Archive for May, 2012

inurface media’s Testimonial With Subway Is Disingenuous Because …

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Previous experience with legal precedent suggests that we post the following, clarifying what we took issue with last Friday with In Yer’ Face Media… Shown above is the screenshot of the email blast entitled ‘Win a complete, ready to install digital signage solution: IUF Media Manager, Advantech player, iiya<sic>’ sent on 11 May 2012 09:05, […]

How Good Were The Urinals At #ScreenmediaExpo

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Our favourite stand at #ScreenmediaExpo was mooh definitely Mooh Group‘s #doohloos powered by @Signagelive, some wee, two very nice gentelmen and @IAdea… Closely followed by @AmigoDigital’s clever use of MicroTiles to give the impression of an elevator… Hopefully their co-founder Alex will have more on how they came up with that idea and how they […]

#ScreenmediaExpo Big Yellow Taxi (The Others Were Black)

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Great to see not one, not two, not three but FOUR Taxis at #ScreenmediaExpo… Both Eyetease media and Verifone Media had prominent stands at the front of the hall and have been great (in fact, probably the best ever) DOOH supporters of the event for the past few years. Our Blogger Lounge was next to […]

#ScreenmediaExpo Classy @AOpenEurope Lorry

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The UK Digital Signage Roadshow brought to you by Philips, AOpen, Intel, Windows Embedded and Net Display Systems got off to a cracking start at #ScreenmediaExpo this week… The lorry was superb and got to the geek in all of us! The UK tour officially continues until 21st September 2012 but we can see this […]

Airport Partners Go (More) Digital

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Airport Partners, the largest regional airport advertising company in the UK announced earlier this week the launch of five new digital networks across it’s portfolio of 23 airports. By the end of May, eight of its key airports will have digital networks launched including Bristol, Southampton, Liverpool, Derry, Inverness, Exeter and Newcastle. The network at […]

Digital Signage Trends 2012, Warsaw

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The Polish Digital Signage Association are once again holding an event in Warsaw, Poland. Digital Signage Trends 2012 takes place 29th – 30th May is now scheduled to take place sometime in October we believe.

#ScreenmediaExpo In Yer’ Face Media

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Our lawyers have warned us not to use the term ‘idiot’ too freely but they haven’t given us any instruction on the words ‘twat’ or ‘git’. This week’s award at #ScreenmediaExpo for the most aggressive individual is a toss-up between: – Bob Charlton who took our editors to task on the PSCo / Harris combo […]

Digital Advertising in Little Rock Airport

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Clear Channel Airports, marketer of airport advertising, has signed a five-year contract with Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas,to provide state-of-the-art digital advertising to the airport. The agreement, effective immediately, will result in a comprehensive overhaul of the airport’s entire advertising program and will include large format video wall packages, tension […]

Visual Innovations 2012 Showcase From @pscogroup

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Maddie Cotterill

PSCo is to host a Visual Innovations 2012 Showcase in Birmingham and Manchester on Tuesday 22nd and Thursday 24th May. Panasonic, Samsung, NEC, Orion, U-Touch, eyevis, Unicol, Sharp and NanoLumens will each showcase the latest videowall and large format display technologies at the two events… National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham: Tuesday 22nd May, 10am – 7.30pm […]

First-of-a-Kind Nonsense From @PlanarSystems

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

‘First of a kind’ says Planar Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLNR) as the global leader in digital display technology unveils a digital display box that incorporates a transparent display. Umm, really? Wasn’t this, and we quote “first-of-its-kind merchandising and exhibition solution” shown by STRATACACHE some two years ago? The 32-inch Planar® LookThru™ Display Box is an […]