Archive for September, 2011

It’s All A Bit Of a Blur For Boakes

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Seems like Brian Boakes didn’t last long at John Ryan. Back in November 2010 he told us “I’d be hard-pressed to find another organisation with so much management backing and growth potential” as he joined the retail marketing agency John Ryan from his previous employer Camvine. Now it seems he has turned up at blur […]

@NEC_Display_EU Competence Day, Köln

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

NEC’s Competence Day kicked off this morning in Köln with a pretty big audience (well over 300 folks) taking their seats … The agenda for the whole day looks good but there are two presentations in the afternoon session which we think will be of most interest to #AVtweeps. Future Proofing Digital Signage Investments using […]

Zoom Media Appoints Two Senior Managers

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Erin McDougald and Dora Alexander have joined Zoom Media Canada’s Toronto office in management positions. McDougald (formerly with Rogers Digital Media, BV Media, Quebecor and Canoe.ca) will be taking on a sales leadership role as Zoom Toronto’s senior sales director. “Her outstanding management skills, superb team building and focus on finding solutions to fulfill advertiser […]

CETW Bags International Author For Keynote

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

B. Joseph Pine II, co-founder of Strategic Horizons, will deliver the Wednesday, Nov. 9 keynote at 9 a.m. on ‘Driving Customer Engagement through Digital Experiences’ at Customer Engagement Technology World. Pine is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and management advisor to Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial start-ups alike. He is co-founder of Strategic Horizons LLP, […]

Akoo Expands Sales Team, Opens New Offices

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

To support its continued growth, Akoo has expanded its national sales presence with the opening of new offices in New York and Los Angeles. In New York, Akoo named Annie Gordon as vice-president sales. A 15-year media veteran who has worked at agencies including Optimedia, The Bravo Group, and Carat, Gordon most recently launched a […]

Virgin Active On The Eye, Holborn

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Andrew Neale

Here’s The Eye in Holborn – Outdoorplus‘s new digital billboard in London that we mentioned last week. Shown in all its glory with their launch advertiser.

Kinetic’s Fuel For Thought

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Kinetic had to do something to try to match Posterscope’s investment and achievements with Hyperspace and here we see Kinetic expanding its in-house digital, design and creative planning resources with the launch of its own dedicated creative division, called Fuel. The press release says that “the launch of Fuel is a response to the increasing […]

FESPA Digital 2012, Barcelona

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

FESPA Digital 2012 takes place in Barcelona 21st to 24th February 2012

The Views Of Eye-In’s Azoulay

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

“Digital signage to me is visual art,” says Nathalie Azoulay, president of Eye-In Media, Montreal. We met Azoulay last Friday where she proudly showed us the designs by Eye-In that had gone into the digital signage and video walls in McDonald’s McCafe and dining room at Montreal’s Alexis Neon Plaza, crowded with students from the […]

UK JCDecaux Looking For DOOH People

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We noticed that JCDecaux in the UK are hiring people for their DOOH division. We spotted job descriptions for a Digital Content Development Manager and a Digital Campaign Manager over on DOOHJobs. Both we believe are based in London.