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Shibuya, Tokyo is famous for lots of things but one of them is its scramble crossing which is located in front of the Shibuya Station which sees hundreds of people cross the road(s) in every direction at once when the lights change. There are number of large outdoor LEDs around the area (it’s a bit […]

It is perhaps a bit of a busman’s holiday, i.e. a holiday (or vacation) during which one does something similar to what one does as work but this weekend in Shibuya, Tokyo has so far, been a digital signage collection gathering operation (and not ‘toy shopping’ as some loved ones at home would have preferred!). […]

Magenta Research has appointed Phil Starling as its new Business Development Manager for UK and Ireland. Phil has a strong technical background and joins Magenta Research from UK distributor Midwich, where he spent more than four years covering all aspects of the AV industry, moving up through a series of roles to Senior Account Manager. […]

For many of us, forgetting our mobile phones when we’re out and about can often be too much to bear. We’re social creatures and in this day and age this means, no matter where we are, we want to be able to surf the web, stream multimedia content, and keep in touch via email, instant […]

Chris Williams, former managing director and senior vice-president at Media Contacts Canada, has been named IAB Canada’s new president, taking over from Paula Gignac, who announced her planned departure from the organization in April. Williams, who has over 22 years of Agency experience (17 of it focused on digital), led IAB Canada’s Agency Council for […]

The Location-Based Marketing Association held its first Montreal event last night at the offices of Cossette, welcomed by an enthusiastic audience of more than 100 that was comprised largely – judging by the people we talked to – of representatives of young start-ups in the field. If you ever wanted to know exactly what Location […]

Production agency The Media Merchants recently collaborated with Citizen Optimum PR, ad agency Dare and Tourism British Columbia to operate TMM’s 14’ tall, 10’-wide vending machine for Tourism B.C. From May 17-19 in San Francisco’s Justin Herman Plaza, San Franciscans were surprised by the kiosk dispensing mementos from British Columbia, Canada, including mountain bikes, golf […]

This month, we introduce Shannon Vander Giessen, business development/digital signage for Planar Systems, Portland Oregon. She works with customers, third-party partners, and vendors to drive Planar’s signage products business. Describe your personal work space. Coordinated chaos: there’s media players, literature, magazines I’ll eventually read, a well-used hot water kettle to keep me planted, and a […]

Every year we hear about various firms making PROFIT magazine’s annual list of 200 of Canada’s Fastest-Growing companies, and some are on the list year after year, witness iWeb, which has joined an exclusive group of 14 companies on this year’s ranking who have achieved at least five appearances on the list. However, it was […]

Andrew saw this at #dse2012 (and wrote about it here) in Las Vegas but I missed it and thought it worthwhile repeating so that people can go take a look for themselves at #infocomm12. Premier Mounts, Anaheim, California-based manufacturer of A/V mounts, carts, stands and accessories is showcasing a Christie MicroTiles mounting system which it […]