Archive for October, 2012
Friday, October 26th, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
While anyone in the business already knows the importance of signage, a comprehensive study, The Economic Value of On-Premise Signage, makes it scientifically clear and provides strong proof of the importance of signs to businesses. The study, a collaborative effort between the University of Cincinnati’s School of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning and the Economics […]
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Friday, October 26th, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
If there was ever an example of how digital menu boards are effective, Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q in Bessemer, Alabama, might be the perfect case in point. The company claims a 300% sales increase on selected food items that are featured since installing its new digital boards. Bob Sykes has been owned and operated by three […]
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Friday, October 26th, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
Phil Cohen, president and CEO of CareMedia Holdings, Tampa, had a recurring theme during his talk to his fellow network owners at the Digital Signage Investor Conference last week in New York: “Don’t discount!” Cohen said that an investor has a number of things he must look at: the management; whether the business makes sense; will […]
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Friday, October 26th, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
ABI Research forecasts that the total value spend of NFC mobile payments will rise from $4 billion in 2012 to $191 billion in 2017, breaking the $100 billion mark in 2016. Mobile payments and more importantly the convergence between payment types – proximity, P2P and online – stored on a single NFC handset will be […]
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Friday, October 26th, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
Whatever the final outcome of the Baseball World Series currently underway, it is guaranteed to be a big score for Detroit Tiger fans in Grand Rapids, Michigan. GR Outdoor has 16 Watchfire digital billboards in Grand Rapids and Holland Michigan which they are using to tweet the game scores as they happen. The high resolution […]
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Friday, October 26th, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
It seems that every time we hear Garry McGuire, CEO of RMG Networks, San Francisco, he is right on target with his talk. Such was the case at the Digital Signage Investor Conference in New York last week when McGuire, stepping into an unexpected gap in the program at the last minute, came up again […]
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Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Maddie Cotterill
There’s a truly international bent to our three finalists for Best Digital Poster or Street Furniture Implementation. The judges were looking for the best Digital Poster or Street Furniture implementation, either indoors or outdoors and, as we said before, likely finalists will have been deployed in shopping malls, airports, other transportation hubs or in a […]
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Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
Klocktornet AB, the creator of DISE digital signage software, has raised new equity from strategic investors, including Almi Invest Västsverige AB. Almi Invest is a Venture Capital fund investing in growth companies that are led by entrepreneurs. Almi Invest makes investments together with investment partners and bring capital as well as competence in to the […]
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Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media
The Digital Media Association France (DMAF) is organising the first ever Digital Media Forum in Paris on November 7. It will unite advertisers, advertising agencies, ad-buying agencies, sales networks, regional associations and several innovative companies with a combined objective – to promote digital media in France. Over 500 visitors are expected and some twenty exhibitors […]
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Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
Scala this week announced the installation of more than 3,000 screens at the leading provider of restaurant, hotel, retail and fuel services on the German Autobahn, Tank & Rast. Scala Partner SEEN MEDIA manages the network, consisting of 980 Scala Players which allows Tank & Rast to manage their communication and promotion strategy at over […]
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