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#Van2010 – Winter Olympics Medal Count Feed

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Throughout the Vancouver Winter Olympics, a number of networks are keeping their viewers up to date with the current medal count using a free feed provided by Screenfeed. Screenfeed is offering an updated medal count graphic that displays the top 4 medal-winning countries at the games. The medal count is updated throughout the day and […]

#ScreenMediaExpo Tim Harvey Speaks Screen Feeds

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

The presentation and speaker slots for #ScreenMediaExpo are beginning to take shape. Latest speaker agreed is Tim Harvey a Digital Signage Consultant with Dynamax Technologies Limited. His speech is entitled ‘This Advert Needs You!‘ and looks like it might be a detailed look into proven open-standard technology techniques that deliver unique advertising to unique viewers […]

DailyDOOH Talks To Phil Austin

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

We talk to new OVAB Europe member Phil Austin CEO CAN Media, one of the only truly profitable UK digital screen networks about his company… What do you do and in what markets do you operate? Can Media, owners of The Life Channel and Community Communications Network brands, are the largest Community Out of Home […]

Today’s Underpants Gnomes Were…

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

This month’s Underpants Gnomes brought to task by Adrian in his CODACAN presentation ‘Dear Industry…Current And Future State, Digital Media World‘ this morning were (in no particular order)… Retail digital screen networks
 CMS / Digital Signage software vendors
 Automated audience measurement vendors
 Aggregators We will have his presentation up shortly

Music Choice Premieres Interactive Channel

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Music Choice premieres an interactive channel – so what you ask? Surely new TV channels are launched all the time? Well not so this one. In an era of superlatives this launch is actually quite ground breaking. Dave Del Beccaro, president and CEO at Music Choice. told Multichannel News “The difference between this and other […]

#ISE2010 – Blogger Lounge Goodie Bags

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Adrian obviously missed his calling and should have bee a window dresser or retail merchandising expert… Here we see the Blogger Lounge ‘Goodie Bags’ (one for each Blogger) all lined up before show opening ready to giveaway. There were some really nice surprises in each tin thanks to a number of sponsors who generously donated.

#ISE2010 – InAVation Awards

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

We cannot help but keep smiling when we think of last week’s InAVation Awards at ISE. The singing compere / MC (the lady on the left of this picture not the fat bald git on the right) was brilliant. Let’s hope they have her back again next year! Dan Jago sent us this picture of […]

Jean-Claude van Damme Joins Panasonic

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Okay so it is Jean van Damme and not Jean-Claude van Damme but either way Jean, previously with MediaTile has just joined Panasonic’s Projectors, Professional Displays & Broadcast unit as Sales Manager

West Kensington Digital Wall, London

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Our good friends at City Gateway Media already operate and market large format digital out of home screens in Manchester and London’s Canary Wharf and here we see them adding another. Anyone driving into London along the M4 cannot have failed to notice this recently refurbished digital wall located at the busy intersection of the […]

Bob Baerg Joins RNIN

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Bob Baerg has just joined RNIN as inside sales director. Many folks in the US would know Bob as the ‘face’ of Rollouts Inc. – he left them about a year ago (obviously to do the ‘Director, Business Development at Align 4 Profit’ gig. Rollouts Inc. are a little pricey, but offer pretty good service.