ShopCast adds screens over chillers in Walmart September 8, 2009 by Dave HaynesThe other little brat is off to college now, and as I pushed an increasingly stuffed grocery cart around a London, Ontario Walmart Saturday – my daughter merrily stocking her new apartment’s cupboards and fridge on our nickel – I had lotsa time to look around.I wrote recently how my local Walmart store had recast …
Frame Media changes handle to Thinking Screen; chasing connected screen market September 8, 2009 by Dave Haynes Boston-area startup Frame Media is now calling itself Thinking Screen Media, and broadening its field of play from just wireless picture frames to go after what it sees as a rich marketplace of screens driven by non-PC, Internet-connected devices like IP TVs and game consoles.Reports xconomy (as spotted in James Van Etten’s Clippings): Through its FrameChannel platform, Thinking Screen …
Autofocus: clever brand for screen network in Dutch car repair shops September 8, 2009 by Dave HaynesAs spotted in OOH-TV: Car parts distributor Van Heck and wholesaler Vrooam are preparing to launch Autofocus TV, a digital signage network in garages throughout The Netherlands.Autofocus TV will use a twenty-minute loop including general news, car-related news and messages from the individual garage, and will be shown in waiting areas.If successful, the network will also be …
Latest on Octomom and Jon and Kate coming to a digital board near you September 8, 2009 by Dave Haynes We are starting to finally see a bridge between mainstream media content and digital screens that makes some sense.For the longest time, and still these days, most of the stuff that finds its way to digital screens is reheated news from broadcasters or newspapers that is part of some content deal that shovels some stuff …
Holy crap, the mother of all Windows error messages September 8, 2009 by Dave Haynes This is from an Apple fanboy blog, so they are particularly filled with glee about this latest boo-boo involving the new home to the Dallas Cowboys football team. First the punter drilled one into the LED board that wasn’t as high as it apparently needs to be. Now the ribbon board meant to whip up …
First digital signage press release received from Neptune September 8, 2009 by Dave Haynes With apologies to the polite company I consider readers of this blog to be, WTF is this press release about???AV Planners Inc today announced new predictions for the digital signage’s space. With the promise of being one of the most exciting platforms, the digital signage experts, AV Planners Inc foresee importance of local and relevant content, creative …
DOOH news roundup in MediaPost September 5, 2009 by Dave HaynesThe Digital Outsider features repoorts on all the deals from last month:If you were on vacation in August, and weren’t obsessively checking the news on your BlackBerry, you may have missed one of the busiest periods in the digital out-of-home video industry’s short history. In fact, while late summer 2009 saw the first faint glimmers of a broader economic recovery, it may also be remembered as the beginning of a DO renaissance — and all while you were curling your toes in the sand. Here’s a quick roundup of what went down, in reverse order. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=112995
431 thousand ? September 5, 2009 by Dave HaynesThe sign to the right of the screen says “Speakers on stands not included. Available as an option for an estimated $125 thousand per pair.”
Love the Trivia Questions September 4, 2009 by Dave HaynesI love the Trivia questions. On each question, I had to search my memory for an answer. This media vehicle is educational and entertaining. Thanks!
Got $431,000 burning a hole in your pocket? September 4, 2009 by Dave Haynes And now for a dose of crazy to head into the long weekend.We bring you the Japanese company that is testing a set of six tiled plasma screens that cost an estimated $431,000 USD. From TechOn:East Japan Marketing & Communications Inc and Shinoda Plasma Co Ltd started to test digital signage using the “PTA (plasma …
