Several book deadlines meant that none of our team could get up to Manchester today for The Screen’s usually very good series of Breakfast Briefings. By all reports it was a very well attended event with just over 100 folks in attendance. Now whilst this may have been buoyed by a whole lot of NEC […]
Archive for November, 2011
Jason Jiang Hits Back
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
Jason Jiang, Chairman and CEO of Focus Media hit back in the early hours of Tuesday morning against accusations of fraud levelled at his business by (aptly named?) Muddy Waters. “Why isn’t anyone suing these short sellers who are just spreading malicious rumors everywhere?” he wrote on his Weibo account (Weibo is described by the […]
“Completely Untrue” Says Focus Media
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011Reuters has reported that Focus Media Holding said on Tuesday (that’s today of course) that the Muddy Waters report accusing the firm of overstating the number of screens in its LCD network, is ‘completely untrue‘ – perhaps they sent some Chinese men around on bicycles overnight to count all the screens that make up their […]
More On ASICS’ Long Video Wall
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
We received this video of the 64’ video wall that we wrote about back on 5th November regarding CBS Outdoor’s partnership with ASICS, manufacturer of athletic shoes and performance apparel, its lead creative agency, Vitro, and Inwindow Outdoor. The four companies worked together to launch a ‘Marathon Experience’ transit advertising campaign inside New York City’s […]
Quality Living, an Italian luxury, real estate and interior design company has revamped its concept store, located in the historical city centre of Verona using digital signage powered by Scala. The concept store is a crucial part of Quality Living’s new communication strategy, because it serves as a central point of reference for all of […]
China’s Focus Media Group Accused Of Fraud
Monday, November 21st, 2011Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
‘Focus Media Sinks in Muddy Waters’ wrote the Wall Street Journal, ‘Focus Media Shares Crater; Analyst Alleges Fraud‘ wrote Forbes, ‘Buying Focus Media on Goldman Sachs Advice Lost Owners 66%‘ wrote Bloomberg (there are many more) and there were even regular TV updates on CNBC. Well respected research firm Muddy Waters LLC claimed Monday that: […]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
Outcast, based in Santa Monica, California, has made an agreement that will bring viewers at the pump exciting NFL Network game highlights, live match-up information for Thursday Night Football games and NFL news. Outcast’s television network at the pump will broadcast NFL content to 12,000 PumptopTV screens nationwide.
Land Rover’s ‘Virtual Showroom’
Monday, November 21st, 2011Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
Responding to our article ‘Evoque Railway Station, London‘ posted Monday afternoon, Brendan Tansey, Wunderman CEO told us “Working closely with Land Rover, we have jointly conceived an innovative ‘virtual showroom’ that demonstrates the attributes of the Range Rover Evoque in a highly visual and memorable way. The Range Rover Evoque Euston takeover will provide a […]
David Sheldon Dusang
Monday, November 21st, 2011Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
David Dusang who many of our readers will know from his 10+ years at Captive Audience Media in Toronto was tragically killed on Thursday 17th November 2011 in an automobile accident. He leaves behind a wife, Janna Pollack and children Joshua Ryan and Rachel Samantha. A service was held at Steeles Memorial Chapel, 350 Steeles […]
Evoque Railway Station, London
Monday, November 21st, 2011Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
Not content just with an incredibly impressive Range Rover Evoque campaign on all of the concourse digital billboards at London’s Euston Station we notice that they have also taken escalators with JCDecaux including the backlight overhead and the digital 6s and vinyl wrap in the tunnel leading to the underground (phew!). This is a great […]
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