Archive for June, 2011

#InfoComm11 #AVtweetup June 16th, Orlando

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Those jolly fellows on the Interweb who term themselves #avtweeps are holding an #avtweetup during #InfoComm11 on 16th June in the Rocks Lounge at Peabody Hotel 9801 International Drive, Orlando, FL. The organisers told us “InfoComm is an intense week. Let’s make some time to gather our #avtweeps in real life for some drinks and […]

#InfoComm11 InFocus, Booth 988

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Don’t miss stopping at InFocus’s booth during InfoComm in Orlando, June 15-17. We hear that the Portland, Oregon-based firmis introducing a giant HD wall tablet featuring multi-touch functionality. It will be disruptively priced for any-to-any video conferencing. While we don’t have all the details yet, we understand it will be officially launched later this week […]

#InfoComm11 Visix Wayfinding, Booth 4142

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Visix Inc., an Atlanta-based digital signage software provider, wll be showing its recently-launched WayPoint product – an interactive wayfinding and communications solution for corporate and college campuses, healthcare facilities, government buildings and other institutions. “Today’s audiences expect wayfinding and interactivity,” says Tonya Pritt-Dennis, director of client services. Visix. “Many of our clients produce beautiful content, […]

150+ Folks In Warsaw

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Tuesday’s Digital Signage Trends event in Poland (easily the biggest event in Central and Eastern Europe) and put together by the PDSA (Polish Digital Signage Association) saw well over 150 people attend at the Novotel Airport Hotel, Warsaw. Excellent, well organised ‘local’ conferences in Europe seem to be on trend at the moment following the […]

JCDecaux Unveils Digital 96 Sheet, London

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

JCDecaux has unveiled the first D400 (a digital 96 sheet), a digital Première billboard on London’s Cromwell Road – adding to the 5 x 5 meter i announced last week and a whole host of other digital faces that the intrepid road traveller will see to and from their journey to London from the west. […]

Here Comes Twoppy

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Dutch startup ‘twoppy’ is all set to disrupt the mobile event guides market with a free platform where an event organiser can create their own smartphone event app (a digital event guide on a mobile phone for example) and provide it to visitors. Once event organisers have added their event information to twoppy, attendees can […]

#InfoComm11 CastNET, Booth 4777

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The latest release of CastNET digital signage software will be demonstrated in booth 4777 at InfoComm 2011. With 15 years of development and hundreds of worldwide deployments, CastNET has established itself as a leader in managing digital signage content. The company provides fluid motion graphics, HD video, multi-zone layouts, and real time data integration in […]

#InfoComm11 AVI-SPL, Booth 1679

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

AVI-SPL, which is into both DOOH and A/V, will be at InfoComm June 15-17 to give its latest news and initiatives such as its commitment to video, its newly-branded service offering ‘Unify ME’, and to speak about the many different environments in which unified communications can be experienced. AVI-SPL is holding a special media event […]

Neo’s Swiss Roll Out

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

BroadSign’s CEO Brian Dusho told us back at #ScreenMediaExpo that “BroadSign business was better than ever and that most of his DOOH Ad networks were starting to grow” and he obviously wasn’t wrong. In the last few weeks we have seen announcements from Accenthealth, JCDecaux launching two new digital screens in London (the i on […]

SCALA Release 5 In UAE

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

Advanced Interactive Media Solutions (AIMS), a UAE supplier of professional digital signage networks in the GCC (Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf), is offering SCALA Release 5 in its territory. The digital signage market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continues to witness steady growth, with recent reports predicting […]