Archive for January, 2008

NMA’s “Mobile Marketing 2008” Event

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

This looks like it could be an interesting event NMA Mobile Marketing 2008, Thursday 17 April 2008, Thistle Marble Arch, London, W1H They are still going on about Bluetooth but apart from that the speaker line up looks really good… Alex Meisl, CEO, Sponge Anil Malhotra, SVP Marketing&Alliances, Bango Al Scott, Chief Creative Officer, Filter […]

YCD Growth

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We have been talking with Barry Salzman, CEO of YCD based in New York, in prep for a technical chit-chat at Screen Expo with Guy Shavitt their Head of R&D. We like YCD’s music offering as you know but have always wanted to see them more aggressively expand outside of their comfort zone in Israel. […]

If you can’t make CeBIT 2008, don’t worry…

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Agreed it is not quite as good as going yourself, but if you cannot make CeBIT 2008 or indeed don’t want to worry about finding accommodation in Hannover (usually 60 miles from the show itself) nor can brave the inflated air fares to the city then help is at hand… Each year at this time […]

Inspired Signage Retail Menu Board Solution

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Well, what can we say, sometimes you just get the ‘mood’ of an industry, predict the right trends and throw up relevant stories just before others similar are announced!!! In what turns out to be the third digital menu board we have discussed on the blog in the last 24 hours, below is an exclusive […]

Hear This, Hear This…

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

One of the best things at shows is to see and hear things that you couldn’t experience in any other way (sorry, does that make sense?). We have written about Panphonics‘ Sound Shower several times before but nothing beats hearing it. Well, you can at Stand: S149 at ISE, Amsterdam where Panphonics will be showcasing […]

More on Digital Menu Boards

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Murray Baker, MD Sonance Ltd and manufacturer of the AD series of screens (we have seen them in Budgens with Big Media Group and other places) sent in the picture above and said “All this growth is very exciting for our industry. The attached image is of the AD Series displays in action as menu […]

Tapinto Tries To Go Global

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We are not sure where Mark Greenhalgh is (actually) taking this, as we don’t think Tapinto is particularly unique or innovative but he is certainly making a lot of noise, talking about a lot of foreign interest and meeting a lot of people. Mark’s former venture Cabtivate that went into receivership leaving a lot or […]

Tag Heuer Spectacle Frames

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Tag Heuer have been supporting their brand extension / new foray into Spectacle Frames with digital screens in windows of various Opticians in Europe. It’s a truly horrible system; DVD based, the screen is precariously perched on top of a tiny DVD player and the content is more like a 20 minute infomercial than something […]

Travelex LED tickers at UK Airports

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Has anyone else seen the new LED tickers at Travelex at various UK airport terminals? Harry Filer, Managing Director at Surrey based Vision-Text who manufactured and installed the LEDs explained that the signs (which contain 100mm high text in order to provide variable moving messages) are being used predominantly in Travelex exchange rate bureaux in […]

Digital Signage Universe

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Lionel Tepper is the Marketing Director over at Digital Signage Universe. We like their tag line “If it’s out there, you’ll find it here—in our Universe.” ™ We are often asked for other reputable sources of information and this site lists quite a few – “More than 100 links to digital signage and retail news […]