Archive for January, 2008

Noch 12 Tage bis zur Screen Expo Europe

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

All over Europe it is very nearly show time! After finishing up some work in Cambridge for investors on Friday several of us are rushing back home to pack our bags in preparation for a mini-European tour starting in Paris on Saturday and ending in Amsterdam later in the week. The week after that of […]

A New Magazine for the Indian Marketplace

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here in the office, we are very much looking forward to receiving our first copy of “DigiSign Digest” the first magazine focused on the Digital Signage industry to be published in India. ‘Digisign Digest’ seems to be an offshoot of a strong publisher who already has three business to business magazines in their stable. These […]

CBS Outdoor Alive (London Underground)

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

CBS Outdoor and its contractor Fujitsu has a mammoth task installing 100’s of these digital screens across the London Underground. Very, very smart of them to put stickers on the newly installed screens that say “COMING SOON – CBS OUTDOOR ALIVE” – much better than letting people think the screens are not turned on or […]

It’s a (Digital) Rollover!

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Well, to be completely accurate it is going to be an estimated UK PDS 18 million Lotto Triple Rollover! The UK’s Camelot National Lottery rolled over for the 2nd time in a few days on Wednesday evening and it is at times like this that the Media Buyers just love Digital Screen Networks. It seems […]

Cisco’s Debut Year in Digital Signage

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

James Bickers has written another excellent article over on Digital Signage Today, effectively an interview with Thomas Wyatt, general manager of Cisco’s digital media systems business unit (shown above).

Vision Media Group’s Advertising Commitment

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

As well as announcing a new CEO, ScreenFX announced (but didn’t give any names away) a 10 year advertising deal as in the press release below. Our initial take on this is we like it. We have been extremely critical of ScreenFX in the past but we definitely feel that this is a step in […]

GPEG and Digital Displays Ltd, join forces

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

GPEG, as they operate similarly to us within the EMEA arena, were one of the companies we were interested in having a chat with at Screen Expo Europe (they are on stand A09). Anyway they have just announced the acquisition of specialist display supplier, Digital Displays Ltd from Digital Connections Europe Ltd, based in Biggin […]

MDM.TV says “Name That Monster”

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

MDM.TV says “Name That Monster” and no it’s not a Premiership football player enjoying his team’s Christmas Party. MDM.TV is joining the radio station Xfm in its promotion of Cloverfield. The adverts we believe will run alongside Xfm’s promotion as below and will be aired on MDM.TV’s stadia network. The outdoor network advert will come […]

First look at an Electronic Health Media Screen

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

A picture speaks a thousand words (yep, sorry, yet more cliches in our posts this week) but in this instance a truism we feel – especially as these folks haven’t published any in situ pictures of their screens anywhere else (we believe) to date. Electronic Health Media (EHM) Ltd. first came to our attention via […]

Dominic Brookman named new CEO of ScreenFX

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We weren’t surprised that Dominic Brookman (owner of recently acquired Screen Media Networks / Theme Park Media) was today announced as the new CEO of ScreenFX… LONDON (Thomson Financial) – Screen FX PLC said it has named Dominic Brookman its chief executive after completing the acquisition of Screen Media Networks Ltd, an outdoor media contractor, […]