Archive for January, 2009

Panasonic Stand At ISE

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Here’s the Panasonic stand that they will be using at ISE, Amsterdam – it’s just over 600 sqm ! Daniel Rose, Category Manager for Professional Projector and Plasma UK told us “The idea of the stand is to present integrated solutions across the Panasonic brand for installations of all sizes.” Panasonic can be found in […]

Vodafone Fridge And Goo The Egg Go To The Airport

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

JCDecaux Airport is launching an Innovate division in the UK which is, we are told, dedicated to challenging the conventions of Outdoor advertising at airports!!! True to form one of the launch campaigns is the Cadbury Crème Egg Goo The Egg creative running on an interactive 6-sheet poster site at Gatwick South. JCDecaux Airport Innovate […]

Livraria Cultura, São Paulo, Brazil

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

When a friend in Sao Paulo took me to see his favourite bookstore in a shopping centre in the Avenida Paulista in the middle of the commercial district, I hardly expected to find a nest of video screens so well integrated into the surroundings.  In all, the installation uses a network of 38 LG screens in various sizes, […]

ISE’s DOOH Business Conference Pulls In Advertising Professionals

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

ISE says that the DOOH conference will pull in advertising professionals and you know what? With folks like Udo Müller, CEO of Ströer, covering digital media and outdoor advertising in his keynote speech and many other really good speakers lined up they are absolutely spot on!! We can just feel that this is going to […]

Retail Business Show Cancelled

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The UK Retail Business Show scheduled for 28th and 29th January has been cancelled. It looks like 2009 is going to be a tough year for the show circuit and so, just like on the High Street, those in retail (and show organisers) that innovate, offer something different, think out of the box, add REAL […]

Exclusive – UK Digital OOH Ad Revenues

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Courtesy of Posterscope we can bring you an exclusive first look at their latest Digital OOH Ad Revenue forecasts for the UK. James Davies, Board Director at Hyperspace told us yesterday “The industry saw an enormous increase in digital OOH ad spend in 2008. The massive investment by media owners in terms of inventory has […]

United vs Derby County (Tonight)

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It might be Barack Obama’s big day in the US today but in the UK there is a big football match about to happen this evening as underdogs Derby County take on English Premiership, European and World Club Champions Manchester United in a game to decide who will go to Wembley for the Carling Cup […]

SMART Boards Link Obama Activities

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Products from SMART Technologies, Calgary, Alberta, will link the inauguration of Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., and the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball to the Bronzeville Ball being held in Obama’s home community of Bronzeville in Chicago. SMART Boards will be used to showcase inauguration highlights and to provide a live, interactive feed from the Neighborhood Inaugural […]

Early 2009 Will See EnQii Release ENGAGE

Monday, January 19th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

EnQii won’t be releasing their new signage solution, which we believe will be called ENGAGE until early 2009 but we have been having a play with it and have to say that we love some of the new features. It’s written completely in Java which is a bit of a novelty but of course this […]

signagelive To Launch Desktop Edition At ISE

Monday, January 19th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Jason Cremins, CEO of Remote Media Limited, the company behind signagelive told us earlier today “We look forward to unveiling the signagelive desktop edition at ISE 2009 (3rd-5th February, Amsterdam RAI, Stand 12B84) and welcome resellers, strategic partners and end user to our stand for a hands-on demonstration of our signagelive platform.” – it’s also […]