Archive for February, 2010

WireSpring – #DSTop10 Vendors Review

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Bill Gerba’s WireSpring were number 8 in our #DSTop10 in 2009 and those who know Bill (and there are not many in the industry surely who do not) then they will know what a great job he has continued doing for the industry. Did you know for example that WireSpring helped draft the current ‘digital […]

Vertigo Digital Displays Gears Up to Show New Products At #dse2010

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

A highly-flexible integrated display unit specifically designed for the demands of the broad indoor digital signage market, and two new high-bright outdoor displays, will be part of a showcase by Vertigo Digital Displays next week at the DSE in Las Vegas. Based in Toronto, Vertigo has more than 10,000 advertising displays installed around the world, […]

indoorDIRECT Showing Indoor Success

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

indoorDIRECT Inc., Dallas-based owner of the Restaurant Entertainment Network, reports that credit card usage increased by 100% in a test run in quick service restaurants promoting the card availability. The test covered hundreds of thousands of transactions. “The size of the increases exceeded even our initial optimistic expectations,” says Fred Margolin, indoorDIRECT’s CEO. “It is […]

DSE / DSF Gang Up Against The DSA

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Is Exponation / DSE with the formation of newly announced (independent) trade association Digital Signage Federation really riding to to the industry rescue as they describe late on Wednesday or is this a knee jerk reaction and an attempt to protect their own business interests in the trade show arena? No doubt events as they […]

Digital Signage Expo Rides To The Rescue

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In a clever piece of PR released Wednesday, Digital Signage Expo tries very hard to appear as though it is, like a knight in shining armour riding to the rescue on a white horse. The damsel in distress is of course the ‘industry’ plagued by it is, heaven forbid, by those trade associations wanting to […]

Digital Signage Federation

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Exponation (the folks behind DSE in Las Vegas) are set to announce later today the formation of the Digital Signage Federation. We hear that John Johnson, CAE, wil be interim executive director and association consultant for the fledgling association. DSF will have their own booth at DSE (surprise surprise) number 1230. It also appears that […]

Goodbye America Says Neo Media Group

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We were the first to tell you last week that Neo Media Group (were) To Exit America and now it’s official – a new strategy from them to concentrate on core markets in order to continue growth. Christian Vaglio-Giors, CEO Neo Media Group told us “In one of the most important recessions the industry has […]

Exponation Set To Announce New Trade Association

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Exponation (the folks behind DSE in Las Vegas) are set to announce later today the formation of the Digital Signage Foundation. The Digital Signage Foundation will be a new (yet another) trade association aimed squarely at the Digital Signage Association (DSA) one assumes. More on this story later as it unfolds.

Parallel Worlds: ‘The McDonald’s of Asia’ Kicks Off Its Digital Initiatives

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

This week we slide to a parallel world that has the reputation of being the world’s number 1 country for generating SMS traffic, and the 3rd largest English speaking country in Asia . Welcome to The Philippines, which- by all accounts should be my home country, but sadly- I’m definitely more American than Filipino, so […]

DOOH In Food Service Industry Gaining Momentum

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Digital signage provider Wireless Ronin Technologies Inc., Minneapolis, has reached a milestone with the deployment of more than 1,000 digital menu board displays managed by RoninCast digital signage software in applications for food service industry customers, including six fortune 500 companies. “This milestone signifies that the food service industry’s digital signage adoption rate has begun […]