Archive for January, 2014

Alex Hollingdale, Product Director, Clear Channel UK

Tuesday, January 21st, 2014

Guest Contributor, James Thornton

Clear Channel is one of the giants of the Out Of Home (OOH) industry. Long before digital screens arrived on the scene, Clear Channel were in the business of delivering mass audiences via its vast roadside and mall estate. For a company of Clear Channel’s size, the possibilities thrown up by the arrival of digital […]

Human Emergency Life Point

Tuesday, January 21st, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

After three years of research and development, over 24 months real time field testing and several million Euro investment HELP International AG, headquartered in Mauren, Liechtenstein has introduced what it claims is the world’s first and only socially responsible DOOH solution, branded HELP – only it’s NOT the first, see Vital Sign Media’s DOOH with […]

#dse2014 The Science of Experiential Video Walls

Tuesday, January 21st, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

He’s a great businessman, he’s a content genius, he speaks English with a charming French lilt and he’s a gooner. We’ve been out with him when he has in turn, been mistaken for Hugh Laurie and Damian Lewis, he’s confident, he’s charming, he’s an excellent speaker but when all is said and done he is still […]

Benjamin Mathieu Joins Astral Out-of-Home

Monday, January 20th, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Benjamin Mathieu has joined Astral Out-of-Home as senior director, business development, transportation and technologies, reporting to Luc Quétel, president, Astral Out-of-Home, a property of Bell Media. Mathieu, recently CEO of his own company, Innovation in Management Inc., is responsible at Astral Out-of-Home for Business Development (leading or supporting the president in any new opportunities and […]

LG Smart Sign On Its Way Says @SixteenNine

Monday, January 20th, 2014

Andrew Neale

Sixteen Nine’s Dave Haynes (who rarely gets things wrong) has said over on his blog that, we quote, “LG Will Soon Have Its Own ‘Smart Sign.’” LG’s Smart Signage (as opposed to Samsung’s Dumb Signage) is based around LG’s revival of webOS (used with LG Smart TV of course, but originally launched by Palm back in […]

BroadSign Adding Senior Execs

Monday, January 20th, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Three months after they recruited a new VP Finance / CFO (but kept it under the radar) we hear rumours that BroadSign has been hiring at the executive level once again. As the guy started today, expect an official announcement by the end of the week.

@LifeSizeTouch In Top 100 @StartupsTowers

Monday, January 20th, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Nice to see Startups (the UK’s leading independent online resource for anyone starting and building a new business) name LifeSize Touch in their list of top 100 UK Startups for 2013 but it’s a bit of a stretch to have them (LifeSize Touch that is) described as “The first ever company to make fully interactive […]

CBS Outdoor International Becomes Exterion Media

Monday, January 20th, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

From today, CBS Outdoor International, the UK outdoor media owner, will be known solely as Exterion Media, following the USD 225 million acquisition by Platinum Equity in September of last year.     Leon Taviansky, Chief Operating and Financial Officer said: “We are very excited to be operating under the Exterion Media brand. It demonstrates […]

#dse2014 Early Registration Discounts NOW End Jan. 24

Sunday, January 19th, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

If you’ve been thinking about heading to #dse2014 but haven’t decided what educational conferences you and your staffers should participate in, we suggest you take a good look at the program and decide in the next couple of days, or you’ll miss out on the (now extended) early bird discounts. #dse2014 announced last week that […]

Eye Tracking the User Experience

Sunday, January 19th, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We may be wrong, but we believe that a new book by Aga Bojko, vice- president of GfK’s User Experience team, is the first book on applying eye tracking methods to making interfaces more effective. Eye Tracking the User Experience: A Practical Guide to Research, recently published by Rosenfeld Media, offers step-by-step advice on how […]