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Last week’s story by Dmitry Sokolov on the new Adcalator Escalator Signage product proved so incredibly popular on both DailyDOOH.com and DailyDOOH.asia that we sent local boy / intrepid reporter Manolo Almagro along to the SM Mall of Asia in Manila, Philippines, to check out the install for ourselves… http://www.youtube.com/DailyDOOH

I’ve always considered Hong Kong as an alternative reality, parallel world to NYC, aside from the fact that 95% of its inhabitants speak Chinese, the similarities are uncanny, both cities are approximately the same size and population density, both have world class mass transit systems, and the typical mindset of its citizens consider owning a [...]

Transportation has long been a fertile ground for digital signage. Screens are becoming ubiquitous on buses, vans, trucks, along walkways in airports, even alongside escalators.   Now a Korean company Adcalator wants to fit screens on handrails of escalators. The escalator attachment also positions a digital screen on the base of the escalator railing. The [...]

This report is a must read for anyone who is interested in the Japan market – it is also completely in Japanese! “Massive Display and Digital Signage 2010” edition, a comprehensive industry overview with profiles of all the key players. This yearbook was initially launched when Japan led the world in outdoor LED screen technology [...]

NewBay Media and InfoComm International are holding Digital Signage 2010 a virtual conference for digital signage professionals – conducted exclusively online and free of charge to all attendees. Features of the event… Free to attend Program of conference sessions with live Q&A, keynotes, and vendor presentations Exhibit booths with supplier/buyer interaction Downloadable reference material Lounge [...]

Nice piece of YouTube video entitled ‘Digital Signage Expo 2010 entrance highlighting Christie’s new Microtile digital signage displays’. At just under 30 seconds in, you will see what Scala did with Christie Digital MicroTiles… The nice thing about this installation (as well as the interesting shape) was that, unlike most of the MicroTile displays on [...]

IMAX Corporation, Toronto, has announced that Shaw Theatres Pte Ltd., a leading exhibitor in Singapore, has signed an agreement to install a digital IMAX theatre system at the exhibitor’s premier location in the heart of Singapore’s famous commercial retail and entertainment area, Orchard Road. The IMAX installation, scheduled to be open in spring of 2011, [...]

ONELAN have signed up a new distributor, Koryo Digiworks, in Korea to increase their coverage in this region. Established in 1987, Koryo Digiworks are a graphic design company that create content for websites; they also sell kiosks. Their business expansion into digital signage with ONELAN is a logical extension to their existing activities.

PilotTV is one of Taiwan ’s largest screen network operators, active in venues such as retail shops, quick service restaurants and transportation networks – 3,600 screens; FamilyMart convenience stores, a worldwide chain of quick service restaurants and in Kaoshiung MRT (the rapid rail transit system). In 2009, PilotTV screens attracted over 78 million viewers each [...]

This week’s Parallel World post highlights a country that has Buddhism as its the predominant religion,  4 national languages, a burgeoning DOOH industry, and a world class broadband infrastructure second only to Korea, where its number of internet connections exceed it’s number of households. Welcome to Singapore, a parallel world that has the 10th most [...]