Archive for March, 2013

Robin Kent Joins GoGo Cast

Friday, March 15th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

GoGo Cast Inc. announced this week that it had launched a National Sales arm to meet the needs of their growing distribution across the U.S and that Anthony D’Arrigo has joined GoGo Cast to increase sales and marketing efforts with GoGo Cast’s suite of digital and social media products Anthony will be solely responsible for […]

3M Shows Interactive Virtual Presenter At #SXSW

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

3M recently showed its interactive Virtual Presenter at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas, allowing #SXSW attendees to interact with 3M’s life-like digital avatar through a touch screen, in order to get conference panel recommendations, learn more about 3M through a game-like interface, and share information about their Virtual Presenter experience with friends on Facebook […]

Susan Danaher Joins Adspace Digital Mall Network

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Susan Danaher, former president and CEO of the Digital Place-Based Advertising Association, has joined Adspace Digital Mall Network as executive vice-president and chief revenue officer. In her new position, Danaher will lead the overall sales effort of the company, will serve on the executive committee, report directly to Dominick Porco, chairman and CEO, and will […]

Susan Danaher Steps Down As DPAA President And CEO

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Susan Danaher has informed the Digital Place-based Advertising Association’s board of directors she will not be renewing her contract as president and CEO when it expires on March 31. Danaher will continue to be active in the organization as an advisor to the board. Mike DiFranza, DPAA board chairman and president/founder of Captivate Network, said […]

Esplanade Arts And Heritage Centre

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre, located in downtown Medicine Hat, Alberta, recently installed a new digital signage network powered by Audience for Android digital signage solution from Capital Networks Ltd., in order to promote current and upcoming events at the venue. The Esplanade is a multi-use cultural facility that includes a museum, theatre, art […]

Tablets App Revenue To Surpass That Of Smartphones By 2018

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Tablet apps will generate $8.8 billion in revenue in 2013, compared to the $16.4 billion expected from smartphone apps, according to forecasts from ABI Research, London. However, tablet apps will steadily increase their share of the market over the coming years, to an extent that they will, in 2017, nearly match the smartphone application revenues […]

@SignMediaCanada’s Sign Competition Now Open

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Dmitry Sokolov

Organised by Sign Media Canada, a national industry publication focused on signage industry, the Canadian Annual Signage Competition is now open to Digital Signage entries. Covering all aspects of the Signage Industry, Sign Media has been leading the way in Canada promoting growth of Digital Signage as an offering that classic signage providers need to embrace to stay competitive. To […]

PlaceIQ Integrated Into SN: Xchange

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

New York-based Spafax Networks recently announced that it has reached an agreement to integrate PlaceIQ’s audience intelligence platform into the SN: Xchange for real-time serving and reporting of ads running on digital place-based media networks. Combined with previously announced integration with Nielsen’s On Location research in Vistar Media’s ad serving platform, SN: Xchange now claims […]

Peugeot Campaign Hard To Miss, London

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

You cannot have visited London this past week and NOT seen the campaign for the New Peugeot RCZ. The campaign includes London’s two newest premium digital assets – the newly digitised Marylebone Tower and The Cromwell Road Digital Gateway but what we liked the best were the immersion campaigns at Victoria and St. Pancras Stations […]

An Industry Conclave

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Our industry has had a bit of a conclave of its own and we will have some exclusive news up for readers a little later today.