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2021 @Barco First Half Results

Monday, July 19th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Today Barco (Euronext: BAR; Reuters: BARBt.BR; Bloomberg: BAR BB) announced results for the six-month period ended 30 June 2021. Barco CEO, Jan De Witte was quoted as saying “I’m pleased to see the health of our end market demand and competitive positioning reaffirmed in a strong order intake and an exceptional orderbook level for the first […]

The @DPAAglobal Member Super Pass

Monday, July 19th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

New York Digital Signage Week will return to Manhattan this October with, once again, a number of top notch events supported by nearly all of the industry associations and market leading vendors. The largest event of the week is the DPAA Video Everywhere Summit which is well known for delivering top brand CMOs, agency CEOs […]

Jan De Witte Resigns as @Barco CEO

Monday, July 19th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

On the evening of Friday July 16, 2021 Barco announced that CEO Jan De Witte had ‘decided’ to step down with effect as from September 1, 2021. In April 2016 Jan De Witte, a former corporate officer of the General Electric Company, became CEO-designate in anticipation of the orderly handover of power from former CEO […]

Six New Joiners For @WorldOOHorg

Friday, July 16th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

The World Out of Home Organization has added new members in Iceland, Malta, Canada, China and Indonesia, as the UK.   Outside the UK the new members are OOH media owner Billboard ehf in Iceland, bus advertising specialist Moving Ads in Malta, location data platform Spotzi in Canada, Shanghai airport’s JCD Momentum in China and digital […]

3D Digital Media Art WHALE in Times Square

Thursday, July 15th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

SILVERCAST Media, a premier Out of Home advertising company operating high-profile outdoor media across the United States, will be showcasing 3D digital art on SILVERCAST’s digital spectacular located in the heart of Times Square for the public to enjoy. Appearing on SILVERCAST’s 30,000 sq. ft. iconic Times Square digital spectacular known as ‘Big Kahun’ will […]

New @GoSwiftmile Global Micromobility Ad Network

Thursday, July 15th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Swiftmile, the pioneer in micromobility charging infrastructure and technology, announced today that it has enlisted Broadsign, developer of the leading out-of-home marketing platform, as the technology partner for its new global micromobility advertising network. Swiftmile is working with the public sector, real-estate developers, and mobility operators to roll out charging hubs for micromobility vehicles like […]

New @IOAAIndiOutdoor Office Bearers For 2021-2013

Monday, July 12th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

The Indian Outdoor Advertising Association (IOAA) in its Annual General Body (AGM) held last week has elected new office bearers for the period 2021-23. Noomi Mehta, Chairman of the Board of Selvel One, has been elected as the Chairman; Pramod Bhandula, Chairman, JCDecaux India, as Vice Chairman, C D V Subba Rao, CEO & Director […]

Spectrio Acquires Automotive Broadcasting Network

Monday, July 12th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Spectrio, one of the US’s leading providers of customer engagement technology, announced that it had acquired Automotive Broadcasting Network, an auto dealership digital signage company last week. Spectrio CEO Dax Brady-Sheehan said “We are excited to bring on the ABN team as we accelerate Spectrio’s #grow2021 campaign. Their deep understanding of the complex and ever-changing […]

See @Hivestack’s Cabana at #MadFestLondon

Wednesday, July 7th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

MAD//Fest is billed as the UK’s most distinctive and daring invite-only marketing, advertising + disruption festival takes place today and tomorrow July 7-8 at The Old Truman Brewery, London. We note that Hivestack will be there… Day 1, Wednesday, 7th of July, between 9am and 11am, at Hivestack’s Festival Cabana attendees are invited to have […]

Hong Kong Based Clear Media Limited Taken Private?

Tuesday, July 6th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announces that a consortium of investors to which it is part of will, through the special purpose vehicle wholly owned by the consortium, make a voluntary conditional offer to take Clear Media Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, private. […]