GSTV skips cocktail party; does beer pong tourney instead July 26, 2010 by Super UserYou have to hand it to the DOOH companies that are duking it out in the gas station space – they don’t necessarily stick to the well-beaten path. We have Pumptop TV doing things very differently with its content mix (this week it is clips from the World Hop Hop Dance Championships). And now we …
Three birthday candles for DailyDOOH July 25, 2010 by Super UserWhen little kids turn three they stop a lot of their babbling and start to form coherent sentences, so we’re hoping the same thing will now apply with DailyDOOH and its crack team. ;-] More seriously, happy three years to Adrian and the kids at DailyDOOH, which I think can be safely assessed as the …
KPMG report suggests consumer privacy concerns easing July 23, 2010 by Super UserThe monster professional services firm KPMG released a pile of research this week on privacy and digital security, with the common thread being an indication that consumers are, depending on how you come at this, relaxing about the implications, or just letting their collective guard down. KPMG in its latest installment of “Consumers and Convergence” …
Barco got dZine for 8M Euro, plus … July 22, 2010 by Super UserDenis at OOH-TV dug up the financials on the Barco acquisition of another Belgian company, software maker dZine. In its Q2 2010 financial report, Barco gave more details with regards to its recent dZine acquisition. As stated in the document: “Beginning July 2010 Barco closed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of the Belgium-based …
Display-focused digital signage conference set for next month in Silicon Valley July 22, 2010 by Super UserThe market research company DisplaySearch is staging a display-centric (go figure) Digital Signage Conference on August 17 in San Jose, CA, baked into an overall conference. It is billed as bringing in speakers that cross the spectrum of the digital signage supply chain, but is understandably heavy on the display folks. It’s a pretty good …
DSE backers plan matchmaker weekend July 21, 2010 by Super UserIf you are a digital signage vendor with $9,000-$15,000 burning a hole in your undoubtedly deep pockets, you can relieve of yourself of that burden now during a relaxing weekend at a resort and spa in San Diego this fall. Digital Signage Expo has organized what it is calling an industry forum on the extended …
400 digital signage software companies, and counting … July 20, 2010 by Super UserJames van Etten does the Clippings industry intelligence newsletter that rounds up industry news overnight and drops it into 1,000s of email inboxes. At least I think he still does. I have not received one in months. Whatever the case, he issued a report today looking at the rankings of software companies, based on Google …
Agency giant forecasts global ad spend uptick for 2010 and beyond July 19, 2010 by Super UserAgency giant Zenith Optimedia’s latest ad spend forecasts a modest growth in globally, with the big US market on the lethargic side and Canada growing faster than average. The US was expected to contract this year but is now expected to grow by 1.3% in 2010. Canada, which didn’t entirely dodge the Great Recession but …
RMG adds Yahoo's CMO to board July 19, 2010 by Super UserRMG Networks, aka Reach Media Group, has added Elisa Steele, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Yahoo!, to its Board of Directors. Steele oversees the company’s global marketing strategy and therefore controls a budget that included a $100 million ad campaign last year and another one this spring that cost an estimated $75-$85 …
Rare street-level interactive sighting in Canada July 19, 2010 by Super UserThere has been very little interactive street-level stuff done in Canada so far, which I find a little baffling. But now and then stuff does pop up, like a BMO Financial Group grassroots soccer campaign running at the company’s flagship downtown Toronto branch. Eight linked LCD screens use a combination of motion capture and touch …
