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The Nielsen Company, media audience measurement company, raised approximately $1.6 billion in its initial public offering Jan. 26/11. The company’s shares were priced at $23 (higher than its earlier announced range of $20- to-$22. They were up more than 10.5% in trading. Nielsen has been owned since 2006 by a group of private equity firms […]

Last year at #ISEUROPE Mitsubishi Electric showed for the first time a large wall display made out of small Organic LED (OLED) tiles. This year the company is back with its new Diamond Vision OLED and it is inviting visitors to its stand to explore new possibilities and to change the way they think about […]

NCR Corporation announced today the appointment of Linda Fitzgerald as its new president of NCR Canada Ltd.. An accomplished sales leader and relationship builder with over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, Fitzgerald will be responsible for sales, client services, marketing, and the management of all aspects of NCR Canada’s financial and retail […]

Obviously, just to stir things up a little bit we see that Ayuda Media Systems CEO Andreas Soupliotis is all set to speak at the #DiSCO11 conference next week the day before #iseurope. The title of his speech? Let’s Open Source – The Digital Signage Player Set Free!

Adrian broke the news last night but I was there at the launch of the Outdoor Media Centre. It was a pleasant evening at 9 Adam Street in central London. The rectangular room with vaulted ceilings was very crowded with people from both DOOH and traditional OOH. The OAA has indeed changed its name, and […]

Could it be true? Since our story about John Ryan defections a few weeks ago we have heard rumours of more (more defections that is). Some say that as many as 6 people have left and all folks seemingly high up the organisation and 10 year plus company die-hards. Hard to believe that there is […]

VIF Communication, Montreal, has implemented the design of Laurentian Bank’s logo unto a 10’X10’ custom made video wall and its installation within the new financial services boutiques of the bank. The six irregular shapes which constitute Laurentian Bank’s logo now each broadcast a dynamic content, either in a complementary mode to one another or independently, […]

There are an additional 80 new digital advertising faces at the Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. Astral Out-of-Home, one of Canada’s leading out-of-home advertising companies and a subsidiary of Astral Media Inc. has expanded its advertising network at the airport with the addition of 80 new AeroVertical digital faces to the hundred digital faces already in place. […]

We had the opportunity to chat last week with Bob Michaels, new president of the Signage Division at Digital View – and, we might add, one of the nice people on our list – who says that challenges offered by his new position are “right up my alley.” Michaels (see our Jan. 19 and Jan. […]

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc., in conjunction with MarketShare Partners, cross-marketing optimization company, has released Out-of-Home Advertising and the Retail Industry, a new report providing a comprehensive analysis into Out-of-Home’s marketing benefits for the retail sector, which include a broad, yet targeted reach to consumers-on-the-go, tailored brand messages for precise geographic locations and an opportunity […]