA released its speaker line up for its DPAA Summit Video Everywhere we are pleased also, to be able to announce the speaker line up for The DailyDOOH Investor Conference which takes place as part of #DpbMedia week in NYC Oct 23 and 24 AND announce that registration is […]

Boingo Expands Wi-Fi Advertising Services in Canada

Sunday, August 25th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Connecting to the Internet when traveling through many of Canadian airports, what you’ll see in advertising on your laptop, iPad. Tablet and cell phones will now be handled through a partnership between the familiar Boingo and BOLDstreet Wireless Wi-Fi. Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless, a major DAS and Wi-Fi provider that serves consumers, carriers and advertisers […]

OOH Advertising Q2 Revenue Up 5%

Friday, August 23rd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Washington, D.C. announced yesterday that Out-of-Home advertising revenue in the second quarter of 2013 was nearly $2.2 billion, an increase of 5% percent in the second quarter of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, Revenue for the first half of 2013 reached nearly $3.7 billion. The increase […]

‘Daktronics Belgium’ Opens Its Doors

Friday, August 23rd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

With the release of the new LED Street Furniture product, Daktronics is showcasing the value of OPEN Out-of-Home Solutions, now Daktronics Belgium. Prior to 2013, the two companies had been working together to manufacture and deliver digital displays in Europe, with OPEN making the cabinets for the Daktronics LED technology. In January, Daktronics entered an […]

BroadSign Introduces New Mascot Screenie

Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

If you’ve seen an oversized, blue robot-like character dancing around in some of mid-Montreal’s public settings such as McGill University campus, Dorchester Square and Place des Arts, you needn’t be alarmed The friendly character is Screenie Sinclair – affectionately only referred to as Screenie – BroadSign’s new mascot that we’ll be seeing a lot of […]