Archive for June, 2010

RMG’s Fitness Entertainment Network Debunked

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Earlier this week, RMG Networks (nee Danoo) announced that it had doubled its fitness club TV audience and also claimed, “RMG operates the largest place-based television network into fitness club cardio rooms across the US” and that got us thinking. We did a bit of research and that got us a bit riled and so, […]

#DSX2010 – Samsung Stretch LCD

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here’s the new 43″ stretch LCD from Samsung (correctly called a Panoramic Panel) who had a booth at #DSX2010 laid on by their LCD components team. There were a number of new Samsung products on display that have not typically been seen at shows this year.

Dan Ackerman Joins Ecast

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Ecast this week announced the hire of Dan Ackerman for the position of vice president of advertising sales. Most recently Ackerman served as vice president, worldwide sales and business development for Jivox, a privately held online video ad technology startup providing a video ad platform and network for agencies, advertisers and online publishers. Prior to […]

RMG To Buy PRN?

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We’d be amazed if RMG has enough money, even if PRN were heavily discounted but the rumour we heard last week in Vegas was that RMG are first in line at the moment to buy PRN.

RMG Doubles Fitness Club TV Audience Or Does It?

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Earlier this week RMG Networks (nee Danoo) announced that it had doubled its fitness club TV audience and also claimed, “RMG operates the largest place-based television network into fitness club cardio rooms across the US” – strange that because we’d figure that Zoom Media and Marketing was probably about twice their size in the gym […]

Personal Assisted Teller (PAT)

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

For the first time in Canada, and, we suspect, a lot of other places, people can access live customer support while banking at a teller machine, simply by touching the screen. FirstOntario Credit Union, Hamilton, Ontario, has launched the Personal Assisted Teller – or PAT – that connects tellers directly with customers via video while […]

Digital Menu Boards With Mirada Media

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Vua, a new Vietnamese sandwich shop, has opened its first store in downtown Montreal, equipping it with digital signage and menu board systems from Montreal digital sign integrator Mirada Media. Vua was fitted with a 5-screen menu board,powered by Mirada Media’s new MenuView software, as well as two client communication boards. Vua, which means ‘king’ […]

#DSX2010 – Digital Signage Expo, Essen

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We think these event organisers are cheeky buggers for (a) daring to label the event ‘Digital Signage’ (the exhibition is clearly 85% kiosk) and (b) having the guts to call it an ‘Expo’ but have you noticed how Digital Signage Expo 2010 has dropped the ‘Europe’ tag recently? Our spies who did go have told […]

First Full-Wrapped Titan Digital Bus Kings

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

To promote their unique partnership, 7-Eleven Inc., Dallas, and Zynga, San Francisco-based social game developer, decided to work with Titan to create five branded, wrapped commuter buses equipped with digital screens on their sides and traveling in the Chicagoland area. The 7-Eleven/Zynga partnership is using what is believed to be the first full-wrapped, digital bus […]

t.o.night’s Multimedia Campaign

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Digital out-of-home advertising , along with radio and television, are all playing a major role in a new multi-media branding campaign in the Greater Toronto Area for t.o.night free evening daily newspaper. The paper is distributed every weekday, near downtown Toronto’s public transit hubs. t.o.night Newspaper Group Inc., publishers of ‘t.o.night’, has launched the campaign […]