Archive for June, 2011

Yan Huybrechts Joins First Great Western

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

First Great Western announced this week the appointment of Yan Huybrechts as Business Development Manager. The position focuses on the development of non-fare revenue streams, including parking, property, telecoms, wifi, and media advertising rights.  Yan will also be working on digital network development.   Huybrechts has spent the last two years as commercial and business […]

Adspace Gets Arty Again

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

New York-based Adspace Network has been adding ‘high art’ to its mix of editorial content, featuring winners of the Art by Chance contest, the annual ultra-short film festival that takes place every spring in over 20 countries and 200 cities worldwide. The 2011 contest theme of ‘Change’ provoked filmmakers to create 30-second films about change. […]

Aelia’s ‘Sound’ Brand Identity In Airports

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

In-store media specialist Mood Media Corporation has won a contract to supply Duty-Free retailer Aelia with bespoke  in-store music to play across its European and Asian retail outlets. The music will be broadcast across 168 Aelia outlets in 28 airports in the UK, France, Poland, Czech Republic and Hong Kong. Mood Media worked with Aelia […]

#InfoComm11 – ClearOne

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

ClearOne, Salt Lake City, Utah-based global communications and entertainment solutions company, has entered the digital signage market using StreamNet technology It has introduced IMPRESS, the company’s first digital signage solution for relaying information ‘to the right persons at the right time and in the most effective manner’. IMPRESS provides robust capability, through its hardware and […]

ECCO Worldwide Gets More In The Mood

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Shoe retailer ECCO is adding enhanced, state-of-the-art visuals to its current in-store solutions worldwide, provided by Mood Media Corporation, to entice its customers with a multi-sensory shopping experience. ECCO has been producing high-quality, casual comfort shoes with optimum fit for 48 years. Mood Media, Toronto-based in-store media specialist, will provide individually tailored audio and visual […]

Brazil: Top Developing Economy For Global Retail Expansion

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

A report by A.T. Kearney today released its 2011 Index of top ranked developing countries for global retail expansion reveals that South American Countries Occupy Top 3 Positions, China Slips to 6th Place and India Drops to 4th In the 10th annual Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), Brazil jumped to first place from #5 in […]

Mitsubishi’s Earth On A 6-metre Diameter OLED

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, Japan is showing what innovation is all about and has installed the first organic light-emitting display (OLED) spherical display in its foyer. The 6m diameter Diamond Vision OLED from Mitsubishi is a Globe called “Geo-Cosmos.” Unveiled in June 11th the Globe is Hanging 18 metres […]

Panasonic And indoorDIRECT Partner For QSR Solution

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Panasonic Solutions Company, provider of collaboration, information-sharing and decision-support solutions for government and commercial enterprises, has partnered with indoorDIRECT to create a reliable, quality in-store television screen system for quick service restaurants. The solution combines two Panasonic 42” LF20 professional LCD displays and one 32” LRU20 with indoorDIRECT’s Restaurant Entertainment Network, which features a magazine-style […]

Reserve Course Material to Classes

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Haivision Network Video, Montreal and Chicago has announced that the University of Ottawa is using the Makito H.264 encoder and Furnace IP video system to leverage the school’s existing IP infrastructure to deliver audio/visual materials – normally on reserve in the library – to any one of 156 multimedia classrooms. In enabling cost-effective streaming of […]

Sticky: Will Work For Love – Scott Eastman, Nanonation Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Scott Eastman is creative director for Nanonation in Lincoln, Nebraaska. Describe your personal work space. I keep my workspace fairly sparse to avoid letting my environment leak into client’s designs, but by no means does that mean my space is tidy. Bi-monthly purges keep my desk free of the mountains of sketches and notes that […]