Archive for July, 2010

Richard Ruth Leaves Accent Health

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

We hear that Richard Ruth left Accent Health a few weeks ago. There are also rumours of a number of other management changes at the business also.

Kaleidovision Win TGIF Music Contract

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

UK music supplier Kaleidovision has seemingly won the contract to supply music to TGI Friday’s – a win that means a loss for fellow supplier Viewfax. We thought that US based PlayNetwork had a global deal with TGI Friday’s to supply music but as with all contracts maybe there is an option for (some) franchisees […]

New Mobile Sales Exec at Gannett

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Craig Etheridge has been appointed vice-president of mobile advertising sales for Gannett Digital, division of Gannett Co. Inc., McLean, Virginia, with responsibility for further expanding Gannett’s mobile advertising portfolio and developing long-term mobile ad sales strategy. Etheridge was recently vice-president of emerging platform sales at The Weather Channel where he was responsible for sales of […]

ADstruc To Soft Launch Today

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

ADstruc is a new online buying platform for outdoor advertising – designed to provide an auction and listing-based marketplace that makes the process of buying and selling faster and of course more profitable. ADstruc will be launching today we believe, with a focus on the U.S., and they have already secured partnerships with several outdoor […]

Viscom Paris, Madrid, Milan, Frankfurt

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

At the four viscom trade fairs this year, more than 2,000 exhibitors will present the industry’s innovations to more than 45,000 visitors. We will be doing a seriously GREAT Blogger Lounge and VIP access area at Viscom Frankfurt. Russ Curry will cover Viscom Paris and several of the UK team will pop over for that […]

DS Vision Digital, Digital Signage Event, India

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Andrew Neale

Minicom Digital Signage has just announced that it is organizing a Digital Signage Event with Emarson IT Solutions on July 15th in Mumbai (India) as part of a traditional series of sub-continent events. More than 100 potential customers and partners in the Digital Signage market in India have been invited to this event, which is […]

OPUS Display Control, Mgmt Software Solution

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Urban Digital, better known perhaps for several large format digital display installations in shopping mall and High Street locations around London and major cities within the UK this week announced its own display network monitoring and control solution dedicated to the digital signage industry. There are of course many challenges in managing remote digital signage […]

An App For Tracking RBIs And ERAs

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Here’s an intriguing app I would have liked when my sons were playing Little League. The GameChanger scorekeeping app offers a way for coaches and scorekeepers of youth and amateur baseball teams to keep score, organize stats and keep fans updated. The app will be the official scorekeeping app in August for the Canadian Little […]

PumpTop TV Drives Into Detroit

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Irvine, California-based PumpTop TV has partnered with 10 Detroit gas and service stations which will now carry the national out-of-home digital media network’s innovative content that’s already watched by tens of millions of motorists at service stations across the country while they fill up their tanks. Doug Woo, executive vice-president, AdtekMedia, the parent company of […]

ONELAN Queen’s Award Presentation

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Having won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2010 in the Innovation category, digital signage firm ONELAN recently received a visit from the Queen’s representative The Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, Tim Stevenson, accompanied by two of his cadets, Tim Nye and Jonathon Holroyd. Following a tour of the premises and a short presentation from David Dalzell, ONELAN’s […]