Ryanair staffers watching signagelive-powered screens at airport bases January 28, 2011 by Super UserNice deal. Not all that big. But nice profile. Jason Cremins and the team at UK-based signagelive bagged a deal to provide the software platform for staff-facing digital signage displays at all of Ryanair’s bases across Europe. Low fares airline Ryanair is installing signagelive-powered digital displays at all of its bases across Europe to steadily …
Onestop pitching Toronto schools to move its DOOH pilot to full rollout January 27, 2011 by Super UserThe Toronto District School Board Administrative, Finance and Accountability Committee met last night and deferred for a few weeks the discussion and decision Onestop Media Group’s pitch to put screens in high schools that run information, backed by inoffensive advertising. That’s probably bad news for Onestop because it gives the local media a few weeks to …
Young joins SapientNitro January 26, 2011 by Super UserRussell Young has joined SapientNitro as its Director of Alliances for Digital Merchandising. He was on the job at the start of the month, having jumped from Samsung, where he was pretty much the friendly face of the commercial display panel in the US for the last few years. It’s a nice pick-up for the …
Travelling most of week … January 25, 2011 by Super UserOn the road bright and early today. New posts will owe a lot to the timeliness or lack of same of Air Canada as I go here and there the next few days. New York tomorrow and hopefully on my way to Montreal before the next snowstorm hits the US East coast. Mercifully, no big …
Words from our sponsors January 24, 2011 by Super UserAs of the new year, and thanks to the efforts of content and marketing partner rAVe [Publications], Sixteen:Nine has paid advertising. Their support is much appreciated and makes this blog continue to be viable, and to grow. We have two major sponsors: Chief Chief is a division of Milestone AV Technologies, a Duchossois Group Company. …
Technology trumps common sense in holographic demo January 24, 2011 by Super UserEngadget has a piece this morning about the Belgian company holocube and its holographic projection capabilities. We’ve seen this stuff from a few companies – in various forms – for a few years now and it can be quite striking when done well. In this case, this is a video for the Belgian telecoms company …
ClearChannel expanding its interactive bus shelter program January 21, 2011 by Super UserThose very cool giant touchscreens that Clear Channel Out of Home has been running at selected bush shelters in San Francisco and (didn’t know this part) Washington, D.C. went off well enough that the program is being expanded. Twenty new interactive digital shelters have been installed on major public transportation routes in San Francisco with plans for …
Media demand, budgets up: New report January 21, 2011 by Super UserWall Street securities firm Deutsche Bank has issued an investor report that suggests, based on what media buyers are telling them, that demand for all media – and particularly big media like TV networks – is growing. The report itself doesn’t seem to be published online, but MediaPost has a copy: The report suggests demand …
Astral wins DOOH war in Montreal airport January 20, 2011 by Super UserMontreal’s Trudeau airport is a frequent haunt and has been for many years. I was impressed, several years ago, when Bell Canada installed a nicely executed portrait screen network all through the facility, pre and post-security. I liked the sightlines and the packaging and the use of portrait. Then Montreal-based media giant Astral came in …
DSE's spring matchmaker forum already half sold out January 20, 2011 by Super UserDigital Signage Expo is doing its second Industry Forum May 15-18 at a resort in St. Petersburg, FL, and the event already has half the vendor slots sold. Peerless Industries, Chief Manufacturing, NEC Display Solutions, Allure Global, PRN, Real Digital Media, NCR Netkey and Panasonic have all stepped up. Real Digital Media is based in the …
