Detail on more DIGIs October 31, 2008 by Dave HaynesPress releases are dribbling out there and there that give soke more detail on what the winners did that earned them DIGI awards recently.Digital Signage Today has a combo piece that references Artisan’s nCap (already detailed) but then also New Mexico-based TRED Displays, which has technology that seems a little like electronic ink, but probably isnn’t. This …
LCD shipments slowing October 31, 2008 by Dave HaynesYou can get a pretty good sense of where the LCD market is at and what sizes buyers are settling on by looking at DisplaySearch’s quarterly reports on shipments. The latest round suggests, surprise, demand has slowed and year to year growth was upo only seven per cent, compared to 40 per cent this time last year. The …
Good chart on DOOH media spending and forecasts October 31, 2008 by Dave Haynes Marketing Charts likes to take some of the reports and forecasts that come out and turen them into visuals that are more easily digested. This is what they worked up on the media forecast released earlier in the week by PQ Media.The story also notes (and much of this was from earlier in the week):While PQ predicts …
Live Twitter from OVAB Summit October 30, 2008 by Dave Hayneswell you all could have followed our live twitter from our correspondent at the OVAB summit – it was all live as the event was unfolding – http://www.dailydooh.com/archives/4833
MediaWeek's first take on the OVAB summit October 30, 2008 by Dave HaynesHere’s the take Katy Bachman of MediaWeek had on the OVAB summit Wednesday in NY …The Out of Home Video Advertising Bureau Wednesday (Oct. 29) unveiled the industry’s first Audience Metrics Guidelines, bringing some much-needed measurement standards to the fast-growing digital out of home medium. The Guidelines, a 79-page document posted on OVAB’s Web site (www.ovag.org) were …
OVAB release metrics guidelines, and I have them (I think) October 29, 2008 by Dave HaynesWell it is late afternoon and I have not seen anything reported about the OVAB Digital Media Summit today in New York, other than it is on and it was apparently sold out.OVAB head Susan Alecia reportedly told the crowd the long-awaited metrics guidelines were available for download now, so I think these are them.I stress I think …
Gold rush ;-) October 29, 2008 by Dave HaynesTime to go buy all those ncap.com, ecap.com, icap.tv, dshelf.tv before they’re gone 😉
E-Ink shows off digital newspaper prototype October 29, 2008 by Dave HaynesElectronic ink has been around for about a decade now, and has been sloooooowly getting to a point where there are reasonable commercial applications.This a video demoing an E-Ink “Broadsheet prototype” kit that shows what an electronic newspaper, albeit very SMALL version, might do with fast animations and 16 shades of gray for images. Still a long …
I wonder where that idea came from … October 28, 2008 by Dave HaynesWell, as the old saw goes, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”TruMedia recently unveiled the iCap … which bears a striking resemblance to the nCap, a digital endcap with face counting technology that was launched by Artisan back in March, with technology from BroadSign and CognoVision. I was very actively involved in the nCap’s development, so …
JADN announces plans for this season; revamps portal October 28, 2008 by Dave Haynes Denys Lavigne has been a huge booster of the industry in Quebec for the last few years, organizing the very polished JADN networking and conference series that draws people in from the area industry.The events have also been a bit of a platform to promote his company, Arsenal Media, that does content production in the space. To his …
