Archive for February, 2008

Enhanced Research Anticipates Continued Growth of Digital Out-of-Home

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

James Whitmore, managing director of Postar has been quoted as saying, on their new deal with Ipsos Mori, that their enhanced research proposition “anticipates the continued growth of digital out-of-home and is designed to incorporate emerging out-of-home formats” He also said “We want to expand because of the medium’s growth. It is not just growing […]

Mass of Messages Lands at Heathrow

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The folks at Eye Corporation may disagree with Jonathan Goldsmid-Whyte, chief executive of WPP Group’s Aviator (they buy ad space in airports for clients) when he says “This is the first time that digital [advertising] is playing a really significant role in an airport” but there is no doubt that JC Decaux’s use of digital […]

Isbank – First Picture of Turkish Install

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

This is the first picture of a digital screen in Turkish bank Isbank – it’s part of a recently announced deployment using the Dise Digital Suite from Sweden. The deal size is claimed to be as big as 2,000 screens if you take into account both a number of ATMs and Internet banking stations (known […]

What’s Going to Happen to ScreenRed?

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

ScreenRed was number 6 in our “Our Top 10 Digital Signage Vendors” list. Outside of retail banking though, has anyone heard of any other big installs? For sure, our friends over in Northern Ireland, On Screen Solutions have adopted it (alongside Panasonic NMstage) within their network and have, we understand, been incredibly happy with it […]

Speakers Announced for Screen Media Mumbai

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The Speakers (and Panel members) have just been announced for Screen Media Mumbai. There are a few vendors who are hoping to do business in the region but the local speakers look very interesting and seem to be a good mix of media, advertising and technology. Should be a good event. Lynn De Souza, director, […]

Tesco Screens Creative RFP

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The result of the Tesco Screens Creative RFP may not now be known until the end of the month! Although the official line was that the winner would have been announced yesterday (Feb 13th) – making a nice Valentine’s day present for someone – we have heard that the last of the 6 shortlist candidates […]

Nokia Store Designed For Interaction Retailing

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Last December we picked up on and highlighted one of Nokia’s flagship stores, opening then soon, London’s Regent Street. Well it’s here now, fully opened and there are number of good articles floating around about its purpose, design, construction etc. The best coverage we have seen is over on Design Week – it’s well worth […]

Two Crisps Were Walking Along the Road…

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

There was a very interesting article in last week’s Time Magazine about William Chase and his family run farm in Hereford, England – basically from (almost) ruin he turned his family business on its head, from a bottom of the food chain, at the mercy of the supermarkets potato farm to a top of the […]

Wearable Video’s Video Vest

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Weareable Video is hardly new (Adwalker, Adscreens, Pixman etrc) and we wonder how many more folks can claim to be applying for patents on different parts of it. This press release landed on our desk last week – poor timing what with all the noise around Screen Expo Europe and all the other announcements. The […]

iCan Advertise

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

iCan is advertised as the smart way to tell local people about your services! It’s billed as a revolutionary 360° display which receives information over a network called c360tv through which members can post messages and images – i.e. its seen as a communication point for all the public to use. An interesting combination of […]