Archive for June, 2010

DOOH + Agency ‘Battle’ Benefit Charity

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Two Toronto-based digital out-of-home companies presented a fun agency competition recently that not only drew attention to their properties and the DOOH industry, but also ended up benefitting a charity. The event was a showcase for Outdoor Broadcast Network and Clear Channel Outdoor Canada’s digital board networks, demonstrating just some of the key features digital […]

MicroTiles On TV Again

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

South Korea’s national election results were presented on 123 Christie MicroTiles at Seoul Broadcasting Station, one of Korea’s broadcasting stations, to present the results of the quadrennial, national elections in a live 24-hour broadcast yesterday (June 2/10). The minute-by-minute election results were displayed on the large, digital canvas of 123 Christie MicroTiles and featured live, […]

Audio Branding Academy Yearbook Published

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Back in November 2009 the first international Audio Branding Congress took place in Hamburg, Germany, and brought together audio branding experts and interested people from all over the world. The event seemed to be a great success and probably marked a turning point for the heretofore highly fragmented audio branding industry. Anyway, nice to see […]

#InfoComm2010 – CyberResearch Booth N2876

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

CyberResearch Inc. is launching its CyRAQ 1000 sunlight-readable outdoor digital display at InfoComm this week. Usable as outdoor digital signage in any weather and with portrait, landscape, and wall-mount options, these 1080p high-definition signs can be used nearly everywhere, in doors and out. The new CyRAQ 1000 series of 23″, 32″, and 40″ pylon-mounted digital […]

Creating Long Lines For Short Films

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Toronto agency doug & serge inc., which for several years has been handling advertising for the Canadian Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival with a variety of creative ideas to appeal to today’s short-attention-span public, was at it again this year with a colourful bus featuring an inside screen. The Festival continues to celebrate […]

#InfoComm2010 – N1203 HomeWrecker

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

This is a real sneak preview of the HomeWrecker game that we told you a week or so ago that Christie Digital will be running on their stand N1203 at #InfoComm2010 in a few days time. The optical tracking system is by baanto and it is of course a MicroTiles display they are throwing things […]

Sticky: VUKUNET Explained

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Guest Contributor, Pierre Richer

Digital signage is a very big and important part of what NEC Display Solutions of America does as a company. The VUKUNET platform is at the heart of our efforts in this promising sector. We launched VUKUNET last fall as a full and universal platform that puts digital out of home ad buyers and sellers […]

The Soul Of Man Under Socialism

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We noticed SA DigiAdvans out at Ascot racecourse today in what we are told is the first day of a two day campaign on behalf of the ‘Racing Post’ newspaper.

Christie MicroTiles Australian Launch

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Christie MicroTiles were officially launched by Christie Digital Systems, global visual technologies company, at the Melbourne Recital Centre last week. Christie, together with its Australian channel partner, VR Solutions, showcased six innovative MicroTile displays including the columns, Big O, 4×3, panoramic, 6 Sheet, and Skyscraper to key industry contacts, demonstrating the product’s ability to create […]

JiWire Names Hurwitz V-P National Media Sales

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Dan Hurwitz has been named senior vice president of national media sales at San Francisco-based JiWire, location-based mobile media company that reaches the On-The-Go Audience. Hurwitz, recently vice-president of advertising sales at AudienceScience, will be joining the executive leadership team, reporting to David Courtney, CEO, and working closely with the management team to further build […]