Archive for June, 2012

#dse2013 Calls for Speaker Proposals

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Digital Signage Expo International Tradeshow and Conference dedicated to digital signage, interactive technology and digital out-of-home networks is now accepting speaker proposals for its 10th anniversary educational conference, taking place Feb. 26-28, 2013, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. DSE has organized 10 Educational Oversight Committees comprised of industry experts who have volunteered to recommend […]

George Yunis Tempted To Join Allure Global Solutions

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

George Yunis who was well known in the industry and pretty much ran point on all of ARAMARK’s digital forays has been tempted elsewhere it seems. George is a bright guy, organised, thorough and joined the DSF Board this year as well which is why jumping ship to Allure Global Solutions, Inc. doesn’t (to us) […]

Mega Mounts For Extra Large Displays

Monday, June 4th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

With hardware manufacturers building screens and video walls larger and therefore often heavier than ever, Premier Mounts has expanded its product line in quantity, quality and size, adding a new line of Mega Mounts to provide support for extra large, high definition displays from 65″ to 103″ and above, with a weight capacity of 500 […]

American Sign Museum’s New Home And Auction

Monday, June 4th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The American Sign Museum, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, opened the doors of its new, permanent home in a sneak preview June 2, but the official grand opening will take place June 23. The museum showcases signs and artifacts of yesterday and today. Coinciding with the opening of the permanent locale, dozens of supporters of the […]

Hiring Boom For @WatchfireSigns

Monday, June 4th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

It’s not often that we are given information about the hiring practices of companies, but with Watchfire Signs keeping us aware of constantly adding new digital billboards and digital signs over the past year, its current hiring practices rather intrigued us. Watchfire, a Danville-based manufacturer of digital signs and billboards – which recently announced it […]

Canadian Attitudes Toward The Mobile Wallet 2011 Report

Monday, June 4th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Dublin-based Research and Markets has announced the addition of the The Mobile Wallet in Canada to its offering. Conducted as a joint initiative by Technology Strategies International and Hotspex Inc., a recent survey of more than 1,000 Canadian mobile phone users and smart phone intenders suggests that more than one-third of this group of consumers […]

POP Radio Acquire Certain IBN Assets

Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In-Store Broadcasting Network, Inc. are in the news again, though this time it is not financial altercations in the boardroom. Gladstone Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: GLAD) announced late last week that it had invested USD 12 million in POP Radio LP and that Gladstone Capital, together with Alta Communications and a number of POP Radio’s limited […]

Amscreen And Garmin Hint At Future Innovation

Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Last week the UK’s largest Digital Media owner Amscreen announced a partnership with Garmin in a deal that will see the satellite navigation provider utilise Amscreen’s technology for a series of new (as yet unannounced) initiatives. Two years ago Amscreen announced that Garmin competitor TomTom had extended its contract with the company (following on from […]

X2O @OpenSplash Player To Debut At #InfoComm12

Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We know there is an official press release coming because we’ve been helping out with bits of it with our OpenSplash Steering Group hat on but this is exciting news for the industry nonetheless… In a perfectly crafted tweet @x2omedia tweeted “We’re going to debut our new X2O @OpenSplash Player at #InfoComm12! Stop by our […]

Has Al Barq Digital Closed?

Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Rumours around the UAE this weekend that Al Barq Digital may have closed its doors last week? As a network they have certainly been very quiet since the shock departure of Andrew Wood last June. Remember at the time we said of his departure that it “will do more harm than good to the DOOH […]