DS Talent Pool: Tom McGowan September 20, 2010 by Super UserTom McGowan and I met on my first day on the job with BroadSign, having been enticed to join the team. He impressed me right away, because he spoke his mind and knew the technical side of the business like few I’d run into through the years. He’s the subject of my latest Talent Pool …
Sixteen:Nine and rAVe work new partnership September 14, 2010 by Super UserWell after 1,700-plus posts, the odd angry letter and threatened lawsuit, and endless side notes about me being “such a smart-ass”, Sixteen:Nine is making a bit of a big move this week. I have entered into a content and sales/marketing partnership with rAVe [Publications] that will see some Sixteen:Nine content being used on rAVe’s AV …
Neo exits Canada, sells network to partner September 14, 2010 by Super UserNeo Advertising has sold its mall food court network to its mall media partner Traffic, effectively ending the Swiss-based company’s activity in North America (having earlier abandoned once aggressive US expansion plans). The deal has been in the works for several months and I kept hearing chatter about it being on and off, on and …
DSE Industry Forum in San Diego looks fully subscribed September 13, 2010 by Super UserDigital Signage Expo’s Industry Forum next month in San Diego appears to be fully subscribed with the sponsors needed to make this all click. The first (I think) of its kind targeting the sector, the forum borrows on a popular tech sector event formula that invites some 30 C-level types for a weekend retreat, at …
New video streaming startup takes aim at digital signage sector September 13, 2010 by Super UserA suburban Boston video startup called BurstPoint Networks Inc. came out of stealth mode today and announced some interesting technology it says has a role to play in, among other things, enterprise-level digital signage networks. Reports Mass High Tech: BurstPoint, based in Westborough, is making a series of products that convert all video that an …
"Well, duh" Dep't: DSF and DSE are BFF September 9, 2010 by Super UserIn an announcement this evening I would describe as, ummm, quirky … the Digital Signage Federation (DSF) has rather grandly named Digital Signage Expo (DSE) its official trade show, and in turn the DSF is the exclusive trade association sponsor of DSE, the industry’s largest annual gathering. The agreement is described as historic, but I’d venture …
Digital Signage special in Canuck national newspaper this AM September 8, 2010 by Super UserLyle Bunn has worked with special sections trade publisher Media Planet on USA Today newspaper supplements on the DS industry, and this summer he was engaged to pull one together focused on the Canadian market. It’s out this morning as a polished-looking insert in the National Post, one of Canada’s two nationally distributed English-language newspapers. …
1,700 and counting September 8, 2010 by Super UserWordPress is telling I went past 1,700 posts today. This is actually post 1,705 (busy day). That’s 1,705 going back to Feb. 2006, when I started writing in tongues. Thanks for reading and the little notes I get here and there from people telling me they appreciate the snarkiness and occasionally useful information. Biggish news, probably, maybe, …
Tour of Ogilvy's Innovation Lab part of next NYC The Screen event September 8, 2010 by Super UserThe Screen USA is holding another one of its morning breakfast briefings in New York later this month, this one focused on creative. The event is being held in cooperation with the global creative agency Ogilvy & Mather – with a morning briefing to be held at Ogilvy’s Manhattan headquarters on Tuesday the 21st, followed by …
