Ghigliotty heads back to agency land; going out with bang December 2, 2010 by Super UserSaw this tweet last night from Stephen Ghigliotty, who’s been in and around the digital signage sector for a bunch of years … Accepted a great job offer today; ad agency here in Toronto with great clients. Looking forward to working across all media-TV, Radio, etc. Ghigliotty had been building up his ScreenVox specialty agency …
RMG's CEO on 2011 as tipping point year. Really. Finally. November 30, 2010 by Super UserEvery year for what seems like a buncha years (save 2009), people in the the digital signage and DOOH sectors have done look-aheads and labeled the coming year as the tipping point – the big moment when the business gas pedal gets punched. Well … we know how that’s gone so far. But Garry McGuire, …
Querin leaves Zoom Media (Canada) November 29, 2010 by Super UserThe company website and Linked In both confirm that Zoom Media’s long-time President and COO for Canada, Andy Querin, has left the company. As I understand it, from a separate source, it wasn’t his idea. Toronto-based Querin had a series of responsibilities with the company since joining in May 2002, and has been in charge …
Guest Post: What I find awesome in digital signage November 26, 2010 by RajiI am pretty connected with TED, having organized and run a couple of independent TEDx events in Toronto in the past year or so. A friend sent a link to another TEDx Talk that went off recently here in Toronto (missed it), and I found the video to be pretty awesome. The talk, by writer …
VIF hits 1,000 digital signage screen milestone in Quebec November 25, 2010 by Super UserBenoit Johnson, who runs Montreal-based VIF Communication, sent a note along to note his company just installed digital signage display no. 1,000 on its managed networks in Québec. The bulk of those screens are in the fresh produce sections of some 200 IGA supermarkets around the province, which are intended to influence purchase behavior. VIF is also …
DSF skeds pre-DSE golf tourney October 27, 2010 by Super UserThe Digital Signage Federation is organizing a golf day on the Monday of Digital Signage Expo week in Lost Wages. The event runs on Feb. 21st, a day ahead of the DSE’s pre-conference programming. It is a shot-gun start mid-morning at TPC Las Vegas, which I will assume is really really hard. I also assume …
DSE Industry Forum: My thoughts October 11, 2010 by Super UserI have been off the grid for a few days because I was at a resort near San Diego that was the site of Digital Signage Expo’s first Industry Forum. I’ll go into some detail below, but in a word, it was terrific. Exponation, which runs DSE and was trying this format for the first …
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canucks October 11, 2010 by Super UserIf it is difficult today raising your clients or suppliers in Canada today, it is because it is a national holiday. While Thanksgiving is Thursday in late November for Americans, it is the second Monday in October for Canadians. It does not have a place as high in the holiday pecking order as it does …
Industry mixer set for Monday night in NYC September 30, 2010 by Super UserThe Digital Screenmedia Association is organizing an industry mixer for this coming Monday night in New York, ahead of the Digital Signage Investor Conference the next day and at the tail end of the meeting Steve Nesbit is running Monday for the cast of 1,000s who’ve received patent infringement notices recently. They will need a …
DS Talent Pool: Mark Emmons September 29, 2010 by Super UserMark Emmons and I have never met but we certainly have a few things in common. He comes out of the big city daily newspaper business, knows and is friends with my Preset partner Pat Hellberg, and has been banging away at digital signage forever. As one of a few at the LA Times who …
