Archive for August, 2011

Ayuda FC Crowned CCSL 2011 Division Champions

Friday, August 26th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

For a bit of fun, we thought we’d let you know that Ayuda FC, a soccer team composed of staffers and friends of Ayuda Media Systems, Montreal, won the CCSL Summer 2011 Division 4 championship by defeating the Amro Travel FC squad in penalty kicks. Ayuda FC is the official football club of Ayuda Media […]

theBITE Serving Up US Open Coverage

Friday, August 26th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

indoorDIRECT and Tennis Channel have made an agreement to air Tennis Channel’s coverage of the 2011 US Open on indoorDIRECT’s in-store television show, ‘theBITE’, reaching 150 million consumers annually in the nation’s top quick-service restaurants. Each day during the US Open, Aug. 29–to-Sept. 11, theBITE will feature news and daily highlights from the US Open. […]

Omek White Paper On Creating Gesture-Enabled Digital Signage

Friday, August 26th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

San Francisco-based Omek Interactive, provider of tools and technology for incorporating gesture recognition and body tracking capabilities into devices and applications, has published a new white paper: ‘Moving Beyond the Touchscreen: Best Practices for Creating Gesture-Enabled Digital Signage’.” For those involved in the digital signage industry – whether as an integrator, content provider, ad agency, […]

McDonalds’ McCafe’s Signage, Canada

Friday, August 26th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We’re beginning to wonder what exactly is going on with McDonald’s digital signage in Canada. We learned this week that Eye-In Media, Montreal, is the company that has been behind the new menu boards and other digital signage in about 500 McDonald’s Restaurants centred around their McCafes across Canada. “We originally started putting the new […]

CBS Sues Over Tube Delays

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

CBS Outdoor (CBSO) gave notice Thursday to London Underground Limited (LUL) of its intent to terminate the current Commercial Advertising Concession agreement, effective March 31, 2012, unless CBSO and LUL are able to agree to new terms prior. CBSO won the contract from LUL in 2006.  Under the contract, CBSO agreed to radically improve the […]

Not For Publication

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Excitement back at DailyDOOH Towers I am told as news reaches me on my 575inch yacht ‘Reggie’s Temptress’ moored here in Madeira of solicitor’s letters being received from individuals in the industry who really should know better. ‘Not for publication’ was plastered all over the documents so at least for now we won’t be using […]

CBSO To Terminate Underground Ad Contract

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Big news that we got wind of earlier this morning has just been officially confirmed … CBS Outdoor has announced the planned termination of their advertising partnership with London Underground. CBS Outdoor is also suing London Underground for delays, interruptions and damages. We’ll have more on the story later.

Inwindow Outdoor The Ringer

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Inwindow Outdoor, New York, is running an innovative campaign for CW broadcast network’s new TV series The Ringer, a mystery drama about long-separated identical twins, both played by Sarah Michelle Gellar. The campaign is running in Santa Monica and at 222 Park Avenue South in NYC. When people approach the display, they see a duplicate […]

Captivate Network Names Chief Revenue Officer

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Chelmsford, Massachusetts-based Captivate Network, a leading digital media company in North America, has named Patrick Hagerty as its new chief revenue officer. In this newly created position, Hagerty will lead the Captivate sales team and be responsible for all advertising related revenue for the company. He will report to Mike DiFranza, Captivate CEO. Under Hagerty¹s […]

Are EK3 For Sale (Again)?

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Rumours in North America persist that Canadian based vendor EK3 is up for sale again. People we have spoken to close to the company haven’t been able to confirm this rumour but many have agreed that it’s ‘likely’ – EK3 management (some of them as obnoxious as they are) have seemingly done a good job […]