Archive for March, 2012

ADmira and AOpen Europe Announce Strategic Alliance

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

ADmira, a Barcelona-based provider of digital signage software and services and AOpen announced a ‘strategic alliance’ this week. Both companies are active in the digital signage industry – typically targeting retailers, transportation and hospitality. References of the joint solution of AOpen’s Digital Engine media player together with ADmira Suite include: TMB Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, […]

#dse2012 Rave Motion Pictures Roll Out With Real Digital Media

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

William (Bill) Budwitz is a software engineer who knows what he wants, so when he joined Rave Motions Pictures with the mandate to update the signage in its 66 theatres across the U.S., he took a full six months of lab evaluations to find what company he’d want to work with. “Sometimes it took us […]

#dse2012 Wednesday Reception

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

There’s a great crowd at the #dse2012 networking reception… It was a drink and a light snack in room N249 at the LVCC!

#dse2012 Tweets 2400 Day One

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

By the end of day one we saw 2,400 tweets using the official hashtag #dse2012. Folks who tweeted the most were @DailyDOOH @DSExpo @DSFederation @wamos80 and @AbbieAndersen

#dse2012 X2O Media Twitter Shuffle

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

David Wilkins, CEO X2O Media paid us the highest compliment Wednesday at #dse2012 when he told us we had helped inspire his version of a truly interactive twitter wall. This wasn’t any old twitter wall and his creative and technology teams had put their heart and soul into taking criticisms and suggestions that we had […]

#dse2012 New Products Tour

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

A fast five-minute tour of seven new products booths this morning gave us a fast view of some of the things we’ll be seeing in digital signage innovations this year. Probably the ones that took my eye specifically were Peerless AV’s ultraslim indoor kiosk and Planar’s Mosaic System. I liked the Peerless kiosk not only […]

STRATACACHE Announce NC4U Strategic Partnership

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

STRATACACHE announced Wednesday its strategic partnership with leading digital signage solutions company NC4U. This partnership extends STRATACACHE digital signage solutions to customers across Brazil and utilises NC4U’s expertise in developing digital signage solutions in Brazilian states. Sergio Bueno, Principal at NC4U told us “We are confident that the new partnership between STRATACACHE and NC4U will […]

#dse2012 John Underkoffler Keynote (Wednesday)

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

A huge crowd gathered to listen to John Underkoffler’s keynote at #dse2012 entitled ‘In, Through and Beyond: A Pixel Dialogue‘ Prepare for lots of Minority Report references (though if there is one man who can legitimately quote them it is John Underkoffler). John Underkoffler is founder and chief scientist of Los Angeles-based Oblong Industries, developer […]

Nice The Big Up The up! Campaign

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Volkswagen UK launched Wednesday a live interactive outdoor campaign for its super new compact city car up! with Ocean Outdoor, featuring original dynamic content created by motorists. From March 7 to March 16 people can watch the Facebook page live streams on the outdoor screens. The Big up The up! campaign was booked through MediaCom […]

#dse2012 VIP Reception

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The VIP Reception which concluded the Digital Signage Expo’s educational day was held at the ultra-posh Tuscany Sky Villa at the Las Vegas Hotel (the LVH was formerly the Hilton). The crowd was made up of a mix of the day’s speakers and other specially invited guests. It was certainly a great evening where guests […]