Lemme see: Do I Hang Out With Alan Brawn or Halle Berry … March 6, 2013 by Super User That is Phil Cohen, the Chairman of the Digital Signage Federation, in the immediate vicinity of pulse-raising Hollywood actress Halle Berry. @philipmcohen and Halle Berry at #TheCallMovie premiere! pic.twitter.com/XMoJilDG3y— Kim Sarubbi (@SaddleRanchDigi) March 6, 2013 When not hanging out with Alan Brawn, Ken Goldberg and other DSF folks, or running Care Media, Cohen slums as …
Video Blog: Wandering The Sides And Back Of The DSE Floor March 6, 2013 by Super User It took a while, but here’s the second of three video posts we shot last week on the DSE show floor. The premise for this one is simple enough. People naturally gravitate to the big booths when they walk into trade shows. Being slightly nuts, and having been at this show many, many times, I …
Real-Time Buying Exchange For DOOH Does $1.5M Raise March 6, 2013 by Super User In theory, at least, some company is going to make money, instead of chew through it, rolling up and selling Digital OOH media. There are a number of companies dead (SeeSaw) or very, very quiet (rVue, Adcentricity) who have had a run at that market, and others you don’t hear much about. But the attraction …
Projects: Impulse Buy Screens At Sydney Opera House March 6, 2013 by Super User So, I would like to sit and have a drink here. Just saying. The Australian integrator Mediaplay and its software partner YCD Multimedia have sent out details and images of a project involving the Opera Kitchen restaurant, which is part of Sydney’s iconic Sydney Opera House. The restaurant is an open air venue located on …
Prysm Gets Japan Distribution Deal With Sony March 6, 2013 by Super User Sony does pro displays and video walls, but the business solution side of its business in Japan evidently doesn’t see much of a conflict in also marketing Prysm’s video display blocks in that country. Prysm has done a deal with Sony Business Solutions Corporation that will the San Jose, CA-based company’s Laser Phosphor Display technology …
Projects: Esplanade Centre In Medicine Hat March 5, 2013 by Super User The Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre in Medicine Hat, Alberta (for people who like this sort of Canadiana, about 90 minutes west of Swift Current, five hours west of Moose Jaw and 63 hours west of Joe Batt’s Arm) has installed a digital signage network to promote current and upcoming events at the venue. The …
Follow The Money Dep’t: OAAA Says Outdoor Spend Up 4.2% In 2012 March 5, 2013 by Super User OOH advertising revenue rose 4.2%, to $6.7 billion, based on new figures from the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, aka OAAA. The OAAA also said OOH revenue figures were up 3.4% in Q4, compared to 2011. That was the 11th straight quarter with an uptick. “Out of home continues to perform well year after year, …
Ronin Looking For $1.56M In Direct Public Offering March 5, 2013 by Super User With money on hand running out, Wireless Ronin has announced an agreement to sell approximately $1.56 million of its securities in a registered direct offering. The Minneapolis-based digital signage software and services firm will “issue 868,000 units at a price of $1.80 per unit, with each unit consisting of (i) one share of common stock, and …
Mixer Wrap-Up And 2014 Plans March 5, 2013 by Super User I sent off an email to everyone who registered for last week’s mixer, thanking them for coming out (297 did) and asking for comments. A separate email went to sponsors. The consensus seems to be that the venue was ideal in location, size, style and service – so our much-travelled little event may finally have …
Intel And Sapient Demo’d Nice Interactive Retail Piece At DSE (with Video) March 5, 2013 by Super User I have seen some stuff at Intel’s booth at past DSEs that I thought were interesting but didn’t have a prayer of ever getting outside a trade show booth environment. But as I squeezed and slipped my way through Intel’s glass corral last week I saw some stuff that I thought had legs. The one …
