Archive for May, 2009

Digital Signage Expo 2009, Essen – Final Report

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Gone were the extravagant purpose built stands from the multi-nationals and ‘locals-trying-to-impress’ from last year – instead the stands were more sober and more business-like and certainly just as effective. According to the Official Show Guide, the final count shows 82 Exhibitors on 65 stands in the Kiosk Zone and 67 Exhibitors on 58 stands […]

What Are Your Walls Worth?

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Look carefully at this picture as it took us a couple of attempts to ‘get it’ and get the scale. The picture is courtesy of the Real Estate Ancillary Revenue blog and there is a nice article entitled ‘What are your exterior walls worth?‘ which is well worth a read. Whilst the folks over at […]

Life Channel Raises Macmillan Awareness

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

As regular readers will know, Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer, and for the last couple of years in the UK the DOOH industry has taken the charity to its heart and donated significant air time in August and September each year in supporting the charity’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning […]

Update On BAA-JCDecaux Airport Agreement

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Well, it looks like the termination of BAA and JCDecaux Airport’s existing ‘pan-airport’ advertising agreement, announced yesterday, was spurred by the changing shape of the UK airport business following the sale of Gatwick and the recent Competition Commission report. The Competition Commission recently ordered the break-up of BAA, telling Britain’s dominant airport owner to sell […]

Adflow Networks Recognised (Not Just By Us)

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Congratulations to Adflow Networks who last month were recognized as one of Canada’s Technology leaders by the Branham Group Inc and henceforth included in their 2009 Branham300. You will remember that earlier this year we pointed at Adflow Networks as being one of the industry’s ‘Ten Companies To Watch In 2009‘ also. “The average company […]

The Royal Ontario Museum’s Digital Path

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto is going high tech and digital in a big way, not only internally, but also with an ORION-based remote broadcast capability that will allow educational broadcasts into post secondary schools from field sites around the globe. The current, innovative digital technology in the ROM, as the museum is generally […]

We Meet RadioJoan (Alias Joan Gerberding)

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

There’s no guarantee that your first job will morph into a field where you’ll spend the rest of your life, although, a couple of decades ago, that might have been the case – especially if you loved what you were doing. Joan Gerberding loved the broadcast industry – especially radio, and she spent 24 years […]

Adobe Opens the Pandora’s Box

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

I have, on numerous occasions – had the dubious honor of being called an Adobe Fanboy, but what’s not to like? Check out these jaw dropping stats (from Adobe’s site) The graph below represents data from a survey concluded in Dec 2008. It shows how Flash is used by over 2 million professionals and is […]

MTI Looking For VARs In France, Spain

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

MTI, an in-store marketing firm that deploys interactive merchandising solutions in the US for the likes of Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and T-Mobile has announced its intention to expand into Europe. They contacted us, as do many US companies wanting to get a better handle on EMEA market entry strategy and have told us that […]

Four Player Poker And Multiple Games On One Table

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The Fun4Four gambling table from TAB-Austria is an interesting gaming concept. The table incorporates a 42” MicroTouch System Dispersive Signal Technology (DST) 2270DX touch screen from 3M. Whether this new concept presents a “significant return on investment for casino or arcade owners” as it claims (increased use through multi-player interaction?) is to be seen but […]