DSE Adds New Event To NYC This Fall June 12, 2014 by Super User The Digital Signage Expo folks are putting on a one-day education/networking event in New York in October, as part of what’s being billed as Digital Signage week. The “week” part has to do with there being a few events grouped around the city that week, including the DailyDOOH investor summit. The thinking is that if …
DSrupted: HTML5 Will “Drive Explosive Growth” In Digital Signage June 12, 2014 by Super User Paul Vincent is one of five subject-matter experts who will have the time to really dig into topics when they pick up a microphone and speak at DSrupted, the first conference to focus on how disruptive technologies are impacting and reshaping the digital signage business. He’s the founder and CEO of Neuranet, a start-up that …
Projects: Pattison Turns On YMM June 11, 2014 by Super User Normally, news of an out of home ad company winning the ad concession and putting screens into a secondary airport wouldn’t be terribly interesting. But Pattison Outdoor Advertising has won, put up and turned on all the static and digital positions at the shiny new air terminal at Fort McMurray Airport (YMM), which is Canada’s …
DSrupted Mixer Coming Together June 11, 2014 by Super User Details are still getting firmed up, but it’s looking like there will be a mixer on Sept. 16th, the night before the DSrupted event in Toronto on Sept. 17th. The mixer will be a good networking opportunity ahead of the disruptive technology in digital signage event set for the Telus conference centre in downtown Toronto. …
Shine Your Business, Together June 11, 2014 by Super User Slogan on the massive Asus booth at Computex. Beats me what it means. I have an admittedly soft spot for curious marketing slogans. This was one of many I saw last week in Taipei. I also particularly liked the secondary slogan in one booth that drew a parallel between a touch screen and prom …
Projects: Digital OOH Lotto Network Switches On In Mauritius June 11, 2014 by Super User A media company in the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius is working with that country’s national lottery on promo screens that are replacing analog posters at 250 retail sites. Plug In has the deal with the National Lottery of Mauritius, which is buying airtime on Plug In screens. The system is using Signagelive’s platform, and running …
The Ugly Baby Shows Up In Taiwan June 8, 2014 by Super User Yeah, I said it again. Your Baby’s Ugly – my riff on sub-optimal programming in digital signage – came out again Friday for a large crowd at the annual Digital Signage Multimedia Alliance digital signage conference in Taipei. I spoke, Paul Flanigan from the Digital Screenmedia Association spoke, as well as the head of Asiaray …
Christie Acquires Arsenal Media June 5, 2014 by Super User Christie has acquired Arsenal Media, its longtime agency of record for digital and experiential media. The Montreal agency will continue to stay in that city, keep its staff, and market under the Arsenal brand. The group will be overseen by Sean James, who runs the managed services side of Christie’s business, while Arsenal founder Denys …
Computex 2014 Gives Glimpse At What’s Coming In Tech June 5, 2014 by Super User A quick hop on Eva Air and I went from Hong Kong to Taipei today, and pretty much straight over to the huge Computex show that covers at least couple of big facilities in Taiwan’s muggy and (today) wet capital city. Never been. Didn’t know much about it. But I can say it is very big …
Gas Station TV Acquired By Detroit PE Firm June 3, 2014 by Super User Michigan-based Gas Station TV (aka GSTV) has been acquired another Michigan company, Detroit-based Rockbridge Growth Equity, as well as a group of smaller investors. The deal gets special attention because the big name involved is Dan Gilbert, who has made a serious fortune founding and growing Quicken Loans. Gilbert has pumped a lot of money into …
