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4½ Metre Long x-Desk

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Engage recently completed a 4½ metre long x-desk (something we first wrote about back in February and it’s use at Christies, the auctioneers) – this was achieved using 4 desks, connected and positioned in a row, allowing up to 20 people to interact simultaneously, creating one of the world’s largest multi-touch user experience! For those […]

Scala Links With Delphi / Daylite

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Very clever of Scala here to ink an integration partnership with Newmarket International – one of the leaders in sales and catering solutions for the hospitality industry. This partnership will enable Scala customers to leverage event data in the hospitality industry’s most comprehensive software program called Delphi – the ability for example to export event […]

Michael Arkin Joins Zoom Media

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Zoom Media and Marketing has appointed Michael Arkin to the newly created position of Senior Vice President West Coast Sales and Strategic Partnerships. Michael will be based in Zoom’s Los Angeles office and will direct all west coast sales efforts and the development of strategic partnerships with advertisers and content providers. Prior to joining Zoom, […]

Screen Media Support (SMS) signagelive Partnership

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Screen Media Support (SMS) last week announced that it had become an approved signagelive partner for its range of screen network support services – the aim being in helping new adopters rapidly advance through the learning curve by offering:- Network Support – Proactive Monitoring, Content Management, Telephone Helpdesk Screen Content – Channel strategy, video & […]

London’s Newest Arts Venue Selects C-nario

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Kings Place, London’s newest arts venue has selected C-nario’s digital signage platform to display information about upcoming and current events, pricing information, corporate client information, and venue promotional videos. The integrator was DRV Group, one of Europe’s foremost professional designers and integrators of large scale corporate and educational audio visual communications technology. Kings Place, situated […]

Wireless Zone Selects Netkey For 350 Stores

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

The largest independent Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) dealer in the U.S., Wireless Zone, has selected Netkey to operate digital signs in the company’s stores. As part of an effort to enhance the customer experience and drive new sales, the company is installing up to eight digital signs in each Wireless Zone store – the signs […]

Imagesound Wins Holiday Inn Music

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Imagesound has been appointed as the nominated music supplier for Holiday Inn Europe, Middle East and Africa. New rollouts are part of the rebranding of Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and Resorts hotels which will be completed in 2010.

21 Digital Signage Grows To 220 Screens

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Signagelive reseller 21 Digital Signage announced earlier this week that it had expanded their network to 220 screens across the UK and Ireland. Seems that they are now setting their sights on expanding into Europe. A multi-screen system with the The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (the regulatory body for veterinary surgeons in the UK) […]

UBI (Urban Interactions) HotSpots, Finland

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

It’s claimed that these HotSpots provide an opportunity “for a new and unique way to interact in urban environments” and we see that twelve of them (dubbed UBI for Urban Interactions HotSpots) have been installed around the city centre of Oulu in Finland. This is the first phase in public buildings and different parts of […]

Mitsubishi America Bundle C-nario

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America’s Presentation Products Division (phew!) join Mitsubishi Electric’s Visual Information Systems Division in the Netherlands (who last October announced a strategic partnership) in announcing a product bundle with C-nario. The C-sign™, a digital signage software product from C-nario, is now available for Mitsubishi’s 32-, 42-, 46- and 52-inch monitors – the idea […]