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Lancôme At Selfridges

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

LED screens close up are never really a good idea (pixelation etc) but these recently installed in the Lancôme concession at Selfridges don’t look too bad at all. Kerry MacNaughton, Merchandising Director for L’Oreal Luxury Products Division, told us “Selfridges is the premier retail location for Lancôme in the UK and an important showcase for […]

100 AAA Branch Offices

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Here’s one of the first pictures from Netkey‘s recent announcement that their digital signage software would operate digital signs in AAA club’s branch offices, headquarters and operations centers in Northern California, Nevada and Utah. AAA NCNU serves more than 4.2 million members via about 100 local branch offices and several operations centers. The club offers […]

More From The Thomson Garage Sale

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

This week at the Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) garage sale we see that Civolution has acquired the Thomson STS watermarking business. About Civolution Civolution is a leading provider of technology and services for identifying, managing and monetizing media content. The company offers an extensive portfolio of cutting edge watermarking and fingerprinting technology solutions […]

Posterscope South Africa Grows Digital Footprint

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Only the other day we were asked by a vendor what we knew about the South African market – we sent through what research we had but to be honest it wasn’t that much. We know that CAN Media have big plans there (and there are rumours of them having hired some local heavy hitters […]

Mood Media Looking For Lithuania Sales Manager

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Mood Media is looking for a Sales Manager in Lithuania… SALES MANAGER Are you a music addict, having a soundtrack for every situation in life? Have you ever thougt of music as means of marketing? Do you believe that its‘s crucial for business to always seek for new, more effective communication with its clients? If […]

Clear Channel Norway Airport Case Study

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Clear Channel Norway have been running a successful digital signage installation at Oslo’s Gardermoen Airport for over a year now and Dynamax have have just produced a nice case study – it’s Dynamax’s POV, content scheduling software that runs the network. Some 20 million travellers a year pass through the airport we believe and the […]

From Eyesore To Eye Candy

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

With an increasing number of vacant and neglected premises on our high streets, it is clear that our city centres are the recession’s latest casualties. With plans for re-development often put on hold due to lack of funds, councils have struggled to find appropriate methods of improving inner city areas. Anyway, determined to address the […]

Viscom Tec.09 Congress

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Viscom has just announced a new conference ‘viscom tec.09‘ being held on 30th September, the day before the start of the international trade fair for visual communication in Düsseldorf The participation fee for the congress will be 490.- euro plus VAT. for bookings made by 31 July and 590.- euro plus VAT after that date. […]

Awesome Install At Coffee Republic

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Spotted in the UK in the Orchards shopping Centre at Haywards Heath in a Coffee Republic outlet of all places. We say Coffee Republic in a sardonic sense as they are currently in ‘administration’ and this is a brand spanking new install. Asking around, we believe the deployment is from our favourite UK digital signage […]

Alan Mains Joins CAN Media

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

CAN Media Group, one of Europe’s leading players in out-of-home community television, has appointed Alan Mains to the position of Head of Business Development in Northern Ireland. Mike Darcy, Chief Operating Officer of CAN Media told us “Alan is a very prominent figure in the NI community and brings a wealth of expertise and experience […]