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Just How Good Will The Crew Look?

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

We ordered our T-shirts for crew and contributors attending Screen Media Expo Europe next week from CafePress.com… Dress code was to be jeans, sneakers / trainers and beanies – there was some push back from everyone about the ‘beanies’ (perhaps understandably BUT I might wear mine) and would you ‘adam and eve‘ it but our […]

Free Wi-Fi At Screen Media Expo Europe

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Visitors to the show will be able to get free Wi-Fi in the Bar Area thanks to the show organisers and BroadSign who are sponsoring the Bar Area.

Audio And Video Choreography In Retail

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

EnQii’s latest newsletter tells us that we were almost right in our post in early March this year entitled ‘Music Software From EnQii‘ – seems like the new add-on module for their software is actually called InTempo. James Abdool, EnQii’s EMEA President who most definitely knows what he is talking about when it comes to […]

John Ryan Wins POPAI OMA Silver Award

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Congratulations to John Ryan in winning the POPAI OMA Silver award for its digital signage implementation at the Spanish bank, Caja Mediterráneo. The award-winning project enabled Caja Mediterráneo’s marketers to deliver localized messages in 8 languages, across 3 channels, at 500 branches. The award was announced at the GlobalShop 2009 expo in Las Vegas.

STRATACACHE Purchase 50,000 Sq Ft Office Space

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

According to the Dayton Business Journal STRATACACHE have purchased 50,000 square feet of office space for USD 1.35 million in Dayton, Ohio. The journal says and we quote “Dayton-based Stratacache Inc. has been awarded a $585,000 loan for the company’s new corporate headquarters. According to Montgomery County property records, Stratacache purchased 50,000 square feet of […]

Mermaid New Web Site

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Mid February we wrote ‘Danish Mermaid Acquires Something Swedish‘ and now the new web site is up and running, see http://www.mermaid.dk/ About Mermaid mermaid technology started its activities in its current form on 1 July 2004. In 2004 mermaid technology decided to have digital signage as its primary focus. We wanted to be a total […]

Dynamax Stand F33, Screen Media Expo Europe

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Our fascination with stand design continues – below is the Dynamax stand F33 which was built by one of their own partners, Rocket Communications. Donna Shaw, Marketing & Communications Manager tells us that they will be using 4 messages at the event… Connect with your audience (which is their standard tag line) Right message, right […]

Playnetwork Adds Mobile Services

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Demonstrating how good businesses diversify and figure out new products and services that they can offer their (existing) customers we see that PlayNetwork has added a new mobile service to its media offerings which includes a full range of mobile solutions – short message service (SMS) campaigns, branded music and video content delivery, web and […]

Win A Free Pass To A Screen Media Expo Summit Of Your Choice

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

We have 10 free passes to give away, which can be used at any of the summits, conferences or workshops being held at Screen Media Expo Europe. All you need to do in order to win one is answer these three questions.. What sort of music do we like in the office? Who was our […]

Victory Acquisition Does ‘What It Says On The Tin’

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Earlier this week TouchTunes Corporation and Victory Acquisition Corp. announced a ‘Definitive Merger Agreement’ and whilst the deal is still subject to stockholder and regulatory approval it should give one of America’s larger Out-of-Home Interactive Entertainment Networks access to new equity. Pursuant to the agreement, Victory will acquire TouchTunes for 33 million shares of Victory […]