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VMG Administrators Appointed

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Richard Easterby and Lloyd Hunton (+44 20 7935 5566) both from Tenon Recovery were yesterday appointed as the administrators of Vision Media Group (International) Plc who went into administration last week.

Digital Consumer Solutions, Inc.

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

When we see screen networks ‘go to the wall‘ whether they be small, medium or large, well funded, good or not it’s always especially nice to see NEW networks appear. Sometimes they are new new and sometimes they are just new to us – yes, although we like to think we know everything, we definitely […]

Scala Deploys 150 Ecco Shoe Stores, Denmark

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Scala continue to be strong in Scandinavia and have just won a 150 store rollout with ECCO, a European maker of high-quality shoes and accessories. Apart from the fact that yet again we see a retail network start off on the wrong foot by labeling itself ‘TV ECCO’ this looks like a pretty comprehensive deployment […]

The Villaggio Mall, Doha, Qatar

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

We counted 91 screens at ‘The Villaggio Mall’ in Doha, Qatar. It’s a BroadSign software install we believe for Firefly Communications with concept, delivery, installation and network operations by Meeddya MEA (The Meeddya Group). Firefly Communications is a media company offering printed and online media services and have recently decided to get into the digital […]

Did Scala Purchase Wallflower?

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Here’s a question for Hercule Poirot perhaps. Did Scala purchase Wallflower? – not actually Wallflower Global, the New Zealand based Digital Signage software vendor that Damien Edmonds wrote about for us a while back but ‘wallflower’ the Google Adword. The Google AdWords facility allows advertisers to purchase Keywords to drive the sponsored adverts that appear […]

VMG Now In Administration

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Following on from last Friday’s suspension of shares, see ‘Worsening Cash Flow At VMG Forces Share Suspension‘ we now have to report that VMG was placed into administration earlier today. That’s going to be pretty much it for them we suspect. No doubt management will try to buy back some of the contracts and build […]

Avanti’s New Interactive Digital 6-Sheet Pods

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

These new interactive digital 6-Sheet Pods from Avanti Screenmedia are interesting on a number of levels. First, as far as we know they are the first interactive digital 6-sheets deployed by Avanti in a mall, second they run BroadSign and thirdly they are built by UK enclosure specialist Esprit Digital. A further four pods are […]

Scala EMEA Reappoints Imperative Group

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Chris Heap’s Imperative Group has done a hell of a lot to increase the quality, transparency and frequency of Scala’s ‘market outreach’ – especially in improving their sometimes (previous) woeful attempts at PR. We are pleased to announce that the Imperative Group (Imperative), an independent digital out of home development & communications agency, has been […]

Eyetracker Research Results Now Online

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

The results of the recent JCDecaux Airport / Eyetracker research into digital airport media seem to have been incredibly well-received by the industry AND it’s nice to see that all of the findings are now online. Julie France, Managing Director, JCDecaux Airport UK Ltd told us late last week “I am delighted to announce the […]

PlanMyMedia.com Wins Big Award

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

abc media’s retail media planning portal, PlanMyMedia.com which first launched last year powering The Co-operative Media Centre (CMC) was celebrated at last week’s Grocer Gold Awards. The prestigious awards ceremony saw the unique media site win Business Initiative of the Year, beating off stiff competition from six other major players in the grocery industry. Judges […]