Archive for November, 2012

Sticky: CEO Spotlight: David Leider, GSTV, Birmingham, Michigan

Friday, November 23rd, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month we welcome David Leider, CEO, Gas Station TV, Birmingham, Michigan. You have a background that was largely in advertising and, I believe, Yahoo! Where did you get the idea for GSTV? In the late 90’s, a few companies and major oil tried to execute a content and ad delivery system at the pump. […]

Fantastic @_MonsterMedia Flag Ship Site

Friday, November 23rd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here’s a fantastic flag ship site for Monster Media in Manchester Airport Terminal 1 … This is what it should look like… The wall was first put up back in December 2011, when media owner Eye revealed its Interactive Monster Wall, installed in Manchester Airport in partnership with Monster Media.

UK @NECShowcase 15 May 2013 @NEC_Display_EU

Friday, November 23rd, 2012

Maddie Cotterill

Rumour was that (last year’s excellent) UK @NECShowcase was likely in May in 2013 not April as it was in 2012. We are now pretty sure enough to give you an exact date – it’s going to be on 15 May 2013 in London.

Lisa Rokny Joins 7 Heaven Media

Friday, November 23rd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

7 Heaven Media who launched a few weeks ago have announced three new hires. Lisa Rokny joins from HDMG, but is probably more well known for her time at CBS Outdoor and is a well known figure in the world of outdoor. In addition, Samantha Lhoas joins from LinkedIn and Tom Perrett joins from Kinetic.

Kevin Lawrence Joins John Ryan

Friday, November 23rd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Kevin Lawrence, formerly VP, Enterprise Sales at Broadcast International Broadcast International has joined John Ryan.

Alan Gibbons Joins Amscreen

Friday, November 23rd, 2012

Maddie Cotterill

Amscreen is continuing to expand its UK team with the appointment of Alan Gibbons as Director of Regional Sales. Gibbons, previously Head of Client Management at Eye Media, has over 20 years experience across communications and media sales and will head up Amscreen’s out of London sales operations. The appointment of Alan Gibbons comes as […]

Stephen Rubie Leaves Eye

Friday, November 23rd, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Stephen Rubie emailed his contacts yesterday and announced his departure from Eye Corp after the best part of nine years. He said “With the sale of Eye Corp completed and integration of the 2 companies well underway, I am taking the opportunity to look for new and exciting ventures” Stephen has held a number of […]

Did We Say SOLD OUT?

Friday, November 23rd, 2012

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

It’s hard to imagine but a week today it will be all over! The SOLD OUT DailyDOOH Gala Awards are of course all set for next Thursday evening at the prestigious Banqueting House, Whitehall, London. Yesterday we met for the final time at the venue for a bit of a rehearsal, shown above is NEC […]

NextMedia Closes Sale Of Outdoor Ad Subsidiary To Lamar

Thursday, November 22nd, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

NextMedia Group Inc., Englewood, Colorado-based media company, has completed the sale of NextMedia Outdoor Inc., its outdoor advertising subsidiary, to Lamar Advertising Company for $145 million. With the completion of the transaction, NextMedia is now focused on its radio broadcasting business, which operates 33 stations across eight markets in the U.S.. NextMedia is majority owned […]

Flypaper Connect To Deliver Real Time Digital Signage Updates

Thursday, November 22nd, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Cincinnati-based Flypaper Studio Inc. recently released Flypaper Connect, a family of bundled tools used to create real time data-based content for Flypaper digital signage programs. Flypaper Connect empowers users to easily maintain and update data-driven digital content using existing data sources. It drives data to digital signage display screens while creating a two-way bridge between […]