Wildstone Gain Consent for A40 Twin Towers

Friday, November 7th, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

Wildstone have announced that they have been granted planning consent for double-sided twin towers with four LED screens at Greenford Roundabout on the A40 (in the UK). The project is part of Wildstone’s TfL Road Network Contract, which has already seen them deliver flagship sites included Euston Underpass and The Chiswick Towers, achieving record revenues […]

Made in Movember w/ @BrightmoveMedia

Friday, November 7th, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

The Movember Foundation, the organisation committed to raising funds and awareness of men’s health issues, is working with BrightMove Media as a strategic media outlet for its 2014 Movember campaign. The campaign encourages men to grow a moustache for the 30 days of November to increase awareness and to raise vital funds for its men’s […]

The Walking Dead CCTV Petrol Station Reactions

Friday, November 7th, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

Described by our editor-in-chief as “the best campaign he has ever seen on any of the Amscreen networks” (see here) you too can now see some of the reaction it fostered… See also ‘Walking Dead Seen on @Amscreen CCTV‘. We understand that The DailyDOOH Gala Awards’ jury quite like it as well.

UK’s First DOOH Roadside Site in Bristol

Thursday, November 6th, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

Ocean launches the UK’s first digital out of home screen in Bristol this week. The Great Western Link is a dual sided screen linking the key south west cities of Bristol and Bath. The giant landscape screens, which measure 45 square metres, attract an average fortnightly audience of 596,863, which is 40% bigger than the […]

Content Division Launched by @JCDecaux_UK

Wednesday, November 5th, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

JCDecaux has appointed Janet Guest as Editorial Director and Russell Gower as Creative Content Director, setting up a new Content division that is set to deliver the first editorial schedules across digital screens nationwide. Left to right above (Janet Guest, Russell Gower, Stacey Knight) The editorial will be designed to place audiences at the heart […]

Mike Baker’s Startup Wossname, @Wossnamenews

Wednesday, November 5th, 2014

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Described as a “web based directory for media agencies to find and communicate with media owner business partners” we note that Mike Baker‘s new business venture is starting a six month pilot, we quote “to prove the business case” Wossname, an instant lookup tool for media agencies, aims to help folks quickly find the media […]

Meta and IPA Get Smart With Data

Wednesday, November 5th, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

Meta, Kinetic Worldwide’s data consultancy division, has developed a bespoke visualisation tool TouchPoints Smart for the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA). TouchPoints Smart enables TouchPoints subscribers to understand smart phone behaviour from how the use of apps changes across the day, to analysing how users fit in smart phone use alongside their everyday activities. […]

220 Missing People Found

Tuesday, November 4th, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

This week, a major milestone was reached by the UK outdoor advertising industry who have helped find 220 vulnerable missing people across the UK. Launched in August 2012 with the help of Kate McCann, mother of missing Madeleine, the UK wide partnership is coordinated by the Outdoor Media Centre and the charity Missing People. This […]

Nice @ForrestMedia1 @D3LED in Newcastle

Tuesday, November 4th, 2014

Andrew Neale

Forrest Media Managing Director Marc Keenan sent us this nice picture of their new digital billboard in Newcastle… It hasn’t been touched up in anyway and we think, shows how good this particular D3LED is. Marc made mention that he has two other digital billboards in the pipeline shortly as well.

Proxama to Acquire Aconite Technology Ltd.

Tuesday, November 4th, 2014

Maddie Cotterill

Proxama, the global mobile marketing, loyalty and payments company, announced today that it is in the process of acquiring Aconite Technology Ltd., the leading EMV enablement and smart product management software provider. The press release stated that the unification of the two companies will create a compelling end-to-end solution for card issuers to migrate from […]