Archive for May, 2010

LA Considering Tax On DOOH Sign Revenues

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

It looks like the City of Los Angeles – already strictly administering outdoor signage (See our March 29, 2010, article. Ed.) – isn’t finished yet. Richard Hamelin, attorney at Hamelin, Cody & Moore, Los Angeles, made us aware that two City Council members have now submitted a motion to instruct the Planning Department and the […]

Digital Signage Best Practice Award 2010 Jury

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

The Jury for the Digital Signage Best Practice Award 2010 has just been announced and comprises some prominent industry commentators… Morgan Angrove – International Development Manager dagobert Paris Silvia Talmon – THE STORE DESIGNERS® Köln Jochen C. Gutzeit – Managing Director Fachverband Aussenwerbung e. V. Helga Rouyer-Lüdecke – Redaktion professional systems Marcus-Michael Mueller – Business […]

#ScreenMediaExpo – Tweet Stats

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Our usual post show (banner advertising) report has gone off to the organisers of #ScreenMediaExpo and we thought we’d share some of the twitter data with you (as we did with #dse2010 and #KioskCom). The total number of Twitter impressions was an impressive 448,663 (for what it’s worth, by comparison #Kioskcom was 338,847 and #dse2010 […]

Daktronics Win KFC Yum! Center

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Daktronics has been awarded a rather large LED, IPTV, LCD solution for the new basketball facility for the University of Louisville: the wonderfully named KFC Yum! Center This will be installing this summer and the first event is scheduled for next Fall / Autumn.

No Congrats Needed – JCDecaux Primetime

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Following on again from our story early Friday afternoon the CONGRATULATIONS campaign for Jensen Button and Lewis Hamilton’s win at the Monaco Grand Prix will have to wait for another time (Mark Webber won and let’s hope that Australian victories don’t continue on Sunday what with Cricket’s Twenty20 World Cup on later today – they […]

It’s DOOH Stupid!

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

“I’m as mad as hell and I’m just not going to take it anymore. I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell – ‘I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!’”” Early last week we […]

Let The Race Begin – JCDecaux Primetime

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Following on from our story early Friday afternoon the digital billboard campaigns have been ‘a changing’ over the weekend in advance now of this afternoon’s Formula 1: Monaco Grand Prix. Latest up is ‘Let the race begin’ shown below… Demonstrating yet again how reactive digital out of home can be there are two creative’s ‘waiting […]

Clear Channel DOOH Helps Capture Fugitives

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The FBI‘s recent capture of a reputed member of the Gambino crime family has pushed the number of bad guys apprehended thanks to Clear Channel Outdoor digital billboards to more than 25. The program, begun by Clear Channel Outdoor and the FBI in Pennsylvania three years ago, now runs nationwide and includes the majority of […]

Christie Gravity Desk

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Alex Hughes

At #ScreenMediaExpo, many of you who visited might have noticed at the front of the Christie Digital stand, their welcome desk. This was actually what could be termed a piece of Furniture+. Not only was it a desk but it was  a desk with an integrated horizontal screen and a side column with an integrated […]

Bob Cooney Ecast, Inc.

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Bob Cooney, for a long, long time the face of Ecast, Inc. has left recently we understand. Bob of course was VP Business Development at Ecast, Inc. – his LinkedIn invite to everyone now reads Principal at Blue Laser Interactive Consulting… Blue Laser Interactive can transfer decades of experience in interactive, out-of-home media, directly to […]