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21st June 2010 and a consortium of 11 Japanese transport operators launched the ‘Digital Signage Promotion Project’ (DSPP), a one-year digital out of home trial deployment in Tokyo’s underground. Put simply JR and 10 other train companies in Tokyo are collaborating to create one media: 27 displays in 20 Tokyo stations run by the 11 [...]

According to LinkedIn (fast becoming one of our main routes to gossip these days) Antoine de Ryckel, formerly CEO Asia / China at Neo Advertising has returned to Belgium and is now Managing Director at Dinh Telecom (Teleste), a business in the Belgium Telecommunications sector.

綠創科技 IAdea 與德商 42media Group 推動 SMIL 在數字告示領域之應用。相關訊息請見官方網頁： 開放標準不只在網際網路隨處可見，即使在新興的數字告示產業，開放標準已蔚為風氣。兼顧容易取得、擴充性、多功能的 SMIL 開放標準 (時序性多媒體整合語言)  即是一個例子。它將帶來哪些新機會與挑戰？德商 42media Group 將在2010年七月14日舉辦 SMIL 研討會，與客戶一同討論其重要性。 數字告示產業將走向標準嗎？拭目以待！

Experiential and consumer engagement agency Kommando were selected by the Scottish Government to help showcase Scotland at this year’s World Expo in Shanghai. Mandarin and Scottish speaking Kommando brand ambassadors promoted Scotland to Expo Visitors as a great place to live, work, visit and do business. The work actually coincided with (Scottish) First Minister Alex [...]

There’s an exciting mindshift at work in Asia. Regardless of what country you go to these days, digital agencies are preaching a new mantra of “change” that challenges the “old-guard” of traditional media (a.k.a Tri-Media- TV, Radio, Print) – albeit self-serving, these agencies are evangelizing that the ‘new’ Tri-media is now digital. (on-line, mobile + [...]

Last week, I attended Singapore’s CommunicAsia 2010- A monster of an event, it was combination of three huge expos; CommunicAsia, BroadcastAsia and EnterpriseITAsia. To give you an idea of the scale of the conference; I would estimate it to be about 25-30% larger than NAB in Las Vegas. From an attendee’s perspective, the conference had [...]

Wanda Cinema Line Corporation, one of the fastest growing and most competitive cinema chains in China is the latest Chinese movie theatre company to either make or expand agreements with IMAX Corporation, Mississauga, Ontario. In Wanda’s case, it is an expansion of its relationship, with the installation of three additional IMAX systems in the cities [...]

Christie Digital Systems, a world leader in digital cinema projection, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Shenzhen, China, to meet the growing global demand for digital cinema projectors to screen 2D and 3D movies. The new facility will significantly expand the company’s production capabilities, with the Christie Solaria projectors scheduled to roll off the [...]

On June 8th, 2010, I had the great honor and opportunity to be one of the speakers at the “Personalization of Mass Media” Conference, held at the super swank Shangri-la Hotel -Makati, Philippines. The conference was well attended by approximately 250+ invited VIP guests, which just so happened to be the agency’s top clients and [...]

This week’s Parallel Worlds bring us big news that Asia’s digital out of home industry has reached a significant milestone. It’s been confirmed that the establishment of a multiple country, regional association to help advocate, evangelize and educate on placed based media is soon to be officially announced. The official name is still a well [...]