RNIN's prospects looking brighter: Q3 numbers October 29, 2010 by Dave HaynesMy spidey senses were tingling this week, as I was thinking Wireless Ronin must be about due for its latest SEC filings. Sure enough, they’re out. You would hardly look at them and get bouncy, but the Minneapolis company is doing miles better than it has been in the last couple of years. Given how …
DPAA media summit audience dominated … wait for it … by media people October 29, 2010 by Dave HaynesIf you have been around this sector long enough, and attended enough events, you know that too often these things involve a lot of vendors and consultants talking to each other. Too few sellers, not enough buyers is a common source of frustration. I wondered how the Digital Place-based Advertising Association’s media summit this week …
DSF skeds pre-DSE golf tourney October 27, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe Digital Signage Federation is organizing a golf day on the Monday of Digital Signage Expo week in Lost Wages. The event runs on Feb. 21st, a day ahead of the DSE’s pre-conference programming. It is a shot-gun start mid-morning at TPC Las Vegas, which I will assume is really really hard. I also assume …
DPAA summit opens, some encouraging signs October 27, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe DPAA’s media summit is on in NYC and there are some encouraging signals from the event. First, the novelty of a year ago of tweeting from events is now getting to be the norm. Graeme Spicer of NEC and Stu Armstrong of EnQii are both tweeting, as are others I expect. Use the hash …
DPAA's Media Summit kicks off this AM October 27, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe DPAA’s 2010 Digital Media Summit is on all today in NYC, and we hope the event draws a strong agency/media crowd. It would be a BIG stretch to say the event was well-promoted in the digital signage and DOOH sector, but that’s not the crowd that needs to be at this thing anyway. It …
Pro hockey's opener takes over LED boards in Toronto's Dundas Square October 26, 2010 by Dave HaynesNOTE – Aaron Campus is an industry friend. Over lunch the other day, he related his recent experiences with a live event that used digital signage on giant LED boards. I asked if he’d do me a favour and write it up. The NHL started its season in style this year on October 7th with …
Squash goes interactive with Aerva October 25, 2010 by Dave HaynesBoston-based Aerva does a nice newsletter and the latest one in my Inbox has a piece about the program it put together last month at the city’s historic Symphony Hall – the World Squash Champions Challenge. Four of the top squash players in the world played on a state-of-the-art glass court inside the symphone, in front …
Ariel Way in a bad way October 25, 2010 by Dave HaynesAbout three years ago a company called Ariel Way started making a pile of announcements about partnerships and acquisitions and big plans that included digital signage. Then they kinda went off the radar screen about as quick as they came on. The recession, it appears, was a bit of a 2 by 4 to the …
LocaModa works deal to socialize PRN October 25, 2010 by Dave HaynesLocaModa has completed a nice little deal with PRN that sees its social media integration technology rolled into the content offer on the PRN Checkout TV Network in supermarkets. Says the release: PRN and LocaModa will jointly develop a suite of cross-channel ad units (advertising opportunities) designed to enhance customer engagement at checkout by integrating …
CHMN’s medical waiting room gains national footprint October 25, 2010 by Dave HaynesWe’re seeing media sales by DOOH networks get rolled up in a couple of ways. One is by signing on with aggregation services like Adcentricity or SeeSaw (or others, there are a few now) or via services such as rVue. The other is through affiliate networks – essentially similar networks in the same vertical who …