Archive for the 'Scuttlebut' Category

Ammo Vending Machines @AmericanRounds

Saturday, July 13th, 2024

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

American Rounds say they are redefining convenience in ammunition purchasing with the rollout of their new automated ammo dispensers which are accessible 24/7 – “ensuring that you can buy ammunition on your own schedule, free from the constraints of store hours and long lines”. Early rollouts include grocery stores in Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma. The […]

Fire Island Ferries and Water Taxis Advertising

Wednesday, July 10th, 2024

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

At the start of this summer, passengers aboard Fire Island Ferries and Fire Island Water Taxis saw vibrant new displays on their journey. As part of the Ferries’ and Water Taxi’s new advertising program, the campaigns are not just bringing PSAs up close to passengers– but they are also offsetting ridership costs and maintenance fees […]

Outcome Health CEO & CFO Going To Jail

Sunday, July 7th, 2024

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In November 2019 Outcome Health founders Rishi Shah, Shradha Agarwal, Outcome CFO Brad Purdy and executive VP Ashik Desai were charged in federal court with a combined 26 counts of fraud for defrauding investors out of hundreds of million of dollars. Ashik Desai pleaded guilty to the charges and cooperated with the investigation whereas the […]

Tom Reilly Joins @VectorMedia

Friday, July 5th, 2024

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Tom Reilly has joined Vector Media as the company’s new Executive Vice President of Local Sales. Tom comes to Vector with an impressive background, having built and scaled numerous sales teams, including an 18-year run at National CineMedia (NCM), where he built and managed a local/regional team of over 200 local sellers. Tom is replacing […]

Charles Beauduin Retires as @Barco co-CEO

Friday, July 5th, 2024

Andrew Neale

Charles Beauduin will retire as cBarco o-CEO and will become chairman of Barco, effective September 1 2024, with An Steegen being confirmed as (sole) CEO. In 2021, An Steegen and Charles Beauduin assumed the role of co-CEOs at Barco. Under their leadership, the organisational structure was redesigned, with greater empowerment at business unit level for […]

#4G / #5G Mobile Coverage on The Elizabeth Line

Thursday, July 4th, 2024

Andrew Neale

High speed 4G and 5G mobile coverage is now available to customers using the Elizabeth line as they travel across central London. Following all Elizabeth line stations getting mobile coverage earlier this year, TfL and Boldyn Networks, TfL’s partner in delivering the connectivity, have now introduced coverage within the tunnels from the Royal Oak portal […]

The #Wimbledon Scoreboard Explained

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024

Andrew Neale

Every year during the #Wimbledon fortnight, a post we wrote over 15 years ago about ‘The Wimbledon Scoreboard‘ crops up again and again as one of the most popular daily reads because of all the search engine traffic it attracts. For all of those interested in the Centre Court Scoreboard here is a quick rundown… […]

LG Acquires 80% Stake in #AI Biz Athom

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

LG Electronics has acquired an 80 percent stake in Athom, an industry-leading smart home platform company based in Enschede, Netherlands. The agreement includes plans to acquire the remaining 20 percent within the next three years. This strategic move aims to enhance LG’s connectivity within open smart home ecosystems. By integrating Athom’s capabilities with LG’s Affectionate […]

ZetaDisplay Win A-Train AB / Arlanda Express

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024

Andrew Neale

ZetaDisplay has entered into a multi-year exclusive framework agreement with A-Train AB / Arlanda express for development, deployment and services. We understand that the agreement includes switching to ZetaDisplay’s software platform for the entire screen network, upgrading of Arlanda express digital signage installations on board train sets and replacing all advertising screens at Arlanda express’s […]

Advertima and PADS4 Retail Partnership

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024

Andrew Neale

Advertima and PADS4 have partnered on a scalable and cutting-edge ad-serving solution for digital signage networks in retail environments. They say that this collaboration solves digital advertising’s existing constraints of real-time targeting, performance analytics, and accessibility. Advertima’s visual-spatial sensors capture real-time anonymized audience data, transformed into specific pre-defined segments. This enables precise impression-based direct I/O […]