DOOH giant Accent Health does the CEO Shuffle June 22, 2010 by Dave HaynesAccentHealth, one of the biggest DOOH networks in the US, has switched out CEOs, with Daniel Stone replacing Richard Ruth, who co-founded the thing and has been with the company for 15 years. There is no back story provided in the press release about why Ruth is leaving, not even a pursuing other opportunities line. …
Top Five Posts of the Week June 18, 2010 by Dave HaynesOne of the nice things that my move to WordPress gives me is a dashboard and instant analytics on what people are reading – something that was probably possible -somewhere in Joomla. So now I can see what people are reading and what they could care less about. This week, the top posts were: Movie …
DOOH creative part of Canadian New Media Awards … but just June 18, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe 10th annual Canadian New Media Awards committee is now accepting nominations for the set of honors it will hand out in November, at Toronto’s Design Exchange. Google Alert flags digital out of home for me, and with some extra searching I read that DOOH is one of the examples of the the type of …
Movie theatre giant Cineplex buys Canada's DDC June 17, 2010 by Dave HaynesIn a really interesting move, Canada’s biggest movie theatre chain has agreed to acquire one of the country’s oldest and most respected digital signage services companies, DDC. (Disclosure: clients and friends, but this was news to me this morning) Says the release: Canada’s movie exhibitor Cineplex Entertainment LP, which is owned by Cineplex Galaxy Income …
Is 3D the digital signage future? June 14, 2010 by Dave HaynesIs all this sudden 3D buzz the product of hype? Sure. Does it work? Well, yes, in a “this will really be cool when it gets better” way. Read on: https://www.sixteen-nine.net/?page_id=2570
Captivate drops screwball ad format; goes mainstream June 14, 2010 by Dave HaynesWhen the old Elevator News Network and Captivate Network merged almost a decade ago I was, for a few months, a Captivate guy. Then, like the rest of the Canadian executive team, I got walked off the plank. I stayed interested in what they were doing, and was dismayed and confused when the Captivate guys …
Where are the content people? June 11, 2010 by Dave HaynesI was at InfoComm chatting and mostly listening to Dos Dosanjh from Cisco, who is the company’s content evangelist (though I don’t think that is what’s on his biz card). We were having one of those conversations that many, many of us who’ve been around for a while have about the poor state of content …
InfoComm Day 2 – Impressions June 11, 2010 by Dave HaynesAnd here I sit at Gate B15, getting the heck out of Las Vegas, at least for a while. Nine days on the ground here is tooo much. By about 2 PM walking around the LVCC I was done, but kept on visiting people. I wandered into most corners of the floor, yakking with a …
Another display vendor gets into digital signage software game June 10, 2010 by Dave HaynesLG Electronics has announced a turnkey digital signage solution called LG SignNET, that includes hardware, software, news feeds from CNN, and a dozen starter templates. Aimed at the SMB market, the service is set to come available by end of summer, and gives customers a full-meal deal at $179/month, for three year agreements. The deal …
InfoComm Impressions – Day One June 10, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe big AV gadget show is on here in Las Vegas, with a few days of seminars for that crowd followed by a three day exhibit hall. This show gets something like 30,000 and it is a must for people who deploy screens. I don’t have a bunch of solid impressions just yet because my …