Archive for June, 2011

Julian Clogg Joins WRT

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We don’t quite know what Julian Clogg will do exactly at WRT Group plc but we hear that he has left the (new revitalised) Life Channel, where he has been since 2003 to join WRT. WRT don’t have much digital other than some screens in about 70 Tesco Cafes in the UK – being better […]

Interact Or Die

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Geny Caloisi

For a second year running The Screen held a Breakfast Meeting at  Ogilvy Digital Innovation Labs headquarter in Cabot Sq Canary Wharf, sponsored by HP and Ogilvy. It was a full house with 110 people signing up for the event. Last year’s event was about content but this year the presenters talked about the natural […]

More Mestaclocan Displays

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Like many who visited #InfoComm11 last week every member of the DailyDOOH team made it a point to go see the omniSHAPES on display publicly for the first time from Reutlingen, Germany based eyevis. Our North American editor Gail Chiasson also had the opportunity to interview both Eric Hénique, director of marketing and international sales, […]

Just Watch RMG G(r)o(w)

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

In a combination of events, Reach Media Group is talking to banks and private equity partners to build more funds for acquisitions; has combined all its networks into three; and has made management changes. In terms of the latter, Luke Zaientz, executive vice-president business development and one of the early execs in the firm, is […]

RMG Mulls IPO

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We said back in October 2010 “RMG for sure will be doing an IPO in 18 – 24 months” and word from San Francisco is that we probably weren’t wrong. ‘RMG Meeting Banks to Mull IPO Seeking More Than $250 Million‘ is a story in some of the local rags this week. We’ll have our […]

News International UK Network?

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Spotted in the UK in Hemel Hempstead was this Samsung 320MXN screen in the newsagents section of a local Tesco supermarket… At first we thought it might be an improved Amscreen screen trial but it appears to be a test network for News International themselves. Rumour is that it’s currently comprised of ten stores initially […]

Screach That Big Tall Screen

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

UK based City Gateway Media and Screenreach Interactive, creators of digital media platform Screach, are this week pioneering the Screach application on the Manchester Tower. Screach allows two way, real time interactions between a smart device and content on a digital screen, and will be used by City Gateway to invite audiences to see their […]

Interactivity & The Rules Of Engagement

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Geny Caloisi

The Screen, HP and Ogilvy organised ‘Interactivity and the rules of engagement.‘ event is being held tomorrow; June 23rd at Ogilvy Digital Innovation Labs in London’s Canary Wharf, from 10am to 12pm. The next generation of digital media installations is all about interactivity. From large format multi-touch, to gesture recognition, to social media, QR codes […]

#InfoComm11 Magic Box

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Not to be confused with Black Magic whuch is just entering the digital signage sector, Magic Box of Corvallis, Oregon, started out in cable and broadcast but entered the digital signage world six years ago. Magic Box was showing off its new web-based version of its Aavelin software last week. “We’ve always had an Aavelin […]

Hire The Right Tool For The Job

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Geny Caloisi

Digital Marketing Agency, Argent Ram Media, has created a signagelive powered totem display to help DIY store customers hire the right tools. The ‘Hire Station Virtual Hire’ provide tool hire facilities for a number of national DIY retailers across the UK. The new digital signage system is being trialled in the recently rebuilt branch of […]