Archive for March, 2009

White Stuff’s (Retail) Cinema

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

A couple of UK weekend newspapers made mention of this small 12 seat Cinema. Not that newsworthy you would have thought – apart perhaps from its size except that this Cinema is in UK retailer White Stuff‘s store in York… Pride of place … must go to the cinema. This is an area at the […]

Next Generation LevelVision Floor Screens

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

LevelVision of course currently operate the LevelVision: College video network in over 300 college bookstores across the U.S., delivering something like 15 million audience experiences per month according to Arbitron, Inc. research. LevelVision has also deployed floor and countertop screens to the grocery, c-store and nightclub venue categories. Here we see their next generation of […]

BillboardPlanet Launches Web Platform

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

BillboardPlanet launches bDigital, a new online web platform for the Digital Signage industry. Billed as a state-of-the-art web platform it is designed, like many of the online platforms popping up at the moment to help; manage digital networks, prepare campaigns, manage proposals and contracts, create dynamic online maps with integrated demographics, manage creative artwork, execute […]

Think Long Queues In Spanish Sun

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

In Spain Inspección Técnica de Vehículos (ITV) is very similar to the UK’s MOT, basically a vehicle / automobile check carried out in a test center that has a concession from the regional government. Here we see Altabox having deployed a communication channel in the inspection stations for ITV. The channel’s main purpose is to […]

C-nario And Vizrt Announce Strategic Partnership

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Many of our readers will not necessarily have come across Vizrt, a public company traded on the Frankfurt Prime Standard and on the Oslo Main List (VIZ, ISIN: IL0010838154) as they have played primarily in the TV space up until now – basically they can be best described as a developer of real-time 3D graphics […]

More On Those 6 RFPs (For 3,000 Sites And Larger)

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It’s rare that we repeat a post and even rarer should we (in the next few hours) decide to re-send it via email as part of our Daily Update BUT we had an unprecedented response to this post earlier in the week AND the fuss and the interest hasn’t died down so it’s worthwhile adding […]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_signage

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

We salute http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_signage which (currently, cos’ it is always open to change) starts… Digital signage is a form of electronic display that is installed in public spaces. Advertising using Digital signage is a form of out-of-home advertising in which content and messages are displayed on digital signs (such as LCD, LED or Plasma), with a […]

WLTM Fun Loving Madonna Lookalike

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We thought we’d share with you exactly where we will be and what events are exciting us over the next couple of months. First off, the middle of next week sees us start our travels in Berlin and then we are looking forward to… UK Outdoor Industry Conference, 2nd April 2009 in London Screen Media […]

Is Adwalker The Next Business In Trouble?

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

An insider tells us that UK AIM listed company Adwalker is allegedly having trouble paying their own staff and that their team of 9 is slowly shrinking. Seems that the only thing keeping these folks alive at the moment is deals with Microsoft Surface and contracts with Diageo in Ireland.

Avanti Screenmedia Supports Comic Relief

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Avanti Screenmedia have been great supporters of charitable causes and it’s fantastic to see them promoting the single ‘Barry’ Islands in the Stream (let’s just say that this is a ‘version’ of the Bee Gees written classic) for the UK’s Comic Relief this Friday. The 20 second advert which was first broadcast early on Tuesday […]