Archive for August, 2010

RAM Vision Win Capital Shopping Centres

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Last week we wrote, exclusively as usual, ‘More Deployments For RAM Vision?‘ and now, even though we haven’t studied it in detail there is an RNS detailing a contract with Capital Shopping Centres. The portfolio includes: – Lakeside, Metro Centre Gateshead (Mall of The Year we believe and one of the largest, if not the […]

Life In Tokyo

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here are the first pictures we believe of the ‘Digital Signage Promotion Project’ (DSPP) in Tokyo – this is of course the one-year digital out of home trial deployment in Tokyo’s underground that we wrote about back in July in the post ‘Nice Win For Quividi, Tokyo‘. These photos are of one of the actual […]

Come Find Us On Skype

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

What do Messrs Cremins, Dusho, Gerba, Goldberg, Michaels, Riegel, Vartian, Emerson, Witherspoon, Guggenheim, Koolen, Villafane, Nix, Armstrong and Chowdhury all have in common? The answer is that they are all CEOs, Senior Managers or Owners of businesses in our industry AND they are all available to us via Skype. We don’t need to tell you […]

Target-ing Radio Shack Kiosks

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We’ve learned that RadioShack plans to put Bullseye Mobile kiosks in the majority of Target Corporation’s 1,700-plus stores in an effort to further build its presence in the mobile phone business. The effort is a cross-branding partnership, since Target is known for its high traffic and desirable demographics, and kiosks selling high-demand items generally do […]

#DOOHBizKonf – Yasmina Siadatan

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Yasmina Siadatan, the former Apprentice winner who works of course for Amscreen in the UK has been confirmed as one of the speakers at the 4th Munich Digital Signage Conference, 19-20 October 2010, Munich in association with OVAB Europe. Yasmina last spoke publicly at #ScreenMediaExpo’s DOOH Media Summit where her presentation was well received.

Kreateevee Signs Up Big Tree

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Rumour in Malaysia is that award winning communications agency for in-store digital and interactive media, Kreateevee has signed up Big Tree, the leading outdoor advertising business in Malaysia, as a customer.

JiWire’s New Q2 Mobile Report

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Relevant advertising and coupons are key topics in San Francisco-based JiWire’s Q2 2010 Mobile Audience Insights Report, which examines mobile connectivity, device use and consumer preferences for location-based content and advertising. JiWire is the leading location-based mobile media company reaching the on-the-go audience. Its new report found that mobile users find the most appealing location-based […]

UK Estate Agency Network

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The UK’s Independent Network of Estate Agents (INEA) is growing rapidly and now has something like 250 member agents. It’s an interesting business model that many in the industry seem to think is threatening existing estate agency portal models that rely on high member subscriptions (rightmove etc.) The interesting thing is their adoption of digital […]

TouchPoints Set To Enter US

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The TouchPoints initiative, launched back in 2006 in the U.K., is entering the U.S. thanks to the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (remember our recent ‘Shall We Line Up To Get A Free iPhone ?’ article – that’s them again). Jane Clarke, managing director at CIMM, announced the research project – based on the U.K. […]

The Harbucks Company

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

News reaches us of more harm being done to industry software vendors with RFPs AND folks let’s not take this lying down, it’s a serious problem when supposed-potential customers (perhaps just like Dunkin’ Donuts RFP Number 4 but who knows) waste prospective-or-not vendors’ time with RFPs, pilots and showcases that may never happen or even […]