Archive for June, 2013

Barco LiveDots Braved The Sunlight At #InfoComm13

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Andrew Neale

Barco LiveDots braved the early morning sunshine and the humidity at last week’s #InfoComm13 and setup an impressive LED outside the Peabody hotel but just across from the OCCC ( next to the walkway between West and South concourses)… Barco invited plenty of press, analysts and consultants and fed them all a hearty breakfast. It […]

easyJet Launch 12 month Biz Campaign, LGW

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here’s a nice time-lapse video showing the Eye install of easyJet’s newly launched 12 month business campaign at Gatwick Airport The initiative was delivered in partnership with Eye, OMD UK, Talon Outdoor and VCCP, and targets the business traveller to drive awareness of the airline’s domestic business routes.

New Pix Of Bloomberg’s The Hub

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We were able to get our hands on a couple of new pictures of The Hub, one of the two new digital installations at Bloomberg headquarters in New York that we wrote about last week. The Hub offers a stream of information about Bloomberg on an interactive, multi-touch table – a 55” MultiTaction Cell display […]

Auto Trader Advertise Cars For Sale In Local Area

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Amscreen, Europe’s leading digital place based media network owner, has announced a partnership with Auto Trader that will see the UK’s number one digital marketplace screen content across the network in a bid to drive sales. The campaign, which will run for six weeks, demonstrates how businesses are moving away from ‘traditional’ media outlets and […]

Intel Jettisons Cognovision Staff

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

One of the juiciest talking points at #Infocomm13 was that Intel has laid off the majority of its Cognovision staff and is set to close down its Toronto office. It’s not clear whether the whole Cognovision team was offered relocation to the Intel campus in Chandler, AZ (where the Retail Solution Division is based) or […]

#DpbMedia Upfront, NYC

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

There are rumours of an ‘upfront’ during October’s #DpbMedia week (which kicks off Monday October 21 in New York City). Regular readers will know that PRN didn’t put on an upfront event last year (2012) which was a shame as it was always one of the most anticipated, loved and fun get togethers the evening […]

Two New Digital Spectaculars From Titan Canada

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Titan Canada has launched a vibrant new digital spectacular located in Montreal, QC., on the Ton L’Acadie Boulevard, close to Autoroute 15 and Autoroute Métropolitaine, which are both accessed off L’Acadie! This display (shown above) captures the attention of commuters traveling from Ahuntsic, Cartierville, commuting to downtown. Titan Canada has also launched another massive new […]

Samsung Announce MagicInfo VideoWall S & MagicIWB 3.0

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Andrew Neale

Last week during #Infocomm13 Samsung announced MagicIWB 3.0 and MagicInfo VideoWall S software solutions… Samsung’s MagicInfo VideoWall S is described as a cost effective and versatile video wall software solution that enables users to quickly and easily display HD content across a video wall display however they want wherever they happen to be located and […]

Three Bids For Convergent

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It appears that there are at least three firm bids on the table for Sony’s Convergent Media Systems group in the US which was allegedly put up for sale back in April. The weirdest of those three is from Mill City.

BroadSign European Client Summit 2013

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Next Monday, June 24, 2013 at the Hilton London Docklands Riverside, 265 Rotherhithe Street, SE16 5HW, BroadSign have lined up some good external speakers for their BroadSign European Client Summit 2013. The Summit Programme is as follows… 09:00 – 10:00 am: Registration + Welcome Coffee and Dainties 10:00 – 10:20 am: BroadSign Everywhere – Brian […]