Archive for August, 2010

Even More Digicom Departures?

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Following our post a few weeks ago ‘More Digicom Departures‘ we received plenty of emails from loving readers telling us that we wrote was accurate. Paul Pitman as we said in that post has moved on and that was confirmed by a few folks who told us that he had moved across to manage The […]

An Interactive Promotion for Telus

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Media Merchants, Toronto, is the company behind an interactive, motion-sensing video wall delivering the new Telus campaign in Toronto, Vancouver, and soon, in Montreal. By illuminating storefronts with the use of the 6’ x10’ HD 1080P LCD video wall, the large display is garnering a lot of street level attention for its interactive and […]

Cruising Into Hospitals With Mommentum

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Cruise Media Group, a Canadian place-based health media company, has acquired full ownership of Mommentum Health Media, extending the reach of the dedicated health and wellness digital screen network into major hospitals.

 Toronto-based Cruise Media Group already had partial ownership of Mommentum, which has been focused on installing health and wellness information screens in Canadian […]

REACH-ing The Fastest-Growing List

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based REACH Sports Marketing Group has been ranked No. 372 on Inc. magazine’s ‘29th annual Inc. 500’, an exclusive ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.. With a growth rate of more than 806% over the past three years, this is REACH’s first appearance on the prestigious listing. REACH revenue grew […]

RIM Acquires Cellmania

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Research in Motion, Waterloo, Ontario, has acquired Mountain View, California-based Cellmania, bringing the Mountain View, California, company’s expertise in application storefront development to the BlackBerry platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. It is expected that RIM will have acquired Cellmania to be able to offer a framework for vendors developing apps for […]

Failing To Amaze

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Alex Hughes

Cardiff as a shopping destination has seen massive growth and development in the past few years, especially since the arrival of John Lewis and the development of the St David’s 2 Shopping Centre. It never fails to amaze me with these shopping centre hubs just how many shops of the same type you can actually […]

Most Promising Gesture Technology

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

This ‘Panasonic 3D Sensor: D-Imager’ is currently used as a motion capture sensor for the Life Wall*2 exhibited at the Japanese Pavilion in the EXPO 2010 Shanghai China. We asked Panasonic about it but no amount of emails could elicit a response. The video is sort-of self explanatory, although at 5 minutes a bit long […]

Akoo Promotes Microsoft Xbox 360

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Microsoft Xbox 360 has launched an advertising campaign for its new controller-free gaming device, Kinect, on Akoo, a Chicago-based social music television network reaching high-value audiences in retail and campus environments across 54 top U.S. markets. Available in U.S. stores on November 4 and in additional markets by year end, Kinect plugs into Xbox 360 […]

Distribution Agreement for X2O Media

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

X2O Media, Montreal provider of software, network management, and content services for professional digital signage applications, has signed a distribution agreement with Graphics Distribution Inc. whereby GDI will provide distribution and sales support functions for X2O’s Xpresenter Xe Series of stand-alone digital signage systems in the U.S.. Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based GDI is a privately held distribution […]

OOH And DOOH Mapping In Canada

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Out-of-Home Marketing Association of Canada has released an update to its dynamic web mapping system that allows users to create printable, customized OOH and DOOH market coverage maps. The mapping tool has been updated with the current inventory of all OMAC member company products and networks and reflects the Canadian Outdoor Measurement Bureau‘s April […]