Archive for February, 2013

2004 Digital Retailing Expo Brochure

Sunday, February 10th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

In response to our post ‘Did u know that Exponation’s Digital Signage Expo actually started life as Digital Retail Expo?‘ a kind reader sent in a cover shot of the 2004 Digital Retailing Expo Brochure (thinking we’d get a kick out of it and we sure did. THANKS!) … This event of course was ExpoNation’s […]

#2014SignExpo ISA International Sign Expo 2014, Orlando

Saturday, February 9th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The International Sign Association‘s International Sign Expo aka #2014SignExpo will be held 24-26 April 2014 (preceded by an education day) in Orlando, Florida.

Chuck Adams New President Of Highlands Digital Media

Friday, February 8th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Chuck Adams has been promoted from his past position of vice-president of DOOH Solutions to that of president at Birmingham, Alabama-based Highlands Digital Media, provider of customized digital signage and private network solutions. Under Adams’ leadership, the company has experienced substantial growth with its out-of- home network, HDMTV, as well as developed new digital signage […]

Deutsche Telekom To Exit Digital Out of Home?

Friday, February 8th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

A lot more rumours now from Germany that Deutsche Telekom, who have played with Digital Out of Home since 2009 or so, are all set to quit the digital out of home sector.

#CurmudgeonFriday I Didn’t Get One Of These

Friday, February 8th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

I didn’t want one anyway and if I was offered one I would have turned it down… As Marilyn Monroe once said to me in a dream “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring”. I am now going to take my ball and go home!

Book Your #InfoComm13 Exhibit Space Today!

Friday, February 8th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

“Book your InfoComm 2013 exhibit space today!” the email said yesterday… .. oh and it had an endorsement from Ron as well!!

Four Winds Interactive’s Double Honour

Friday, February 8th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

To say that Four Winds Interactive staff is ecstatic would be putting it mildly: Not only has the Colorado-based digital signage software company been named to Forbes annual ranking of America’s Most Promising Companies – a list of one hundred privately held, high-growth companies with bright futures – for the second consecutive year, as we […]

ABC Entertainment On Outcast’s Pump Top Screens

Friday, February 8th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

If you missed Jimmy Kimmel last night, don’t worry about it: you might see what you missed on Outcast Media’s pump top network when you gas up your car. Outcast, the fast growing television network at the pump with 18,000 screens in over 100 DMAs, has signed a deal with ABC Entertainment to air custom […]

Zoom Companies Get A Bold New Look

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Montreal-based Zoom Media – along with Zoom Media & Marketing (US) and Zoom Media UK – have all unveiled a crisp new look and feel. The branding strategy is all-encompassing, including the creation of brand new logos, reinvented and upgraded websites with cutting-edge design and navigation systems, and completely transformed and rejuvenated materials. Zoom Media’s […]

BrightMove Media’s TaxiCast (London)

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Whilst we hear that Metropolis Digital Media Limited (and the TXI Media pod) have seemingly given up – no doubt because they underestimated the size of the task in hand, we heard this week that another entrant, in this case, BrightMove Media, a company only established in December 2012, has high hopes for their LED […]