Archive for January, 2013

Eye Expands London Sales Team

Friday, January 18th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Eye announced this week the expansion of the London sales team with three new permanent appointments. Beau Dallon joins as Business Leader from Clear Channel; Stephanie Bell joins as International Business Manager from Advance International Media; and Joe Cassidy joins as Business Manager from GCI.com. Sarah Parkes, Exec VP and General Manager at Eye told […]

Daktronics Technology at Barclays Center

Friday, January 18th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We’ve been trying for quite some time to get the actual details of the digital technology seen at the new Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, and, finally, here it is. Daktronics of Brookings, S.D., was the technology partner that Barclays Center and Brooklyn Nets selected to introduce one of the largest arena video […]

Delphi Display Systems Announces Record 2012

Friday, January 18th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Delphi Display Systems Inc., Costa Mesa, California-based provider of quick service restaurant drive-thru performance optimization products and outdoor digital signage systems, announced Wednesday that it achieved record financial results for calendar fiscal year 2012. The results were driven by significant growth across multiple product lines in its domestic QSR drive-thru technology business. Delphi Display Systems […]

New Digital Creative Director at Cossette

Friday, January 18th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Cameron Wilson has joined Cossette, Montreal, as digital creative director, strengthening the agency’s expertise and helping position it as one of Canada’s digital communications industry leaders. Since beginning his career as a graphic designer in Scotland and the Bahamas, Wilson has added experience as an interactive art director at Sid Lee and then an interactive […]

blowUP Media Expands UK Sales Team

Friday, January 18th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

blowUP media, part of the international Ströer Group and European experts in Giant Posters, has announced two new additions to its UK sales team, Howard Staines and Tanisha Sakhawat. Tanisha Sakhawat joins blowUP media as account manager and will work across Kinetic business. Sakhawat previously worked at EMAP where she became a member of the […]

Sony Corp Sells U.S. Headquarters

Friday, January 18th, 2013

Dmitry Sokolov

Reported by TechCrunch, Electronics Giant Sony appears to be looking everywhere for cash to maintain financial liquidity, even if means literally selling the roof over it’s head. For sale is their NYC headquarters, proceeds of which expect to net just under USD 1M in cash after building-related debt and sale-related obligations. Cash generated will be used […]

#ISE2013 MegaPixel Monday

Friday, January 18th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Next Monday, ahead of the following Monday’s #ISE2013 MegaPixel Summit proper, we are gonna turn our editorial over to look at the summit in some detail. So, for a bit of fun, let’s call that MegaPixel Monday. We’ll have an interview with the organiser Chris Chinnock, Founder and President, Insight Media, a view point from […]

Bill Apfelbaum Joins Elevate Digital’s Board

Thursday, January 17th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Bill Apfelbaum, Chairman of Media Ventures Group, has joined Elevate Digital’s board. “Elevate Digital has cracked the code in outdoor advertising; they’ve combined their set of technologies with flawless execution to produce a unique and exciting product for the out of home advertising industry,” said Apfelbaum. “The Media Ventures Group and Elevate Digital relationship will […]

Inwindow Outdoor Lets People Go

Thursday, January 17th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We are hearing this week news of lots of people being let go in a number of organisations across North America. That’s never good, of course. One company rumoured to be involved in some downsizing is Inwindow Outdoor so we reached out to CEO Steve Birnhak, who had this to say, “We’re a completely bootstrapped […]

Daktronics To Purchase Belgium Display Manufacturer

Thursday, January 17th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Daktronics, based in Brookings, South Dakota, has made an agreement to purchase OPEN Out-of-Home Solutions, a privately-owned, 20-year-old Belgium company that provides light boxes and scrollers, advertising signs, and billboard advertising displays to third-party advertising companies. Philippe Ophoff, CEO of OPEN, says, “After having worked closely together for the past few years, this acquisition feels […]