Japanese firm stitching three plasmas together for jumbo screen May 20, 2008 by Dave Haynes The Japanese firm Shinoda plasma will have a booth next month at infoComm in Las Vegas, humping the delights of a curvy 125-inch plasma display – really three smaller plasma tube arrays stiched together to create a super widescreen. Reports Engadget: The 3- x 1-meter display consists of three PTA (plasma tube array) modules connected …
CODA's next breakfast club meeting on content May 16, 2008 by Dave Haynes The Canadian Out-of-home Digital Association started a breakfast series recently aimed at educating members and also drawing in new potential members. The date, location and subject of the next one has been announced. The good news is it is in downtown and accessible by means other than 10-kmh freeways at rush hour. Details: The Future …
Ingram Micro starts tech fair tour in Great White North May 14, 2008 by Dave Haynes The first of three digital signage technology days that Ingram Micro is running around the country this month went off in Toronto yesterday, with maybe 100 people or so taking in a bunch of show and tells with vendors, and then moving around a micro trade show. There is another one next week in Vancouver, …
CODA's next breakfast session planned May 7, 2008 by Dave HaynesI missed the last (and first) Canadian Out-of-home Digital Association breakfast seminar session last week – partly because e-mail mistakes meant I didn’t know about it until the last minute, and partly because of my limited enthusiasm for inching along many miles of Toronto’s infamous 401 highway (16 lanes at some points) during morning rush …
Major screen networks to get Nielsen ratings April 24, 2008 by Dave HaynesA big development out of that one-day industry conference in New York yesterday – word that measurement giant Nielsen is going to start distributing ratings reports on some of the larger place-based video networks in the US. Reports MediaPost (which organized the event): In a move that could bring the kind of structure to the …
Mixer reminder April 24, 2008 by Dave HaynesA quick reminder that the next mixer for the Toronto industry (and anyone else who’s strayed through town) is tonight at Alice Fazooli’s. Things should start around 6:30, and carry on from there. The place is about halfway between Spadina and University on Adelaide. There is an NBA playoff game on at the ACC tonight, …
The mixer is set – April 24 April 17, 2008 by Dave Haynes We’re going to Alice Fazooli’s, which is just west of the big tall building forest of downtown Toronto. Thursday, April 24 6:30 and on No formal host has stepped up for this one … yet Address: Alice Fazooli’s Italian Grill (bar) 294 Adelaide Street West Map: http://www.alicefazoolis.com/mapToronto.html For newcomers – a chance for people in …
NAB holds session on DS basics April 17, 2008 by Dave HaynesThe NAB show is a massive event tuned to the technology side of the mainstream broadcasting business, and new media initiatives have never been a big part of the proceedings. However, this year’s event in Las Vegas (where else?) had a session on our weird little industry, and the organizers got some pretty impressive names …
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 …
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 …
