Archive for October, 2009

New Vertigo Treatment

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Rumour is that Vertigo Group’s digital division has been or is about to be acquired by a new company called Digital Displays LLC. Turns out that this new company’s CEO is none other than Brad Gleeson – previously of course VP/GM of Coolsign and CEO of ActiveLight. The deal may not have closed just yet […]

Artisan Pulls Plug On Digital Signage

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Dave Haynes over on www.sixteen-nine.net reports ‘Artisan pulls plug on digital signage content group‘ That’s a real shame. They did some great work. Perhaps it’s time for a certain Stephen Ghigliotty to return to his first venture Screenvoz?

Digicom Appoints Guy Chiswick

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Digicom, the UK’s only independent ‘pure play’ digital media sales house selling at a national level to clients, media agencies and outdoor specialists, this week announced the appointment of Guy Chiswick to the position of Commercial Director. Guy will be responsible for developing new inventory and ancillary revenue streams as well as liaising with Digicom’s […]

Digital Coupon Redemption

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

One of the things delaying more use of mobile marketing coupons is the fact that many, if not most, stores do not yet have the ability to read them. However, M-Dot Network, located in Erie, Pennsylvania, has created a platform which redeems digital coupons in real time, lessening the burden of coupon validation at check-out, […]

A Vivid VIew Of DOOH

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Rachel Emson is a chartered marketer and is the Managing Director at Vivid where she heads up the communications side of the team. Rachel is highly experienced in implementing marketing communication strategies and has worked on a diverse client mix from the NWDA, NHS, and Environment Agency to Slendertone and Dreamland and here (reproduced with […]

Klocktornet AB Opens DISE ASIA

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

The Swedish company Klocktornet AB and its software DISE has opened up a local office in Hong Kong to cater for the growing Asian market. DISE Asia office is already in place and the main goal is to expand the already existing network of resellers in the Asian region and provide localized technical and sales […]

WSJ Office Network Revenue Up 100%

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

The Wall Street Journal Office Network (WSJON) this week announced advertising revenue is up 100% this year, following a 300% increase in 2008. Advertising growth on The Wall Street Journal Office Network has been wide-ranging, with significant increases in media spending across categories including technology, telecommunications, automotive, financial services and business travel. Adam Potashnick, Director […]

No Truth To Adspace / PRN Dealings

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Further to the rumour regarding a deal between PRN and AdSpace Networks, we got a firm denial from Dominick Porco, CEO of AdSpace, who told us, “There is absolutely no truth in that whatsoever” He added “There isn’t a shred of truth in it. The last thing that I would want as a CEO is […]

Titan D6 Going Up, Going Down

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Titan’s new D6 digital 6-sheets at Bluewater (one of the largest UK Shopping Malls) speak for themselves in terms of quality, engineering build and clarity. Not all will like this D6 between the up and down escalators but you cannot argue with the impact that it has. Personally we like!

Passion Trumps Skepticism

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

“There is a lot to be said for persistence. The folks at JD Events, the conference organizers of KioskCom and the Digital Signage Show, have been after us for years to participate, attend or otherwise acknowledge their conferences in New York and Las Vegas. Our stance had consistently been that there were size, venue, timing […]