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Raspberry Pi, multi-award-winning maker of low-cost, credit card-sized PCs, has just opened its first bricks-and-mortar shop, in the UK city of Cambridge. In doing so, it joins a number of e-retail giants, including Amazon, who are bucking the trend of high street closures by opening bricks-and-mortar shops.

Raspberry Pi’s first retail location is designed to be an experiential space, offering an environment in which visitors can try their hand at programming the tiny PCs. Alongside a large range of Raspberry Pi’s existing products and merchandise, the new shop will also offer a brand new ‘Everything you need to get started with Raspberry Pi’ kit; this includes the latest Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, a complete set of official peripherals, and everything a beginner needs to get started with programming their PC.

Eben Upton, CEO of Raspberry Pi (Trading), told us “Opening Raspberry Pi’s first shop, and introducing the new kit, are important steps on our way to achieving broader adoption of our products. Our vision has always been to make low-cost PCs accessible to everyone: the shop provides potential customers with a chance to learn about Raspberry Pi, while at the same time giving us a chance to learn more about their needs. The kit is intended to provide a smoother out-of-box experience for this group of new customers.”

“Of course, the shop will also be a great destination for existing Raspberry Pi fans. We have a loyal and highly engaged community, and it’s great to be able to offer them another way to interact with us and our products.”

The new Raspberry Pi shop is located in Cambridge’s Grand Arcade shopping centre, home to over 60 high street and luxury retailers, in the city where Raspberry Pi was founded and is still based. We also understand that from time to time it will have a number of exclusive products from the foundation. The shop only accepts credit cards, no cash.

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based charity that works to put the power of computing and digital making into the hands of people all over the world. They do this so that more people are able to harness the power of computing and digital technologies for work, to solve problems that matter to them, and to express themselves creatively. They provide low-cost, high-performance computers that people use to learn, solve problems and have fun. They provide outreach and education to help more people access computing and digital making. They also develop free resources to help people learn about computing and how to make things.

The winners of the prestigious Poster Prize for Illustration 2019 awards have been announced. The competition, which is open to illustrators and students of illustration around the world, is organised by the Association of Illustrators (AOI) and London Transport Museum.

Artists were invited to respond to the theme of London Stories and create an illustration that visually captures a well-known or obscure London narrative; stories that are contemporary or historical, real or imagined. Over 1,500 illustrations were submitted by professional artists and students worldwide. An exhibition in the Museum showcases 100 of the best which were chosen by an independent panel of judges made up of experts from the art and design world. The illustrations will be on display in the Exterion Media Gallery until July 14, 2019.

Jason Cotterrell, Group Chief Strategy Officer and UK Managing Director, Exterion Media, and one of the judges, told us “The standard of entries was extremely high and there was much debate about the need for both artistic excellence and suitability as a communications tool. A poster has to tell a story in an instant, capturing attention and inspiring the imagination. The entire judging panel immediately saw the winning entries as not only excellent pieces of art but also posters.”

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STRATACACHE today announced the decision to open a new regional headquarters in Singapore for leading Asia-Pacific operations across the STRATACACHE family of marketing technology companies, including Scala. The new 3,100 square foot office will allow STRATACACHE to centralize operations and support for sales, marketing, development, services and customer support in the expansive region.

Chris Riegel, CEO of STRATACACHE told us “Scala has built significant brand recognition as the flagship digital signage platform in the region, and there is significant potential for further growth in 2019 — by providing our clients in Asia-­Pacific with intelligent marketing technology solutions found across the STRATACACHE family. By moving the regional center of gravity to Singapore, we are streamlining operations and ensuring we’re better serving our customers.”

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ZetaDisplay AB (Nasdaq Stockholm:ZETA) has announced that ProntoTV, its Norwegian subsidiary, has won a tender for a new contract with Ruter AS, the public transportation company for Oslo and Akershus.

The tenure of the contract is ten years and starts right away. The contract value is estimated at 20 MNOK (two million EUROS).

The outcome of the tender was made public Friday through Ruter AS. ProntoTV scored 9.85 out of a ten-point scale and outperformed the competitors. “The best proposal was made by ProntoTV considering their overall presentation and the set up both for installation and the daily operations,” commented Ruter AS on their decision.

Ruter AS is a publicly owned company responsible for public transportation in Oslo and Akershus, Norway. Ruter AS decides upon pricing and trafic lines for the metro, tram, buses and ferries in the two Norwegian counties.

This information is such information that ZetaDisplay AB is required to disclose under the EU market abuse regulation and the Securities Market Act.

Christie has announced that Jack Kline, a pioneer in digital cinema technology and architect of the innovative Virtual Print Fee (VPF) that accelerated the adoption of digital projection in movie theatres and created a revolution in global entertainment, is stepping down as Chairman, President and CEO of Christie after 40 years with the company, effective April 1, 2019.

Current Chief Financial Officer Kazuhisa Kamiyama will assume the role as Chairman and CEO, while Kline remains at the company as an Executive Advisor to the CEO until April 1, 2020 to assist in a smooth transition.

Jack Kline told us “I am fortunate to have worked at Christie my entire professional life and to have played a critical role in leading the company into the digital age, helping it become a global force in digital display technology. I have full confidence in the future of Christie, which is filled with talented, dedicated and highly motivated people who are focused on developing innovative technology and service to our customers.”

Kazuhisa Kamiyama said “Jack’s leadership and strategic vision were instrumental in helping Christie to establish its market dominance worldwide, while also helping it to successfully navigate the diverse market challenges as the industry and the competition evolved. His exceptional qualities as a leader also set the performance standard for management and staff at all levels and, today, continues to guide, motivate and inspire new generations of leaders within the company.”

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GroupM, WPP’s world-leading media investment group, has announced that Brian Wieser is joining its senior leadership team as Global President, Business Intelligence.

Starting this week and reporting to Global CEO Kelly Clark, we are told that he will drive and expand GroupM’s thought leadership practice, collaborate with GroupM’s agencies and WPP’s broader network to gather, analyze and distribute actionable marketplace intelligence that gives clients insights on markets, audiences, partners and platforms,and supply and demand dynamics.

He is highly regarded in the marketing, media, advertising and technology fields and has been called “Madison Avenue’s de facto Chief Economist.” In his most recent role as Senior Analyst at Pivotal Research Group, he led the firm’s deep coverage of agencies, video and other digital content platforms, advertising and marketing technology, measurement companies, and more. One of the most quoted executives in the industry, he is sought after by journalists for the deep understanding he developed as an industry analyst and in earlier roles as an advertising and investment banking executive.

Previously, he was EVP, Global Director of Forecasting for Interpublic’s Magna Global, CMO for venture-funded Simulmedia, investment banker at Lehman Brothers, and research analyst at Deutsche Bank (covering entertainment and cable).

Volta Charging has announced the appointment of marketing and technology veteran Kathy Savitt to its Board of Directors. She is Volta’s first Independent Director and the press release stated that she will add additional media and brand expertise to the Board, helping the company expand its industry relationships and market position.

Kathy Savitt previously served as Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Media at Yahoo where she led the brand’s worldwide marketing, customer experience, and editorial teams including Yahoo News, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance and Yahoo’s content and media partnership strategy. She is currently a founding partner at Perch Partners, a global strategic advisory firm for Fortune 500 and venture-backed start-ups.

Volta wants to install chargers in high-traffic locations in top media markets and partner with advertisers to sponsor the service, Volta EV chargers are available to both drivers and real estate hosts without cost. Volta operates operate nationwide in nearly all of the top 10 media markets, in addition to its initial launch market, Hawaii. Recent advertisers on Volta’s network include Facebook, Netflix, Jaguar and Nissan, among others.

Before joining Yahoo, Kathy Savitt served as CEO of Lockerz, a company she founded in 2009 with the mission of revolutionizing the way Generation Z discovers and consumes content and products. Prior to Lockerz, she also held the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., where she ran both the global marketing efforts of the company’s portfolio of brands and the digital and e-commerce channels. Savitt also served as Vice President of Strategic Communications, Content and Entertainment Initiatives for Amazon.com, spearheading the development of Amazon’s first original entertainment initiatives.

JCDecaux S.A. (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, has announced that following a competitive tender, it has signed the bus shelter advertising contract for the London Borough of Camden, with a footprint that covers a large part of central London, including the UK head offices of Google, St. Pancras International (Eurostar station) and the British Museum.

Jean-François Decaux, Co-Chief Executive Officer of JCDecaux, said: “This 10-year contract for bus shelter advertising in Camden is an important win and follows the award of the TfL bus shelter contract and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea advertising concessions. This means that JCDecaux now has the exclusive bus shelter contracts for all central London boroughs – Camden, Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea. This new award strengthens our London portfolio as well as our UK market leadership in digital out-of-home (DOOH). Camden has a rich cultural history and we are delighted to continue our partnership, which started over 20 years ago.”

Under the new 10-year contract, JCDecaux will provide Camden with new bus shelters designed by Foster + Partners, including advertising operations and the maintenance of shelters. New premium locations in Camden will include: Tottenham Court Road, Euston Road, High Holborn and New Oxford Street.

JCDecaux will digitise bus shelters in the network, installing 84 digital screens across the borough. The Camden award brings the number of digital bus shelter screens JCDecaux operates to 900, making London the largest digital advertising bus shelter network in the world.

At their first public meeting, the newly formed Digital Signage Organisation (DSO), an organisation aimed at supporting the European Digital Signage industry, which recently entered into a mutual partnership with AVIXA) announced the addition of two new board members.

They are:-

• Peerless AV’s Managing Director – EMEA, Keith Dutch
• Unilumin Group’s Vice President of Sales, Laila Hede Jensen

They join Leif Liljebrunn (President and CEO of ZetaDisplay AB.) who is Vice President, Dirk Huelsermann (Managing Partner of STRATACACHE Capital) Chairman, Harry Horn (GM EMEA & VP Marketing Global of Scala Inc.), Owen Ellis (Chairman, AV User Group) and of course Simon Jackson who is President.

The Digital Signage Organisation aims to provide its members with a strong voice in the digital signage industry both through learning and sharing best practices as well as identifying and demonstrating what signage means to different industries and applications. One size never fits all and providing thought leadership and informed opinion on the myriad of solutions, methods and opportunities will help the industry grow together and provide a clear message to those outside it.

Curb Taxi Media has entered the rideshare advertising market in New York City with a new network that they are calling Curb Rydeshare. Through a partnership with New York City’s largest and most respected fleet of rideshare vehicles, they’re now offering exclusively placed, double sided vehicle wraps on both sedans and multiple passenger vans. The Curb Rydeshare Network includes over 5,000 vehicles city-wide that are e-hailed through affiliates such as Via, Uber, Lyft and Gett.

The new partnership allows them to offer two types of vehicle executions, each with its own unique value proposition:

• Rydeshare XL –  Luxury van wraps operating exclusively in the highest density traffic areas of Manhattan and Brooklyn. These vehicles average over 750 miles on the road per week and have ad placements comparable in size to buses.
• Rydeshare X –  Sedan wraps offering a mix of Manhattan, outer borough and airport trips. The majority of Uber/Lyft/Gett rides originate in Manhattan and from JFK/LGA, and cars average 60-75 hours on the road per week.

With their heritage it is no surprise that they are big believers that mobility-centric media, their taxi network (o course) or this new Rydeshare Network, offer the best combination of reach, value and performance for brands that other platforms might not be able to match.

More information by emailing at ads@gocurb.com.