Archive for March, 2011

Mood Media To Acquire Muzak

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Mood Media Corporation (ISIN: CA61534J1057) (TSX:MM/ LSE AIM:MM), a leading in-store media specialist has just announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Muzak Holdings LLC (“Muzak”), a privately-held company that is one of the leading providers of sensory branding services for business in the United States, for US$345 million including net debt […]

Parallel Worlds: What Privacy Concerns?

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Manolo Almagro, Q Division Managing Partner

‘Internet Privacy Concerns Prompt Advertisers to Increase DOOH Ad Spend‘ wrote Jason M. Kates over on the usually quite good Digital Signage Expo site a week or so ago. This post should raise a few eyebrows. The Chairman, CEO and founder of rVue reports a surprising trend; it seems (he writes) that advertisers are turning […]

Where The Smurf Are We?

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

JP Biamby

Six Flags Inc. recently announced that it is teaming up with Sony Pictures Entertainment to launch the highly anticipated 3D summer movie The Smurfs. As previously reported by DailyDOOH, Six Flags Media Networks’ expanded it’s Six Flags Menu Board TV with an additional 220 digital screens. The interactive dooh network is capable of delivering 100 […]

ohVoxel Launch OOHContent

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It’s great we think to see more content library type companies crop up. Announced this week was OOHContent a new online marketplace created to provide affordable, ready-to-play content specifically developed for the needs of digital signage and digital out-of-home network operators. The service is managed by ohVoxel, a creative firm located in Barcelona dedicated to […]

Russian Pr0n Hacker Sentenced

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In January 2010, Igor Blinnikov hacked into a billboard next to the Interior Ministry building in central Moscow and replaced the content with some pr0n. He was arrested a month later and yesterday went on trial for the hack itself (he had previously been sentenced to five years imprisonment for allegedly selling 20 grams of […]

Wickes One Day Promotion

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We liked this one day promoton for Wickes (Home Improvement Products for Trade and DIY) up today on the Amscreen forecourt network… Competitor (we guess) ScrewFix have been HEAVILY advertising using TV in the UK recently. Next day delivery anyone?

CLX Media Launches Omni Network

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

CLX Media announced this week the launch of OMNI network – what we believe to be the first digital place-based advertising network with national reach in Ireland. CLX Media CEO Greg Birdthistle told us “This is the first time advertisers can, through one single source, reach consumers where they live, work and socialise across the […]

Microtiles At Emory/Rollins School Of Public Health

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

To welcome people into its newly dedicated Claudia Nance Rollins Building, Emory University/Rollins School of Public Health selected Christie to design a striking display with its award-winning Christie MicroTiles. On entering the spacious atrium in the building’s lobby, faculty, students, staff and visitors can view a variety of news and information displayed on a Christie […]

Electrosonic’s Screens At The National Museum Of The American Indian

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Electrosonic is helping visitors to the National Museum of the American Indian in Lower Manhattan to discover the beauty of Native American artifacts and the stories behind those stunning objects in the new permanent exhibition, ‘Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian’, scheduled to be […]

MedXTV Added To Momentum Health Network By New Owner Cruise Media Group

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Cruise Media Group, Toronto, has acquired the MedXTV network, rolling its venues into the Momentum Health Network and growing the annual reach of its medical waiting room screens to an estimated 20 million Canadian viewers annually. With the addition of MedXTV venues, Toronto-based MHN now has digital screens in more than 335 medical clinics and […]