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 …
Swiss firm Neo Advertising lighting up in Carrefour October 19, 2006 by Dave Haynes The guys who run the Swiss firm Neo Advertising appear to be on a roll. They just issued a press release announcing a rollout to 12 of the massive Carrefour Switzerland hypermarkets in their country, with as many as 400 46 inch LCDs to be installed aroundthe stores. The rollout is targeted to be done …
PRN's Wal-Mart network retooling and expanding October 18, 2006 by Dave Haynes MediaWeek is reporting that Wal-Mart has OK’d a complete overhaul of Premier Retail Network’s massive, and long-running, in-store media network. The key elements: target content by aisles, and right down to the end-caps go IPTV instead of multi-cast satellite dump the TV monitors and go flat screen, down at eye-level instead of way high “The …
Impart putting I-Point on hold? October 17, 2006 by Dave HaynesThe Impart Media Group in Seattle appears to be bailing out of any expansion plans for its iPoint Network, a very slick, well-executed kiosk-style unit that was being parked primarily in airports, aimed at travelers. In a press release, the company is saying … The business that is defined as the capital intensive revenue model, …
DAN food court network bought by Swiss player October 16, 2006 by Dave HaynesThis has been rumoured for months, but is now official: From Media in Canada: Toronto’s DAN (Digital Advertising Network) Media, which operates multi-format video screens in nearly 70 Canadian malls and about ten in the US, will be sold to Swiss-HQ’d Neo Advertising tomorrow for an undisclosed price. Warren Stelman, who founded DAN Media in …
Ad-networking all the hockey arenas September 29, 2006 by Dave HaynesI’m not sold on the business model, but hats off to the guys at Vauntcom for rolling up most of the major arenas in the country. All that’s left is Montreal, and the Centrium in Red Deer … on second thought, maybe Montreal is enough. Calgary-HQ’d Vauntcom Media Corp. is planning to add the Air …
WireSpring bags Wal-Mart Mexico September 27, 2006 by Dave Haynes I remember calling WireSpring three or four years ago asking if their software could be used for digital signage. They were kiosks guys, but were somewhat distinct in that they used an ASP-style model and Linux. They’d had a few calls about digital signage, but weren’t really in the game yet. Fast-forward a few years. …
Debating the merits of ad-based networks in stores September 27, 2006 by Dave HaynesSelf-Service World magazine has an online piece looking at the merits of ad-based networks in retailers. It’s one of those slighlty suspicious articles in which at least some of the companies quoted just happen to have ads on the same page, but the comments are nonetheless valid. “Most retailers looking at digital signage networks have …
Is the tipping point finally here? September 20, 2006 by Dave HaynesI was having a coffee with an industry colleague yesterday and yakking about the high level of activity we’re seeing these days. The tire-kicking is over and digital signage, or whatever you want to call it, is a going concern with retailers. But, and it is a but that can be underlined, all that activity …
Wireless Ronin still planning IPO August 30, 2006 by Dave HaynesThis from the biz news wires: Ronin Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form SB-2 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. Pursuant to the offering, Wireless Ronin expects to offer 4,500,000 shares at a price range between …
