The odd digital signage couple August 24, 2006 by Dave HaynesNow here’s a partnership I didn’t see coming … and I doubt many others did, either. AKA reports that LED big board manufacturer Daktronics has set up a joint company with VST Media, which does the screens on the top of gas pumps thing. Big honking screen company meets little LCD guys. Says AKA: VST International …
Tesco TV finally goes below the line … where it should be August 21, 2006 by Dave HaynesWord out of the UK is that the lightbulbs finally went off inside Tesco and its managers have largely given up on the third-party advertising model. Out of home giant J.C. Decaux is out and Dunnhumby, which does transaction data and loyalty cards for Tesco, is in. The managing director of Decaux’s sales conceded Tesco …
Platt's take on the business July 28, 2006 by Dave HaynesIndustry-watcher Steven Platt puts out a regular e-mailer about research trends in the business. His latest includes a round-up of where things stand globally: “In the U.K., for example, the apparent failure to generate significant advertising revenue streams has blunted new retail deployments. We believe that our British friends could benefit from proposing non-ad supported …
The consolidation continues … July 21, 2006 by Dave HaynesPlanar, which makes high-end displays, has acquired Clarity Visual Systems, which peddles high-end displays and digital signage software. “Beaverton, Ore.-based Planar also aims to enter the high-end home theater market later this year with the introduction of a new large-screen display, the Xscreen. The cash and stock deal to acquire Clarity is slated to close …
WSJ While You Wait July 7, 2006 by Dave Haynes This was bound to happen. A Chicago-based company has borrowed a page from Focus Media in China and established a network of LCD displays in the elevator wait lobbies of office properties. Called the Office Media Network, the company’s business approach is to place large LCD screens set in landscape mode on a wall at …
Anytime Anywhere measurement June 27, 2006 by Dave HaynesRead this in Media in Canada today: Nielsen Media Research is developing and deploying technology to measure all of the new ways consumers watch TV today, including over the Internet, out-of-home viewing, and via personal mobile devices such as cellphones and iPods. The A2/M2 (Anytime Anywhere Media Measurement) initiative announced last week by New York-based …
Bonjour Quebec June 21, 2006 by Dave HaynesI am back in Montreal, albeit briefly. It is one of those up and back trips in which all you see of the city is from office and taxicab windows. I am sitting in the departure lounge looking at the Astral Media screens that have been installed here and in many of the lounges. I …
Using text-messaging to control screens June 12, 2006 by Dave HaynesI wrote recently about Boston-based Locamoda's cool application for turning a cellphone into a remote control for digital signage. That one uses an IVR system to get the job done. A new kind of program, put together by Digital View for Canadian outdoor ad giant Pattison, uses the pure capabilities of SMS text messaging to …
DRE attendance numbers up this year June 2, 2006 by Dave HaynesThe Digital Retailing Expo people have released attendance numbers for its show last month, as well as some details for next year. A press release reports, "The 2006 event featured 97 exhibitors (over 20% growth since 2005) and attracted a record number of 1,220 qualified attendees and buyers within its niche market." The show had …
DRE Round-up May 23, 2006 by Dave HaynesThis reporter from Self-Service World does a fairly comprehensive roundup of things seen and heard at DRE last week …
