Archive for October, 2009

The ‘Issy-Neale Formula’ Explained Part 2

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Andrew Neale

Last time we looked at what the formula was and how it could be applied to describe a video screen display made up of tiles (screen units). So now we have a way of describing different shapes of screen displays with a formula BUT what real use is that going to be? We believe there […]

UK Best Digital Media In Retail (DMiR)

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The best in digital media in retail (DMiR) will be on show this Thursday evening when the winners are announced at the UK POPAI Awards. We’ve heard that the panel of judges were particularly impressed with a nice piece of retail theatre from agency The Attic Room in the best content category – they combined […]

Gribeauval Gone From Pixman

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Just two weeks ago, we were discussing the restructuring being done at Montreal-based Pixman Nomadic Media Inc. and were forecasting that there would be interesting cuts. Well, it looks like it has started at the top, with Philippe Gribeauval, who has resigned as CEO, president and director. Daniel Langlois, chairman, (and actually the better known […]

Strategist Weinfeld Joins The Preset Group Consultancy

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The recently-founded Preset Group, a high level consultancy focused on the digital signage and digital out of home sectors, has added a fourth member: Philadelpia-based industry strategist and writer David Weinfeld. Weinfeld becomes a principal of the group, joining Preset’s founding partners Paul Flanigan, Pat Hellberg and Dave Haynes. Weinfeld has developed a strong network […]

Bridging The Gap Between Brands And Retail Shoppers

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Here’s something we like to see. In an effort to help brand marketers communicate more effectively with retail consumers at the time when they are making buying decisions, Vancouver media company tava touchpoints is bringing in-store digital media screens down to eye-level, where they’ll be noticed (something DailyDOOH has long recommended. Ed.), adding interactivity, and […]

PlayNetwork Acquire Channel M

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We wrote only 4 weeks ago that “we think the industry can expect a hell of a lot more from PlayNetwork” and voila here you have it, with PlayNetwork announcing their intent to acquire Channel M – mind you that is just the start as we expect them to be going great guns in Europe […]

Shares In ASG Media Suspended

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Shares in ASG Media were suspended earlier today on the UK’s alternative investment market pending clarification on their fund raising efforts

Bluewater Becomes Button Racetrack

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We hear of a fantastic experiential event likely to be happening at the UK’s Bluewater shopping mall on the 20th October. Seems like UK agency iBlink are turning Bluewater into a race track with British Driver Jenson Button racing around it the week before the final Formula 1 Grand Prix of the season in Abu […]

18,000 Screens Provided For By BlueFox

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Here we see Neo Advertising Italy’s MEDIAMARKET network using some nice video content from BlueFox. HD clips were chosen from the Sports and Offbeat programmes (Kaleidoscope, Skyscapes, Earth View, Aquacube, Aquarium) in order to liven up the network and highlight the TV and computer screens on display. We are told that there are 138 clips […]

Kodo James Execs Now Walking A Tightrope

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Eric Henry and Jim Morical, senior executives from the audiovisual manufacturers representation firm Kodo James, St. Paul, Minnsota, have both moved over to hardware and software manufacturers Tightrope Media Systems, also of St. Paul, where they are expected to play key roles in management, development and growth of the business. Henry keeps the same title […]