Why Aren't ProAV Integrators Doing DS Yet? September 16, 2010 by raveWake up! Is anyone else [besides me] shocked that less than 20 percent of the DS market is being integrated by the ProAV channel? Do you realize that digital signage is LITERALLY the fastest-growing segment of the AV market? And, to top that off, it’s the largest segment of the “sell AV as a service” …
DS Talent Pool: Mark Lawson September 16, 2010 by Super UserMark Lawson and I go back several companies between the two us, and have done a number of similar things. He’s the subject of my second DS Talent Pool profile. A Toronto guy, Mark recently left Bassett Media Group this spring after a couple of years of riding the rollercoaster that is a DOOH media …
DS Talent Pool: Kate Sheehy September 14, 2010 by Super UserI don’t know what it is but I have heard from several industry friends the last little bit who are making career shifts. A little bit, I think, has to do with the state of the industry and how the molasses pace of many deals just wears on people, and on staffing budgets. I also …
Sixteen:Nine and rAVe work new partnership September 14, 2010 by Super UserWell after 1,700-plus posts, the odd angry letter and threatened lawsuit, and endless side notes about me being “such a smart-ass”, Sixteen:Nine is making a bit of a big move this week. I have entered into a content and sales/marketing partnership with rAVe [Publications] that will see some Sixteen:Nine content being used on rAVe’s AV …
Adcentricity bulking up in Toronto office September 14, 2010 by Super UserCo-founder Jeff Atley sent over word that the Toronto office of Adcentricity, where he’s based, is looking to add three new bodies. We are currently looking to fill 3 positions at ADCENTRICITY in our Toronto office for immediate placement. If you know of someone who may be interested and a good fit for any of …
ScreenScape's location-based integration merits TechCrunch feature September 14, 2010 by Super UserGetting a write-up in a blog is always nice, but in the big picture, normally no big deal. However, getting written up in one of the most heavily-trafficked technology blogs around is quite another matter. So it was nice to see little ScreenScape, from Prince Edward Island in Canada, get a nice write-up in TechCrunch …
Neo exits Canada, sells network to partner September 14, 2010 by Super UserNeo Advertising has sold its mall food court network to its mall media partner Traffic, effectively ending the Swiss-based company’s activity in North America (having earlier abandoned once aggressive US expansion plans). The deal has been in the works for several months and I kept hearing chatter about it being on and off, on and …
DSE Industry Forum in San Diego looks fully subscribed September 13, 2010 by Super UserDigital Signage Expo’s Industry Forum next month in San Diego appears to be fully subscribed with the sponsors needed to make this all click. The first (I think) of its kind targeting the sector, the forum borrows on a popular tech sector event formula that invites some 30 C-level types for a weekend retreat, at …
New video streaming startup takes aim at digital signage sector September 13, 2010 by Super UserA suburban Boston video startup called BurstPoint Networks Inc. came out of stealth mode today and announced some interesting technology it says has a role to play in, among other things, enterprise-level digital signage networks. Reports Mass High Tech: BurstPoint, based in Westborough, is making a series of products that convert all video that an …
