Archive for January, 2011

Cool Tweetups, Amsterdam

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

PR guy @mmatterspr. SC native. Gamecock fan. Wannabe graphic designer. Sports junkie @cscottmoody asked on Twitter yesterday “Are there any cool Tweetups at #ISEUROPE” @PrysmLPD retweeted “Great question! We’d like to know too?! RT @cscottmoody: “ The answer is of course at least one! InAVate Magazine and ourselves are hosting a tweetup on the first […]

Retail Business Technology Expo

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Retail Business Technology Expo at Earls Court, London 16th – 17th March 2011.

John LeBeau Leaves Panphonics Oy

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

John LeBeau previously Sales Manager at Panphonics Oy has left and has become Marketing & Sales manager at Powerkiss which of course charges your phone wire-free!

MORE Than 45 MILLION Brits

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It’s been a particularly good week for our industry in getting focus in the mainstream UK Press. In the Metro (London’s free newspaper) there was a double page spread about Quick Response (QR) codes as Geny Caloisi wrote here and yesterday also (Thursday 13th January) Page 4 of The SUN newspaper had this story… “MORE […]

X2O Media At Fredericton Convention Centre

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Xpresenter, the award-winning digital signage software of X2O Media, Montreal-based full-service provider of software, network management, and content services for professional digital signage applications, is now being utilized at Atlantic Canada’s newest meeting and convention facility, the Fredericton Convention Centre in New Brunswick’s capital city. X2O delivered a state-of-the-art digital signage system that offers cutting-edge […]

Visix Calls For Expression Awards Entries

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Visix Inc., Atlanta-based digital signage software provider, is now accepting entries for its 2011 Expression Awards. The Expression Awards are part of Visix’s strategy to bring its software users together, to spotlight creative abilities, and to recognize Visix customers for their contributions in the field of visual communications. The company launched the annual contest in […]

New IMAX V-P Corporate Communications

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Ann Sommerlath has joined IMAX Corporation as vice-president corporate communications, with responsibility for leading IMAX’s media initiatives and driving overall communications strategy. Recently a senior vice-president at Edelman Public Relations, where she served as senior media strategist and developed strategic communications programs for a range of clients, Sommerlath reports directly to Richard Gelfond, IMAX’s CEO.

Metro Tells London About QR Codes

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

In Thursday’s free London newspaper, the Metro (13th Jan 2011) there was a very nice double spread article about Quick Response (QR) codes. A QR code is of course a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by dedicated QR barcode reader and many camera phones. These are similar to barcodes: if you scan them, it […]

#NRF11 – Christie Digital Signage Solutions Services

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Christie Digital chose #NRF to introduce its Digital Signage Solutions services to the US market. A new service which include post-installation remote management, monitoring and control of all digital displays. A bit like a virtual IT department, Christie’s 24/7 managed services will watch over display systems to ensure the maximum performance with the minimum downtime […]

GSTV’s PepsiCo Campaign Wins Top Award

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This took place in November, but we just learned about Gas Station TV’s having been named winner of the Best Retail Marketing Campaign of the Year for 2010 at the 2011 Pepsi Media Summit in Las Vegas. The award was announced by TracyLocke, PepsiCo’s retail media agency of record, at the event designed to ‘Involve, […]