Archive for March, 2014

Time Out Australia & Inlink Partnership

Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

Time Out Australia and Inlink have entered into a partnership that will see Time Out content powering a new ‘Play’ channel across Inlink’s network of over 2,000 digital displays in offices, car parks, cafes and fitness centres across the nation’s metro centres from 1 April 2014. CEO of Time Out Australia, Michael Rodrigues, explained “This […]

BlowUp Media Super Motion UK Network

Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

We hear that BlowUp Media is launching Cardiff’s first full motion digital giant poster site as part of its Super Motion network in the UK

CBS Outdoor IPO Looking At Raising Up To $560 Million

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Outdoor advertising company CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. plans to raise up to $560 million in an initial public offering of its common shares, valuing the company at about $3.36 billion. CBS Outdoor, part of media conglomerate CBS Corp., expects its offering of 20 million shares to be priced between $26 and $28 each, the company […]

Harris Broadcast Becomes Imagine Communications…

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Harris Broadcast, a portfolio company of The Gores Group offering media software, networking and over-the-air solutions serving the global media and entertainment markets, announced its division today, Mar. 17/14, into two separate entities: Imagine Communications and GatesAir during its inaugural MediaDay held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Imagine Communications will be headquartered […]

What Are Barco Up To?

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Barco, it seems are looking at the concept of an ‘app store’ for outdoor media. As is usual (we find) with large corporates, they don’t wish to pay consultants and instead are emailing various people within the industry; we quote “We are now conducting stakeholder research and we would love to hear your opinion on […]

More on JCDecaux’s Acquisition Of CEMUSA

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

In what could be considered a surprise move in the industry, JCDecaux SA, which claims position as the #1 outdoor advertising company worldwide, announced that it signed an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of CEMUSA – a Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas Group (FCC) subsidiary in Spain, dedicated to outdoor advertising – for an […]

JCDecaux signs an agreement to acquire CEMUSA

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Breaking news, JCDecaux signs an agreement to acquire CEMUSA.

March Madness w/ @Daktronics In Support

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

College basketball is popular in the U.S, but nothing is more popular than the annual conference and national championships that go under the nickname of March Madness, beginning March 18/2014. Brookings, South Dakota-based Daktronics has video displays and scoring equipment at 44 different venues as the men’s and women’s college basketball teams compete for conference […]

Seven Trends In Internal Digital Content

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Ragan Communication’s Russell Working asks “If the all-staff email blast isn’t cutting it anymore, what is working in employee messaging?” and lists seven trends with internal digital content… Everyone is now a content creator Email gives way to social sharing Curation for competitive intelligence Analytics drive social content curation Educate employees to activate content Digital […]

Brasil Signage Expo, Sao Paolo

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Andrew Neale

Brasil Signage Expo takes place September 18-19, 2014 in Sao Paolo