Archive for March, 2012

#dse2012 DPAA Session’s Highs and Lows

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Digital Signage Expo educational all day session by the Digital Place-based Advertising Association tended to be a bit of a yawner Tuesday morning but grew more interesting with the afternoon’s sessions on creative and hit a highlight with the joint research-related session by speakers from The Nielsen Company and USA Touch Points. This latter […]

enVu Splash Out on Ayuda’s Software Including Juice

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

enVu, the leading out-of-home (OOH) interactive media company announced at #dse2012 that it has selected Ayuda Media Systems to manage its inventory and media sales operations. This is the second big network win for Aydua (earlier in the week it announced a soup to nuts software deal with GSTV). Ayuda will provide its Splash and […]

#dse2012 High Winds Disrupt Travel Plans

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

High Winds across the western seaboard of North America are affecting many folks’ travel plans ahead of #dse2012 which (exhibition) kicks off Wednesday. Several folks have told us that they have been diverted to LA and have had to stopover for the evening and a couple of others were diverted from LA (on a stopover) […]

#dse2012 The BrightSign Arch

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

BrightSign LLC, Saratoga, California, has created a dramatic, synchronized video arch for the entry to the trade show’s exhibition hall at Digital Signage Expo. Measuring almost 20’ across and 8’ high, this year’s arch features 18 BrightSign network-enabled HD1010 solid-state digital sign controllers that deliver fully synchronized HD videos to 18 LCD displays. Flixio Studios, […]

#dse2012 DSE 360 Speaker Line Up

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here are our five speakers at Tuesday’s half day conference ‘Digital Signage 360 – A Global Perspective‘ … @manolo_almagro @vanwouw @dhuelsermann @DailyDOOH @amridi @salomonstroh The conference scheduled for Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 9:00 AM-12:30 PM. saw 40+ attendees listen to Dirk Huelsermann, Manolo Almagro, Neil van Wouw, Ahmed Elridi and Salomon Stroh give their perspectives […]

X2O Portal Supports 3rd Party Digital Signage Players

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Andrew Neale

X2O Media this week announced that it will introduce its new ‘Open Content Management Framework’ initiative at #dse2012 – on booth 823. The X2O Portal will be supporting players from partners Exceptional 3D and Frame Jazz to demonstrate the benefits of this. With ‘Open Content Management Framework’ third-party manufacturers of digital signage players will be […]

SUBWAY’s Global Network Powered By Real Digital Media

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This morning at #dse2012 Real Digital Networks and SUBWAY restaurant chain are announcing their joint partnership for what could one day be one of the bigger global digital out-of-home network deployments. Independent Purchasing Cooperative Inc., the independent SUBWAY franchisee-owned purchasing cooperative, announced a rapid expansion of its SUBWAYTV & Radio digital signage network powered by […]

UK’s First Large-Scale #NFC Deployment

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In a UK first, Kinetic and JCDecaux are launching the UK’s first large-scale deployment of NFC technology as all the City of Reading’s 6-sheet poster sites go interactive in a four week trial. From 5th March, 13 brands will provide exclusive content and voucher NFC experiences on 6-sheets across the city, allowing people to download […]

Adcentricity Deal Due In Days

Monday, March 5th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

‘Changes Underway At Adcentricity‘ we wrote back in the last week of February and only a few days ago we said that we had heard “on the grapevine that they (Adcentricity) may have recently lost the Walmart Smart Network (Canada) as part of their inventory”. We heard today in Lost Wages that the ‘deal’ with […]

DIRECTV-RMG Networks Digital Signage For Businesses

Monday, March 5th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

As we announced last Thursday, DIRECTV and RMG Networks, San Franscisco, are planning to revolutionize digital signage services with the development of a best-in-class digital signage product for businesses offering customized messaging along with the ultimate DIRECTV experience. The product suite called DIRECTV Message Board will launch nationwide this spring, and with DIRECTV, the national […]