Archive for August, 2010

AOpen Forum 2010 Day 1

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Nothing seemingly ground breaking on day 1 of the AOpen Forum 2010 in San Francisco but those who did attend enjoyed the presentation by John Curran who is the CEO of mCosm LLC. He’s sort-of a consultant but a very smart one that isn’t selling marketing fluff, he sells his experience, tells you how the […]

Dunkin’ Donuts RFP Number 4

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Not quite sure how many RFPs Dunkin’ Donuts need to do (or why they keep doing them) but by our count the latest one (this time) put together by IT consultancy Accuvia Consulting this is number 4. The RFP is for ‘Digital Menu Board solution and Creative Design Services‘ and has already gone out to […]

Mood Media’s New VP Corporate Marketing

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Mood Media Corporation, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, with stock symbol MM yesterday appointed Vanessa Warren as senior vice president of corporate marketing. Vanessa will be reporting to Mood Media Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, Lorne Abony. Vanessa heads up the group’s brand and communication activities across 40 countries in Europe, North America, Australia and […]

Lighthouse Launches DuoLED

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

PLASA 2010 will see LED screen manufacturer Lighthouse Technologies launch a new product, dubbed DuoLED to the market. DuoLED is described as a lightweight mesh product that has all the advantages of transparency and ease of handling but with an extra benefit – namely that with a simple flick of a switch it can also […]

Daktronics Does Phoenix Island

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

You are going to have to wait until 2014 for Phoenix Island to be complete but Daktronics tell us that by the end of this year the installation of a multi-million dollar Daktronics LED display system is set to be complete. Last week Sanya Phoenix Island Development of China and Daktronics Inc. (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, […]

Vanessa Warren

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Congratulations to Vanessa Warren who has been appointed senior vice president of corporate marketing for Mood Media Corporation (TSX:MM)

What Network’s Behind This?

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

At a Best Western Hotel in Brampton, Ont., this weekend, we noticed a bright, nicely placed, nicely sized Samsung screen in the breakfast area off the lobby. However, the digital screen was incredibly busy with no less than eight different sections, with an ad taking up the largest section and others with weather, sports, news, […]

Intel Targets Digital Signage (Can It?)

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Speaking at last week’s Intel Channel Alliance event, in Hillsboro, Oregon, Eric Thompson, Intel director, North America channels and distribution, spoke about a new Intel strategy designed to allow channel partners fresh opportunities to grow their business in markets other than desktops, servers and notebooks. Two of those opportunities were described as digital signage and […]

Medium UK signagelive Distribution Deal

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Medium UK, a value-added distributor specialising in visual communications is the latest business to see the attraction of UK based signagelive. Medium UK will, we understand, be the ‘lead’ distributor of signagelive in the UK. Jason Cremins, told us this is because “Medium UK is able to support its channel partners with true turnkey digital […]

Birmingham Bullring Gets An AV Makeover

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Looks like the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham has become something of an advertiser’s paradise following an AV makeover at the hands of Ram Vision and PSCo. The mall now features some nice new digital solutions all with high end finishing which seem to have dramatically changed the aesthetics and feel of the mall. A […]