Archive for February, 2008

Multimedia-Enabled Food Service tray

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Those who know me well know that I had to be the one to write and edit this post and couldn’t keep a smirk and a smile off of my face the whole time!!! These guys were stalking the aisles at Screen Expo Europe – a multimedia display on a fast food tray. SmartTray™ is […]

Screen Expo Europe Attendance Figures

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We are still finalising a brief summary / overview of Screen Expo Europe but have got hold of the official attendance figures. There were: – 26 registered PRESS 2973 registered attendees Just over 1,000 other folks registered but did not attend (obviously some work to be done to convert registrations to attendance – but that’s […]

Great Start to the Year for Boomerang Digital

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Boomerang Digital who do the media sales for the Healthclub Channel told us earlier in the year that they were expecting a good start to the new year, seems “good” has turned to “great”. For the Healthclub Channel they have a number of new national advertisers: – Camelot…(Posterscope/MPG) Guardian..phd (Posterscope) Observer..phd (Posterscope) UKTV- Spa of […]

Shopping Centre Magazine

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Single Page PDF From Shopping Centre Magazine Esprit Digital get a nice mention in the December issue of the Shopping Centre Magazine about their indoor, double sided, portrait Screen installation in Brent Cross Shopping Centre

20 New Digital Billboards for London by April 2008

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

For more proof that the outdoor media owners in the UK are serious about digital look no further than this announcement from JCDecaux that by April 2008 London will have another 20 LED billboards!!! As we have told you before, in the US both Lamar and Clear Channel are converting 30 traditional billboards to digital […]

Neo Al Hamra

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

If you struggled back from Screen Expo Europe to Toronto, New York, Chicago, Munich, Berlin or Stockholm or even further afield (in cold climes) spare a thought for Neo Advertising’s top execs who are currently having a “Neo University’ session (we call it an ‘off-site’) in Marrakech. We are told that it is sunny and […]

An Afternoon kaffeeklatsch…

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It was purported that over 50% of the visitors to Screen Expo Europe were from overseas (non-UK residents) and anecdotally this seemed to hold up well with the folks that we met and saw. A show like this doesn’t go on long enough for serious networkers like ourselves (we have politely, I am sure been […]

Avanti Screenmedia added to BBC Graphics Roster

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In a testament I believe to the skills, creativity, experience and size of Avanti Screenmedia’s content studio it was announced (rather quietly) yesterday that the BBC has added them to its “motion graphics for factual programming” roster – PHEW! Only the BBC could come up with department titles like that surely? What does this mean? […]

Malaysian Digital 6-Sheets

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Just one of the rumours at Screen Expo Europe (go on, push us, we will tell you more!!) was that these guys Ferrograph have won a small order for fully enclosed, outdoor, proper size 6 Sheets in Malaysia with a company called FlashTV. The negotiations had been going on for some time and the paperwork […]

Handy AV Switches Allegiance?

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Handy AV who we most recently wrote about after their Harrods Dior installation had some nice things on their stand at Screen Expo Europe – including our first chance to see an Orion Infinite Plasma screen – basically a large tiled PDP Screen. In a press release issued just before the show, Handy AV announced […]