Archive for January, 2010

NEC Display Solutions Introduces Entry-Level Large Format Digital Signage Displays

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Itasca, Illinois-based NEC Display Solutions of America, provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, is introducing a new commercial-grade product line, the E Series. This entry-level series – the 32” E321 and 42” E421 – gives corporate users an affordable option for lobbies, boardrooms and small conference rooms, while addressing the display needs of […]

#ISE2010 – Barco Stand 11J28

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Barco will of course be in Amsterdam in Hall 11 on booth 11J28 At this year’s show, Barco will be promoting its latest video and lighting solutions as well as its most recent control room applications, including a ‘ground-breaking’ transformable LED system, the world’s most silent three-chip DLP projector and a host of new lighting […]

Phil Burroughes Joins abc media

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Retail marketing agency abc media has appointed Phil Burroughes as Commercial Director. Phil was previously Managing Director at Savvy marketing, where he led the planning and implementation of all of their shopper marketing activity although he is probably best known in the UK for heading up Asda’s media centre between 2006 and 2009. Whilst there […]

CNW News To Run On Captivate Network

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

News releases and photos distributed across CNW’s newswire are being added as featured content on Captivate Network’s 9,000-plus digital screens that reach millions of ‘spend ready consumers’ across Canada and the U.S. daily. Captivate Network editors will hand-select news releases and photos of local and national interest from the CNW newswire feed, editing the content […]

BillboardPlanet Partners With Coolsign

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

BillboardPlanet LLC announced yesterday a partnership with Coolsign with the stated aim of creating “the ultimate enterprise wide Digital Network Operating System”. It will be interesting to see how this stacks up against Ayuda Systems BMS, our current favourite OOH management solution. BillboardPlanet has been relatively quiet in the DOOH space, they are a Minneapolis […]

Visix Improves Weather Offering

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Atlanta-based Visix Inc. has unveiled the latest update of its premier digital signage software application, (AxisTV version 7.0.21) and a new Flash animated weather module for AccuWeather subscribers that allows users to display animated icons for more dynamic presentation of weather information. The updated software application includes a variety of new features, enhancements and bug […]

Neither Rain Nor Snow..Oh, That’s The Post

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

One of the problems/excuses we hear for not seeing more digital displays outdoors is extreme weather: too hot, too cold, high winds, rain, snow. That may not be so much of a problem in the future, with development of a new, possibly unique, product being showcased in New York City this week by Vertigo Digital […]

Amscreen Announce Big Step Forward

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Just who is advising Amscreen when they make announcements like this “Leading digital signage company Amscreen today announced revolutionary new software that provides its customers with the ability to create and broadcast their own messages on its digital signage screens.” ? **So stay tuned! You won’t believe your eyes. We pored through the press release […]

JCDecaux Purchases Titan Assets

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

After the Titan Outdoor Advertising Ltd. business went into administration early on Monday morning it was announced much later in the day that JCDecaux UK had purchased certain Titan Outdoor assets. Assets purchased definitely seem to include the retail and rail advertising side of the business – i.e. the Transvision and Digital 6-sheets in shopping […]

AOpen Webinar 20th Jan, 11am PST

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Andrew Neale

As discussed before these Webinars focus on providing quarterly updates on AOpen, their products, solutions, and market intelligence for their Alliance Channel Partners (ACP). In this month’s Webinar, they are partnering with BroadSign which will be focusing on the following… BroadSign Software Solution Partner Program Vertical Markets AOpen “Where to buy” AOpen/BroadSign turnkey SKU Q1/2010 […]