Archive for May, 2009

Digital Signage Consortium Japan

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Chris Phelan

The Digital Signage Consortium of Japan is a 141 member organization dedicated to promoting and advancing digital signage in (you guessed it) Japan. Co-Founded and run by Board Member and Director Yasuji Eguchi, a digital media consultant with deep contacts in Tokyo’s Tech, Media and Start up circles. Mr. Eguchi reports that the DSC (as […]

Hercules Networks in Expansion Mode

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

New York-based Hercules Networks, which offers Automated Charging Machines (or ACM’s) for cell phones, PDAs and mp3s in theme parks and malls in 15 top designated market areas across the U.S., has made several new deals to help expand its market. The 13-months-old company offers five different models of its ACMs, each equipped with LCD […]

More Than Half UK Population Exposed To Digital Screens

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Digicom may be the new kid on the block but they have certainly put their money where their mouth is, and are undertaking (and much better, publishing) the sort of research that perhaps some of the bigger boys should have done previously! Via international research company GfK, Digicom asked a representative UK sample of 1,005 […]

PSCo New Website

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

PSCo just launched a new website which seems to cover their rental and sales portfolio much more proficiently. See www.psco.co.uk

British Airways Renews Long Term atmAd Deal

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

British Airways has renewed its media holding on atmAd cash machines for the FIFTH time in a row. BA’s long-term ATM strategy, which was first initiated with a six-month agreement in 2005 targets business and leisure travellers over the next 12 months with seasonal offers, flight sales, and information on online check-in and new routes. […]

Ivan Clark Leaves Kinetic

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

One of the two most influential people in the UK digital out of home media buying space, Ivan Clark headed up digital at OOH media agency Kinetic Worldwide as managing director of it’s UK Destination Media Group but has, it has been confirmed, left the group.

Cisco and Toronto Blue Jays in Phase 2 of StadiumVision Deployment

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Cisco Canada and the Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays have entered phase two of deployment of Cisco StadiumVision to provide new and innovative experiences for fans in select luxury suites and the JaysShop at Rogers Centre, Toronto. Rogers Centre is the third professional baseball stadium being equipped with Cisco technology. The new Yankees Stadium, […]

T-Mobile Czech Republic Pilots 3D Display Screens

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Spatial View a developer of glasses-free (autostereoscopic) 3D displays for our digital out of home space told us this week of a partnership with T-Mobile Czech Republic to pilot a number of 42 inch 3D display screens in two Prague retail locations. The screens will feature original 3D content of course but interestingly this includes […]

Perhaps They Listen (Or Maybe They Won’t)

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

News reaches us from (of all places!!!) Digital Signage Today that ‘Exponation announces cancellation of DSE East‘ – the event of course that was planned to be held in Washington, D.C., in September 2009. Our first thought is that perhaps folks in the industry actually listen. It was only less than two weeks ago on […]

Art By Chance UK Audience Estimated 25m

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Art by Chance is of course the first Ultra Short Film Festival running exclusively run on outdoor digital screens across the UK – shown running here on City Gateway Media’s Manchester tower. The festival which has been billed as the ‘largest public art event ever’ is part of a global event that is being broadcast […]