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Free Content For Two Months

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

How good a deal is that? Free content for two months! BlueFox is launching a TRY BEFORE YOU BUY operation from June 15th to August 15th inclusive. It will allow media owners and networks to try their feeds and video. It’s slightly oriented at English speakers (though is applicable anywhere) as the offer includes daily […]

Imagesound Wins Pizza Express Music

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Music provision at Pizza Express in the UK was previously shared between Mood Media and Imagesound. Sources tell us that Imagesound have now won this exclusively. It’s 365 restaurants across the UK and Eire. We believe that Imagesound are also down to the last two in the New Look RFP bidding – up against Mood […]

The Living Movie Poster

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

It was Don Sperring (whilst Strategy Director at JCDecaux) who said many years ago that content for digital out of home should be more akin to an animated poster than TV. It was exceptionally good advice and yet it still hasn’t really sunk in with ad execs and content folks. Pattison Outdoor’s digital 6-sheet campaign […]

Digital Signage At Infocomm

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

A week today in Orlando sees the opening of InfoComm 2009 (17th to 19th June) although of course various conferences and the Strategy Institute’s DS Tech Summit start earlier. We are flying out in strength at the weekend to cover many of the events and will be reporting throughout the week – seriously, who else […]

Six Skools Shotrlisted For TES Awwards

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Nice to see that six schools with The Life Channel’s in-school television network are among those shortlisted for the prestigious Times Educational Supplement (TES) Awards. According to TES Editor, Gerard Kelly, the TES Awards are the first to celebrate and reward the professionalism and flair of teams making an outstanding contribution to primary and secondary […]

Scala Set To Support Ultra Low-Cost PCs

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

It’s still a PC and it still runs Windows but Scala we believe are set to launch Release 5 of its software at InfoComm next week and with it support, for the very first time, for best use of ultra low-cost PCs. Release 5 is also likely to support more media playback devices and audio-only […]

Peroni’s Virtual Stage In Harrods Window

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

These images in one of the large windows at Harrods in London are really stunning. On the left side of the CityScape Media Ltd. virtual models, you can see a 42” large CityTouch panel with interactivity – you can click on more information about the designer, more information about the clothes itself and you can […]

Amscreen Appoints Digicom

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Digicom, officially launched in London 1st January this year and run by Tom Goddard, previously International CEO for CBS Outdoor has just announced that they have been selected by Amscreen to drive national digital media sales for the latters new BP contract and future users of Amscreen. Simon Sugar told us ‘We believe the team […]

buyDScontent Opens Its Doors

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

In our post last week ‘Startups During A Recession‘ we spoke about Brian Andersen’s new online business www.buyDScontent.com which launched today. It’s a web shop with content for digital signage; royalty free, full HD and most of the content can be used in both landscape and portrait orientation. What we particularly like is the ease […]

LevelVision Enrolls Into rVue

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Digital outdoor and LCD technology innovator LevelVision LLC has recently enrolled its digital signage network in college bookstores into rVue, Argo Digital Solutions, Inc.’s addressable advertising exchange for digital out-of-home. LevelVision College is in almost 300 college bookstores in 234 cities across 44 states and makes use of BroadSign Open. The company’s initial attraction to […]