The other couple: DSA and CETW now BFFs October 4, 2010 by Super UserThe Digital Screenmedia Association (DSA) has – SURPRISE!!! – formally hooked up with Customer Engagement Technology World (CETW), the trade show formerly now as The Digital Signage Show, or even more so, as Kioskcom. CETW is now officially the trade show of the DSA, with the first event (informally) set for next month in NYC, …
Are DOOH networks in big retail tainted? October 4, 2010 by Super UserThe venerable trade publication Advertising Age has a piece up called “In-store TV Still Fighting For Respect — And Marketing Dollars.” OK. Agreed on the headline. Then there’s the kicker, secondary headline: “Why a Little Something Called the ‘Taint’ Still Matters.” The premise here is that the digital retailing medium has a taint about it …
Industry mixer set for Monday night in NYC September 30, 2010 by Super UserThe Digital Screenmedia Association is organizing an industry mixer for this coming Monday night in New York, ahead of the Digital Signage Investor Conference the next day and at the tail end of the meeting Steve Nesbit is running Monday for the cast of 1,000s who’ve received patent infringement notices recently. They will need a …
RMG adds to footprint with taxi screens September 28, 2010 by Super UserReach Media Group has added another 5,000 screens to its available inventory, and like in other recent deals without eating all the capex costs, by working a deal with Taxi Magic, which has advertising bundled with its fare payment system in cabs. Says a release: RMG will provide a localized video entertainment solution that will …
Interactive projection/kiosk promos new Nissan Leaf September 28, 2010 by Super UserThe guys at Spyeglass in Minneapolis sent along a release with pix and video of a project that uses their projection film and interactive touch foil. Through the reseller, RTT, USA Inc., and a pile of other companies doing different but related stuff, the projection film was part of a roving promo program for Nissan’s …
Samsung shows off its smart TV widgets (from rAVe) September 27, 2010 by Super UserFrom Sixteen:Nine’s content partner rAVe [Publications], a shaky (but stick with it as it settles out) video demo-ing Samsung’s Smart TV gadgets and general capabilities at last week’s CEDIA show. The webinar I did last week discussed widgets and gadgets and how they can start to make an IPTV loook more and more like a …
NanoLumens screens named among top tech innovations September 27, 2010 by Super UserCongratulations to the guys down in Atlanta behind NanoLumens, who were cited today as a runner-up in the Wall Street Journal’s Technology Innovation Awards. Given the other runners-up were Nokia and Ford Motor Co., that’s a fairly impressive accomplishment. The winner in the category was a Taiwanese company that does paper-thin displays. NanoLumens, if you …
Guest Post: Out Of Home Day (Canada) – Recap September 26, 2010 by RajiThis past week I attended OOH Day in Toronto. It was my second time at this event, the first since 2005. Great event, with some noticeable differences from the 2005 event. One difference was the prominence of DOOH suppliers, compared to mainstream OOH suppliers. Meaning everything was digital … from Ad Mirrors, Ad Pods, Cinema …
Will trade ruling lower flat panel prices in Europe? September 22, 2010 by Super UserFrom Chris Sava and Display Alliance News comes word that the European Union will not appeal a ruling this summer that it has to stop imposing a 14 per cent tariff on imports of high-end LCD flat panels. The World Trade Organization had ruled that the EU was slapping on the tariff for anything bigger …
Webinar tomorrow on where CMS platforms are going September 21, 2010 by Super UserDigital Signage Magazine and NEC asked me to present on a free webinar tomorrow about content management systems for digital signage. Mike Zmuda – a nice, sharp and straight-talking guy who handles biz dev for NEC – will give the skinny on VUKUNET, but I had free reins to blabber on about whatever I wanted. …
