Archive for April, 2011

CCO Partners With Albuquerque School District

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. today has a new digital billboard partnership with the Albuquerque School District in Albuquerque, New Mexico, whereby four new poster size digital displays have been launched in highly trafficked locations surrounding Cibola, Del Norte, Eldorado and Manzano high schools. Clear Channel Outdoor has partnered with the Albuquerque School District to […]

RMG Solidifies Leadership Position In Airline Media

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

RMG Networks announced Monday that it has acquired Executive Media Network Worldwide (EMN), the leader in airport executive lounge media. EMN controls virtually all of the place-based video media assets in United, Continental, Delta, US Airways, Alaska, as well as the US based inventory of KLM, Lufthansa, and Air France executive airline lounges. EMN also […]

Adidas 3D Mapping In Marseilles

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

It is Digital and it is Out Of Home and it’s the Mother of All Virtual Reality… Adidas took over the centre of Marseilles recently for this spectacular 3D Mapping event which was projected onto the façade of Pharo’s Palace Congress Centre for a full twenty minutes in front of a massive crowd. It was […]

RMG Acquires Executive Media Networks

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It’s not PRN (but then they not for sale anymore) but San Francisco based RMG Networks is about to announce the acquisition of Executive Media Networks

Prysm’s Digital Display At People’s Bank, Boston

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Stackable tiles, luminous images and the need for less power add up for an eye-catching display at the newest branch of People’s United Bank in Boston. Deployment of the new display platform at the bank, a subsidiary of People’s United Financial, Inc., serving nearly 340 branches in New England, was announced today by Prysm, San […]

John Scarcella Joins Harris In Key V-P Position

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

John Scarcella has been appointed vice-president and general manager of the consumer business in Harris Corporation’s Broadcast Communications business. Scarcella is responsible for deploying the full suite of Harris products, led by the company’s successful Digital Out-of-Home solutions, into key consumer markets—including retail, food, venue and entertainment — as well as all global sales, marketing […]

Catchin’ The Bad Guys

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Clear Channel Outdoor, using its technology to circulate a series of eight digital ‘Wanted’ signs to capture Cleveland’s biggest fugitives, was instrumental in the capture of four of the eight in a space of only three weeks. Clear Channel Outdoor is the world’s largest outdoor advertising company with close to one million displays in 45 […]

Digicom Website Facelift

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

Digicom is showing its knowledge on effective communications with the re-vamp of its website. The different sections on the portal are colour coded and they clearly detail what visitors can find on each of them. Rich on videos showcasing real installations, the website also provides the company’s news as well as industry’s Tweets updates. A […]

Projected Image Standards Open For Public Review

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

Using projection for DOOH applications is not always easy and some installations face real challenges with high ambient light. InfoComm International’s latest initiative to set up a standard for the Projected Image System Contrast Ratio could help installers choose the best projector and screen solution. The standard, called 3M-2011, is open for public review and […]

VC Interest In Mobile Sector

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

It has been most interesting in the past week or so to see how investors are gravitating towards the mobile sector. Here’s a rundown of a few that we noticed had picked up some solid cash: Seattle–based AdXpose, a developer of mobile ad measurement tools formerly known as Mpire, has raised $3 million in a […]