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DEA Using Billboards To Help Identify Pharmacy Looting Suspects (CBS Batltimore)

The Drug Enforcement Administration is hoping a billboard campaign will help them identify looting suspects during April’s riots. The week-long campaign will begin Monday, when the DEA is expected to display photographs discovered during investigations into the looting of a number of city pharmacies on electronic billboards around the city. […]

baltimore.cbslocal.com
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 8:15 AM

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It’s Big and it’s Clever: DOOH is Delivering Engagement at Scale (source – Linkedin)

By Neil Morris. DOOH is delivering intelligent advertising at real scale every day and great progress has taken place over the past 10 years, the same 10 years that Grand Visual has been getting busy. We’re extremely proud of the work we’ve done over that time to break new ground and pioneer the use of creative technology and of execution technique. […]

linkedin.com
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 1:25 AM

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Signs and Wonders: Digital Begins to Transform Indoor and Outdoor Displays (whattheythink)

By Patrick Henry. According to the Smithers Pira white paper, the interactive and information-harvesting features of digital displays will be too attractive for retailers and other signage customers to resist. […]

whattheythink.com
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 1:22 AM

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Dave Haynes: InfoComm Day 1

Up at 4 AM doing homework, as that’s kinda how things are going this week in Orlando, where InfoComm is on. Full days and zippo time to do more than tweet and answer emails. The show looks very busy, but it is so large in scope it’s a bit hard to really tell. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 1:20 AM

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JCDecaux has acquired Africa’s largest OOH media owner Continental Outdoor Media (jcdecaux)

JCDecaux SA has completed the acquisition of Continental Outdoor Media, the leader in outdoor advertising in Africa, in partnership with a community owned investment company, Royal Bafokeng Holdings (RBH), with a shareholding split of 70/30. […]

Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 1:17 AM

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invidis: A recap of the 5th intn’l conference „Digital Signage – no alternative!“ held in Moscow, May 29, 2015

The 5th international conference „Digital Signage – no alternative!“ was held on the 29th of May, 2015 in Radisson Slavaynskay Hotel, Moscow. The conference was organized by DigiSky company and supported by the leading European association OVAB Europe. […]

invidis.de
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 1:14 AM

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MediaPost: Mobile: The Biggest Problem In Advertising

I believe advertising has missed the greatest gift we’ve ever been given: the smartphone. For years it’s been my belief that, as the time we spend on-screen increases every day, the ads we see on mobiles don’t perform as well as expected. Consequently, ads become larger, more interruptive, harder to close -- and more likely to kill my data with video. […]

mediapost.com
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 1:10 AM

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WSJ: Focus Media’s Backdoor China Listing Hits Snag

SHANGHAI—Chinese outdoor-display-advertising firm Focus Media Holding’s plan to float shares inside China has hit a snag after the shell company used for its backdoor listing said it is being probed by regulators. […]

wsj.com
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 12:59 AM

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In Philadelphia, for every digital billboard built, two static signs must be torn down (philly)

A bill passed by Philadelphia City Council on Thursday aims to improve regulation of city billboards, including a requirement that for every digital billboard built, two static signs must be torn down. Sponsored by Councilman Bobby Henon, the bill was initially passed April 16 but was recalled April 30. […]

philly.com
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 12:54 AM

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From the 56th FEPE Congress: Technology enhances OOH in Africa (themediaonline)

Adelaide McKelvey, managing director of Rest of Africa at Continental Outdoor Media recently spoke about the how improved technologies have changed the way out of home (OOH) companies do business on the African continent at the 56th FEPE (International out of home adverting association) Congress, titled ‘Your Audience is Waiting’. […]

themediaonline.co.za
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 12:51 AM

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Ireland: Outdoor Media Association announces 25th Outdoor Advertising Awards (businessandleadership)

The Outdoor Media Association (OMA) has announced that the 25th Outdoor Advertising Awards will take place on Thursday, 8 October in The Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin. The 25th Outdoor Advertising Awards will recognise and reward the best outdoor advertising campaigns displayed in Ireland and Northern Ireland over the past two years. […]

Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 12:40 AM

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Telefonica, playthe.net sign Spanish digital outdoor ad deal for 20, 000 locations (telecomparer)

Telefonica and Spanish digital signage company playthe.net have signed a deal to accelerate the digitalisation of over 20,000 hotels, restaurants and bars all over Spain. […]

telecompaper.com
Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 12:38 AM

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Samsung Electronics at InfoComm 2015 (avnetworks)

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is showing additions to its 2015 SMART Signage portfolio at InfoComm 2015– from 10-inch touch displays to LED outdoor signage and video walls. Since first showing its new direct-view LED at trade events early in 2015, Samsung continues to intrigue the market, and the company is now planning to offer a variety of pixel pitch formats for very high resolution LED. […]

Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 12:31 AM

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Epson Announces All-in-One Whiteboards for BrightLink Pro-Series

The product transforms any flat surface into a digital whiteboard and interactive space with no PC required. […]

digitalsignageconnection.com
Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 1:29 PM

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JCDecaux has completed the acquisition of Continental Outdoor Media

Paris, 18 June 2015 - JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Continental Outdoor Media, the leader in outdoor advertising in Africa, in partnership with a community owned investment company, Royal Bafokeng Holdings (RBH), with a shareholding split of 70/30. […]

Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 1:19 PM

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