Archive for October, 2012

5 Undeniable Truths About Our Business

Friday, October 19th, 2012

JP Biamby

This week at the Digital Signage Investor Conference (#DSInvestor), our fearless leader here at DailyDOOH, Adrian Cotterill gave an excellent presentation that exposed the ‘5 Undeniable Truths About the Digital Out Of Home Business’. Of all the presenters of the day I really enjoyed this presentation the most, not because as the editor-in-chief of this […]

Interactivity & The Rules of Engagement

Friday, October 19th, 2012

Guest Contributor, Lisa Goldstein

After our successful launch event in September, The Screen Amsterdam will be holding another special breakfast briefing session on 7th November 2012, ‘Interactivity & The Rules of Engagement’ at Eye Amsterdam. Digital media installations are now beginning to use interactivity. With the advent of augmented reality, social media, QR codes and mobile integration; interactivity looks […]

Intel Gives Keith Kelsen Money?

Friday, October 19th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

One rumour doing the rounds of the DPAA Digital Media Summit was that Intel has thrown money at a new venture by ex-MediaTile / 5th Screen / author Keith Kelsen’s which has something to do with creating cheap content. Intel / Cognovision’s Haroon Mirza is tight with same we understand.

Telecine/Bloomberg Set To Launch OnSitePro

Thursday, October 18th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

About 60 industry folks in town for New York #DpbMedia Week got to see a sneak preview of a new Telecine/Bloomberg product due to be launched proper at #dse2013 next February as well as some very, very impressive employee and corporate communications deployments around Bloomberg’s offices from same using Scala. Here’s our North American Editor […]

So Many Good Stories, So Much Great Info

Thursday, October 18th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Digital Signage Investor Conference has had so many great speakers and so much opportunity for attendees to learn that it’s going to take several days to get all the articles written that are emanating from the conference. Watch this space over the next few days for lots of stories coming from this conference. If […]

Largest Digital Ad Platform For Retail Pharmacy

Thursday, October 18th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

SoloHealth claims to be developing the nation’s largest digital ad platform for retail pharmacy built on the nationwide rollout of its FDA-approved SoloHealth Station health and wellness digital kiosks. The SoloHealth Station, a free and bilingual platform, is currently being installed in retail locations nationwide including Sam’s Club and Walmart stores. Already in hundreds of […]

Zoom Launches Zoom MedTV

Thursday, October 18th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Zoom Media Inc., Montreal, has announced the expansion of its digital network with Zoom MedTV. With a presence in over 100 clinics and family practices across Canada, Zoom MedTV is one of Canada’s  strongest medical networks. With this partnership, agencies and clients now have the ability to reach key consumers as they wait on average […]

Searchlight Capital Kicks Off A Packed #DSInvestor

Wednesday, October 17th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

How does your network stack up in terms of attracting investors? Eric Zinterhofer, partner of Searchlight Capital,  New York, gave an in-depth look at the digital out-of-home industry and its positives and negatives as investment opportunities for his company. To give an idea, Zinterhofer looked at one company’s list of attributes as an example of […]

Digital Signage Investor Conference Off To A Great Start

Wednesday, October 17th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

After a solid introductory look at the industry by Steve Nesbit, co-chair of the Digital Signage Investor Conference and managing director of Prestonwood Trail Holdings, Dallas, Eric Zinterhofer, partner at Searchlight Capital, gave a great in depth look at what his company is looking at in terms of investment. Does your network fit the bill? […]

Ten’s Eye Corp Sale In Doubt

Wednesday, October 17th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Breaking news down under is that TEN Network is considering its legal options after Champ Private Equity’s Outdoor Media Operations today pulled out of the deal to buy its outdoor advertising business Eye Corp. Now we know why we the three oOH!media folks who were scheduled to be at #DSInvestor today and tomorrow couldn’t be […]