Archive for April, 2010

Google’s Acquisition Of AdMob

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

A (speculation) story in Washington Post this past Wednesday said that “Lawyers at a U.S. regulator plan to recommend that the government try to block Google’s proposed acquisition of mobile advertising firm AdMob on antitrust grounds” http://www.dailydooh.com/archives/18581

OMAC Takes Toronto To Court

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Out-of-Home Marketing Association of Canada is making good on its December idea of taking legal action against the City of Toronto to quash the Third Party Sign Tax Bylaw imposed on the outdoor advertising industry, which has now taken effect: It’s off to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, with a hearing expected in […]

#ScreenMediaExpo – Blogger Lounge G8

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Here’s a first mockup of our Blogger Lounge, stand G8 at #ScreenMediaExpo in May in London… The coffee area is on the right hand side of the plan with a lockable door, the storage on the left also with a lockable door. It’s likely we will try and enclose it a little more to keep […]

#ScreenMediaExpo – Sony Take Stand

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

News just in that Sony have taken a 30sqm booth at #ScreenMediaExpo in May in London.

Access 360 Media To Acquire Arena Media Networks?

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

A deal such as this makes perfect sense but it’s only a rumour we are hearing at the moment that Access 360 Media is likely to acquire Arena Media Networks. One industry insider who for obvious reasons didn’t want to be named told us yesterday in fact that “I heard two weeks ago from a […]

The Secret Life Of Arabia

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

The U.A.E. and Dubai’s newest shopping mall opened its doors a few weeks ago and we hear that Imagesound Arabia were selected to provide background music to all the mall’s public areas and will also be providing bespoke music content to a large number of individual retail and restaurant brands within the mall. Mirdif City […]

Bing London Landmark Projections

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Marble Arch, the Royal Festival Hall and the National Theatre were all London landmarks on Tuesday night, chosen for a series of projections to promote Microsoft’s search engine Bing.com On the day that the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the general election date (6th May 2010 which of course conflicts with #ScreenMediaExpo) Bing.com ran […]

New Deals For Amscreen

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

We are expecting a couple of really big announcements from Amscreen before the month is out. Expect the first, possibly as early as next week in terms of a new network deal.

Zoom Media & Marketing Acquires Sports Display

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Zoom Media and Marketing has a local sales force in the UK in addition to all of their national efforts and it seems that Zoom is now putting that model in place across the US, the UK, and Canada. Here we see one of North America’s leading networks acquire the assets of California-based company Sports […]

Free Mobile Phone App For Charities

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Mobilecause, a Los Angeles-based web services software company for mobile fundraising, has launched an iPhone application called uGive that allows participating charities another platform to spread their message and solicit support – both financial and through increased social media exposure. Using their web console, participating charities can instantly add themselves to the constantly updated database […]