Archive for January, 2011

Dusseldorf Based Cittadino For Sale

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Despite many people’s protestations everyone is for sale at the right price and news came in over this past holiday season that Dusseldorf based service provider Cittadino is actively for sale. They claim to have been doing digital signage related work for the past 3 or 4 years although most in Germany would probably see […]

Samsung 627-Square-Foot Video Wall

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas sees a lot of glitter, celebrities, and material for bigger-than-life attractions pass through its terminal doors, so it seems fitting that it now holds what is believed to be the largest video wall display at a U.S. airport. McCarran announced back in August that the Clark County Board of […]

BroadSign 8 – Under The Hood

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Dmitry Sokolov

Software releases, or rather re-releases, are as good as any opportunity to look under the hood of a software suite. With that in mind, we took the announcement of BroadSign 8 as a chance for a guided tour. Sitting in a spacious boardroom of Broadsign’s new location on René-Lévesque Boulevard in Montreal, we watched Jody […]

Parallel Worlds: A Decade of Digital…

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

Now that 2011 is here and we have said goodbye to 2010 – we mark this benchmark in time with a long, hard look at the past decade through the lens of our industry to answer the question “have we- as an industry, learned anything in the past 10 years?” Here’s a brief synopsis of […]

Procast Media Denies Bankruptcy

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Sweden’s Procast Media AB may have been ranked as the fastest growing technology company in Sweden back in November but rumour to kick start the new year is that it may have recently gone Tango Uniform (or should we say Tore Urban?). Not so, says Member of the Board Richard Bernström. In a comment here […]

#CES – Kinect And OLED

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Another year, another #CES and another broken promise to all of our staff that we would get to Las Vegas for one of the best exhibitions on the planet. If anyone is going to #CES which kicks off this week and sees anything interesting we’d be more than excited to receive pictures. Things relevant to […]

Saad Mouneimne Leaves never.no AS

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In an email sent out 31st December 2010 to a number of industry folks, Saad Mouneimne announced that he was set to leave never.no where he was VP Middle East & Asia. We thought he had joined Matt Welton (VP Sales North America) in leaving, as when we were in NYC at the Digital Signage […]

Digital Signage Forum, Melbourne

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Three one-day expert-led Digital Signage Forums focussing on digital signage will be held in Australia / New Zealand during May 2011. Sydney 24.05.11 / Melbourne 26.05.11 / Auckland 31.05.11

Dutch Art Goes Large On LED

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

Geny Caloisi

Lighthouse LED screens are at the centre of a burgeoning new trend in the Netherlands for art installations, which is taking the concept of large exterior screens and making them interactive, allowing people to be part of the content displayed on the screens. One such installation is Between You & Me, located outside Factorium, a […]

REACH-DCN Sales Partnership

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Under a new strategic sales partnership between REACH Sports Marketing Group, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and The Digital College Network, Atlanta, REACH will sell ads to local businesses and service professionals on the DCNLive network. DCN operates a network of more than 300 digital screens in college bookstores nationwide. REACH will also include DCN’s network into […]