Archive for December, 2013

Pat Pellegrini Joins GfK

Thursday, December 19th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Award-winning media researcher Pat Pellegrini, has joined global research firm GfK as executive vice-president of two key teams: Media and Entertainment, and Digital Market Intelligence. In his new role, Pellegrini will lead GfK’s North American efforts in areas such as new media technology, cross platform measurement, online purchase journeys, advertising effectiveness, mobile marketing, second-screen interactive/social […]

200 Colruyt Supermarket @ScalaInc Install, Belgium

Thursday, December 19th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

One of the largest digital signage networks in the Benelux has just gone live, a DOBIT Digital Solutions Scala powered install for Colruyt supermarkets. Colruyt is a Belgian multinational supermarket chain with more than 200 stores in Belgium, this install has 42″ screens at checkout (for every three cash registers, one large 42″ screen is […]

AVI-SPL’s Broadcast Media Group’ New Downtown Tampa Office

Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

AVI-SPL, video communications provider, celebrated the opening of its new downtown Tampa office for its growing Broadcast Media Group December 10, 2013 with an official ribbon cutting ceremony The celebration was led by Jason Atwell, vice-president of AVI-SPL’s Broadcast Media Group and Dale Gordon, executive director of the Tampa Hillsborough Film and Digital Media Commission and […]

NCR Guest-Facing POS Screens at Juan Valdez Café Stores

Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Juan Valdez Café stores are replacing their PC-based point-of-sale terminals with an NCR solution to enhance customer service and experiences chain wide. Initially, NCR Corporation is installing POS technology in all of Juan Valdez’s Colombian stores with an eye toward creating a standard platform as the company expands with new locations and franchises in Aruba, […]

Seasons’ Gr8s From DailyDOOH Towers

Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We weren’t quite sure when work, for most people, would stop for the holidays – we figured this week sometime (although, there are of course two working days next week as well, before the 25th) but just as we were getting into our own Xmas spirit along came a whole flurry of news stories and […]

First Sighting @JCDecaux_UK Waterloo Motion

Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

Guest Contributor, James Thornton

Here’s our first sighting – and probably the world’s Ed, of the new Waterloo motion screen. It’s a monster! The giant LED, originally scheduled to go live in September looks like it is now (almost) ready to be be launched in early 2014.

Peter McCelland Joins oOh! Media

Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Australia’s oOh! Media this week has announced a series of company restructures and the appointment of former Luxottica senior executive, Peter McCelland, to the joint position of COO and CFO. oOh! Media also said that it expects ongoing strong growth in 2014, as it continues to invest in digitisation of its road, retail, fly and […]

MicroTiles Liven Up Raven Industries Corporate Lobby

Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Raven Industries recently selected Christie MicroTiles for part of its extensive corporate lobby redesign, installing a three-unit tall by seven-unit wide array that shows videos of the company’s history and its three operating divisions. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and founded in 1956, Raven Industries designs and manufactures high value technical products including precision […]

Daktronics Appoints Two At The Top

Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Daktronics has appointed Reece Kurtenbach as president and CEO of Daktronics, and Peter Egart as vice-president of Daktronics international regions in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Kurtenbach first joined Daktronics in 1982 when, as a university student, he started working in the company’s manufacturing and customer services. After graduation, Kurtenbach worked for a […]

Gregory Lee Named Samsung Electronics N.A. President & CEO

Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Gregory Lee has been appointed president and CEO of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. North America Headquarters (NAHQ) in addition to his role as president of Samsung Telecommunications America. In his new role, Lee is responsible for overseeing Samsung businesses across all offices in North America which include Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung Telecommunications America LP […]