Archive for January, 2009

Together Let’s Welcome Obama

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Interesting initiative from Pixman that we are still looking at… On January 20th, history will be made with the inauguration of the first African-American president of the United States. This momentous event will be shared throughout the world; our aim is to enable you, citizens of the world, to express your emotions, hopes, dreams and […]

Brazilian DOOH Turnover Doubled In 2008

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Figures published recently by ABDOH – the Associação Brasileira da Mídia Digital Out Of Home – indicates that the total turnover of its 13 founder-member companies more than doubled last year!!!! The figures rose from 30 M R$ (€10 m) to 75 M R$ (€25 m) in 2008. The figures also indicated that the number […]

Philip Lenger Elected To SEGD Board Of Directors

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The SEGD event in San Diego in May is one that we might actually pop along to. Interesting announcement anyway from Show+Tell… President and Founder of Show+Tell will contribute to the organization’s efforts in Dynamic Environments January 12, 2009, New York – Show+Tell today announced its President and Founder, Philip Lenger, has been elected to […]

Revenue Up 30% For abc media Group

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Retail Media specialists abc media group announced today that they had a record year in 2008 with revenue up 30% !!! Sales revenues were up over 30%, the number of campaigns up by 25% and billings through media agencies up by 75%. Jonathan Southcombe, Chief Executive told us “I believe this is because retail media […]

Big EnQii Win To Be Announced This Week

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Likely a big win for EnQii to be announced this week.

Virgin Radio Montreal Launch

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Astral Media screens were as prominent as the dancers as Virgin Radio Montreal was launched officially at an agency and media party Monday night (Jan. 12). Some screens showed a selection of Montreal scenes interspersed with Virgin Radio 96’s logo, while others showed scenes from other countries where Virgin Radio operates. The noisy atmosphere was […]

John Ryan Nordics Bank Project

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

We think it more likely that this project win is a more traditional John Ryan retail merchandising / marketing consultancy play but rumour on the (cold) streets of Scandinavia is that JR are in line to announce a nice piece of business with 1,000+ bank branches. You have to ask what is happening / what […]

And The First Into Bed With Intel Is…

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

There have been rumours for 12 months or more that Intel was seriously looking at the digital signage space. We know of a couple of content companies that have been doing work for them but no one was really sure if (a) they were serious and (b) what, if any, announcements would ever get made! […]

Danoo Expands Network With Trofie Airport Retail Partnership

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

As hinted at late Friday night and mentioned again in Saturday’s post ‘The Week Ahead’ we were expecting an announcement this week from Danoo with regard network expansion and today we can confirm that they have partnered with Trofie to introduce Digital Out of Home Screens and Custom Content in Airport Retail Locations. Trofie is […]

Kinetic Mobile Becomes Joule

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Kinetic Mobile, the full service mobile marketing agency becomes a standalone agency within GroupM and re-brands itself worldwide as Joule. Rupert Day, GroupM COO told us “Joule’s deep mobile expertise and track record of success will keep GroupM at the forefront of mobile marketing. Joule is an important part of GroupM’s strategy to offer additional […]