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South Africa: Exciting times ahead for Digital Out of Home (mediaupdate)

What really struck me overall was that the same burning issues in DOOH globally are relevant to the DOOH Media landscape in Africa and more specifically, South Africa and the key drivers for growth in DOOH was identified as follows: Content: How do we make DOOH Media networks more relevant? Some of the opinions were that a lot of the content on digital place-based networks is boring. […]

mediaupdate.co.za
Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 12:17 AM

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JCDecaux has completed the acquisition of an additional stake in IGPDecaux in Italy (jcdecaux)

JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, has completed – jointly with IDA S.p.a (Du Chène de Vère family) – the acquisition of the 34.5% shareholding in IGPDecaux held by RCS Media Group S.p.a. […]

Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 12:14 AM

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Digital signage engaging customers in growing foodservice landscape (DSToday)

By Jeff Pinc, Director, Food Services, Panasonic System Communications Company North America. While indoor digital menu boards have become increasingly common in the QSR and fast casual spaces, digital signage is expanding outdoors as well. […]

digitalsignagetoday.com
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 1:12 PM

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Times Square To Celebrate Independence Day with Digital Fireworks Display (DSConnection)

The digital displays from Toshiba Vision and TDK screens will decorate the summer sky and set the mood for the Independence Day holiday in Times Square through July 5th. […]

digitalsignageconnection.com
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 10:57 AM

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MediaWeek: Clear Channel’s William Eccleshare on outdoor innovation (video interview 2:30)

William Eccleshare, the chairman and chief executive officer of Clear Channel International, spoke to Maisie McCabe in Cannes last week about the most innovative market for outdoor advertising. Eccleshare moved back to London from New York earlier this year after serving as the chief executive of Clear Channel Outdoor. […]

mediaweek.co.uk
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 8:20 AM

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South Africa: Out of home advertising, switched on and full of opportunities (themediaonline)

By Daniel Steyn of Posterscope. Two of the most common questions out of home agencies face are: What is OOH? And why do you have specialist OOH media agencies? […]

themediaonline.co.za
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 7:30 AM

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Liveposter’s Martin Porter Rounds Out Terrific DSrupted Line-up

I’m very pleased to say the line-up is now fully set for DSrupted, which is set for Sept. 16th in Toronto. We’ve got a great line-up and a big highlight, I suspect, will be a talk by Martin Porter, Senior VP and Group Director for Posterscope, one of the biggest digital OOH agencies out there. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:58 AM

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16:9: How Digital Menu Boards Can Help You

Guest Post: Freddie Laker, Kairos Stand at the counter in any fast food restaurant or cafe. Somewhere up in front of you there will be a menu displayed. In some places, it might be very amateurish, maybe even handwritten. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 1:08 AM

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Ask the Board: How to Use Digital Place-Based Advertising with Other Media Types (DSConnection)

How can digital place-based advertising be used successfully in conjunction with other media types? […]

digitalsignageconnection.com
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:47 AM

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Kantar Media Reports Q1 2015 U.S. Advertising Expenditures Decreased 4.0 Percent (outdoor up 2.9 percent)

Outdoor expenditures rose 2.9 percent in the first quarter. Growth was heavily concentrated in the Top 15 population markets and within this geographic footprint digital signage was a primary driver of higher spending. As we have commented in previous reports, digital inventory gives advertisers more flexibility when purchasing outdoor space and allows operators to earn a higher price. […]

businesswire.com
Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:44 AM

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Sydney’s Central Railway revamp sells more ads (governmentnews)

Selling ad space on and around the railway network has become big business. Advertising for Sydney Transport is now outsourced to four separate advertising companies: APN Outdoor (Billboard and ‘cross track’), Adshel (Station platforms and concourses, including the ominous sounding‘station domination), Torch Media (train exteriors) and S&J Media Group (train interiors). […]

governmentnews.com.au
Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 11:29 PM

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Who’s Feeding Fiber to LinkNYC Hotspots? (lightreading)

When LinkNYC was announced, the partners listed in the program were Control Group, Titan, Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM), Comark (a manufacturing company for outdoor hardware), Antenna Design (the company behind the physical design of the LinkNYC kiosks), and Transit Wireless. […]

lightreading.com
Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 11:27 PM

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Health Media Network (HMN) Acquires Medical Office Network Assets from MedMedia, LLC

/PRNewswire/ -- Health Media Network (HMN), one of the nation's fastest growing digital Point of Care companies, announced today that it has acquired medical office network assets from MedMedia, LLC, a private digital media company based in Mission Viejo, California. […]

prnewswire.com
Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:50 PM

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Canadian Pacific and All Vision partner to develop outdoor advertising infrastructure

/PRNewswire/ - Canadian Pacific (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) and All Vision LLC (All Vision) have entered into a multi-year venture to develop strategic outdoor advertising infrastructure along CP's right of way. Van Horne Outdoor (VHO) represents the next step in CP's real estate ventures. […]

Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 8:16 PM

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Toronto City Hall’s new wayfinding and transit screens could soon be rolled out city-wide (itbusiness)

Toronto gave its City Hall a digital facelift on Monday, unveiling a new interactive wayfinding station and a transit information display that could soon become commonplace at municipal buildings across the city. Cllr. […]

itbusiness.ca
Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 8:09 PM

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