Archive for January, 2013

Astral Media’s Largest Ever Q1

Friday, January 11th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Higher revenue in each of Astral Media‘s three business divisions as well as trimming costs helped the company achieve the single largest quarter in the Montreal-based company’s history. Astral Media, which is supporting a $3.38-billion takeover proposal from BCE, said its first-quarter profit was $59.6 million or $1.05 per diluted share. Revenue rose to $274.5 […]

‘Real-Time Crap Detection’

Friday, January 11th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

As Ken Goldberg tweeted yesterday, we quote “Sometimes an unfollow will give you a chuckle” and Friday we had to LOL as well, with a couple of our very own email unsubscriptions. Here’s a simple piece of advice to the executive team at Immersive Labs, if you don’t want people to laugh at you and […]

Canadian Digital Advertising Inventory 80% Growth

Friday, January 11th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Over the past 15 months, members of the Out-of-Home Marketing Association of Canada have grown their Digital Out-of-Home inventory by over 80%, from 3,700 to more than 6,800 screens. OMAC member companies, which include Astral Out-of-Home, CBS Outdoor, Cogeco Metromedia, Lamar Transit, Newad, Pattison Outdoor, Titan 360 and Zoom Media, have invested in digital OOH […]

Insight Media – rAVe Partner For Trade Show Videos

Friday, January 11th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

rAVe [Publications], Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Insight Media, Norwalk, Connecticut, have partnered to create a series of analytical trade show videos. The videos will be produced by Insight Media founder Chris Chinnock and rAVe [Publications] founder Gary Kayye. The new video series, known as AV Insight, will offer analysis and interviews by Chinnock and […]

Django Unchained Premiere Up on @JCDecaux_UK

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here’s a nice use of tactical digital to start the New Year off. Spotted Thursday evening on JCDecaux’s The Cromwell Road Digital Gateway is this campaign highlighting the UK Premiere of Django Unchained… Booked by Posterscope, Tarantino, Manning Gottlieb OMD, Foxx and Waltz. It’s a two day campaign we believe.

Philips Changes From VAR To Wholesaler In France

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

We’ve just learned the astonishing news that MMD has changed its French representation for Philips Public Signage screens from the Winning Company to DAM with effect from 1st January this year. In other words, moving from a dynamic modern forward-looking team to, errr, a well-known wholesaler of screen mounts….!  Apart from maybe being able to […]

#ISE2013 dnp denmark InvisiBezel Hall 8 Stand F230

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

Andrew Neale

At #ISE2013 dnp denmark are introducing a new optical LCD panel cover that, they say, reduces bezels in multi-screen displays to 1mm. dnp Global Sales & Marketing Manager, Søren Kraemmergaard told us “For more than 20 years we have used optical screen technology to boost the quality of projected images. Now we are using our […]

Zoom – TSI Sign Multi-Year Partnership

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Zoom Media & Marketing, the world’s largest fitness digital media company, grew even bigger Wednesday with the addition of an exclusive long-term media and advertising agreement with Town Sports International, owner and operator of health clubs in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Pursuant to the multi-year agreement, TSI has appointed Zoom […]

Outcast Hires In Detroit, Chicago And Los Angeles

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Outcast Media, the Santa Monica-based television network at the pump with over 17,000 screens across over 100 DMAs, has added three new hires as part of the company’s continued expansion. The new hires include Eric Davies, senior director of sales, Detroit; Wes Waterston, director of sales, Central Region based in Chicago, and Kim Lane, director […]

#ISE2013 Pyramid Computer Hall 9 Stand A12

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Pyramid Computer, specialist manufacturer of custom IT systems, will be joined by leading European software development partners LieberLieber Software GmbH and PROVISIO at #ISE2013 Pyramid Computer will be giving a first time demonstration of its new multi-touch point-of-sale (POS) systems, featuring intelligent LED user guidance and QMS (Quick Mounting System) extension modules. Partner company LieberLieber […]