Mixer! October 5, 2008 by Dave HaynesThanks Dave. As always, spreading the world for the betterment of the industry. See you there!
Next local mixer set October 3, 2008 by Dave HaynesThe next Toronto-area mixer is a little more than a week away, so scribble this into your calendars.It is on the 14th, starting at 6:30 or so, on the upper level, at the back by the wine cellar, at Six Steps Restaurant in downtown Toronto. We’ve had a few now at this place and if …
Zoom Media adds to fast-growing network October 3, 2008 by Dave HaynesThe US wing of Zoom Media and Marketing (disclosure – client of my masters) has been on an acquisition tear lately and added to its foot print again yesterday through gaining the media rights to a large fitness chain.Zoom is now the place-based media provider for Balley’s, which has some 350 facilities. This means they sell the …
Two become one as Outcast October 2, 2008 by Dave HaynesOK, hands up everybody who has heard of a company called Bhootan.Anybody???Me neither, but they just announced a merger with one of the larger screen networks out there, Fuelcast, and the Bhootan guy is now the CEO of a blended company called Outcast.I like the name and the new website is nice, clean and cool. So good start.As …
Atlantic Lottery starts rolling out October 2, 2008 by Dave HaynesAnyone in this business who gets RFPs in the Inbox greets them with a mixture of excitement, dread and suspicion.Excitement because it usually means a pretty big job. Dread because of all the work. Suspicion because these things are often pre-cooked, and the RFP is just a due diligence and optics exercise for the company …
NOLA airport gets well-conceived screen network October 2, 2008 by Dave HaynesA lot of the attempts at digital screen networks in airports have left me indifferent or irritated, but there are a few out there that are pretty good. With experience under their belts, some of the big boys seem to be getting a better grip on how to develop an effective and useful network in these …
DSE East tally: 900 people October 1, 2008 by Dave HaynesPro AV Online has a quick little round-up about that Digital Signage Expo East show in Philly a couple of weeks ago, with the organizers suggesting there were 900 attendees and that poeple were happy as clams about how it all shook out.Digital Signage Expo East (DSE East) and Interactive Technology Expo East (ITEE), regional versions …
Transit TV adds poll-based trivia to screens October 1, 2008 by Dave Haynes I very happily work most days from home in my armed mountaintop compound, protected by soulless child ninja warriors, so I don’t ride buses.If I did, I would probably be much happier to watch a screen than spend 40 minutes trying to determine whether the mole on the back of some guy’s neck looked more …
OVAB to release audience metrics recommendations at month's end October 1, 2008 by Dave Haynes My BroadSign colleague Nurlan has a post up on the company blog about the Out-of-home Video Advertising Bureau getting set to release its audience metrics guidelines later this month at an OVAB digital summit in New York.Although I was involved in the reviewing of the Guidelines and provided some input as well, I cannot disclose any details of the …
Hitachi getting into 3-D wayfinding October 1, 2008 by Dave HaynesFrom Japan comes word that manufacturing giant Hitachi, which most know for making TVs but also does a big business in things like heavy equipment and nuke plants, sees a big opportunity in 3-D digital signage.Hitachi Ltd. has teamed up with Hitachi Information Systems Ltd. and digital video company CAD Center Corp. to start a …
