New Health Care Network Somehow Aims To Tie Up What’s Already Tied Up February 28, 2014 by Super User An over-the-counter traded entity called Broadcast Live Digital Corp. is the latest entrant in the old build it and they will come health care digital OOH ad sector. The Toronto-based company announced Friday that it is launching “Location-Based Healthcare Digital Media Networks” in the billion dollar “Digital out of Home” sector throughout North America. Broadcast Live …
Canadian Digital Media Tech By The Numbers February 28, 2014 by Super User Here’s a nice infographic put together by the quasi-government Canadian Digital Media Network that breaks down the Canadian digital media landscape in numbers.
Research Pegs Digital Out Of Home As World’s 2nd Fastest Growing Medium February 27, 2014 by Super User PQ Media has pushed out new global market research that suggests digital OOH media “may be on the cusp” of its big breakout phase. The research firm suggests digital signage is “now the world’s second fastest-growing ad medium, and it is quickly becoming a vital component of the transitioning media ecosystem.” (Note: even the company that …
John Curran: 1946-2014 February 27, 2014 by Super User Keith Kelsen has sent around word that his business partner at 5th Screen has passed away. John was beloved in the industry by his colleagues, most of whom were his friends. The long calls and strategy sessions were always engaging and at times entertaining with laughter all around. On some calls his much-loved dogs would …
See A Static Poster Model’s Hair Windswept By Passing Subway Cars February 27, 2014 by Super User I love the simplicity of this. On the platform of a Stockholm subway stop, what looks like a static backlit poster ad for Apotek Hjärtat’s Apolosophy hair care products comes alive when a train comes into the station. The hair on the model in the ad is as windswept as that of the other people on …
Mainstream Sign Software Firm Maturing Its Digital Signage Offer February 26, 2014 by Super User There are quite a few people who see the mainstream sign printing industry as a natural market to break into with digital signage software, given that we’re already seeing static signs like menu boards going digital. But here’s an interesting wrinkle – a software company that has serviced the mainstream wide-format printing for 20 years …
Gose Leaves RMG For Stratacache February 25, 2014 by Super User One of the higher profile senior guys in the digital signage sector has left RMG Networks, in the wake of the Symon-RMG deal, for a similar gig with Stratacache. Chuck Gose is now VP of SME Corporate Communications at the Dayton, Ohio company, but presumably will continue living and working out of Indianapolis. Mr. Linked …
Denver Startup Offers Outsourced Services To Create Vendor Margins February 25, 2014 by Super User I’ve loosely known Matt Krebs for a few months now, and he’s kept me informed here and there as he spooled up his start-up Creating Margin, an interesting little take on providing support services in the digital signage eco-system. The Denver company is there primarily to take on things like the scoping, set-up and ongoing …
DSE 2014 Counts 4,003 Through Doors, Down Slightly From 2013 February 25, 2014 by Super User Exactly 4,003 people wandered down the long Sands Expo hallway and through the doors into Digital Signage Expo 2014. The trade show’s organizers released the final numbers today, which included a breakdown of 42% end-users, aka potential buyers. There were another 1,813 poor souls chained for two days to booths on the show floor, bringing total attendance to …
Preset Mixer 2014 Photo Gallery February 23, 2014 by Super User Took me a while to get this together, but here’s all the pix from the Feb. 11 Preset Group event at DSE. Think I’ll get a pro shooter next year. ;-]
