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Mike Darcy Joins CAN Media As COO

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

CAN Media Group, one of our Ten Companies To Watch in 2009 has appointed Mike Darcy to the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mike will assume responsibility for the operation of CAN Media, as well as spearheading the launch of two new initiatives; Life Channel Communications and Integrated Content Management System (ICMS). Mike joins […]

Ingram – BroadSign’s Middle Man

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

The middle of last week saw Ingram’s first Broadsign Reseller Webinar and at first we were a little unsure as to what the advantage was in this type of reseller arrangement (it looked to us that one still needed to sign up with Broadsign at the cost of USD 4000 before engaging with Ingram BUT […]

More Tech Start-Ups Call It Quits

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Poor old Reactrix systems (thanks to Sherwood Partners) gets a fleeting mention in this very interesting article over on WSJ

Be Inspired, Be Great!

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

The Boys & Girls Clubs of America has teamed up with the Outdoor Advertising Association of America to spread this ‘BE GREAT’ campaign across Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising mediums and EYE USA was the first to send us some pictures through of it in action. The campaign features BGCA alumni, including Denzel Washington, Shaquille O’Neal, Wesley […]

What’s Up With Digital 6-Sheets Then?

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Last year we had digital 6-sheet manufacturers coming out of our ears and yet in our ISE debrief in the office just now we had to rack our brains to think of a vendor promoting them in Amsterdam. BF Group managed to scramble onto the Harris stand, though that particular business combination made no sense […]

Theatrical Debut of ‘Coraline’

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

These Storescapes(TM) from Inwindow Outdoor ran for a month in fourteen locations across seven major U.S. markets including NY, LA, Boston, San Francisco, Miami, Chicago and Washington D.C. Jeff Cohen, Managing Partner of Inwindow Outdoor told us “We are continuously looking for new methods to enhance visibility and interactivity for our clients and create displays […]

Denny’s Takes theBITE Network

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

No installs yet but looks like Denny’s has chosen IndoorDIRECT’s theBITE Network to run in its restaurant locations beginning early in 2009. Michael Winton, President and Co-Founder of indoorDIRECT told us “This is significant expansion for theBITE Network because it marks the first implementation with a full-service restaurant company that has large dining rooms and […]

Safer London Problem Solving Awards

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

The Community Communications Network (CCN) now part of the CAN media empire will be exhibiting its community television system at the Safer London Problem Solving Awards on 23 February 2009. The Problem Solving Awards celebrate projects designed and implemented by local police and the communities they serve which respond to local needs, addressing the causes […]

The Road To Successful DOOH Media

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Here is Christoph Köller’s presentation ‘The Road To Successful DOOH Media’ from last week’s ISE DOOH Business conference. The talk provided a short overview about key players in the Digital Out Of Home advertisement value chain and how it guided the structure of the conference. Koeller – ISE 2009 – Road To Successful DOOH Media […]

OVAB Adds Two New Members

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

OVAB Europe has been a little quietly recently, though we believe there may well be a big joint OVAB ‘conflab’ sometime soon in New York but good to see that OVAB on the whole continues to make progress and attract quality new members, this time around; ADCENTRICITY and Ecast. Both companies of course join a […]