RMG adds to footprint with taxi screens September 28, 2010 by Super UserReach Media Group has added another 5,000 screens to its available inventory, and like in other recent deals without eating all the capex costs, by working a deal with Taxi Magic, which has advertising bundled with its fare payment system in cabs. Says a release: RMG will provide a localized video entertainment solution that will …
NanoLumens screens named among top tech innovations September 27, 2010 by Super UserCongratulations to the guys down in Atlanta behind NanoLumens, who were cited today as a runner-up in the Wall Street Journal’s Technology Innovation Awards. Given the other runners-up were Nokia and Ford Motor Co., that’s a fairly impressive accomplishment. The winner in the category was a Taiwanese company that does paper-thin displays. NanoLumens, if you …
Will trade ruling lower flat panel prices in Europe? September 22, 2010 by Super UserFrom Chris Sava and Display Alliance News comes word that the European Union will not appeal a ruling this summer that it has to stop imposing a 14 per cent tariff on imports of high-end LCD flat panels. The World Trade Organization had ruled that the EU was slapping on the tariff for anything bigger …
DS Talent Pool: Tom McGowan September 20, 2010 by Super UserTom McGowan and I met on my first day on the job with BroadSign, having been enticed to join the team. He impressed me right away, because he spoke his mind and knew the technical side of the business like few I’d run into through the years. He’s the subject of my latest Talent Pool …
Sixteen:Nine and rAVe work new partnership September 14, 2010 by Super UserWell after 1,700-plus posts, the odd angry letter and threatened lawsuit, and endless side notes about me being “such a smart-ass”, Sixteen:Nine is making a bit of a big move this week. I have entered into a content and sales/marketing partnership with rAVe [Publications] that will see some Sixteen:Nine content being used on rAVe’s AV …
Neo exits Canada, sells network to partner September 14, 2010 by Super UserNeo Advertising has sold its mall food court network to its mall media partner Traffic, effectively ending the Swiss-based company’s activity in North America (having earlier abandoned once aggressive US expansion plans). The deal has been in the works for several months and I kept hearing chatter about it being on and off, on and …
New video streaming startup takes aim at digital signage sector September 13, 2010 by Super UserA suburban Boston video startup called BurstPoint Networks Inc. came out of stealth mode today and announced some interesting technology it says has a role to play in, among other things, enterprise-level digital signage networks. Reports Mass High Tech: BurstPoint, based in Westborough, is making a series of products that convert all video that an …
Digital Signage special in Canuck national newspaper this AM September 8, 2010 by Super UserLyle Bunn has worked with special sections trade publisher Media Planet on USA Today newspaper supplements on the DS industry, and this summer he was engaged to pull one together focused on the Canadian market. It’s out this morning as a polished-looking insert in the National Post, one of Canada’s two nationally distributed English-language newspapers. …
1,700 and counting September 8, 2010 by Super UserWordPress is telling I went past 1,700 posts today. This is actually post 1,705 (busy day). That’s 1,705 going back to Feb. 2006, when I started writing in tongues. Thanks for reading and the little notes I get here and there from people telling me they appreciate the snarkiness and occasionally useful information. Biggish news, probably, maybe, …
