Archive for March, 2012

COMPUTEX TAIPEI Digital Signage Forum

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

IAdea‘s CEO John Wang chairs the standards committee of the Digital Signage Multimedia Association (DSMA) and tells us that the DSMA will be hosting a Digital Signage Forum during COMPUTEX TAIPEI (June 5-9). Many have suggested that our planned week long research trip to Taiwan could be the week of COMPUTEX – we even discussed […]

Adspace Networks Adds New VP National Sales

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Scott Loos has joined Adspace Digital Mall Network, New York-based owner of what is believed to be the largest in-mall digital advertising network in the country, as vice president of national sales, based in Los Angeles. Loos brings years of senior advertising sales experience to the Adspace Digital Mall Network, which is located throughout 137 […]

Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re MediaZest’s Only Hope

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

MediaZest Plc (AIM: MDZ), who have been very quiet of late, announced this week new working relationships with key clients for the provision of its Virtual Mannequin products. We are told that MediaZest has been working directly with major brands and end users to build a strong pipeline of opportunities as well as delivering a […]

Frampton, Fabian And A Little Lady

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Mr Chris Frampton just emailed to inform us “I have just seen a reference about me in an article including Mike Fabian and a Lady I don’t know” which sounds kinda’ funny whichever way you read it (we had to double check to make sure he wasn’t confusing us with the Sun on Sunday). Umm, […]

The @CRIExperiences

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We have been unofficially told that three former CRI engineers have somehow all managed to join the Diversified Media Group . The trio are, we believe, former engineering manager David Ruvolo, engineer Shawn Thul and engineer Mike O’Neill. These guys, and we quote, “once made CRI what it once was“. I’m sure that CRI have […]

Android Powered Mobile Vending Machine @sxsw

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

JP Biamby

An interactive design group in Austin, TX known as Bohemian Innovation created an Android powered mobile vending machine for #sxsw which earned them almost 1 follower per minute for a 6 hour run. The group of artists, engineers and designers were facing the challenge of getting their brand name buzzing during #SXSW and at the […]

Mojiva Deploys blurbIQ’s Mobile Interactive Video Platform

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

San Jose, California-based blurbIQ Inc., a video advertising solution provider, has announced that Mojiva has become the first company to deploy blurbIQ’s patent-pending cross platform interactive video advertising solution for mobile. Mojiva, a mobile ad network that claims to reach more than one billion unique devices globally, will have exclusive rights to offer blurbIQ’s game […]

Another Indian Interactive Media Platform

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It looks like nothing more than an iPad tied to the back of a taxi headrest but we are firmly told that it is not… It is, WiseTouch proudly tell us “India’s first interactive media platform” – conveniently forgetting of course En Route Media’s in-vehicle digital signage management system called Flo and (no doubt) many […]

GSTV Installed At A Further 138 ARCO Forecourts

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Gas Station TV (GSTV) announced this week that ARCO has signed to have inOvationTV immediately installed at 138 of its stations. As part of this relationship, ARCO is also making inOvationTV available at no charge to any of its 1,400 retailers that qualify. inOvationTV is available as a retrofit to existing Wayne Ovation™ fuel dispensers, […]

Bob Michaels Leaves Digital View

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We’ve learned that Bob Michaels has left Digital View where he was president of the Signage Division. Michaels has been with Digital View since Jan./11 and has been building partnerships for the company in Europe, and South and Central America. He earlier was CEO at Magenta Research. Michaels in now looking for new challenges. We […]