Archive for March, 2011

Gale Domokos Bonnell Joins Clear Channel

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. has appointed Gale Domokos Bonnell to regional account executive, responsible for providing sales representation to advertisers and agencies in the U.S. states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. This is a new position, reporting to Jonathan Graviss, vice-president of sales for the Atlanta Division. Bonnell is based in […]

Drew Topel Joins Scala

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We wrote midweek ‘Coolsign’s Loss Is Scala’s Gain‘ and we’ve been proved correct once again. Drew Topel starts as Director of Services at Scala on Monday. Drew reached out to us yesterday and said “The news is true. I’m going to take on this opportunity to grow the business where Scala is providing for the […]

More DOOH Observing #earthhour

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We just learned of more DOOH companies planning ‘lights out’ during Earth Hour tonight. Earth Hour is a project of the World Wildlife Fund, which asks individuals, businesses and communities worldwide to show their commitment to the environment by turning off lights between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 pm on March 26. The Times Square Advertising […]

LinkedIn’s Early Users Get Bragging Points

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

As VentureBeat reported here ‘LinkedIn’s early users get bragging points … on Twitter‘. I was member #112669, Ken Goldberg was member #73,138 BUT Stephen Randall from LocaModa was member #4334 – that’s some serious ‘early adopter cred’ !!

IVCA Awards 2011

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

I’m getting ready for tonight, Friday 25th of March, for the IVCA awards. I’ve been going to the International Visual Communications Awards for the past five years. The evening at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Parklane is very glamorous and the awards most interesting. I have been a judge on these awards for the past […]

Digital Content Circle Makes Debut

Friday, March 25th, 2011

JP Biamby

A volunteer driven organization named the Digital Content Circle that aims to raise the level of creative work and dooh strategy found it’s way on my radar recently via a press release from Arsenal Media. The DCC which was originally conceived in 2009, is made up of founding partners from digital agency Dagobert & creative […]

Laser Illuminated Projector Association

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

Back in February we reported about a Future Trends conference that Electrosonic’s founder Bob Simpson gave at #iseurope. Amongst the trend mentioned was laser beam projectors, which allow for brighter images and smaller lenses, ideal for environments with high ambient light, such as the ones where digital signage is. The trend seems to be getting […]

Sorry What Did You Say?

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Microelectric Hearing Aids, a group of five hearing clinics in Switzerland, wanted to improve the service it gave to its patients, promoting its services and products in a way that was suitable for everyone, including hard-of-hearing people. The clinic wanted to take advantage of the patients waiting times, which are no longer than 5-10 minutes, […]

Amscreen Fix It For Wickes

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

As we mentioned yesterday Amscreen, the UK’s largest nationwide digital media network owner, has teamed up with Home Improvement retailer Wickes to deliver what is believed to be the quickest ever turnaround on a National Digital Out of Home campaign. No less than 40 minutes after agreeing the campaign and providing copy, the one-day campaign […]

#earthhour Toronto

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Clear Channel Outdoor Canada, which has been participating annually in Earth Hour, is going all out this weekend, with all of its Spectaculars billboard inventory in Toronto due to be shut down from Friday, March 25, and turned back on Monday, March 28. In addition, exterior advertising at Toronto-Pearson Airport will be shut down – […]