Archive for February, 2013
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
We’ve asked BUT we’re still waiting to see a complete list of the (supposed) 55 digital signage software vendors who have signed up to the Samsung Dumb Signage Platform. News just in though is that two of them are likely; Four Winds Interactive and Wireless Ronin – both of them we understand will be joining […]
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Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
AccentHealth, believed to be the largest media network at Point-of-Care in the U.S., has purchased the Everwell waiting room television network, a division of MediVista Media LLC.. The deal follows AccentHealth’s recent acquisition of Havas Impact’s health panel business, a purchase that doubled AccentHealth’s national footprint. Following these two acquisitions, AccentHealth now provides patient education […]
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Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Maddie Cotterill
i-design Group, owner of atmAd agreed yesterday to a cash offer by Cardtronics UK, an indirectly wholly-owned unit of Cardtronics. i-design chairman James Faulds said “The board of i-design is pleased to recommend unanimously this offer from Cardtronics. The offer will allow i-design shareholders to realise a significant cash premium for their shares and provide […]
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Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media
BlueFox has opened a fully automated content webshop that provides a simple and safe subscription process and fast delivery of premium content to screens worldwide. Network operators can access an extensive range of appealing digital content such as feeds, video footage, mini-channels and motion design offers. “Our Essential Packs group content for a specific audience […]
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Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Andrew Neale
PDC have 10,000+ signs running Panasonic’s (old) NMStage digital signage software in Japan but AFFICHER is their brand new offering, having been out for about three months or so we believe. In those three months, an industry source tells us that it has already been installed in 500 locations so far including MIDTOWN TOKYO (a […]
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Guest Contributor, Bob Rushby
How Far Does a MegaPixel Go? The answer is not very far at all. One of the points I tried to make in my recent post about the MegaPixel Summit at #ISE2013 was that a million pixels is puny. That raised a few eyebrows. But let’s take a look at some numbers and you’ll understand […]
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
#dse2013 will present a total of 40 all new targeted Industry Vertical Discussion Groups on the exhibit floor during the Feb. 27 and 28 event. DSE’s IVDG presentations are popular because they not only offer an intimate and informal forum in which a peer presenter or industry professional shares new and relevant information about digital […]
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
Automotive powerhouse Chevrolet is tapping in-cinema advertising network Screenvision as a key way to reach consumers nationwide with its new global branding campaign, ‘Find New Roads’. For three weeks beginning Feb. 15, Chevrolet will be running spots on more than 14,000 screens in Screenvision’s coast-to-coast, in-cinema advertising network. The first, an expansive 90-second spot will […]
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
We’ve been busy in China with a number of OpenSplash initiatives. With all that Android hardware coming out of the country, there’s a real need to try and unify it with a free, multi-platform, open source media player that can be driven by any content management and scheduling system – which is just what we […]
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
Following a competitive RFP process, Pattison Outdoor and Ottawa’s OC Transpo have renewed a 10-year transit advertising contract that will now see the introduction of a ‘next vehicle arrival system’, consisting of digital displays in the city’s Transitway stations, as well as some additional new ad format options for advertisers. Under the contract, OC Transpo […]
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