DSE 2011 – Screenfeed does content deal with AOL February 23, 2011 by Dave HaynesScreenfeed has done a content partnership deal with AOL that will get the online giant’s premium and niche content running on digital signage and digital out-of-home networks. The Screenfeed content feeds include topics such as cooking, entertainment, home improvement, finance, sports, style and travel. Jeremy Gavin and his guys at the Minneapolis content shop have …
DSE 2011 – Preset Mixer attracts Big crowd February 23, 2011 by Dave HaynesBack from Preset Group DSE Mixer. I truly have no idea how many people were there, but at least 250, maybe 300. A whole bunch. A pile of people attended, some arriving 15 minutes early and the last stragglers not leaving until after 10. Great crowd, and great chats with a mob of people. I …
DSE 2011 – PQ Media says DOOH to grow by 16.9 in 2011 February 22, 2011 by Dave HaynesPQ Media has put out it’s latest numbers on the global Digital OOH revenue, saying the sector grew by 16.3 percent last year and hitting $6.47 billion in revenue. Patrick Quinn’s forecast, released at DSE today, suggest 2011 growth will be another 16.7 per cent. Separating out US numbers, Quinn’s number-massage team says American growth …
DSE Walkabout – The Cosmopolitan February 22, 2011 by Dave Haynes Had dinner with Pat Hellberg and Mr. 11th Screen, Mike Cearley. Great chat, as always. Then Pat and I wandered over to the new Cosmpolitan resort at MGM City Center – perhaps the last large and opulent place Lost Wages will see for a while. Very nice, though just about everything opened or reno’d in …
DSF golf day at DSE February 22, 2011 by Dave HaynesAll I will say is that if a ball creamed a car along some street running adjacent to TPC Las Vegas, it wasn’t mine. Mine was the other one. Good event. Ten foursomes. Jeff Dowell from LG put up a 3D TV as the big prize, won by Andy Bruce. Long and lean Dowell won …
DSE Day One – DSF Golf Day February 21, 2011 by Dave HaynesGot out of Toronto last night storm nipping at plane’s tail. Nice chunk of locals heading to show in clung Capital Network’s, Angelo Kosmidis from Apex (BUSY Canadian integrator) and Mark Mantha, who has left Alchemy and is town talking about next gig. In very late and now up too early. The DSF has it’s …
DDC done … call the guys Cineplex Digital Solutions February 18, 2011 by Dave HaynesDDC, aka Digital Display & Communications Inc., has been rebranded as Cineplex Digital Solutions (CDS)., as of today. The new handle comes roughly eight months after Stuart, Steve and the rest of the crew were acquired by Cineplex Entertainment in July 2010. Cineplex is Canada’s largest movie theatre chain and already runs some digital networks, …
DSE 2011 – Looking ahead to next week February 18, 2011 by Dave HaynesI am getting carpet-bombed with emails from public relations inviting me to their DSE vendor clients’ booths next week for private tours and chats with various bosses. I go to DSE as a press guy because I end up writing a lot about the show, I get broad access, and the press room has a …
Adcentricity releases latest DOOH outlooks and market reviews February 17, 2011 by Dave HaynesThere is a pile of good information and insights in the latest Adcentricity resource guides released today and available to anyone interested. It’s smart marketing and also speaks to the unselfish notion of helping raise the industry through sharing and distributing information. The company, which positions itself now as a location based digital ad network …
Mixer Sponsor Profiles: DMG, Harris, POPAI February 17, 2011 by Dave HaynesNote: Part Two, following on a Wednesday post … The big Preset Group DSE Mixer is our way of getting a lot of industry friends together for a casual networking evening just ahead of the mayhem to follow the next day, as the trade show hall opens at Digital Signage Expo. The thing has grown into a …