Someone finally runs with digital picture frames as a DS network April 11, 2008 by Dave Haynes As digital picture frames have started turning up for sale just about everywhere, and grown more sophisticated, it was only a matter of time until someone decided to use the wireless-enabled ones to run a network. Tethered versions have popped up in the past, including one in Montreal that embedded photo frames in hand dryers …
JADN: Gerba's take on key advice for newbies April 10, 2008 by Dave HaynesSmart people would look on a map of the northeast, think for a second or two, and conclude that driving from Montreal to Manchester, NH makes a a lot more sense than flying. So here I sit in row 7 of 9 on something called a Beech 1900D, in hour five of my 6-plus hour …
Captive Channel quietly builds national footprint April 9, 2008 by Dave Haynes In the run-up to my JADN presentation I made a few phone calls around to some network operators who I was told I should mention – Toronto’s Captive Channel among them. VERY quietly, this company has built up a screen network that has cornered the independent and small chain grocery channel in Canada. What’s interesting …
JADN event draws healthy crowd in Montreal April 9, 2008 by Dave HaynesI am in Montreal, buried in RFP work one can only hope is worth all the effort. Though I could not afford the time, I did indeed sneak off and attend the second annual JADN industry conference. More detail to come, but here’s a very quick rundown. About 150 people, heavily Francophone (which is only …
O'Shaughnessy bids full night's sleep adieu April 7, 2008 by Dave HaynesVery pleased to get a text message last night from my buddy and longtime business partner Kevin O’Shaughnessy, who many in Toronto and Canadian DS business will know well from various activities – currently biz dev for Adcentricity. He got married last fall and got first-time daddy’d late Friday afternoon. He and wife Katrin had …
Mapping the industry … at least the US industry April 3, 2008 by Dave Haynes Digital Signage Universe, a very active portal tracking the industry and run by content house Motionstream, does a map that shows where all the digital signage industry companies are located. It’s interesting to look at, though I am not sure how important it really is these days to pick a solutions provider that’s in …
Sharp re-announces new signage software … I think April 3, 2008 by Dave HaynesPerhaps borrowing from the wily ways of politicians, who love to re-announce funding for projects, Sharp has re-announced it is in the digital signage software game. Loyal readers with gaping holes in their social lives may recall a post a few months ago about Sharp’s Japanese offices announcing e-Signage, a DS offer bundled with their …
Another free software offer enters the fray April 3, 2008 by Dave Haynes From the somewhat unlikely locale of Puerto Rico (if I lived there I would not be hunched over indoors writing code for a living), comes another company taking the “freeconomics” approach to DS software. According to a press release sent to me: SAN JUAN, PR-March 31, 2008 – s3mer inc. announced today the beginning of …
Chief unveils new super-model skinny mount plate April 1, 2008 by Dave Haynes Well it’s not like the other stuff in the market is hanging so far into a room there’s no room for the couch, but panel mount guys Chief have come up with a particularly skinny mounting plate meant to snug a big flat panel up against the wall like a hung painting. The Thinstall scheme …
Ad spend flat-lined in U.S. April 1, 2008 by Dave HaynesThe wheezing U.S. economy has, not surprisingly, had a ripple effect on ad spend in that country. Marketing Daily is reporting that overall ad spend was up 0.6 per cent last year, or pretty much flatlined year to year. Measurement company Nielsen Company has released numbers showing the big boys, the top 10 ad buyers, …
