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OVAB Report: OOH Media Forecast 2008-2012

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

Patrick Quinn, CEO PQ Media delivered highlights and some exclusive details on their follow up report to their recent 2007 analysis. I will submit more specifics in an upcoming post, the key take away was that PQ Media predicts that the current economic downturn will actually accelerate the growth of the place-based media industry as […]

Manolo Almagro Reports On OVAB

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

OVAB Session – CLOSED -Thanks everyone for subscribing to the feed. Summary of sessions will be posted on www.dailydooh.com about 12 hours ago OVAB Closing Remarks: “clients media spending will flatten out in 2009 but DOOH allocation will remain the same or increase” about 12 hours ago OVAB Closing Remarks “Audience is common unit of […]

Wirespring To Release All-In-One Product

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

Some interesting news has been leaked from the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The hometown of “Sir” Bill Gerba – one of our industry’s more well-known and respected bloggers. Bill of course, is also the CEO of WireSpring, makers of the FireCast digital signage platform Anyway I believe that the team at Wirespring have been […]

New York City Marathon

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

Admittedly, I spend way too much time in Times Square NYC, not because I enjoy the company of the 1.2 million tourists that walk through the square each day but more so because it’s my job. On my last visit I confirmed a rumor about an upcoming DOOH interactive event that will involve the NYC […]

Adobe Flash Player 10, The Importance Of…

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

Last week, Adobe let loose their latest incarnation of their ubiquitous Flash Player. If someone asked me to build them a digital signage software solution today, this new player would be the engine behind it. It’s packed with all the tasty bits of goodness that rich media platforms should have, killer features such as built […]

When Content Starts To Think…

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

greetings loyal readers of the DailyDOOH! Manolo Almagro here – reporting in from the vast fringes of the digital place based media cosmos. Over the past few months, I’ve been privy to some very interesting initiatives that in my humble opinion are going to be the basis behind “changing the game” on how content and […]

What’s Big, Green and Lives in Beijing?

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

Yao Ming with bad case of food poisoning? A bootleg DVD copy of the summer 2008 blockbuster “The Incredible Hulk“? – well, loyal readers of the DailyDOOH, both guesses are incorrect. The correct answer is … The “Zero Energy Media Wall” By day, this mild mannered glass curtain wall soaks up the sun with its […]

The Sleeping Giant Has Awakened…

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

  Good people of the DailyDOOH, – hearken unto me as I usher in today’s announcement from Adobe Inc, – “Fear not, as I bring you all tidings of great joy” Introducing… (insert trumpet fanfare here) Adobe’s Open Screen Project bringing hope to the bleak landscape of non-conformity and zero standardization in our current world […]

Back To The Future – Circa 1998

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

10 years ago (yes, kids that was 1998) I was interviewed on a local Chicago TV show and asked to make some predictions about digital signage and its future, back then Blade Runner was seen as futuristic not Minority Report (Blade Runner was first released in 1982 mind) and it was the former and not […]