Archive for December, 2008

BroadSign To Compete Directly With Neo?

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

As we are no longer on BroadSign’s press distribution list we obviously didn’t get sent this press release but anyway it’s worth taking a look at it in a little more detail (we expect every other online site to report that BroadSign had a good year just cos’ BroadSign says they did – that will […]

Globaltronics LED Banner Foretells The Future…

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

One of South East Asia’s leading DOOH companies – Globaltronics Inc, in partnership with The Philippine Stock Exchange and building owner Insular Life recently installed South East Asia’s widest digital out of home LED ticker. This custom built Daktronics display supports HD resolutions and measures 1.5 meters by 30 meters (approx 4.9′ by 98.5′ feet) […]

3M’s MPro110 Micro Projector

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Chris Sheldrake

A tiny handheld micro projector from 3M, the MPro110 received the Crystal Disc (best product) award at INVEX, International Trade Fair of Information and Communication Solutions for Business Development, held in the Czech Republic in October and we are looking forward to seeing it for ourselves at ISE 2009 next February. 3M are on stand […]

Please Don’t Drink And Drive

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here are some more pictures of the ‘please don’t drink and drive’ Public Service Announcement campaign running across the Greater Toronto Area in Canada at the moment. The 2 week campaign is a result of RIDE’s partnership with the Canadian Digital Out-of-Home Association as discussed previously.

Ten Companies To Watch In 2009

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Each year we pick out ten companies that we think you ought to keep your eye on. We don’t include the companies from the previous year – preferring instead to start afresh. In 2009 watch out for these folks who we think will make a major impact on our industry (listed alphabetically below, i.e. in […]

Will Amscreen Win BPTV?

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We believe that there are only two vendors left in the race to win BPTV, see ‘Blighted RFP Sighted Over UK and US‘ One of the contenders we can definitely confirm is Amscreen – a rumour we talked about back in August when the company first came into being (when Sir Alan Sugar purchased a […]

RIDE Program Goes Digital

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Public service announcements giving the ‘please don’t drink and drive’ message are running thoughout the holiday period on digital display networks in a variety of public spaces across the Greater Toronto Area in Canada. The two-week campaign is the result of RIDE’s partnership with the Canadian Digital Out-of-Home Association. The R.I.D.E. Program (Reduce Impaired Driving […]

Everything’s Bigger In Texas…

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

“Texas-sized” … is an expression that we Americans use to describe something big, (or bigger than) when compared to other things of the same type. In this case, I’m using this term to describe the relative size of the digital signage network(s) that Reflect Systems – (A Dallas TX based company) has been cultivating and […]

Viscom 2009 In Düsseldorf

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We really enjoyed the two Viscom events in both Paris and Frankfurt in 2008. Here we see Viscom Düsseldorf entering into close co-operation and an agreement with the organisers of DSE. DIGITAL SIGNAGE EXPO ENTERS INTO AGREEMENT TO BUILD U.S. EXHIBITION AT viscom 2009 IN DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY ATLANTA, GA – Digital Signage Expo (DSE), the […]

Good Win For Cayin In Poland

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

188 CANAL+ Cyfrowy point of sale systems now and in a second stage, maybe as many as another 112 locations in Poland. It’s a shame that the fixture itself is nothing to speak of – just a TV set on a stand but it’s a good sized rollout already even without the extra 100+ locations […]