Walmart Smart Network unveiled September 3, 2008 by Dave HaynesWalmart today released detail on how they are going to entirely rethink and refresh the company’s massive in-store TV network, which includes some 27,000 screens.Premier Retail Networks is still involved, and the relatively young research company DS-IQ has a itself a monster client now.A newly formed company, called Studio2, will handle content. It’s not immediately clear, from …
Honey, I'm home September 3, 2008 by Dave HaynesOk, back in the saddle after a week in change off.For the dysfunctional out there, I can now confirm it IS possible to turn a Blackberry off for 11 days, shut down Outlook on a laptop, ignore cell phone calls … and come back online to discover the world didn’t end.
Out of home gets its first official Nielsen ratings September 3, 2008 by Dave HaynesThe Nielsen Company and Integrated Media Measurement Inc. have released the first-ever TV ratings for screens hanging in bars and offices and other such public places, using mobile phone technology.The research was bankrolled by traditional sports broadcaster ESPN, and media buyer Zenith Media.Olympics coverage drew the bigggest numbers, not surprisingly.Reports MediaPost: Said Glenn Enoch, vice …
Punched out August 20, 2008 by Dave Haynes Taking my first break in a year, starting pretty much now. Things are pretty quiet as an awful lot of my contacts seem to be off right now. Back on the assembly line Sept. 2. Enjoy the rest of the summer!
Screen network in health care gets high ad recall rates August 20, 2008 by Dave HaynesIt’s great when a network gets the bigger picture on advancing the industry and shares some of the research it paid for — something still fairly rare in this space.The latest to do so is Health Media Network, which has posters and screens in the waiting areas and (they say) treatment areas of health care …
re: Finding real portrait mode screens August 19, 2008 by Dave HaynesDave There is an NEC LCD that is still available in 4 x 3 MODEL: LCD2170NX-BK-2 Be prepared to pay $640.00 CAD though Actual Screen Size 21.3″ Viewable Screen Size 21.3″ Screen Technology Active Matrix TFT Pixel Pitch 0.27mm Input Signal: Analog and Digital Maximum Response Time 8ms Horizontal Viewing Angle 176° Vertical Viewing Angle …
Research: satellite driven networks need to be big to make financial sense August 19, 2008 by Dave Haynes Northern Sky Research has released a report looking at the cost of using satellite distribution for digital signage installs, which comes to the surprising (at least to me) conclusion that it takes a monster-sized network to make dishes the better way to go.It’s surprising because, best as I can tell, the market research and consulting …
Time to revive the mixers August 18, 2008 by Dave Haynes The Toronto-area industry mixer has been an on and off thing for more than a year now. People like the events, and want them to be a regular thing, but travel schedules and feeble attention spans among the “organizers” has meant they kinda just happen now and then.Well, enough.A few of us agreed this was …
Nice find… August 18, 2008 by Dave Haynes..I’m sure it will be really fun trying to clean all the tape off the screen later on too. 😉
