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Digital signage company Amscreen today announced it has been appointed by Esso as its exclusive digital signage partner in the UK. Amscreen’s screens will be installed in 350 of Esso’s company owned sites from April 2010 onwards and will see the retailer link into Amscreen’s Forecourt Convenience Store Network. As usual, the screens will carry […]

Art for Commuters and Onestop Media Group, both based in Toronto, have issued a call for submissions of one-minute silent films for the 4th annual Toronto Urban Film Festival, with a July 15 deadline for entries. TUFF is the only true ‘underground’ film festival of its kind in North America reaching an audience of over […]

XpanD, Los Angeles-based developer of active 3D technology systems for cinema, television and gaming applications, recently helped Discovery Communications showcase its new 24-hour 3D channel venture at presentations to advertisers in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. XpanD supplied more than 1,300 active glasses and 3D setups for use at the events, which conclude with […]

A new Canadian Media Fund promises to support Canadian content and software application development for current and emerging digital platforms. The Fund isn’t new cash, since it unites two existing funds: the Canadian Television Fund and Canadian New Media Fund, but the working pot of funds has been expanded. Funded is partly by Heritage Canada […]

Under Brad Navin, CEO, New York-based The Orchard has promoted four senior executives and added a vice-president engineering. The Orchard, a marketing and distribution company specializing in music and video entertainment, offers content owners and licensors a suite of custom marketing services – including promotions, analytical tools, business strategies – and the technology that drive […]

Japanese real estate developer Yunika Corporation, has announced it will power up Japan’s largest outdoor screen system The three screen system will deliver a wide variety of content in Tokyo’s Shinjuku entertainment and shopping district and is set to go live on April 16th. From Yunika Corporation’s press release we quote “It will showcase a […]

Looks like we may have to stop referring to those who might have signed up to #ibc2010’s digital signage zone as “I’ve Been Conned”, see previous stories here (2009) and here (2008), as the way we read the latest invitation to pre-register for IBC is that all mentions of said ‘Digital Signage Zone’ have been […]

We noticed that David Leider of GSTV, will be one of the panelists at NAB next week – Tuesday, April 13th from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM in Room N239, discussing Digital Shopping: Video Transforms eCommerce & the Retail Experience. The panel will focus on how new networks are thriving and how programming can take […]

The April 9th Wall Street Journal (East Coast Edition) includes a special supplement on Digital Place-based Media. Published by Mediaplanet the 8-page profile of the industry will have the largest readership of any reference document on the North American digital signage industry published to date. Readers may download a PDF version of the full supplement […]

Infor, a leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) company is a new advertiser to Manchester Airport. Infor’s campaign at Manchester Airport centres on one of EYE’s showcase formats: the T3 Business Lounge Drum (it’s non-digital but is shown below) – with a cylindrical display area of over 18m, it’s located in the heart of the circular […]