Archive for April, 2011

Barrie Guy, Samsung Electronics

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

UK industry veteran Barrie Guy who over the last 10 years has worked for Sony (Retail Solutions), NEC (Large Format Display and Solutions Manager) and most recently LG (B2B General Manager) has ended up as Global Account Director at Samsung Electronics. Barrie started in the role in March 2011 we believe.

Onestop Launches Federal Election Game

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Building on its earlier successful voter engagement game Mayor Munch, Toronto-based Onestop Media Group has launched Ballot Blitz, an online game starring animated versions of Canada’s top five party leaders: Stephen Harper, Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton, Gilles Duceppe and Elizabeth May. Timed to coincide with the current campaigning leading up to Canada’s voting day May […]

International Partnership On 3D Content

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Giuseppe Andrianò

Italian company Edisonweb and Malaysia’s 3D International have teamed up to bring new 3D Content Management Solution to the Digital Signage market. Edisonweb has successfully integrated 3D International‘s ActiveX plugin for 2D/3D video playback in its Web Signage proximity marketing platform. This allows to drive more than 80 types of different 3D displays for more […]

Kiev Stadium Installs Enclosed DOOH

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Geny Caloisi

The forthcoming UEFA Euro 2012 championship is being held in the Ukraine and Poland next year, with UEFA wishing to promote football in areas not previously having hosted the tournament. However the stadiums need to be updated to cope with the influx of people expected next year and weather conditions place special challenges to the […]

‘Gamification’ In Shoredtich

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Geny Caloisi

Digital Shoreditch, a festival celebrating everything digital that happens in Shoreditch, will open on the first week of May. Many creative digital companies are based in this area of London. The festival opens up the debate on the impact and importance of digital technologies across a wide cross section of industries; nurturing and connecting the […]

Woodbine Entertainment’s Digital Menu Boards

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Woodbine Entertainment Group chose the Audience software platform to power newly installed digital menu boards as part of a multi-phase renovation to Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. Renovations are now complete in the 188-seat Willows Restaurant houses the new triple-head digital menu board displaying menu options, ingredients, pricing and photos, while providing restaurant staff the opportunity […]

The Influential Smile Of Lisa Dollinger

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Lisa Dollinger, chief communications officer, Clear Channel Communications Inc., was recently named one of the Most Powerful and Influential Women of Texas by the National Diversity Council and Texas Diversity Magazine. The annual award recognizes Texas women who display leadership excellence, a record of career accomplishments, and commitment to the well-being of the community. Dollinger […]

signagelive, Booth 805

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

UK-based signagelive’s newest software tools let digital signage network operators work in the language of their choice and across any browser or mainstream operating system. These and powerful new content development and playback tools are some of the new offerings being showcased by signagelive at the upcoming Customer Engagement Technology World trade show in San […]

Scala’s Connected Signage Conference

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Scala will offer various insights into the future of digital signage and the latest industry developments at their Scala Connected Signage Conference (CSC) – Americas & Oceania this spring. Scala’s CSC will be held May 3-5 at the Philadelphia Renaissance Airport Hotel and interestingly (or is that NOT surprisingly) both HP and Intel Corporation are […]

DNA Conference, London

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

This one-day conference will be the first to cover the Digital Out-of- Home Interactive Entertainment (DOE) sector and is supported by the UK Trade & Investment body. The event is being held July 14, 2011 10AM to 6:30PM GMT (we assume the organisers mean BST so please check or you will be an hour out) […]