Taking video out of the box December 11, 2006 by Dave HaynesI forget how I came across this video, but wanted to share it – as it is very cool. This is from a Puma store in Germany, and features a very large cat loafing about above the sales racks, and not confined by a screen. The method is called FreeFormat and comes from a Danish …
More news on the Holy Grail of digital signage December 6, 2006 by Dave HaynesI had yet another discussion yesterday with a client wanting a digital signage gadget that did not need to be plugged in to power up. And I had to yet again say it could be done, as long as the client was willing to invest in a battery the size of a beer fridge. Powering …
Catching up on news screens and old December 1, 2006 by Dave Haynes I am in downtown Toronto a lot, but usually driving in and getting out of Dodge as soon as I can to miss rush hour. I took the train in yesterday and actually had some time to see some things for either the first time, or the first time in a while. I saw those …
Digital sign play hits the stock market November 29, 2006 by Dave Haynes I am a bit of a doofus when it comes to the stock market, so all I can relay here is that Wireless Ronin did indeed do an IPO and is now trading on the market in the US. Like many/most people I had my doubts it would ever happen, but there has been a …
Going after the footy crowd November 27, 2006 by Dave HaynesOne of the networks I noticed in that UK digital ad network directory was a firm called Match Day Media, which has hundreds of screens installed in the concourses and other public areas of top tier football stadia across England and Scotland. These places get a big crowd once and sometimes twice a week for …
Another gas pump TV player bubbles up November 22, 2006 by Dave HaynesSaw a piece on the news wires about another entrant into the gas pump TV thing, this one in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. PetroTV’s product looks an awful lot like what VST Media has been doing in Canada for about three years now, though they have the distinct advantage of operating in warm weather. VST had …
Artisan, Wise to light up Rabba grocers November 16, 2006 by Dave Haynes The guys at Toronto’s Artisan Live continue to wade more deeply into the digital signage game. Known for a long time as a retail merchandising firm, Artisan brought on Raji Kalra about a year ago and has been increasingly busy since then, even setting up a mobile/digital affiliate marketing program. Now they’ve announced a partnership that will …
More on the Wal-Mart Canada plan October 27, 2006 by Dave HaynesThe Globe and Mail has a piece today on the news of ShopCast deploying into Wal-Marts, and a little more detail on what’s going to be done and what some big-time ad media people think of it. One thing it also confirms is that Marnie Boucher is still involved, having spent at least five years …
Shopcast finally, finally bags Wal-mart Canada October 26, 2006 by Dave HaynesI remember meeting five years ago with a very stressed woman who was clutching a letter of intent to install digital signage screens in Wal-mart Canada. She was trying to pull it all together, pretty much on her own, under the name Shopcast. Five years on, and a whole bunch of changes later, Shopcast has …
It's a start … October 26, 2006 by Dave HaynesThe Canadian Digital Signage Association has released a list of those companies that stepped up and cut a cheque to get more formally involved. There are just 11, and four of those companies involve founders. So it would be a reach to describe the response as wildly enthusiastic. But ya gotta start somewhere. Kudos to a …
