Archive for April, 2011

#MPDOOH – Holly Willoughby Gives Birth

Monday, April 18th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We’re taking a page from the photo mags here, showing a few of the many attendants at the MediaPost DOOH Forum and Awards.

#MPDOOH – Pearls Of Wisdom

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

MediaPost’s Digital Out-of-Home Forum had innumerable pearls of wisdom from all its speakers, (Patrick Quinn, CEO, PQ Media) stated that 70% of the revenue is commanded by the top 10 operators. In a particularly good presentation he went on to say (from his 2011 Forecast) that Digital Place-based Media will grow 16% and Digital Billboards/Signage […]

#MPDOOH – Overview

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

If I had to pick out one single panel or presentation at last Thursday’s MediaPost DOOH Forum that was the best, I’d be hard pressed to do so. There wasn’t a single one that bored me, and that’s really admitting something considering the number of presentations I’ve heard through the years, in addition to the […]

Frederick Forsyth’s ‘The Cobra’

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

‘The Cobra’ by its author Frederick Forsyth campaign has gone live across Amscreen’s WHSmith airport locations…

#GSL, #GSLive, #TGSLIVE, #GadgetShow, #GadgetShowLive

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Blimey you choose!!! Is it #GSL, #GSLive, #TGSLIVE, #GadgetShow or #GadgetShowLive? Seriously how NOT to use a hashtag by a prime time UK based TV show that is supposed be ‘au fait’ with technology and all things ‘online’. These last couple of days has seen folks use #GSL, #GSLIVE, #TGSLIVE and of course #GadgetShow and […]

CAN Media Group Sold

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

CAN Media Group, one of our favourite network owners here in the UK who own and operate The Life Channel amongst others has just been sold. We’ll have more details shortly. We believe it has been sold for a ‘tidy sum’ to an IT Solutions provider in the north of England. We’d expect the business […]

CRI New Hires Including Tom Roberto

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Word reached us via the usual route (anonymous emails, the odd text and a double check of the ‘facts’ using trusty old LinkedIn) that Tom Roberto had returned recently to the Carpet And Rug Institute. Tom is now Director of Technology Systems. Creative Realities CEO Paul Price announced a few weeks ago (it went over […]

#MPDOOH Another Event For Our Calendar

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The MediaPost’s 4th annual Digital Out-of-Home Forum (held yesterday in New York in case you were in any doubt) has been in our Events calendar since the event first came onto our radar screens back in February and judging by the reaction of those we sent to cover the event (Gail and JP), those we […]

#MPDOOH Is NFC the Future of Mobile?

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

JP Biamby

Ideas presented at an Augmentation panel at Mediaposts’ Digital Out Of Home Forum hinted that the future of mobile devices may possibly be NFC. An innovative discussion ensued between the panelists about QR codes, Augmented Reality and Experiential Marketing campaigns. We previously reported about the successful interactive DOOH activations with one of the panelists, Harry […]

#MPDOOH The (Real) World As Your Canvas

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

JP Biamby

Innovators in 3-D projection mapping showed off some great work at #MPDOOH today. With the ability to project onto almost everything you do of course have the whole world as your canvas!