Archive for June, 2010

SMART Technologies Files For Proposed IPO

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Calgary-based SMART Technologies Inc., global provider of interactive whiteboards, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a preliminary prospectus in each of the provinces and territories of Canada relating to a proposed initial public offering of its Class A Subordinate Voting Shares in the United States and Canada. The number […]

Throwing Bricks At Some PR ‘Professionals’

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

As an out-of-home network (digital or otherwise), digital software company, mobile provider or an agency or media company with some great creative on digital screens, do you ever wonder why your news doesn’t get mentioned on DailyDOOH and maybe any other blog or website worth their salt either? Sometimes, of course, it’s admittedly a matter […]

Canadian iPad Triple Crown For textPlus

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

An application out of Marina del Rey, California, available worldwide, has proved to be ultra-popular in Canada where, on the iPad, it achieved the Canadian iPad ‘triple crown’: in the Top 10 paid apps (textPlus ad-free); Top 10 free apps (textPlus); and Top 10 top grossing apps (textPlus ad- free). While that was the case […]

UK Digital Out Of Home Handbook

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

This week we just saw sight of an early copy of Kinetic’s 2010 UK Digital Out Of Home Handbook. It won’t be out for a few weeks or so but from what we saw we’d have to say “Very nice” job.

Eric Collins New COO At Mobile Posse

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Eric Collins, a veteran of the mobile software industry, has joined McLean, Virginia-based Mobile Posse Inc., a leader in active idle screen advertising and CRM, as COO. Collins is responsible for driving revenue growth, specifically advertising sales, and helping Mobile Posse increase distribution, with original equipment manufacturers and other players in the mobile ecosystem. He […]

CEO Spotlight, Mutsuo Hoshino, PAS Communications, Tokyo

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Chris Phelan

This month, in the CEO Spotlight, we welcome Mutsuo Hoshino, one of Japan’s innovators in the Digital Out Of Home industry. Pas Communications is one of Japan’s oldest and most established OOH Big Screen media owners. Founded in 1991, the companies shareholders include Panasonic, Dentsu (Japan’s largest advertising agency), and Canon Marketing. We spoke with […]

abc Media Becomes RMI

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The UK’s abc media has rebranded itself as Repetitive Strain Injury, or is that Retail Marketing International (RMI) – not sure either way but we don’t like the new name.

Epaper For Retail

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Unless we have missed it or more likely been ignored, POPAI in the UK seem to have been spectacularly inept at doing any form of promotion around one of the things that we think may well be the highlight of next week’s In-Store Marketing event; namely POPAI’s Digital Store! Anyway, news just in that ZBD, […]

iPhone 4 – The Wait is Over…

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Alex Hughes

OK, OK so I finally did it – yes, join a queue to buy an Apple product – I had promised myself I wouldn’t get excited but at 8.30am this morning I was one of 200 checking their old 3G’s, taking pics of the queue and mailing all their friends. 2 hours later and I […]

Irish DEP’s Courtesy CBS Outdoor

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

The first Mall Digital formats in the Republic of Ireland have just been launched by CBS Outdoor, using dZine’s software solutions and solid state media players. The new state-of-the art digital panels have been rolled out in The Square Town Centre in Tallaght, just outside the city of Dublin. In all, there is a total […]