Huge Chinese DOOH network suing its backers December 28, 2010 by Dave HaynesOne of the bigger DOOH networks in the world, VisionChina Media Inc., is going after some of its investors with a lawsuit claiming it was duped into pay way too much for the Nov. 2009 acquisition of another firm, Digital Media Group. VisionChina Media and its wholly-owned subsidiary Vision Best Limited launched an action Monday against …
DSF lines up sponsors for pre-DSE golf touney December 27, 2010 by Dave HaynesSeatacDigital Resources and Saddle Ranch Productions have stepped up as title sponsors of the first Digital Signage Federation Annual Golf Tournament on February 21, 2011 in Lost Wages – the Monday of DSE week. “The DSF golf tournament is going to be an exciting event bringing together professionals in the digital signage industry for a day …
rAVe: Who's Integrating YOUR Local Starbucks? December 22, 2010 by raveI was at the local Starbucks here this morning and noticed something interesting — they’re going digital — signs that is. They’re all over the place. My local bank branch plays Bloomberg TV surrounded on the screen by Apps and streaming Wachovia mortgage, financial services and car loan services ads. A big grocery store chain …
So a robber walks into a flashy new digital bank … December 22, 2010 by Dave HaynesI like the overall approach of the new Citibank flagship store in New York’s Union Square. The digital is designed right into the overall look and feel, there’s interactive this and that, and the bank has a very crisp, minimalist feel to it. But this odd thought occured to me. If some hood walked in …
Sixteen:Nine’s Santa wish list for the digital signage industry December 21, 2010 by Dave Haynes Dear Santa I know I have been a bad boy once again, but you must be resigned to that after all these years. And you keep coming through. So … here’s what I want for Christmas this year … for the digital signage and DOOH industries. 1 – More Jobs Despite some pretty solid …
iPads clustered to make giant iPhone display December 21, 2010 by Dave HaynesThis somehow straddles the line between clever and butt-ugly. As spotted in Engadget, a promotion at London’s St. Pancras rail station uses 56 iPad’s kinda tiled together to make one big, thick-gridded iPhone screen. The intent is to showcase a new Lara Croft/Tomb Raider iPad game. I was thinking a single screen would have made more …
Decoder ring melts trying to sort out CBS Outdoor DOOH release December 20, 2010 by Dave Haynes(Update – CBS kindly sent some images … help … and provided more explanation … see further down in post) This has all the piece in place to a great story heading into the holidays: big media company, consumer engagement with mobile, smart interactive screens and cool stuff like geo-fencing. But in the hands of …
Big Canuck retail DOOH network turns on Bluetooth December 20, 2010 by Dave HaynesOne of the larger pure-play digital out of home networks in Canada has done a deal to start offering proximity-based Bluetooth marketing aimed at c-stores shoppers. Pinpoint Media Group has some 1,400 Couche-Tard and Macs convenience stores installed with screens around the store and at the point of sale, and has entered a new partnership with Toronto-based …
Taipei tech co switches up whole size matters thing; debuts nano kiosk December 20, 2010 by Dave HaynesHaving seen sales people for at least a couple of companies working trade shows and other events with little digital lapel tags, I get the concept and see the attraction. I’m not sure, however, about a spin-off product that takes the same little cell-phone or MP3 media player screen and puts it on its own …
Pic: Digital art in new Vegas hotel lobby December 16, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe latest, and probably last for a long while, big resort on the Vegas strip opened this week. The $4B, 3,000-room Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has no end of bling – it is catering to the Bellagio-Wynn crowd – but what I will want to see when next there is the digital art that evidently …
