Archive for January, 2014

#dse2014 An Interview With Exponation’s Chris Gibbs

Monday, January 13th, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Like the thousands of people who attend Digital Signage Expo, Chris Gibbs, co-founder, president and COO of Exponation LLC, which produces #dse2014, is waiting to see what the most exciting new innovation will be when the event opens its doors in February. “Every year there’s an unknown gem,” he says. “One year it was 3D […]

#dse2014 60 New Industry Roundtable Discussions

Monday, January 13th, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

A total of 60 all-new targeted Industry Roundtable discussion groups will be held on Feb. 12 and 13 during #dse2014. #dse2014‘s Industry Roundtables 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 signage within the industry category, […]

RMG Networks’ 2014 Customer Focus

Monday, January 13th, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It used to be that Scala was the only vendor of sufficient size that could do an annual or biennial customer event and get 100+ people to turn up (witness the truly excellent Scala Partner events in North America and Europe since 2000). These have included customer events both in North America and in Europe […]

Qualitative Trend Analysis DS Viewing Behaviour

Sunday, January 12th, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We continue to make great progress on our next publication entitled ‘DOOH INSIGHTS: 2013 | A Qualitative Trend Analysis of Digital Signage Viewing Behaviour‘. This is based on over a year’s worth of automated audience measurement data from 93 networks around the globe. The report will retail for USD 3000 (GBP 1850) and will be […]

The #dse2014 Floor Plan

Saturday, January 11th, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Whatever we say (and we will say something about the Keynote and the ‘Education’ sessions at some point leading up to the show), we have to say that the #dse2014 floor plan looks mighty impressive. As we’ve noted before Intel and Samsung have the biggest booths but there is a great mix of industry suppliers […]

#NRF14 STRATACACHE’s Connected Journey Brings Retailers Closer to Consumers

Saturday, January 11th, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

STRATACACHE, Dayton, Ohio-based provider of scalable, high-performance digital signage, content distribution and enterprise video acceleration technologies, is unveiling Connected Journey, a new, interactive retail journey empowering consumers to become more involved in the shopping experience. Connected Journey, which can be seen at booth #629 at Retail’s BIG Show at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention […]

New Kiosks From Comark

Friday, January 10th, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Comark Corp., based in Medfield, Massachusetts, will be using the NRF Big Show in New York Jan. 13-14 to introduce two totally new kiosk series targeting two totally different markets, one which can be used outdoors, and the other for indoors. The Endura-One kiosk with a large 47” high definition sunlight readable (2000 NIT) display […]

Baby, It’s Cold Outside #CrazyWeather

Friday, January 10th, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

You really know it’s winter in Canada when thousands of travelers are delayed at the country’s busiest airports, when temperatures hover around -30 (or even lower in the mid-west), and the streets are covered by heavy snow and ice. On the heels of Toronto’s recent ice storm, Pattison Outdoor, in partnership with the Cape Farewell […]

Carlos A. San Jose Joins Clear Channel Outdoor

Friday, January 10th, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Clear Channel Outdoor announced this week the appointment of Carlos A. San Jose as market president for Chicago, one of the company’s largest operations. In his new role, Carlos A. San Jose will serve as a key member of Clear Channel Outdoor’s senior management team and will direct all aspects of branch operations including finance, […]

Dina Townsend Joins Scala

Friday, January 10th, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

Dina Townsend has joined Scala as Senior Director of Retail Strategy. Dina spent the previous two and half years with Nanonation but is a 20-year veteran delivering and designing technology solutions and guiding brands through the process of creating and enhancing the customer experience in retail environments.