Archive for June, 2011

#InfoComm11 Here And There

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

One of the joys of covering a trade show is the simple opportunity to wander around and meet people at booths large and small. Here’s one of our last posts with regard #InfoComm11. A roundup of just a few of the companies we noted and didn’t write about elsewhere… AOpen will be launching a small […]

#InfoComm11 Insight Media University

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

At #InfoComm11 we stopped off to hear about Insight Media University, run by Jonathan Brawn of Brawn Consulting and Chris Chinnock of Insight Media. It’s not a true ‘university’ of course, however the company runs both online and on-site courses on digital signage, display technology, 3D, installation, IT networking and a myriad of other topics […]

DisplaySearch DS Conference Excerpts

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Those who attended the DisplaySearch 4th Annual Digital Signage Conference, held the day before #InfoComm11, were privileged to be at one of the better educational day sessions we’ve attended in a long time. What on the conference program looked like it was going to be a series of boring case histories and company speakers selling […]

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By)

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Despite the truly awful PufferSphere® spherical display system from Pufferfish getting in the way in the picture on the right it’s nice to see one’s work on the front page proper (not the Companies & Markets section either) of Thursday’s Financial Times. Shown here are two displays made up of MicroTiles; the inset / outset […]

Moneycorp: DS In Airports Work

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

Currency exchange company Moneycorp has released results from their recent campaign at Gatwick Airport which highlight how the campaign delivered a commercial advantage to the advertiser. Moneycorp’s campaign ran across Eye’s Digital Eyelite and 6 sheet networks in Gatwick’s South and North terminals throughout a four week period in April earlier this year. Having conducted an […]

Krug New EVP CFO At Clear Channel Outdoor – Americas

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc., San Antonio, has appointed Renee Krug as executive vice-president and chief financial officer of Clear Channel Outdoor – Americas, with responsibility for all financial reporting. “Renee’s knowledge of our business, her strong relationships across our executive team, as well as her deep experience in finance and strategic analysis prior to […]

New Landscape Digital From Eye

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

Out-of-Home media company Eye, has expanded its Landscape Digital network across premier shopping centre locations in New Zealand. By the end of the rollout, the network will impact a total of 2.7 million Shoppers fortnightly – a 60% increase in traffic and almost doubling the size of the network. The rollout will be  in key Westfield […]

Adspace Hires New Sr. V-P Sales

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Amy Jo Wayne has joined New York-based Adspace Digital Mall Network, owner of what is believed to be the largest in-mall digital advertising network in the U.S., as senior vice-president national sales. Wayne, a veteran in television ad sales, comes from REELZCHANNEL and REELZCHANNEL.com where she developed an integrated, multi-platform sales campaign aligning television, online […]

Cheryl Magiros Returns To Screenvision

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Screenvision, a leading cinema advertising sales, services and content distribution company, this week announced that Cheryl Magiros, a Screenvision veteran, is returning to the company as Senior Vice President, Direct Sales. She will lead the companies local ad sales efforts, reporting directly to Mark Mitchell, Chief Revenue Officer. “Cheryl is a strong leader and a […]

DPAA Appointments And Staff Moves

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

A growing membership base and expanded initiatives have spurred appointments and staff moves at the Digital Place-based Advertising Association, New York. Ryan Pogy has been promoted to director, member services, Noah Klas has joined the association in Pogy’s previous position as manager, member services, and Mark Braff, head of Braff Communications, has been appointed public […]