Archive for June, 2011

Danger, Will Robinson!

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Observant readers will know that last week, after a very secret squirrel meeting at #InfoComm11 in Orlando we “Learnt of plans of (an) upcoming ‘three most dangerous men in digital Signage’ story” from someone well known in the industry. Intrigued we reached out to them to find out more and got permission to take their […]

Brian Carnell Leaves Cisco

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Rumour had it that Brian Carnell‘s next sinecure was at Oracle Corp. but it seems this is not true. What is true is that he has left Cisco and he tells us that he is spending time with his family. Brian was at Cisco for 5 years and 1 month and many will know him […]

Who’s At #mwl2011 This Week Then?

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

Marketing Week Live! begins this week but for most of the DailyDOOH team it’s going to compete with the sunshine, Wimbledon and the start of the Henley Regatta so at the moment it looks like their trusty European editor will be the only attendee. Still, a couple of vendors have told us they will be […]

U.S. Mobile Local Ad Revenues To Reach $2.8 Billion In 2015

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

A new study by BIA/Kelsey, Chantilly, Virginia-based adviser to companies in the local media space, says that U.S. mobile local advertising revenues are expected to grow from $404 million in 2010 to $2.8 billion in 2015. According to BIA/Kelsey, locally targeted mobile ads will represent 70% of overall U.S. mobile ad spending in 2015. The […]

Bandit Tracker Arizona

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Clear Channel Outdoor and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, along with the Electronic Tracking System and the local police departments, will be in Phoenix on Tuesday, June 28, to unveil a set of 35 digital billboards that highlight wanted bank robbers on BanditTrackerArizona.com. Since 2007, Clear Channel Outdoor and the FBI have worked together to […]

A Multitouch Table At University Of Oregon

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The American arm of MultiTouch Ltd., Helsinki, Finland-based developer of modular multi-touch LCD screens for large-scale displays, has collaborated with Portland, Oregon-based interactive design firm Second Story to create an interactive multitouch table for the University of Oregon’s Ford Alumni Center in Eugene, Oregon. The table consists of a single surface that is comprised of […]

An App For The Lazy

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This isn’t going to change the business world, but it certainly shows the ambition – or lack of – and the innovation of some developers. AirRun is a new iPhone app developed for folks who are either lazy or unemployed. And hold on, it’s not as weird as it sounds. The idea is that if […]

Wimbledon Scoreboard Explained

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Every year at about this time one of our most searched for (and read) posts is (still) about the Wimbledon scoreboard. Something we first wrote about back in May 2008 Back then we weren’t necessarily enamoured that the organisers of Wimbledon replaced some of the traditional scoreboards with giant video screens but as the years […]

How To Get Wimbledon Campaigns Right

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Antony Ceravolo is the CEO and founder of Executive Channel Europe, a bespoke digital network we have seen a bit of these last few months inside some of the top ‘trophy’ offices across the City of London. It’s a network much like the fabulous Scala powered Wall Street Journal office network and the Australian Office […]

IBM Poorly Served Again At T5

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

IBM are being poorly served by the return of last year’s live feeds campaign at Heathrow Terminal Five aimed at keeping passengers up to date with the latest Wimbledon championship information via the airport’s digital panels. The airport screens, as they did in 2010, bring together two separate live feeds – departure information from BAA […]