Archive for May, 2012

VUKUNET Media Dinner, Mosimann’s, London

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Just who are all those powerful looking men sitting alongside Airport Partners Paula Oliver – many congrats are in order as she is getting married in a few weeks time, Ed and NEC’s Stefanie Corinth? OVAB Europe President, Dirk Huelsermann (standing) is we think either talking about how much better Germany is than England at […]

Coming To NYC By June @City 24×7’s SmartScreen Kiosks

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The network was first promised back in October 2011, see our July 2011 post ‘City24/7 To Launch Mid-October’ but now it seems it may actually end up seeing the light of day. City 24×7’s SmartScreen Kiosk Project is replacing old NYC phone boxes with 32-inch internet-connected touchscreens across the city’s five boroughs. The hope is […]

Intel’s Panel Of Experts

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Well, as you all asked… Intel’s panel of experts this evening in London was a guy from WPP, a guy from Sapient Nitro, a guy from a university and an actual ‘Guy’ in the shape of Guy Cheston from Harrods – oh and Intel’s very own Jose Avalos who never manages to say one word […]

New Out of Home Media Show?

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The talk of Earls Court pre-build #ScreenmediaExpo-1 was very much who was behind the email; Subject: Tease Date: 15 May 2012 11:38:40 which made mention of ‘New Out of Home Media Show launches for 2013‘… This sector is a notoriously difficult one for organisers to get any sort of traction (media people seem loathe to […]

#ScreenmediaExpo Setting Up @AmigoDigital Stand F45

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Alex Hughes

All will be revealed Wednesday – err, don’t you mean the doors will open, Ed at this year’s #ScreenmediaExpo… We have on our stand F45 one of the first OpenSplash players to be connected to a whole bunch of MicroTiles (some of those are ours, some have kindly been loaned to us by Christie).

Three Share #ScreenmediaExpo Bar Signage

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

When you are in the #ScreenmediaExpo bar area, take a good look around at the bar signage, which this year is shared by three sponsors: Acquire Digital, Esprit Digital and FTP Concepts. There will be eight 42” HD screens and six double-sided digital wafers that will simultaneously show content from all three partners. All of […]

Everything But A Screen For GBP 500

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Signagelive has teamed up with UK AV distributor Pixels, to offer BrightSign’s HD220 media player bundled with Signagelive BrightSign Edition for an unbelievable price. Pixels, the established BrightSign UK distributor, is adding the new BrightSign HD220 to its products list and will be offering: 1 x BrightSign HD220 networked media player and power supply Signagelive […]

HP Digital Retailing Showcase, May 23, Toronto

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Dmitry Sokolov

On May 23, retailers in Toronto, Canada are invited to join HP Canada’s Retail Division in an evening overview of in-store media, technology trends and digital signage. With guest speakers from Intel and Microsoft Retail the event is geared towards retail attendees, especially in IT and MarCom departments. An accompanying technology showcase will present live […]

Exclusive Pics @AOpenEurope Road Show Lorry

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The AOpen Digital Signage Roadshow kicks off its UK tour tomorrow at #ScreenmediaExpo and we have some exclusive before and after pics of the roadshow lorry that will be at the show. Here’s before… And here’s after.. Remember the roadshow’s first stop is at #ScreenmediaExpo and you can go see AOpen, Intel, Microsoft, NDS and […]

Just Who’s Funding Whom?

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

While we ordinarily would not write about a web site, per se – and this may not help you if you are looking for Angels or Venture Capitalists to help fund your projects and growth – WhoGotFunded.com, a new site in private Beta development looks like it may give the Popular TechCrunch a run for […]