Archive for the 'Scuttlebut' Category

New @Hotcrowd_Canada Marketplace

Wednesday, September 11th, 2024

Tristan Cotterill

Hotcrowd is described as your all in one MARKETPLACE connecting advertisers with various Out-of-Home digital screens and billboard owners. You can find out more about Hotcrowd Advertising Canada here.

Juan Tubert @Tombras CTO AdAI Conference Keynote

Wednesday, September 11th, 2024

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In less than two weeks time Tombras’ Chief Technology Officer Juan Tubert will keynote this year’s AdAi Conference where he will present a quite amazing OOH campaign that he helped his agency put together for Google and Moving and Storage Company PODS, which makes great use of #AI for Dynamic Creative Optimization. If you are […]

TfL Appoints @Global For Rail Ad Contract

Tuesday, September 10th, 2024

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Transport for London (TfL) has selected Global, the Media & Entertainment group, as its media partner for its rail advertising contract, one of the largest in the world, following a highly competitive tendering process that started back in October 2023. The eight-year contract will bring Global’s relationship with TfL to a remarkable 40-year tenure, one […]

oOh! Behind Every Great Brand

Monday, September 9th, 2024

Tristan Cotterill

To celebrate oOh!Media’s new brand positioning, oOh! will launch a major new brand campaign highlighting how Australia’s #1 Out of Home company plays a key role in making Australia and the world’s biggest brands famous. Demonstrating oOh!’s unparalleled reach, scale and creative innovation, the ‘Behind every great brand. Literally.’, by creative agency, The Hallway, will […]

oOh!media’s reooh Becomes reo And Expands

Sunday, September 8th, 2024

Tristan Cotterill

Last week oOh!media announced the strategic expansion of its retail media division in order to help monetise sales for retailers It i basically broadening the focus to incorporate sales representation of retailers’ assets across stores, websites, apps, and off-platform channels such as Meta, Google and oOh!media. Announced at their Outfront ‘25 event, the fast-growing retail […]

#OOH @Global Sales Staff Laid Off In Some Numbers

Friday, September 6th, 2024

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

With news of who has (finally) won the Transport for London (TfL) London Rail advertising contract (Overland and Underground) currently held by Global and the London-wide Street Furniture contract currently held by JCDecaux both being expected imminently, also comes news that Global seem to be laying off a large number of their OOH sales staff. […]

Vinod Chandiramani Joins @SolomonPtners

Friday, September 6th, 2024

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Vinod Chandiramani has joined Solomon Partners as a Partner and Head of its Capital Advisory group. We are told that will be instrumental in guiding the firm’s clients through periods of transition or pivotal corporate transformations by enhancing Solomon’s Capital Structure, Debt, and Financing Advisory capabilities. His expertise in bespoke financing and capital structure solutions […]

Lyft Pulls The Plug On Dockless Bikes And Scooters

Thursday, September 5th, 2024

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The ride-share service provider Lyft (LYFT.O) announced this week that it will stop offering standalone dockless bikes and scooters and eliminate some jobs as part of a restructuring to cut costs. Lyft of course operates the Citibike service in New York City and similar rental programs in other U.S. cities.

Sharp/NEC Launches Sharp-Branded 4K Projectors

Thursday, September 5th, 2024

Andrew Neale

Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe introduces two new Sharp-branded laser projectors. The Sharp X141Q and Sharp X171Q professional installation projectors offer 4K+ shifting technology, improved DLP contrast, and a great blending performance with improved fill factor as well as perfect border black level. As such, they are perfectly suited for use in higher education and […]

LED Experts Group Distribution Partnership w/ NovaStar

Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024

Andrew Neale

LED Experts Group, a division of CrimsonAV, has partnered with NovaStar to distribute their products throughout North America. The partnership serves to combine the knowledge and technical expertise of the LED Experts Group/CrimsonAV teams with the unmatched processing capabilities of the NovaStar product lines. The LED Experts Group/CrimsonAV will launch their partnership at the CEDIA […]