Mixer comes off without police being called
April 25, 2008 by Dave Haynes
Given the short notice and the great weather, a smaller but decent crowd for the latest Toronto mixer tonight. We had maybe 20 people, …
Read moreMore consolidation: OnSite buys Boondoggle
April 24, 2008 by Dave Haynes
OnSite Network has announced a deal to acquire Nevada New Media, the owner of Boondoggle Sports Network, a screen network playing in the same …
Read moreMajor screen networks to get Nielsen ratings
April 24, 2008 by Dave Haynes
A big development out of that one-day industry conference in New York yesterday – word that measurement giant Nielsen is going to start distributing …
Read moreMore detail on that "free" software from Puerto Rico
April 24, 2008 by Dave Haynes
Giovanni Collazo, the lead designer behind a free digital signage platform out of Puerto Rico, sent me a link overnight to a Quicktime presentation …
Read moreMixer reminder
April 24, 2008 by Dave Haynes
A quick reminder that the next mixer for the Toronto industry (and anyone else who’s strayed through town) is tonight at Alice Fazooli’s. Things …
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Adcentricity closes $3 million finance deal
April 23, 2008 by Dave Haynes
The deal was cut a couple of months ago, but after all the due diligence stuff got done Adcentricity was able to announce Wednesday …
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The marvels of staged photos
April 23, 2008 by Dave Haynes
I get such a kick out of staged photos in this space. You see this with a lot of small network operators who have …
Read moreDigital signage photo gallery
April 23, 2008 by Dave Haynes
Former Impart managing director Bob Grawet has started an arms-length website/blog, using Google’s Picasa photo gallery app, to showcase digital signage installations all over …
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Dell previews teeny (and green) PC
April 23, 2008 by Dave Haynes
Everybody and their sister seems to be using Aopen’s little digital engine box for digital signage installs where space is at a premium. There …
Read moreLatest Strategy Institute event seems to tone down the vendor nonsense
April 21, 2008 by Dave Haynes
The Strategy Institute has been running high-end conferences targeting this space going all the way back to 2004, but I have not been all …
Read moreChannel M gets new financing completed
April 21, 2008 by Dave Haynes
On the heels of a post last week about the challenges of getting investor money comes word in MediaPost that Channel M has completed …
Read moreCell phone-based gadget saves cost of rolling a truck
April 21, 2008 by Dave Haynes
For many years now I have been recommending the use of something called an automatic ring rebooter when network operators are using DSL for …
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