Intel NUC’s Digital Signage Sector With Impressive $300 Box November 30, 2012 by Super User I certainly think about Intel being front and center in the computing business, but much more being Intel Inside as opposed to the actual PC maker. But the tech giant has started marketing something called the Next Unit of Computing, or better, the NUC. It’s a 4 inch by 4 inch little box that’s about the …
OAAA: Out Of Home Ad Spend Up 4.4% in Q3 November 29, 2012 by Super User The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) says advertising revenue was more than $1.5 billion in the US in Q3, up 4.4% from the same period last year. McDonald’s is the big dog in OOH spending, followed by Verizon and Chase. The OAAA says FOX and NBC are also big spenders, and BBC America’s OOH budget grew …
Digital Wayfinding Firm Jibestream Wins Canadian Innovation Honour November 29, 2012 by Super User Toronto-based wayfinding software firm Jibestream won a competition that saw the small firm dubbed one of Canada’s most innovative companies. The contest involved an audience of more than 500 investors, entrepreneurs, and business analysts at a Canadian Innovation Exchange event Wednesday in Toronto. The CIX event was a real-time stock trading game that involved raising virtual …
Real Digital Media Expands Sales To Europe November 28, 2012 by Super User Ken Goldberg and his guys at Real Digital Media have crossed the big pond, cutting a deal with a London-based holding company that signals the company’s entry to the European market. Integrated Signage Solutions, Ltd. (or ISS) has exclusive rights to market, license and support RDM’s NEOCAST platform in Europe. Says a press release: Real Digital Media will …
Casio Turns On New Countertop Merchandising Displays November 28, 2012 by Super User Casio Computer is getting deeper into the digital signage business (they have been peddling projectors in the space for a while) with a new countertop display system that is part LED projector, part projection film and part laser something or other. The company plans to market the technology to restaurants and c-stores in Japan, the …
Stratacache Opens Hong Kong Sales & Support Office November 26, 2012 by Super User STRATACACHE has opened a new sales and support office in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong as the Dayton, Ohio-based digital media company looks to expand its business in the Asia-Pacific region. “STRATACACHE’s new office in Hong Kong provides a great local base in the region, allowing us to offer our clients exceptional support and access to …
Financials: Wireless Ronin’s Groundhog Day Numbers November 23, 2012 by Super User There’s a bit of a Groundhog Day thing going when it comes to the quarterly financials coming out of embattled software company Wireless Ronin. Quarter after quarter after quarter, they lose a pile of money. And quarter after quarter people like me, sitting safely in the bleachers, wonder how long they can hang on. But …
CETW Opts Out Of Spring Vegas Show To Focus On Growing Fall NYC Event November 20, 2012 by Super User JD Events, the company behind Customer Engagement Technology World, has announced it will not be going ahead with a show this coming spring in Las Vegas, opting instead to be entirely focused on a single show each fall in New York. The decision, said CETW show general manager Lawrence Dvorchik, was made prior to the …
CETW Proceeding As Planned November 1, 2012 by Super User Lawrence Dvorchik, the longtime organizer of Customer Engagement Technology World (aka CETW) traded emails with me yesterday, after I guessed correctly that people in some corners were all worked up about the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the trade show planned for the middle of next week in New York. In the wake of starting …
Planning: ADstruc, Telmar Work Strategic Partnership October 31, 2012 by Super User ADstruc and Telmar have worked a strategic partnership and integration deal that sees one of the biggest media planning platforms tied into a platform that helps agencies find out of home and digital out of home media avails. “An industry first,” says ADstruc, “Telmar’s planning software now seamlessly connects into ADstruc’s buying software to provide …
