Archive for June, 2010

Titan Hires Industry Veteran As General Counsel

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Titan has hired Amy Berlin to head up its legal function as Executive Vice President, General Counsel of the company. Ms Berlin has vast experience in the Out-of-Home sector and will also sit on Titan’s Executive Committee.

Diversinet and AllOne Mobile Reach Settlement

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

A settlement agreement just reached between Diversinet Corp., Toronto, and AllOne Mobile Corp. will allow Diversinet to freely market secure mobile healthcare applications worldwide. Diversinet, innovator of secure mobile healthcare applications, reached the settlement with AllOne and its parent company, AllOne Heath Group Inc., which were seeking the termination of the party’s Sept., 2008, license […]

Glasses-Free 3D Digital Signage For Australia

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Australian-based companies JEA Technologies and Digital Pulse have signed a strategic agreement to offer a comprehensive glasses-free 3D Digital Signage solution covering hardware supply, installation and support through to content development. This is believed to be the first such agreement for this new technology in Australia and offers a nationwide solution for companies considering glasses-free […]

Production House Adds Digital Media And Interactive Services

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

William F. White, a Toronto-based motion picture and film production company, has launched Whites Interactive, a new operating department for the company, offering new business services and support for digital filmmakers, interactive content creators and multi-media producers.

Nike’s ‘Write the Future’ Campaign

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

As part of its ‘Write the Future’ campaign, Nike has taken over Johannesburg’s Southern Life Center building for an interactive LED light show. ‘Write the Headline” allows fans around the world to root for their favourite World Cup player in a big way. The installation, almost the size of half a football pitch, displays submissions […]

Onestop Soccer Updates

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Torontonians hoping to keep up with the World Cup matches and news no longer have to fear going into the subway and missing what’s going on. Digital screens from Onestop Media, Toronto, are running a Real Time World Cup update service. Using existing Onestop networks, including Toronto Transit Commission platform video screens, the new service […]

Mobile Entertainment Summit

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Unicomm LLC, a leading event management company in Milford Connecticut, in partnership with Bob Dowling, former editor-in-chief and publisher of The Hollywood Reporter and president of The Bob Dowling Group based in Los Angeles, have announced the creation of the Mobile Entertainment Summit. Unicomm, producers of the 3D Entertainment Summit and 3D Gaming Summit among […]

Mark Mays To Leave Clear Channel

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Clear Channel’s CEO Mark Mays is leaving Clear Channel Communications, the company his father, Lowry, launched in 1972. Mays announced late Tuesday that he would step down as CEO at the end of the year, although he will continue to be chairman of the Board of Directors. Randall Mays, Mark’s younger brother, left the company’s […]

Digital Ads On License Plates

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We just can’t figure California out. While Los Angeles is trying to limit digital signage (see our , May 17 and March 29 articles), we learned through SparXoo blog that the state might offer a new medium to advertise: electronic license plates. SparXoo says that its California’s latest effort to create jobs and fix its […]

EYE Launches Mobile Proximity Marketing Network

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Interesting news yesterday that Out-of-Home mall media specialist, EYE, has partnered with Ace Marketing & Promotions to launch a Mobile Proximity Marketing Network across EYE’s digital Eyelite units. Eye Shop Sr. Vice President, Jeff Gunderman told us “Mobile Proximity Marketing gives EYE the opportunity to make our advertisements interactive and offer clients reporting about the […]