Archive for August, 2012

Tim Meyer Joins Access Sports Media

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Access Sports Media (formerly Access 360 Media of course) has just added Starcom veteran Tim Meyer to lead its Midwest sales office. Meyer recently spent seven years at Starcom, and has also served at Regency Outdoor and Outdoor Vision (now Posterscope). Among his responsibilities at Starcom, he was a specialist in place-based media and in […]

Beam Canada Goes Mobile With retailcommon

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Canadian mobile coupon shop retailcommon, Toronto, has tied up a partnership with spirits company Beam Canada Inc.. retailcommon enables business-to-consumer companies to drive consumers to physical locations by providing them with a software service that delivers e-coupons to consumers’ mobile devices. “There are over 8 million smartphone users in Canada, a number that is growing […]

Tim Hortons Rolls Out 10″ POP Screens At Check Out

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Dmitry Sokolov

Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons, one of the original mass-scale adopters of digital signage, is set to roll-out additional customer-facing 10” Point of Purchse (POP) screens, directly at register-level. Built into an attractive plastic fixture, the 10” screen broadcasts general information, promotions and specials punctuated by order and cash tender information during the transaction. It […]

A Chat With Corum Digital’s Amedeo Tarzia

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

When we heard that Corum Digital Corporation had acquired The MediaTile Company brand of products, we were left with a lot of questions. And while they didn’t all get answered – especially those about MediaTile’s actual clients remaining at the time of the sale – we did learn a little more about Corum Digital when we […]

UB Media Buys KB Media

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

UB Media Inc., Montreal, has acquired KB Media Inc., Toronto, with terms of the buy kept confidential. This deal asserts UB Media’s position as a dominant player in the indoor advertising industry by increasing UB’s presence in the Resto-Bar media market by an additional 450 20″ digital screens and over 500 3′ x 2′ backlit […]

Titan Air Lands First Airport Partnership

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

When Titan hired Mike Riley and Sam Hart last April, we figured it wouldn’t take too long before the company’s new division, Titan Air, would be out there vying and winning airport advertising accounts. Riley, now Titan Air’s senior vice-president and general manager, and Hart, Titan Air’s vice-president business development and airport relations, had in […]

#VirtualTesco Tesco Launches Virtual Store

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

“Fed up of coming home from holiday to an empty fridge?” ask Tesco as they announce #VirtualTesco – their first ever virtual store in the departure lounge at London’s Gatwick airport. There are four interactive fridges in the virtual store pilot and six digital sites positioned around the departure lounge for passengers to use. Sliding […]

xSolutions 3-4 Oct 2012 – ExCeL London – Postponed

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We note that xSolutions which was due to take place 3rd to 4th October 2012 at ExCeL in London has been ‘postponed’. The website simply says that IML Group PLC, the organiser of xSolutions, has postponed the second instalment of its UK event for Pro AV technology. We quote “We remain committed to the Pro […]

The Gherkin Gets An @ECNlive Installation

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

ECNlive, formerly Executive Channel Europe of course, a digital media network for corporate office environments, has been installed in 30 St Mary Axe, London – the building more commonly known as The Gherkin. The Gherkin surely now crowns the ECNlive portfolio of offices in London and establishes the company as the pre-eminent leader in UK […]

Nice @London2012 Olympic Content From @ScreenFeed

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

Andrew Neale

Here’s a nice example of some London 2012 Olympic Games content supplied by ScreenFeed… Shown here in London shopping mall One New Change.