Guest Post: In Digital OOH, Only The Best Remain June 25, 2012 by JamesThornton I recently launched my own Digital OOH media sales business [plug: done] and was lucky enough to be able to get it off the ground without having to enter the Dragons Den! I’ve worked in the DOOH arena for a while now, so it was the natural place for me to launch my new business. …
DSE Posts On-Floor Interview Series June 19, 2012 by Dave Haynes [youtube id=”jR4q_qqX5L4″ width=”600″ height=”350″] If you have wobbled around Digital Signage Expo you’ve likely noticed at the entry gateway a booth run by the show producers that includes a micro TV studio where a steady stream of people sit for quick interviews on who they are and what they do. The interviews are done by …
Freudenberg Leaves Adcentricity June 19, 2012 by Dave Haynes Laurie Freudenberg has left the new Adcentricity, about three months after the firm was acquired by Bee Media. As some of you may know, Adcentricity, the company where I’ve hung my hat for the past five years and grew with my two partners, was acquired at the end of March,” writes in an email to …
Langdon Joins Avnet June 6, 2012 by Dave Haynes I have known Sean Langdon for the last three years or so and pretty quickly developed two key impressions. Very tall. Really sharp. He has been doing business development for Horizon Display – which can handle all kinds of interactive touch hardware and software. But Langdon rang me up today to let me know this …
NEC’s Richer Promoted To CEO May 30, 2012 by Dave Haynes Pierre Richer has been promoted from President and COO to President and Chief Executive Officer for NEC Display Solutions of America. Richer will continue to run the commercial LCD and projector businesses for the company, as well as guide the development of the VUKUNET advertising system he launched and fosters. “Pierre has continuously achieved company …
CODACAN Media Summit, ADlympics Wrap-up May 25, 2012 by Dave Haynes I missed the Canadian Out-of-Home Digital Association’s Digital OOH media summit last week in Toronto, as well as the fun sports/agency awareness thing that ran right after it. Tight project deadline and a LONG drive the next morning to just short of Iowa. Son. Grad. Anyway, I got a note from a friend who said the …
rVue Founder Kates No Longer CEO May 17, 2012 by Dave Haynes Not being very bright, I didn’t even pick up in the rVue Q1 financials news of the other day that the statements were being made by “Michael Mullarkey, CEO and Chairman of rVue Holdings, Inc.” Huh? I thought Jason Kates was CEO? Having written about the company’s recent struggles with revenues, I went looking for …
Nanonation Founder Walker Steps Down, Cashes Out May 7, 2012 by Dave Haynes Nanonation founder Bradley Walker has sold his interest in the software and services company and stepped down from his role as President and CEO. If you don’t know Bradley, he’s the nano guy who always wears a bowtie. He will remain a Senior Advisor to the Board of Directors for the company during the transition …
DSA Goes Global April 27, 2012 by Dave Haynes The Digital Screenmedia Association has gone global, establishing a chapter in Asia-Pacific to be called the Digital Screenmedia Association Asia-Pacific (or DSAAP). DSAAP’s headquarters will be in Australia, and the launch team includes: Warren Poots – Representative North Asia (Hong Kong) Ron Graham – Representative South Asia (Singapore) Damien Edmonds – Executive Director Asia Pacific (Australia) …
Milestone Staff Deposit 1,500 Pounds In Minnesota Food Bank April 19, 2012 by Dave Haynes Hat tip to the guys at Minneapolis-based Milestone AV Technologies,who donated more than 1,500 pounds of food and supplies for people in the area as part of a drive for Second Harvest Heartland during National Hunger Awareness Month. That was up almost 500 pounds from a year earlier. “At the beginning of the 2012 drive, we …
