Debating the merits of ad-based networks in stores

September 27, 2006 by Dave Haynes

Self-Service World magazine has an online piece looking at the merits of ad-based networks in retailers. It’s one of those slighlty suspicious articles in …

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Is the tipping point finally here?

September 20, 2006 by Dave Haynes

I was having a coffee with an industry colleague yesterday and yakking about the high level of activity we’re seeing these days. The tire-kicking …

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Wireless Ronin still planning IPO

August 30, 2006 by Dave Haynes

This from the biz news wires: Ronin Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form SB-2 with the U.S. …

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The odd digital signage couple

August 24, 2006 by Dave Haynes

Now here’s a partnership I didn’t see coming … and I doubt many others did, either. AKA reports that LED big board manufacturer Daktronics …

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Tesco TV finally goes below the line … where it should be

August 21, 2006 by Dave Haynes

Word out of the UK is that the lightbulbs finally went off inside Tesco and its managers have largely given up on the third-party …

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Platt's take on the business

July 28, 2006 by Dave Haynes

Industry-watcher Steven Platt puts out a regular e-mailer about research trends in the business. His latest includes a round-up of where things stand globally: …

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The consolidation continues …

July 21, 2006 by Dave Haynes

Planar, which makes high-end displays, has acquired Clarity Visual Systems, which peddles high-end displays and digital signage software. “Beaverton, Ore.-based Planar also aims to …

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WSJ While You Wait

July 7, 2006 by Dave Haynes

This was bound to happen. A Chicago-based company has borrowed a page from Focus Media in China and established a network of LCD displays …

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Anytime Anywhere measurement

June 27, 2006 by Dave Haynes

Read this in Media in Canada today: Nielsen Media Research is developing and deploying technology to measure all of the new ways consumers watch …

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Bonjour Quebec

June 21, 2006 by Dave Haynes

I am back in Montreal, albeit briefly. It is one of those up and back trips in which all you see of the city …

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Using text-messaging to control screens

June 12, 2006 by Dave Haynes

I wrote recently about Boston-based Locamoda's cool application for turning a cellphone into a remote control for digital signage. That one uses an IVR …

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Yet more nonsense

June 8, 2006 by Dave Haynes

The guy at Strandvision, a relatively new industry entry, has a special place in my cold heart because he will issue a press release …

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