Archive for September, 2011

#plasashow Hybrid Light Content

Monday, September 12th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

One of the interesting things about attending a show such as PLASA 11, the trade show of the Professional Lighting And Sound Association (which we attended at Earls Court in London on Monday) is that the exhibitors tend to think ‘lighting’ rather than video when doing their content. We thought that a lot of the […]

#ibc11 Best Large Free-Stand Design

Monday, September 12th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Congratulations to Christie Digital who were named worthy winners of #ibc11’s “Best large free-stand design” Here are some pics to try and demonstrate … and … and … All very nice!

#plasashow General Thoughts

Monday, September 12th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Here’s a few impressions from PLASA 11, the trade show of the Professional Lighting And Sound Association, which we attended at Earls Court in London today. First of all, on entering via Earls Court Two, it looked like it was going to be a pretty small show with small attendance, Boy, were we wrong! It […]

@ibcshow #ibc11 Latest Tweet Stats

Monday, September 12th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Following on from Sunday’s post ‘@ibcshow #ibc11 Tweet Stats‘ where we say nearly 9,000 tweets covering the event to date, our latest stats show the total number of tweets is approaching 10,000. The hashtag usage split is about the same as before. Friday was the biggest day for show twitter. Usage is tailing off now. […]

Top 10 Twitter Accounts In Digital Signage

Monday, September 12th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Super smart, super nice guy Kyle Porter recently made plans to leave the digital signage industry to start a new business (he was most recently with Nanolumens and we think this will be a big loss to them). Over on his blog he wrote “Through this transition, I am left with a decision on what […]

#plasashow Monday 12th September

Monday, September 12th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Geny was busy looking after lots of Spaniards and Italians at #plasashow but the rest of the team spent a few hours walking the floor at Earls Court, London today … Whilst predominantly a ‘lighting show’ aimed at the rental / staging market it was well worth a trip into town (Gail is in Europe […]

Forecasting SMB Marketing Budget Trends

Monday, September 12th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Small and medium-sized businesses will continue to shift their marketing budgets to digital advertising, performance-based platforms and customer retention business solutions over the next five years, according to a new U.S. SMB Spending Forecast by BIA/Kelsey, Chantilly, Virginia. This trend creates an increasingly large market opportunity for businesses serving SMBs and developing SMB tools. The […]

Innovative’s New Watchfire Digital Boards

Monday, September 12th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Innovative Media LLC, Nashville, Tennessee-based outdoor advertising company, has installed two new digital billboards in Nashville manufactured by Watchfire Digital Outdoor, Danville, Illinois. The 19mm 11‘x21’ boards are located on West End Avenue, at 23rd Avenue and 29th Avenue, an area that includes access to Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt Hospital, as well as high-end retail, […]

Woozworld Raises $6 Million To Expand To Mobile

Monday, September 12th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Woozworld, Montreal-based multiplayer user-generated social game for tweens (ages 9 to 14), has raised $6 million in new funding. In addition, Bernard Gershon, president of GershonMedia, a global digital media strategy practice, and former general manager and senior vice-president of Disney, has joined Woozworld’s board of advisors. “Since Woozworld first launched, our main objective has […]

#doohbizkonf See You This Week In Munich

Monday, September 12th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We voted last year’s 4th Digital Signage Conference in Munich as one of the best of 2010 and it looks like next week’s 2011 OVAB Munich Digital Signage Conference organised by invidis is set to be just as good, if not better. Whilst the event already has 250 people registered to attend there are still […]