Archive for May, 2010

NCR Wayfinding Kiosks

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Mississauga, Ont.-based NCR Corporation and Scarborough, Ont.-based Cycom Canada Corp. have partnered to expand patient self-service to Canadian healthcare providers – beginning with The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, which will deploy NCR Wayfinding kiosks.

The Klimahaus Bremerhaven (A Projected World)

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Christie projectors play a integral role at the Klimahaus 8°Ost in Bremerhaven, which looks like a giant droplet that a Bremen-based architect has placed upon the port facilities. The building is 125 metres long and 82 metres wide, with a 1.5 kilometre path leading through the exhibition space of 11,500 sq. meters, running from Bremen […]

Hats Off #ScreenMediaExpo

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Big hats off to #ScreenMediaExpo who’s PR strategy was spot on (we wrote a few weeks ago that the event had 30 – 50 registered press attendees) as Gideon Spanier wrote in the London Evening Standard newspaper today after visiting the event. We quote “Imagine a poster advertisement with a miniature camera that can see […]

Airport Partners Choose signagelive

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

signagelive the Software as a Service (SaaS) digital signage platform, has been selected by Airport Partners to power their Digital Screen advertising network across 9 UK regional airports. Airport Partners spent 6 months evaluating a number of digital signage software platforms before deciding that signagelive offered them the best solution for their current and future […]

Jo Calder Joins Digicom

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Jo Colder, previously Head of Client Sales at CBS Outdoor seems to have just joined Digicom.

What Has 252 MicroTiles And 4 ECUs?

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Pop quiz hotshot* “What has 252 MicroTiles and 4 ECUs?” The answer is rumoured to be a giant new video wall (shown to the left of the picture above) in the USD195 million Nascar Hall of Fame which opened the week before last in Charlotte, N.C. *Howard Payne, Speed (1994) **http://www.autoblog.com

TrainFX Secures Major Contract

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

TrainFX, acting as a subcontractor, has been awarded a contract for the provision of a real-time passenger information system for the Eversholt Rail Group owned/Southern operated Class 313 (EMU) fleet. TrainFX Managing Director Phil Campbell told “This is another important Contract success for TrainFX in the UK and one which allows us to further demonstrate […]

Digital Signage Meets Caravaggio

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Giuseppe Andrianò

‘The Night of Museums’ returns this year to Cremona – it’s a cultural event organized by Italian museums and cultural institutions to celebrate art and tradition. The common thread this year is the work of Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610)– on the fourth centenary of his death. […]

Peel Police Likes Audience

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This summer, Peel Regional Police in Ontario plans to deploy a new digital signage communications network in five divisions and up to eight community stations, to be powered by the Audience software platform and installed by Markham-based Capital Networks Ltd.. Peel Regional Police is the third largest municipal force in Canada, with up to 2,700 […]

Digital Billboards Help Save Hollywood Sign

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Through its Los Angeles digital billboard network, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, recently played a central role in helping The Trust for Public Land raise enough money to preserve the land next to the famous, iconic Hollywood Sign. In six weeks, Clear Channel Outdoor’s ‘Save the Peak’ campaign helped TPL raise the remaining […]