RMG adds Yahoo's CMO to board July 19, 2010 by Super UserRMG Networks, aka Reach Media Group, has added Elisa Steele, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Yahoo!, to its Board of Directors. Steele oversees the company’s global marketing strategy and therefore controls a budget that included a $100 million ad campaign last year and another one this spring that cost an estimated $75-$85 …
Rare street-level interactive sighting in Canada July 19, 2010 by Super UserThere has been very little interactive street-level stuff done in Canada so far, which I find a little baffling. But now and then stuff does pop up, like a BMO Financial Group grassroots soccer campaign running at the company’s flagship downtown Toronto branch. Eight linked LCD screens use a combination of motion capture and touch …
Barco buys dZine software firm July 19, 2010 by Super UserLED board giant Barco has announced closing a deal to acquire another Belgian firm – the digital signage solutions company dZine. In a release, Barco said the price tag was less than one time annual sales of dZine, excluding an earn-out provision over the next two and a half years. I don’t have an MBA …
Gov't-backed DOOH company starts rollout in Emirates July 19, 2010 by Super UserThe government-backed Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) has launched a pure-play digital out of home ad media company that is all about advertising and media services in the Emirates and around the Middle East. The company already has a broad portfolio of broadcast and print assets. Bankrolled by the Abu Dhabi government through ADMC, the …
Back at the desk July 19, 2010 by Super UserOk, I seem to mostly have my act together after a week on the other side of the … zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Mostly, I stress … I had to look on my boarding pass on the flight home to not only confirm it was the 16th, but that it was Friday. Very disorienting for a Far East …
OBN shutting down LED board business July 16, 2010 by Super UserSad to relay news that Canada’s Outdoor Broadcast Network (aka OBN) is shutting down its national LED board network, having decided there isn’t enough money yet in the still emerging DOOH marketplace to warrant the reinvestment capital needed for upgraded displays. The company, started and run by my old Elevator News Network colleagues Peter Irwin …
Off the grid next week July 10, 2010 by Super UserMe no postee very much next week. I’m at a client thing all week, in Asia, so no time or ability to post. I think. My butt may never be the same given the airplane hours I am about to log. BUT, looking forward to the stuff once on the ground. Can’t say much, but …
Digital Signage Federation adds standards group; chairs for other committees July 1, 2010 by Super UserWell, I thought the tomato fight between the Digital Screenmedia Association and the fledgling Digital Signage Federation might be sorted by now, but both are still moving along parallel, separate tracks as far as I can tell. maybe it won’t get sorted??? The DSF has created a new standards committee and got Ken Goldberg, the CEO …
Retail POS system adapted for simple iPod Touch July 1, 2010 by Super UserStarmount Systems came out with an announcement last week about a deal to use the Apple iPod Touch as a mobile POS unit in Urban Outfitters stores. I didn’t write anything on it at the time because the release was a little light on detail. However, a little email back and forth with some folks …
Short Bites intros canned content libraries June 29, 2010 by Super UserWe’re starting to see more pre-packaged content come into the space, with material that has a better shot of interesting viewers than news and business headlines. Short Bites Media is a new company based out of Charlotte, NC (one of my favorite places) that has packed up a series of short segments on subject areas. …
