Report: Panasonic Winding Down Plasma Display Business March 18, 2013 by Super User Japan’s Nikkei newspaper is reporting today that Panasonic may pull out of the plasma television business as part of downsizing efforts. Revenues from Panasonic’s TV business is projected to have dropped by more than half by 2015/2016. Panasonic planned to end plasma TV panel production at its main plant next year, reports Nikkei (via Reuters), adding …
NYFI Wins NYC’s Reinventing Payphones Contest March 17, 2013 by Super User A slim digital tower with swappable modules that makes free WiFi ubiquitous has won New York City’s Reinventing the Payphone – the winner weirdly selected based on a public vote via Facebook. Democratic, sure. Best method to award on merit, strategy and feasibility? Hmmm. Anyway, the NYFI is intended to be, says the city’s Tumblr blog, …
DSE Video Blog Posts March 17, 2013 by Super User Here’s a round-up of DSE 2013 coverage via video (working with Studio 10 from Regina, Sask.) and written pieces. [youtube id=”Oo5kOLEIAc8″ width=”600″ height=”350″] [youtube id=”9Q1Z5sf15Tc” width=”600″ height=”350″] [youtube id=”KcsqQ4x_XoI” width=”600″ height=”350″] Post: DSE 2013 Impressions
New York Transit System Expanding Interactive Kiosk Trial March 15, 2013 by Super User The MTA – which operates the transit systems running in New York City, has announced it is going ahead with a second phase of a pilot project for On the Go! Travel Stations, interactive touch-screen kiosks that provide trip planing information, maps and system status reports Another 77 of the ad-supported units are being added …
Danaher Steps Down At DPAA; Joins Adspace March 14, 2013 by Super User Sue Danaher has resigned as president and CEO of the the Digital Place-based Advertising Association (DPAA), letting her contract lapse at the end of this month and taking a senior job with the mall advertising network Adspace. Mike DiFranza, DPAA board chairman and president/founder of Captivate Network, said in a release that Danaher informed the …
Video: Leap Motion Shows Interactive Digital Possibilities At SXSW March 14, 2013 by Super User The Leap Motion controller has, I think, a huge amount of potential for interactive experiences in retail and other settings because of the granularity of gesture recognition (it can track the end of a waving chopstick) and the the absence of any need to “learn” gestures. The opportunity for desktop gaming is very large, so …
Research: 60% Of Us Are Showrooming March 14, 2013 by Super User AdWeek has a great set of infographics up that show the depth pof the problem some retailers face with showrooming – the evidently very widespread tactic of going to a store to check out the look and feel of goods, and then leaving to then buy it for less cost online. One of the ways …
DSF Plans Four Networking Mixers, Inc June Event In Toronto March 12, 2013 by Super User It has been almost a couple of years since I last organized a mixer in Toronto, and I get fairly regular emails asking when that would be revived. Well, left to me, who knows? Between business travel and spinning a whole bunch of client dishes at once, it’s enough to do the Preset one in …
Stratacache Says It Now Drives 50K Digital Menu Boards March 12, 2013 by Super User Were there any question as to which companies are truly doing a lot of trade in the digital signage marketplace, consider that Stratacache is showing at a chain restaurant show starting tomorrow in Las Vegas and talking about how it is now driving 50,000 digital menu boards. The Dayton, OH-based company, in a release today, …
Adcentricity Surfaces; Announces Rep Deal With Sports LED Board Network March 11, 2013 by Super User Adcentricity has been more than a tad quiet since it was acquired by another Toronto firm, Bee Media, in April 2012 – to the point that I wondered if the company was still doing Digital OOH media network sales. It is, evidently. The company has sent around a press release saying it is providing a …
