JADN – A round-up from Pub Zone April 11, 2008 by Dave Haynes Pub Zone is a long-time online publication that keeps tabs on the advertising and marketing industries. They had a writer at the JADN event in Montreal earlier in the week, and filed this. And Patricia Vandal sent me some snapshots from the show, including one of the three bloggers fielding questions. That’s me on the …
Someone finally runs with digital picture frames as a DS network April 11, 2008 by Dave Haynes As digital picture frames have started turning up for sale just about everywhere, and grown more sophisticated, it was only a matter of time until someone decided to use the wireless-enabled ones to run a network. Tethered versions have popped up in the past, including one in Montreal that embedded photo frames in hand dryers …
JADN: Gerba's take on key advice for newbies April 10, 2008 by Dave HaynesSmart people would look on a map of the northeast, think for a second or two, and conclude that driving from Montreal to Manchester, NH makes a a lot more sense than flying. So here I sit in row 7 of 9 on something called a Beech 1900D, in hour five of my 6-plus hour …
Captive Channel quietly builds national footprint April 9, 2008 by Dave Haynes In the run-up to my JADN presentation I made a few phone calls around to some network operators who I was told I should mention – Toronto’s Captive Channel among them. VERY quietly, this company has built up a screen network that has cornered the independent and small chain grocery channel in Canada. What’s interesting …
JADN event draws healthy crowd in Montreal April 9, 2008 by Dave HaynesI am in Montreal, buried in RFP work one can only hope is worth all the effort. Though I could not afford the time, I did indeed sneak off and attend the second annual JADN industry conference. More detail to come, but here’s a very quick rundown. About 150 people, heavily Francophone (which is only …
Sharp re-announces new signage software … I think April 3, 2008 by Dave HaynesPerhaps borrowing from the wily ways of politicians, who love to re-announce funding for projects, Sharp has re-announced it is in the digital signage software game. Loyal readers with gaping holes in their social lives may recall a post a few months ago about Sharp’s Japanese offices announcing e-Signage, a DS offer bundled with their …
Another free software offer enters the fray April 3, 2008 by Dave Haynes From the somewhat unlikely locale of Puerto Rico (if I lived there I would not be hunched over indoors writing code for a living), comes another company taking the “freeconomics” approach to DS software. According to a press release sent to me: SAN JUAN, PR-March 31, 2008 – s3mer inc. announced today the beginning of …
Ad spend flat-lined in U.S. April 1, 2008 by Dave HaynesThe wheezing U.S. economy has, not surprisingly, had a ripple effect on ad spend in that country. Marketing Daily is reporting that overall ad spend was up 0.6 per cent last year, or pretty much flatlined year to year. Measurement company Nielsen Company has released numbers showing the big boys, the top 10 ad buyers, …
Coxcom moving to Milton, getting under one roof March 31, 2008 by Dave HaynesToronto-area satellite and DS rollout specialist Coxcom has announced it is consolidating its operations under one roof in Milton, Ontario — about 20 minutes up the road from itts current cluster of buildings on the Oakville-Mississauga border. “With the sustained growth of our satellite services division, and the rapid growth of our digital signage and …
Clear Channel LED boards hacked by graffiti artist March 26, 2008 by Dave Haynes UPDATE: See the comments. ClearChannel says this was a paid ad. “The skull phone digital display was a paid advertisement that represented themselves as advertising for an art display. The claim that anyone allegedly “hacked into” the display through the internet or by entering the physical location is totally false.” The plot thickens … I …
