Archive for March, 2012

#dse2012 More On Who’s Showing What

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

There are always so many people that you, and we, might want to see while at Digital Signage Expo so here’s a few more that we know will be reaching out with new products and services. X2O (booth #823) is teaming up with several of its partners to show how X2O can deliver any content […]

#dse2012 Now And Future Window To Digital Signage

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Rich Ventura, director of sales – vertical solutions, at NEC Display Solutions of America, one of many speakers at Digital Signage Expo, taking place next week in Las Vegas, will focus his presentation on Display Technology – Your Now and Future Window to Digital Signage. The North American market for LED video is expected to […]

#gs12 It Was Music Companies Galore

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It was probably not too surprising that there were quite a few music companies at #gs12. Mood Media had a nice stand in perhaps the best location – right at the entrance to the show as a whole… Also exhibiting were Redmond, Washington based nexTUNE, Detroit, Michigan based American Music Environments, Los Angeles based Prescriptive […]

#SXSW An NFC: No Freakin’ Chance’ Debate

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

On March 10th Posterscope is hosting a ‘NFC: No Freakin’ Chance’ debate at SXSW Interactive 2012 and ahead of that they have produced a nice video which demonstrates the opportunities that NFC in conjunction with OOH can offer… Many believe that 2012 is set to be the year that NFC moves towards the mass market […]

Walmart Smart Network (Canada)

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Following on from our story a few weeks ago ‘Changes Underway At Adcentricity‘ we hear on the grapevine that they (Adcentricity) may have recently lost the Walmart Smart Network (Canada) as part of their inventory. We’ve heard nothing more (official or otherwise) on what the ‘deal’ with Adcentricity is but if it involves ‘selling’ or […]

Audiovisual Department Manager Wanted In NYC

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Shen, Milsom & Wilke are looking in New York City for an Audiovisual Department Manager with 12 years plus experience in the Audiovisual Design and Integration Field. The individual must be a progressive leader with excellent communication skills, a strong technical AV background, knowledge of IT as it relates to AV and the ability to […]

Mood Media Slash Senior Staff

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It looks like Mood Media are in severe cost cutting mode at the moment as news of yet another ‘restructure’ reaches us. It looks like senior folks with both long and short service have been axed from the group on both sides of the Atlantic. Tom Gantert who was COO Global Operations based out of […]

Scala SignChannel Next Gen?

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Rumour is that a very possible next generation of Scala’s SignChannel service may be shown at #dse2012 next week using IAdea’s HTML5-enabled players. That’s just a rumour but what we do know is that IAdea will be showing on the Scala booth the latest Bridge Server 3.0 software that enables Scala enterprise software to run […]

Education Brings Platinum Status to Sign Companies

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

A dozen sign companies have achieved platinum status in the International Sign Association’s Quality Training Accomplishment Awards for 2011. To achieve this level, the companies have earned a minimum of 75 professional development units in a given year.In all, 120 companies and 39 individuals received some level of distinction in 2011. “Achieving platinum status is […]

#dse2012 Record Pre-Reg, DPAA Joins DSF

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We’ve just learned that pre-show registration for Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas March 6-9 has already broken two records: There are 1,100 pre-show registrations from 69 countries world-wide. Both numbers are the best in the event’s history. DSE bills itself as the world’s largest international trade show dedicated to digital signage, interactive technology, and […]