Archive for November, 2009

VMG – Avanti – ASG Media – ASG Estates

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Unfortunately rumour and intrigue seem to surround the UK digital screen network industry at the moment. Okay so it makes good ‘copy’ but media planners and buyers must be as confused as we (sometimes) are. Surely no one can blame the media folks and brands for not showing enough interest in the UK shopping mall […]

It’s Not A-Who, It’s Akoo

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Akoo International Inc., for which Arbitron is now measuring the audience (see our Nov. 18/09 article), has been deploying its ‘social music television network’ since July,’08, and now has approximately 150 locations in the top 53 DMAs in 30 states. “We’re mainly in the dining areas of premier shopping malls (including Simon Property Group and […]

Global DOOH Media Forecast 2009-2014

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

There’s probably only one research company that we respect enough to purchase their work and that’s PQ Media. They have constantly produced outstandingly good material. Their latest report is the ‘Global Digital Out Of Home Media Forecast 2009-2014‘ which reveals that digital out-of-home media is among the fastest growing media in the world and will, […]

How Successful Was #BuildDSbiz

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

Manolo Almagro will tell us soon how good this week’s Strategy Institute’s ‘Building Your Digital Signage Business Conference‘ in Chicago was BUT how successful, and we mean just how successful was the hashtag #BuildDSbiz that allowed folks far and near to follow the goings on? The last two days saw the likes of MediaTile and […]

Strategy Institute Finally Gets To Europe

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The Strategy Institute are bringing their conference expertise to Europe with the launch next year of the Digital Signage Strategies Forum on May 4th and 5th 2010 in London. The event is being held alongside Screen media expo europe and DOOH Expo (both being held on the 5th and 6th May 2010) Twitter hashtag #DOOHExpo

Localized And User Generated Content

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

Localized And UGC: Understanding Factors For Success Here is my presentation from Thursday’s Strategy Institute ‘Building Your Digital Signage Business Conference‘ in Chicago, 18th – 19th November 2009 entitled ‘User Generated and Localized Content Understanding the Factors for Success‘ #BuildDSbiz

The Vijay Thakrar Exposé

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In October Paul Childerhouse, formerly CEO at Business Information Transmission Systems Ltd (BITS) left to join UK based PSCo as Special Projects Director and we used that announcement as an excuse to give our readers an update on that much loved man, Vijay Thakrar and his latest business venture. The post itself received a record […]

Dynamax Education Sector Webinars

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Chris Sheldrake

There’s a lot of competition in the UK Education sector but as ONELAN have found (to their benefit) it’s a nice business to be in if your product fits. Version 4.0 of Dynamax’s POVng has, a few people have told us, been a great hit with many schools in the UK as well recently. Dynamax […]

What’s Driving MicroTiles?

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Jason Cremins has a (great) reputation for punching above his weight (PR and marketing-wise especially) and we don’t have any issues with him for shouting from the rooftops that signagelive was, we quote “selected to power the new Christie MicroTiles display at the recent launch event at Touch Nightclub in New York” (this was taken […]

Millennial Media Gives New Mobile Picture

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Apple device users on average download 11 apps per month – three times more than Android users and six times more than BlackBerry owners. That’s one of the facts in Millennial Media‘s Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting (SMART) for October/09. As what is reportedly the largest and fastest growing mobile advertising network in […]