DSF golf day at DSE February 22, 2011 by Super UserAll I will say is that if a ball creamed a car along some street running adjacent to TPC Las Vegas, it wasn’t mine. Mine was the other one. Good event. Ten foursomes. Jeff Dowell from LG put up a 3D TV as the big prize, won by Andy Bruce. Long and lean Dowell won …
DSE Day One – DSF Golf Day February 21, 2011 by Super UserGot out of Toronto last night storm nipping at plane’s tail. Nice chunk of locals heading to show in clung Capital Network’s, Angelo Kosmidis from Apex (BUSY Canadian integrator) and Mark Mantha, who has left Alchemy and is town talking about next gig. In very late and now up too early. The DSF has it’s …
Network selling ads on screens embedded in coin-op dryer windows February 19, 2011 by Super UserI’ve heard business plans here and there from people targeting coin-operated neighborhood laundries as a media venue, because of the lengthy dwell times. But it was the usual screens-on-walls thing. This is the first time I’ve seen a network that actually puts 8-inch digital screens IN the dryer windows. The Clean View Media Network is working …
DDC done … call the guys Cineplex Digital Solutions February 18, 2011 by Super UserDDC, aka Digital Display & Communications Inc., has been rebranded as Cineplex Digital Solutions (CDS)., as of today. The new handle comes roughly eight months after Stuart, Steve and the rest of the crew were acquired by Cineplex Entertainment in July 2010. Cineplex is Canada’s largest movie theatre chain and already runs some digital networks, …
DSE 2011 – Looking ahead to next week February 18, 2011 by Super UserI am getting carpet-bombed with emails from public relations inviting me to their DSE vendor clients’ booths next week for private tours and chats with various bosses. I go to DSE as a press guy because I end up writing a lot about the show, I get broad access, and the press room has a …
Wirespring's 2010 Digital Signage Pricing Report Released February 17, 2011 by Super UserI am not sure when I will have time to read it – maybe on the plane to Lost Wages on Sunday – but Bill Gerba and his team at Wirespring have released the 2010 Digital Signage Pricing Report. The report shows the cost of implementing a 100-screen network has dropped more than 14% since …
Adcentricity releases latest DOOH outlooks and market reviews February 17, 2011 by Super UserThere is a pile of good information and insights in the latest Adcentricity resource guides released today and available to anyone interested. It’s smart marketing and also speaks to the unselfish notion of helping raise the industry through sharing and distributing information. The company, which positions itself now as a location based digital ad network …
Mixer Sponsor Profiles: DMG, Harris, POPAI February 17, 2011 by Super UserNote: Part Two, following on a Wednesday post … The big Preset Group DSE Mixer is our way of getting a lot of industry friends together for a casual networking evening just ahead of the mayhem to follow the next day, as the trade show hall opens at Digital Signage Expo. The thing has grown into a …
DSA marks year with new name, merger and CETW partnership February 17, 2011 by Super UserIt has now been a year since the established order of the digital signage sector was shaken up with news of the Digital Signage Federation. Very suddenly, there were two opposing organizations competing for the hearts and minds of companies and individuals active in this sector. I asked the heads of the two organizations if …
DSF's chair looks back at first year February 17, 2011 by Super UserIt has now been a year since the established order of the digital signage sector was shaken up with news of the Digital Signage Federation. Very suddenly, there were two opposing organizations competing for the hearts and minds of companies and individuals active in this sector. I asked the heads of the two organizations if …