Archive for November, 2013

#TOIgnite Exhibitors

Thursday, November 14th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We note that 3M Commercial Graphics, Ayuda Media Systems, Cieslok Media, COMB / OMAC, FourthWall, Newad Lino, OutdoorLink (SmartLink), Pattison OneStop, The Siroky Group and Watchfire Signs are all exhibiting at the small ‘trade show’ running at OMAC’s Ignite Conference in Toronto #TOIgnite. The Ayuda Media Systems looked resplendent as always in their orange jackets!

RNIN’s Two year Stock Price Chart

Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We won’t predict Wireless Ronin’s eventual demise here (we’ve done that a few times before and every time, somehow they have managed to cling on and survive) but their two year historical stock price chart makes interesting reading… That spike in March 2013 was the Samsung SoC announcement and how that was managed / manipulated […]

#TOIgnite And Beyond!

Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

Andrew Neale

Our very own ‘Travelling Grandma’ en route to #TOIgnite (that’s OMAC’s Ignite Conference in Toronto for the uninitiated)… The Out-of-Home Marketing Association of Canada ‘Ignite’ conference and trade show is a half day event, kicking off at 07:30 am on Thursday, Nov 14.

Signature Flight Support Renews Clear Channel Airports Contract

Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Clear Channel Airports, a division of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., has renewed a multi-year deal to remain the exclusive media provider for Signature Flight Support in North America. This agreement includes 62 of Signature Flight Support’s Fixed Based Operations (FBOs), also known as private aviation terminals, in the U.S.. Business travelers using […]

JCDecaux #NianticProject At US Airports

Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

JCDecaux SA has launched a US Airports gaming partnership with Niantic Labs@Google for world travelers at both John F. Kennedy and Los Angeles International Airports. Niantic Lab’s game, entitled Ingress, uses Google Maps and a layer of deep-rooted fictional conceit to create a location-based Alternate Reality Game. The vision behind Ingress was to create a […]

Typhoon Haiyan @DOOHgood UK Creative

Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

Alex Hughes

Many other prestigious content companies have donated their creative time and juices to this particular good cause (and we are / were probably late to the table) but here are two screenshots of the 15 seconds clip that we produced… and There is plenty more online here and we encourage all those media owners with […]

Typhoon Haiyan @Amscreen @DOOHgood

Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Amscreen has just announced that it is backing the Philippines aid effort by airing charity appeals to millions of people up and down the United Kingdom. The company contacted Save the Children and the British Red Cross earlier this week to donate advertising space to broadcast the appeals. Amscreen will play the campaigns on their […]

Amscreen’s New Recruits

Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Amscreen’s new recruits who started this week; From left to right; Roxanne Bromfield, Laura Pleasants and Tanisha Sakhawat. Laura Pleasants joins the Amscreen team as Marketing Communications Manager and comes from UBM where she was responsible for their multi-platform communications strategy. Amscreen also welcomed the arrival of Roxanne Bromfield and Tanisha Sakhawat to the team, […]

Sticky: Typhoon Haiyan @DOOHgood

Tuesday, November 12th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The horrendous scenes filtering back from the Philippines prompted the people behind DOOHgood to swing back into action, pushing to get Red Cross donation videos produced and distributed to digital signage networks of all and any stripes. The Preset Group’s Dave Haynes is using his Sixteen:Nine blog to get the word out, and Insteo’s Jim […]

Eye Eye @EyeAirports Three Finalists We See ;)

Tuesday, November 12th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Sarah Parkes was new to the Outdoor industry when she joined Eye back in May 2012 but she has certainly made a lasting impression on the business since then. We featured Sarah in our CEO Spotlight in September 2013 where she talked us through the merger with Airport Partners and the new focus on that […]