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Screen Digest Acquired by iSuppli

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Expanding its industry-leading analysis of the electronics value chain into the fast-growing media market, iSuppli Corp. today announced that it has entered into an agreement in principle with Screen Digest which is expected to lead to the acquisition of the company, the world’s preeminent provider of market research covering film, TV, broadband media, mobile media, […]

OpenPeak Secures $52 Million

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

OpenPeak Inc., a provider of multimedia touch-screen devices and device management platforms, announced this wek that the company has secured an additional $52 million of financing from existing investors and Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s global investment organization.

#InfoComm2010 – HomeWrecker Opening Ball

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Twelve United States presidents have thrown the first ball of the season at the Opening Day of a new Major League Baseball season. Our editor in chief felt a little bit like that (so he rang to tell us back in the office) when he sneaked onto the #InfoComm2010 show floor late Tuesday afternoon to […]

TomTom Agree New Amscreen Sponsorship Deal

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Amscreen just announced that portable navigation system provider TomTom has extended its contract with the company for an additional two years – following on from the initial deal in October 2009, TomTom’s HD Traffic will continue to be the exclusive provider of live traffic feeds across Amscreen’s forecourt network, providing millions of motorists with the […]

Thai Airlines, Frankfurt

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Some of the SA DigiAdvans are in Frankfurt we see, working on a Thai cultural event for Thai Airlines. They are also providing a live film link to the screen on the van as an additional service, hence the image of a camera man in one of the photos above.

TCN Media Announce Mobile Application

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

TCN Media, the sales and marketing solutions division of TargetCast Networks, announced last week its first mobile application for away-from-home television viewers in America’s casual and fast casual restaurants. TCN’s mobile application will be available for the iPhone in Q4 and will essentially function as the mobile gateway for all information and entertainment provided by […]

Audio Branding Academy Yearbook Published

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Back in November 2009 the first international Audio Branding Congress took place in Hamburg, Germany, and brought together audio branding experts and interested people from all over the world. The event seemed to be a great success and probably marked a turning point for the heretofore highly fragmented audio branding industry. Anyway, nice to see […]

#InfoComm2010 – N1203 HomeWrecker

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

This is a real sneak preview of the HomeWrecker game that we told you a week or so ago that Christie Digital will be running on their stand N1203 at #InfoComm2010 in a few days time. The optical tracking system is by baanto and it is of course a MicroTiles display they are throwing things […]

DW Green And EnQii Launch GreenTV

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

DW Green Company and EnQii today announced their partnership in launching GreenTV, a self-contained digital signage system that delivers powerful, targeted messaging to customers of grocery chains across North America. With the launch of GreenTV, EnQii and DW Green Company will provide grocery retailers with highly effective, supermarket-focused content designed to drive incremental sales and […]

EnQii One Of Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe Tech Companies

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Congratulations to EnQii who were selected this week as a Red Herring Top 100 Europe Tech Company. Red Herring announced its Top 100 Award in recognition of the leading private companies from Europe, celebrating these startups’ innovations and technologies across their respective industries. Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe list has become a mark of distinction […]