Archive for January, 2014

Thomas Dockter 1964-2014

Friday, January 31st, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We end the week with some incredibly sad news. A good friend to the industry, and a truly lovely man, Thomas Dockter passed away late last week. Thomas was the leading consultant on the Digital Signage Industry in Germany and the driving force and father figure of the Digital Signage Best Practise Awards – an […]

Exponation Loses @AbbieAndersen

Friday, January 31st, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We hear that Abbie Andersen, sales associate for Digital Signage Expo has left Exponation. We’ll have more early next week.

Ronin Leadership Changes?

Friday, January 31st, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Ben Nielsen and Scott Ross have both mysteriously disappeared from Wireless Ronin’s web site’s leadership page†. Ben is / was CTO and SVP of Product Development at Wireless Ronin Technologies, Scott is / was Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Wireless Ronin Technologies. The bulletin boards are awash with rumour. How much of it […]

CEO Spotlight: Eric Marotel, CEMUSA, Madrid

Friday, January 31st, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month, we welcome Eric Marotel, Managing Director, CEMUSA, Madrid, Spain CEMUSA is in 170 cities in five countries with more than 71,000 units. Are these all street furniture? Being street furniture our core business, most of them are structures placed in the urban layout of cities for public use. Contracts in major cities including […]

Nexcom’s Ultra HD Video Wall Player

Friday, January 31st, 2014

Andrew Neale

Signagelive software is powering Nexcom’s 4K video wall player being launched at #ISE2014 next week Nexcom’s Ultra HD video wall player, being distributed in the UK exclusively through Medium UK, to be showcased in Hall 8 Stand 250. Signagelive will be demonstrating its 4K support capabilities for Nexcom’s NDiS B842 video wall player (an ultra-high-definition […]

Road To New York Super Bowl Game Paved w/ @Daktronics LED

Friday, January 31st, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The numerous LED displays that Daktronics of Brookings, S.D., has installed in New York, New Jersey and the surrounding metro areas over the years are taking center stage as hordes of people descend near the Big Apple for the biggest sporting event of the year as the Denver Broncos battle the Seattle Seahawks for football […]

Gilles Lacoursière Joins VIF Communication

Friday, January 31st, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

VIF Communication has welcomed Gilles Lacoursière to its team to serve as Vice President of Business Development. Lacoursière has many years of experience in sales team management, marketing management and business solicitation. He worked at Astral OOH (2009-2013), especially in the digital sector, for Rogers Québec as president (1999-2002) and for ten years before that […]

Video Walls Unplugged International Flavour

Friday, January 31st, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Not surprisingly (as International attendance at #dse2014 is growing year on year, see ‘record international registration – registrants from 79 countries, representing nearly 30% of all total registrants!‘), approximately 80% of our audience for Video Walls Unplugged at #dse2014 is North American. Miami, Kingsport, Mississauga, Omaha, Laval, Markham, Waterloo, Edmonton, GREEN BAY, Salt Lake City, […]

Geneviève Roy Joins Newad

Friday, January 31st, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

Newad has announced the appointment of Geneviève Roy as Business Development Director, Eastern Canada. In her new role, she will be tasked with promoting Newad’s multiplatform offering, which enables advertisers to reach the Young & Affluent of Canada. Geneviève actually began her career at Newad a few years ago, when she worked on developing the […]

Andy Goldsmith Joins Primesight

Friday, January 31st, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Primesight has announced the appointment of Andy Goldsmith as Agency Sales Director. Goldsmith takes on the role as leader of the agency sales team to devise and implement the outdoor media owner’s agency sales strategy. As a senior hire, Goldsmith will lead the promotion of Primesight to agencies and advertisers, representing Out of Home advertising […]