Zoom bags Canada's biggest fitness chain for Digital OOH expansion June 20, 2011 by Dave HaynesZoom Media has bagged a nice deal in Canada to get its digital screens running in the country’s dominant fitness chain, GoodLife. The high-definition overhead entertainment and digital signage system will run in some 275 venues and be operated by ClubCom, a subsidiary of the Montreal-based digital OOH company, reports Marketing magazine. The content will be …
NanoLumens wins big US breakthrough tech award June 16, 2011 by Dave HaynesNanoLumens beat out some very impressive technologies – including Kinect – to win the Breakthrough Technology category for the American Technology Awards, described as the only national “Best Of” awards recognizing all technology products and services throughout the U.S. Atlanta-based NanoLumens — which has gained a lot of attention and market traction for its lightweight, …
Omnishapes introduces hexagonal displays for shaped video walls June 15, 2011 by Dave HaynesChristie and Prysm have a new competitor in the video building blocks space – a German company called Eyevis that has launched a new product called Omnishapes. The company is showing the display blocks for the first time at InfoComm in Orlando. The units are very similar to the LED light engine tile products first …
Aerva wins NYC Port Authority media curtain software deal June 15, 2011 by Dave HaynesThis is probably not a big money deal, in terms of numbers of licenses, but a nice win nonetheless for Aerva because of the very high profile. The Boston-based software company won the deal to drive the 6,000 sq. ft. LED media curtain facade on New York Port Authority Bus Terminal. The “Mediamesh” goes live …
InfoComm DisplaySearch Conference: More AM notes June 14, 2011 by Dave HaynesMore notes from the morning session of the DisplaySearch conference. The Corning session was a bit of a letdown – more of an explanatory thing about how Gorilla Glass is made and little about the future of glass as a display surface. The Intel session was was pretty much just a run-through of what Intel …
InfoComm DisplaySearch Conference: AM notes June 14, 2011 by Dave HaynesI am in Orlando for InfoComm and sitting in on the one-day digital signage conference put on by the consulting company DisplaySearch. It’s well run, but I would not exactly call the place packed. My guess is there is room for 150 and attendance is maybe half of that. Some interesting observations from various display …
Non-profit for zoos starts own Digital OOH network; SeeSaw to sell ad space June 8, 2011 by Dave HaynesI’m going to flip a news release around and start with the bottom instead of the top, because I find that part more interesting than the simple news of a sales rep deal. An entity called Animals Inc. is the for-profit subsidiary of The Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA), a non-profit accrediting organization for …
Digital OOH network Newad adds online ad network June 8, 2011 by Dave HaynesWe’ve seen lots of mainstream media companies dip their toes into the Digital OOH sector, but it’s a different twist to see a Digital OOH company expand into another medium.. Montreal-based Newad has been making a transition from OOH to Digital OOH with its restaurant, bar and lifestyle-based poster networks in Canadian cities, and has …
Digital in-store player Mood Media named Canada's fastest-growing company June 1, 2011 by Dave HaynesIn an industry that has way more supply than demand it is news enough when a digital signage turns a good profit, so it is real news when one in this space is named the fastest-growing company in the country. Toronto-based Mood Media Corporation has been handed that recognition by Profit magazine, putting it at …
Micro-documentaries to tell Japan's rebuilding story on digital networks June 1, 2011 by Dave HaynesNeil van Wouw is an ex-patriate Canadian who has lived and worked for many years in Japan, and was in Tokyo the day the massive earthquale struick and then the tsunami washed into the coastal towns to the north. The event and its aftermath has prompted him to start an organization that will use digital …