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Following on from yesterday’s Digicom three into one story, we did a little more digging around and it seems that Messrs Ahern and Butler are not the only ones who have left. Paul Pitman who previously worked for POPTV, VMG, Seven Squared (where he was Business Director Sainsbury’s Account) and most recently was an Account […]

David Gothard, president of Activision.TV, talked to us at length late last night from Naples, Florida, where he wanted to emphasize that he’s a long, long way from being or having ever been a Patent Troll. But he admits that his ‘feathers have been ruffled’ at being considered as such. “Trolls buy up patents,” says […]

Although the breaking litigation news this week concerned one Patent Troll in particular, it seems that our readers have unearthed at least three in existence. We will have more on Tom, Bert, and Bill Huggins shortly.

It has not even taken two years for three to become one. With much fanfare the UK’s media wrote back in October 2008 ‘Former CBS CEO Launches DIGICOM‘ when Tom Goddard launched Digicom together with Ralph Ahern and Tim Butler. Ralph left in September 2009 and now news reaches us that Tim Butler is to […]

Zoom Media & Marketing has we believe just signed a long term media and advertising agreement with LA Fitness, the US’s largest health club chain with over 330 locations across 21 states and Canada. Zoom Media & Marketing is the largest Nielsen-measured fitness media network in the US (for those of you who remember our […]

Spending activity in digital out-of-home in the second quarter of 2010 was constricted versus original expectations at the beginning of the year, according to the Q2 Digital Out-of-Home Market Review launched today by Adcentricity, New York. In fact, overall ad spending in the U.S. was up only 4.5% vs. a 48% global increase based on […]

I just spoke to Mr Loren Minkus and not surprisingly he wouldn’t answer any questions but simply referred me to his legal counsel. It may well just be a coincidence but interestingly the registered address for Minkus Electronic Display Systems is Suite 400, 2711 Centerville Road, Wilmington, Delaware which is also home to CSC, a […]

Several people have written in and told us that the Patent Troll has a name and previous form. Could it be David Gothard, President at Activision TV, Inc. as they suggest or not? Allegedly David has prior form as several people in the industry have told us that he tried a similar trick back in […]

Ladies and gentleman of the digital signage world it looks like we have just caught ourselves a Patent Troll. A couple of prominent digital signage vendors this week told us that they had received letters from the law firm DLA Piper representing an anonymous party (okay it wasn’t truly anonymous ‘anonymous’ but a recently registered […]

Irvine, California-based PumpTop TV and THE LOOK have partnered to bring the hottest celebrities in the entertainment industry to gas pump screens across the U.S.. Covering everything celebrity-related from fashion and beauty to lifestyle and fitness, THE LOOK is three sites in one, an online network, a daily editorial and photo site, and an ecommerce […]