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16:9: If You Run A Digital Signage Network, Did A Cyber Attack Friday Make You WannaCry?

The global ransomware attack that bubbled up late last week has affected a wide variety of system in scores of countries – everything from small businesses to hospital patient management systems – so it was inevitable it was also going to affect some digital signage operators. Digital signage vet Dan Parisien, now with Quividi, speculated as much in a weekend tweet. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Mon, May 15, 2017 at 12:41 PM

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Morten Gotterup Named President for Clear Channel Airports

New York, NY,– – Clear Channel Airports (CCA), a brand division of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA) (NYSE: CCO), and a subsidiary of iHeartMedia Inc., today announced that Morten Gotterup has joined the company as President of Clear Channel Airports. Gotterup will direct all aspects of CCA’s business including finance, operations, procurement and sales and marketing functions. […]

digitalsignageconnection.com
Mon, May 15, 2017 at 9:44 AM

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16:9: Adobe Taking Serious Steps Into Digital Signage Market With Screens

Adobe Systems has a small team refining a digital signage platform called Screens that now loads when users fire up one of the giant software company’s flagship products, Adobe Experience Manager. The product has quietly been on the market for about two years now, and its product managers say the framework and functionality is all in place. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Sun, May 14, 2017 at 4:01 PM

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16:9: CIVIQ’s Gleeson On Progress Of LinkNYC Smart City Efforts

Here is the first of a two-part Q&A session with digital signage veteran Brad Gleeson, now the Chief Commercial Officer at CIVIQ, on that company’s smart cities efforts in New York and beyond. The completed Q&A was provided to 16:9 by a Samsung agency, but they’re the sorts of questions I’d ask. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Thu, May 11, 2017 at 12:41 AM

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ŠKODA UK Launches Dynamic Digital OOH Campaign Celebrating the All-New Kodiaq

ŠKODA UK has launched an innovative digital Out of Home campaign for the all-new ŠKODA Kodiaq SUV. The activity forms part of ŠKODA’s new brand push ‘Driven by Something Different’ and highlights the importance of taking time out every day to reconnect with what really matters. […]

digitalsignageconnection.com
Wed, May 10, 2017 at 1:22 PM

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Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Lee Summers, CEO of Reflect

Lee Summers is only a few months into his job as CEO of Reflect, but neither the industry or the company were unfamiliar when he took over at the company’s Dallas head office earlier this year. In an unusual twist, he’d been on the other side of the table, as one of Reflect’s highest profile clients. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Wed, May 10, 2017 at 12:05 AM

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Top advertisers and agencies to address Out of Home’s biggest issues at FEPE International Congress (FEPE)

Speakers already announced include Carat Global President William Swayne, who will give the Keynote Address to open the Congress, and new FEPE board member Noomi Mehta of Selvel One who will discuss the rapidly expanding Indian Out-of-Home market. The Congress, with the theme ‘A Time of Revolution – Earning the Right to Win,’ will be held in Stockholm from June 7-9. […]

fepe.com
Sat, May 6, 2017 at 2:42 AM

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Key Clients to Address Out-of-Home’s Biggest Issues at FEPE International Congress

Barry Louth, Head of UK Media Planning of European pay-TV leader Sky and Richard Brooke, Media Operations and Strategy Director of Unilever (Europe) will address some of the key issues facing the global Out of Home industry at next month’s FEPE International Congress in Stockholm. […]

digitalsignageconnection.com
Thu, May 4, 2017 at 9:08 AM

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How One Entrepreneur Grew Her OOH Advertising Business Tenfold in Five Years (Nav)

Candice Simons is the founder of Brooklyn Outdoor, an advertising agency that specializes in out-of-home media like billboards, hand-painted mural signage, transit walls, and experiential marketing. Started in Detroit, Simons has grown the company to serve clients across the country with offices in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. […]

nav.com
Tue, May 2, 2017 at 6:28 PM

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Projects: Paris Hotel’s Interactive Wall Inspired By The City

This looks very nice – an experiential video wall in a luxury boutique hotel in Paris that’s ambient, reactive and highly functional when needed. The Sofitel Paris Baltimore Tour Eiffel worked with Montreal tech agency Float4 on a multi-touch digital welcome wall on the street level designed to help tourist guests connect with the city. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 7:06 AM

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Projects: New Chicago Office Tower Switches On Amazing Staggered Column LED Wall

A new commercial tower in Chicago called 150 North Riverside has lit up what looks to be a pretty amazing video wall/experiential digital art sculpture in its lobby, using a staggered series of direct view LED columns. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 5:44 AM

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Never Mind the Width, Feel the Quality

By Dino Burbidge, Director of Technology and Innovation, WCRS  Guest writer Dino Burbidge considers what the new #PiccadillyLights have in store It seems strange to refer to it as “old Piccadilly” but having seen the plans for the “new Piccadilly”, there’s no other phrase that fits. […]

oceanoutdoor.com
Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 5:01 AM

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Intersection and King County Metro Extend Transit Advertising Contract Through 2019 New Agreement Marks More Than a Decade of Partnership

SEATTLE — (April 20, 2017)  —  Intersection, the urban innovation company at the forefront of transforming the way information is shared in cities, transit systems, and airports across the country, today announced an extension of its advertising partnership with the Seattle-based King County Metro Transit system for an additional two years. […]

digitalsignageconnection.com
Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:14 PM

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16:9: NanoLumens’ CEO Cope Pushes Trump’s Buy American Case For LED Digital Signage Business

Given that NanoLumens CEO Rick Cope is a retired United States Marine Corps officer and has an old Stinger missile in his office, it will be of no great surprise that his political views may tilt a bit to the right and that he supports U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order to buy American-made goods. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 5:28 PM

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Talon Outdoor poised to sell to private equity after Omnicom offloads its stake (Campaign)

Industry sources said Mayfair Equity Partners, an investor in technology and media firms, has been lined up as the new investor in the outdoor specialist agency. Omnicom Media Group owned about 17.5% of Talon Outdoor in 2015, according to a Companies House filing. Eric Newnham, who joined Talon Outdoor in 2013, was the biggest shareholder with about 41%. […]

campaignlive.co.uk
Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 5:50 AM

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