Archive for June, 2012

LBMA Montreal Event

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon and evening, I’ll be attending the sold-out Location-Based Marketing Association Forum being held at Cossette‘s main office in Montreal. The LBMA is hosting the event in partnership with GetMeListed. We don’t know what to expect or how many people are attending, but Keynote speeches begin at 5:00 PM and will be followed […]

Digital Advertising On @InCharged Charging Stations

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We will hopefully be interviewing InCharged, founder Jessica Gonzalez very shortly but ahead of that we thought we’d take a quick look at another spin on mobile phone charging kiosks. InCharged offer… InFuse-A is a wall mountable or table top kiosk, with a 15 inch HD LCD Screen that can play commercials AND it can […]

Sharp Gets Ready For #dsj2012

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

A week today #dsj2012 will kick off… We hope to bring you a few stories from the event which, as it is co-located nicely will see approximately 130,000 people through the doors – #dsj2011 saw 128,128 and #dsj2010 attracted 131,771 people.

PlayNetwork Appoints Peter Lee CTO

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

PlayNetwork, Redmond, Washington-based innovator in branded entertainment, has appointed Peter Lee as chief technology officer. A seasoned professional and pioneer in the tech space, Lee has more than two decades of experience in business development, strategy, innovation and technology. He also brings a familiarity and fundamental understanding of PlayNetwork’s business, having formerly served as the […]

Partial Victory For Astronomers In Phoenix

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We followed up to find out what happened to the battle for and against digital billboards that were opposed specifically by astronomers in the Phoenix area. At last report, we knew that the state governor had vetoed a bill that would have permitted electronic billboards on state and federal highways – a victory for the […]

JiWire Unleashes Mobile Ads for Free Wi-Fi Access

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

JiWire, San Francisco-based location-based mobile advertising company, announced Mobile Ads for Access, a media experience that enables advertisers to offer audiences free Internet access in exchange for engaging with a brands advertisement on mobile devices and tablets. David Staas, JiWire‘s interim president and CEO, announced the new service today at Street Fight Summit West, focused […]

Hatch Moves From Kinetic to Posterscope

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Posterscope, New York-based Out-of-Home communications agency network, has expanded its talent base and U.S. management team with the appointment of Sharon Hatch as executive vice-president, group director of the client management teams and member of the strategic leadership team. Hatch is an established leader in both the OOH and general media industry, and is also […]

Al Barq Digital Assets For Sale

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Only a few days ago we wrote “Has Al Barq Digital Closed?” and we can now bring you confirmation that this is so. The owner, 
Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) is currently trying to sell the assets of the business. This new business lasted, almost, not quite two years. We first wrote about it in […]

Christie Digital To Keynote Projection Summit

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Paul Salvini, Christie Digital CTO, will be keynoting the Projection Summit being held in Las Vegas June 11 and 12, 2012. Paul Salvini, speaking at 9 a.m. June 11, on future trends for projection and display technologies, will hit all the highs: higher brightness and advances in laser projection; higher frame rates, especially for stereo […]

The Worlds’ First Turn-Key AV Wooden Lectern?

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

Maddie Cotterill

Tecom, inventor of the TecPodium Interactive Lecterns, announced last week the launch of its newest lectern, the TecPodium W – a turn-key audio-visual for classrooms and lecture halls in wood. It has every multimedia capability built-in, and is managed through one simple control panel – Tecom will be demonstrating the technology from June 13-15 at […]