Signage for the stinkin' rich April 10, 2007 by Dave HaynesThere was a press release out today about SeeSaw Networks starting to sell the ad space for a network of screens installed in corporate aviation centres – essentially small airports for private and corporate jets. This is an intriguing niche to go after. The plan: park LCD screens in the lounges at dozens of these …
Ad budgets: where the money is going, and not going April 4, 2007 by Dave Haynes Business Week has a piece this week in which it surveyed high-powered judges involved in a large advertising industry award program. It crunched the responses into a series of bar charts and statements for a slide show that looks at where industry leaders heads are at these days. Interestingly, though not at all surprising, the biggest …
Digital Signage University opens up April 2, 2007 by Dave Haynes Lisa Jachimowicz, who runs the discussion board Digital Signage Forum, has started something called Digital Signage University. The cheeky streak in me has my head working up all kinds of questions. What kind of football team do they have? Are there frat houses and do the hazing rituals involve Lyle Bunn and Stephen Platt??? Are …
To 1080P, or not 1080P April 2, 2007 by Dave HaynesI usually feel like I need a little cheat sheet on an armband when I get ensnared in some acronym-riddled chat with video or PC nerds. I still don’t have all those SXGA, SVGA, WXGA and whatever GA things all sorted in my head, and now I am having to deal with people who want …
One airport – at least three sign networks March 29, 2007 by Dave Haynes So much for having one throat to choke … The people who run Montreal’s Trudeau airport have three companies running signage networks in their public areas. Perhaps more, but I only saw three in the last couple of days. The one I really liked, having seen bits of it months earlier, is run by telecom …
The importance of nailing the little things in contracts March 29, 2007 by Dave Haynes I took the Montreal Metro subway to get out to the JADN.TV conference, and while standing on the platform noticed something peculiar. A firm called MetroVision has ad screens running in some Metro stops, particularly the big ones. Projectors with long-throw lenses blast motion images on to a wall-mounted screen on the other side of …
JADN.TV conference in Montreal March 29, 2007 by Dave Haynes After a trip from Las Vegas that, courtesy of United Airlines, was worthy of a Salvador Dali painting, I made it to Montreal in time for the inaugural JADN.TV digital signage conference on March 28. In short: well organized by Arsenal-Media; cool venue atop the Montreal Olympic Stadium tower; wine at lunch (gotta love the …
GSBC founder says he's got hottest tech stock on planet March 26, 2007 by Dave HaynesSo I hadn’t heard or read anything for a few days on DigiCurve, also known as Global Satellite Broadcasting Corporation. The stock is not trading as yet, as far as we can tell. In looking around, I did manage to find a fascinating interview with GSBC founder Ronald Flynn, who tells the venerated business trade …
Why DigiCurve will ensure GSBC's industry domination March 21, 2007 by Dave Haynes From GSBC’s March 20 press release: DigiCurve, Inc. (OTCBB:DCUV), a multimedia producer and provider of online content, announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent to purchase the assets of Global Satellite Broadcasting Corporation (GSBC) of Thailand in an all-stock transaction. “We are very pleased to have the opportunity to acquire the assets …
GSBC becoming Digicurve??? Or … something … March 20, 2007 by Dave HaynesPut on your decoder rings and see if you can figure this one out: Bangkok, Thailand (PRWeb) March 20, 2007 — Digital Signage specialist GSBC Global today has successfully negotiated an LOI to become listed on the NASDAQ’s Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board. The founder of GSBC Global, Mr Ronald Flynn, worked with Digicurve Inc. to enter …
