Archive for December, 2013

Francesco Chimienti Joins Play Taxi Media

Friday, December 13th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Play Taxi Media, Toronto, has announced the appointment of Francesco Chimienti as senior vice-president sales, effective immediately. Chimienti is responsible for providing support, insight and leadership across all sales-related activities, particularly as the company continues to expand and evolve its product offerings. His expertise is considered an ideal fit for his new role with Play. […]

Digital Signage At #2014SignExpo, Orlando

Friday, December 13th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

With its first year of running its Dynamic Digital Park last year in Las Vegas considered a major success, the International Sign Association is gearing up for an even bigger and better concentration for that sector within its annual International Sign Expo and related education conference this coming April in Orlando. “To be honest, I’ve […]

Harmon Corner Naming Rights

Thursday, December 12th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The owner of Harmon Corner in Las Vegas, recently named the Best Digital Billboard at The DailyDOOH Gala Awards, has just announced a ‘Naming Rights’ opportunity for the development. Branded Cities, along with their partners at Harmon Corner, are offering a brand the ability to rename the 50-yard line of the Las Vegas Strip (otherwise […]

Pritzker Group Acquires Milestone AV Technologies

Thursday, December 12th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Pritzker Group Private Capital this week announced that it had acquired Milestone AV Technologies for an undisclosed price from The Duchossois Group (which will retain an interest in the business and continue to have representatives serve on the board of directors). Milestone designs, markets and distributes mounting equipment and display solutions for the audio-visual market. […]

JCDecaux Wins LA International Airport Terminal

Thursday, December 12th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

JCDecaux SA has been awarded a new seven-year concession, with a three-year extension option, to provide Terminal Media Operator services at Los Angeles International Airport. The interior advertising and sponsorships contract includes the new Bradley West international terminal, where brands will be able to sponsor the spectacular digital installations that were recently unveiled there, including […]

Pot Accuses Kettle of Being Black

Thursday, December 12th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In breaking news industry pot John Ryan has accused the Kettle of being black. In a bizarre so-called industry brief hardly-global retail-marketing agency JohnRyan says that banks are struggling to achieve digital signage success due to limitations imposed by inadequate Content Management Systems. Yes I know, hard to believe huh? It’s probably more correct to […]

New Membership Rates For Research, Tech Companies

Thursday, December 12th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Prompted by a strong demand from mid-sized and niche companies following the Digital Place-based Advertising Association’s record-setting Video Everywhere Summit on Oct. 22/13, the DPAA is implementing a new membership rate structure for research and technology companies. The new structure features a graduated rate card in which dues for research vendors are based on digital […]

Will ComQi’s Saviour Be BroadSign?

Thursday, December 12th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It has been rumoured before and BroadSign’s executive team seem to make no secret of the fact that they would love to do a software acquisition rollup of sorts but we heard again this week that ComQi – who surely have nothing else to be in business for, might find a saviour in the arms […]

Three New @BlueBite Rollouts

Thursday, December 12th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

New York-based Blue Bite has announced new rollouts with three outdoor media companies: Vector Media, Cinema Scene Marketing and Glanz.tv, with the aim of adding mobile to hotels, movie theatres and shopping malls. The goal is to further increase users’ interaction with screens and digital kiosks and thereby enhance their in-venue experience by providing relevant […]

Piccadilly Lights @ADigitalStorm

Thursday, December 12th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Land Securities, owners of Piccadilly Lights at London’s Piccadilly Circus, is partnering with Storm, Clear Channel UK’s premium out-of-home media offering, to deliver landmark brands with bespoke digital outdoor advertising opportunities at one of the world’s most photographed locations. Storm, which launched in October this year is continuing the industry trend to re-invent premium outdoor […]