Archive for May, 2013

Glasgee’s Foo Motion Digital Screen

Monday, May 6th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Premium outdoor media owner Ocean Outdoor is working with Glasgow shopping destination St Enoch Centre to install a full motion digital outdoor screen in the city centre. The 12.8m by 6.1m high definition screen went live on April 29. Ocean Outdoor marketing director Richard Malton: “This is the first screen we are installing in Glasgow […]

Manager Of The Month @PhilipmCohen Esquire

Monday, May 6th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

If there was (and forgive the football / soccer analogy here) a Barclays Premier League Manager of the Month award for our (global) industry, you can bet that the mighty Philip M. Cohen, CEO of Care Media Holdings Corp. and it’s brands PetCARE TV, Women’s HealthCARE TV and KidCARE TV, newly minted CEO at America’s […]

CARE Media Holdings Sells Its Ad-Supported Screens

Monday, May 6th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We’ve just learned that CARE Media Holdings is selling its advertising-supported pediatric and obstetric/gynaecological screens to Health Media Networks. CARE Media Holdings will continue to grow its KidCARE TV and Women’s HealthCARE TV subscriber-based networks where they sell the systems to doctors and provide the content on a monthly subscription basis. CMH will also provide […]

CEO Spotlight: Kaveh Memari, Renew, London, U.K.

Friday, May 3rd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

This month we welcome Kaveh Memari, CEO, of Renew, London, U;K. Renew with its City Network is not well known outside the U.K.. I believe it has taken many years to launch. Can you tell us a little about your thinking behind the launch? A culmination of setbacks and delays meant that our launch in […]

PetCARE TV – CaerVision’s Veterinary Network Merger

Friday, May 3rd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

CARE Media Holdings is merging PetCARE TV with CaerVision‘s veterinary network and plans to expand this advertiser-supported – subscriber-based ‘hybrid’ network by 500 screens during the balance of 2013. “The merged network of 2,250 screens takes the form of a Joint Venture bearing the brand name PetCARE Television Network,” says Phil Cohen, founding chairman of […]

More @ScalaInc European Hires

Friday, May 3rd, 2013

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Scala seem to have had somewhat of a hiring frenzy of late… Mikael Wigart joined Scala this month as Area Sales Manager for Sweden & Finland Cedric Petit also joined in May and takes over responsibility from Omar Kezuoit for France and French speaking territories with immediate effect. Cedric has past experience in signage as […]

Harris: Integration, Staff Cuts, MacDonell Leaving

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Several huge news items come out of Harris Broadcast today, starting with the news that the DOOH unit, which had been left as a stand alone unit under new owners, the Gores Group, is being integrated into the Broadcast (radio) sector to share sales, production and engineering. This has resulted in various layoffs both in […]

Cremins Joins Scala (No, Not That One)

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

Andrew Neale

We note that Darren Cremins joined Scala back in February of this year. Darren is of course brother to Jason Cremins, co-founder Signagelive. Darren is UK & Ireland Sales Manager at Scala and reports to Damon Crowhurst, Sales Director, EMEA.

The Franklin Institute Ticketing System Via @ScalaInc

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Franklin Institute, premier Philadelphia Science Museum, has introduced a digital ticketing system involving a versatile and stunning display of five, full HD, 55” screens installed at the Museum’s ticketing entrance. The screens display such information as ticket prices, current or upcoming exhibits, show and tour group times, and video trailers. With the use of […]

Is This The Doctrine of @ScalaInc Denial?

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Scala continue to try and have one foot in the Rebel Alliance and one in the Galactic Empire as press releases from Jedi Master Harry Horn continue to drop in our inbox ahead of a number of European events – events by the way that are all “making hay while the sunshines” with the demise […]