Archive for August, 2012
Friday, August 31st, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
We’ve been covering the Strategy Institute Digital Investor Conference for several years and each one gets better than the year before (and that’s before Adrian Cotterill, our own DailyDOOH esteemed editor-in-chief, got involved as co-chair along with Steve Nesbit, managing director, Prestonwood Trail Holdings). This year’s agenda looks like it will be the best ever, […]
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Friday, August 31st, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
Knight Foundation is offering a shot at funding for mobile projects through the Knight News Challenge, which accelerates breakthrough ideas that improve news, information and communities. “With 6 billion mobile phones worldwide, mobile devices have become an important tool for creating, sharing and learning about what’s going on around us,” says Michael Maness, vice-president for […]
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Friday, August 31st, 2012
Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
“Watch out for several Wireless Ronin executive departures in the next few weeks. We’ve heard rumours of various and seen sight of at least one” we said at the tail end of July. We note that David Boerlin, formerly Regional VP Sales at Wireless Ronin Technologies (for the last three years) is now Senior Manager, […]
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Friday, August 31st, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
We probably wouldn’t have been aware of this had Nicole Hayes, communications director of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America not pointed us to an interesting article in the NationalJournalDaily that focuses on the heavy use of political groups and lobby shops buying digital screens to advertise. With the politerati currently in Tampa for the […]
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Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
If this were an isolated incident we could maybe forgive it but UK outdoor business PrimeSight really need to re-think their technology infrastructure and perhaps more importantly their technology people… One of our regular ‘stringers’ (so we know this is real) was driving home Wednesday evening in London, around 17:30 and saw the PrimeSight digital […]
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Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
Toronto-based Dot2Dot Communications has made an agreement with Medical News Network to set-up and manage the company’s digital network in medical clinic waiting rooms and pharmacies across the Greater Toronto Area and Ottawa. Dot2Dot will now effectively and efficiently manage the network on behalf of MNN and work closely with MNN’s team on a daily […]
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Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
The amount of entertainment content accessed on mobile devices increased 82% from December, 2010, to December, 2011. That’s one of numerous facts and figures in the latest Millennial Media / comScore Study which goes in great depth on the entertainment sector. Titled Mobile Intel Series: Entertainment, it is designed to help Entertainment marketers – including […]
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Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
AccentHealthTV, one of America’s largest waiting room television networks – airing to 173 million annual viewers in over 12,000 doctor’s waiting rooms nationally across the US – has, in partnership with Drug Store News, released results from a survey detailing the patient decision-making process when choosing a pharmacy – and what might cause them to […]
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Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
FirstOntario Credit Union, based in Hamilton, is the first Canadian financial institution to deploy NCR APTRA Interactive Teller, which enables customers to talk live to a remote teller at the ATM. APTRA Interactive Teller gives consumers access to branch services after the branch is closed and in areas not served by branches. The service enables […]
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
For the next 10 days only, register for the 7th Annual Digital Signage Investor Conference and save $200. This is the last early bird special for the conference, so take advantage now. Growth, profitability and value can be realized. This conference will allow you to arm yourself with the knowledge to make sound business judgments. […]
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