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2008

July

07/23/2008: Focus Enhancements Receives NASDAQ Delist Letter
07/23/2008: NEC's ad system pumps out spots based on gender, age
07/23/2008: Behavioral Marketing: 'It's Only Going To Get Creepier'
07/23/2008: Geico Rocks Ecast Network with Caveman Promotion
07/23/2008: Captivate Adds New Content Partners
07/23/2008: Advertising in Digital Media
07/23/2008: Modiv Media Expands Digital In-Store Media Delivery
07/23/2008: Esquire magazine to debut E-Ink cover
07/17/2008: Start-up Empowers Advertisers with Free Out-Of-Home Media Planning and Buying Tools
07/17/2008: Focus Media Announces US$100 Million Share Repurchase Program
07/17/2008: VideoMining's New Online Tool to Enable Real-Time Access to Shopper Metrics
07/17/2008: Nielsen To Measure In-Stadium Ads
07/17/2008: 65-inch Digital Posters Tested at Tokyo Station
07/14/2008: Nielsen Nearly Ready to Launch OOH Measurement
07/14/2008: Emerging-Media Spending to Keep Growing
07/13/2008: The top digital signage, retail media and kiosk articles for July 7 - July 13
07/12/2008: Office Media Network Sees Expansion
07/12/2008: Safeway goes Hollywood
07/10/2008: The Evolution Of A New Media
07/08/2008: Attention, Shoppers: Soon Nielsen May Be Rating You
07/08/2008: Award Show Promoted on Ecast to Reach Young Adults and Music Enthusiasts
07/08/2008: Checkout Time Limit About Four Minutes
07/08/2008: AAAA and OAAA agree on Digital Out-of-Home report requirements
07/06/2008: The top digital signage, retail media and kiosk articles for June 23 - July 6
07/06/2008: Avocent restructures, leaving the digital signage biz?
07/06/2008: SlipStream Video Launches the Pharmacy Television Network
07/06/2008: Charter Digital Media Expands Relationship With RMS Networks
07/02/2008: Ads Give Moviegoers Chance to Interact
07/02/2008: Kaiser Permanente to install patient check-in and payment kiosks
07/02/2008: Self service transactions to surpass $1.7 trillion by 2012

June

06/30/2008: 3-Minute Ad Age focuses on store window digital signage
06/30/2008: UzoneMedia and ComfortDelGro launch iCabTV
06/30/2008: GSTV says 15-second spots perform better than 30-second ones
06/26/2008: Publicis Groupe Unveils New Digital-Ad System
06/26/2008: Customers expect revolutionary shopping
06/24/2008: AdAge grills TruMedia on what metrics mean to the digital signage world
06/24/2008: Rising Prices Cause 42% of Consumers to Give up Favorite Food Brands
06/24/2008: NHK demonstrates 8K display with 16x more detail than 1080p
06/23/2008: Comcast Center's video wall packs 10 million pixels
06/23/2008: ViewSonic offers turnkey digital signage
06/22/2008: The top digital signage, retail media and kiosk articles for June 17 - June 22
06/20/2008: Matrox Veos Extends Digital Signage
06/20/2008: RetailWire chimes in on digital signage discussion
06/20/2008: Digital signage sparks interest in kiosks
06/20/2008: BBDO, New York, Wins Outdoor Grand Prix for 'Voyeur'
06/19/2008: HughesNet to power the Automotive Broadcasting Network
06/19/2008: GameStop selects The Marketing Arm as AOR
06/19/2008: Destination Media, LG Electronics announce partnership agreement
06/18/2008: Alaska Airlines optimizes check-in process to save millions
06/18/2008: NBC builds onto Fuelcast digital signage network
06/18/2008: Sanyo introduces 52-inch 1080p waterproof LCD
06/17/2008: POPAI and G-I-M publish new digital signage research
06/17/2008: Out-of-home advertising spending slowed in Q1 2008
06/17/2008: HP Unveils New Touch-Screen Desktops
06/16/2008: Arbitron to commercialize PPM by October
06/16/2008: Consumers often judge products by labels
06/16/2008: Retec's In-Store Digital Signage Drives 24% Sales Uplift
06/16/2008: The top digital signage, retail media and kiosk articles for June 1 - June 16
06/13/2008: Some gamers already upset by new CBS Outernet/Gamestop in-store TV network
06/10/2008: The Power of In-store "Proxemic Marketing"
06/10/2008: Lots of digital signage guys turn up for Taiwan trade show
06/09/2008: CBS Outernet to launch digital signage network in GameStop stores
06/09/2008: Seth Godin says: start with a classified
06/06/2008: Foxconn showcases tiny PD-W1001 DLP projector
06/06/2008: Wells Fargo offers up a better ATM experience
06/05/2008: Focus Media (FMCN) posts strong earnings from digital signage division
06/05/2008: Yahoo/Wal-Mart Deal Further Blurs Publisher-Retailer Line
06/04/2008: Envirosell, Cushman & Wakefield form partnership
06/04/2008: Rapid feedback equals rapid action
06/03/2008: Growing your digital signage nusiness, without growing overhead
06/02/2008: Shoppers to be tracked with infrared beams
06/02/2008: Local Ad Revenue to Grow by 50%
06/02/2008: PDM and Sigma announce 20% sales increase using in-store digital media network

May

05/31/2008: The top digital signage, retail media and kiosk articles for May 26th - 31st
05/30/2008: Target tries a wellness channel in-store
05/30/2008: Safeway wins POPAI award for merchandising excellence
05/30/2008: Shopping pet peeves
05/29/2008: IBM presents ultra-compact self-service kiosk
05/29/2008: Networks hardly mention cross-platform and OOH during upfronts
05/28/2008: Introduction to digital signage webinar coming up on June 12th
05/28/2008: AirMedia makes additions, adjustments to airport digital signage network
05/28/2008: How digital marketing boosts retail sales
05/27/2008: Home Depot and Avot Media partner for mobile how-to videos
05/27/2008: Multitouch LaserTouch from Microsoft doesn't bring much new to the party
05/27/2008: POP as important as brand building
05/26/2008: Digital signage advertising network for drug testing launched
05/26/2008: Epson unveils high-res E-Ink display
05/22/2008: ContextMedia expands digital signage network
05/22/2008: Neo Advertising to open new office in Italy
05/22/2008: POPAI launches its digital signage blog
05/21/2008: VW's interactive billboard and microsite ask people what they really want
05/21/2008: Shinoda Plasma showcases 125-inch curved PTA display
05/21/2008: Grocery store loyalty programs alert customers to recalls
05/20/2008: Clear Channel rolls out screen network to UK pubs
05/20/2008: Tesco works to make self-checkout work better
05/19/2008: Great products are Deep, Intelligent, Complete, Elegant and Emotive
05/19/2008: Digital is essential for branded spaces
05/16/2008: ProLink Holdings reports Q1 2008 earnings
05/16/2008: New PCI version coming in October
05/15/2008: Adcentricity opens NY office
05/16/2008: Focus Media Announces Change in Board of Directors
05/14/2008: Adspace digital signage network expands into Tennessee
05/14/2008: Moscow declares ban on outdoor ads
05/13/2008: Real Digital Media to outsource software development
05/13/2008: FTC to scrutinize contactless payment technology
05/12/2008: In-store TVs for patrons help eateries channel profits
05/12/2008: IBM releases self-checkout application
05/12/2008: Digital Signage Association releases new report
05/10/2008: The top digital signage, retail media and kiosk articles for May 5th - 10th
05/10/2008: The power of the virtual shopping trip
05/09/2008: TriOc Vision Studios introduces new digital signage product
05/09/2008: Is the retail ballgame played on a level field?
05/09/2008: Digital signage firm NTN Buzztime announces Q1 2008 financial results
05/08/2008: Digital signage firm AirMedia reports Q1 2008 financial results
05/08/2008: NCR debuts next-gen self-checkout systems
05/07/2008: Is the digital profiling of in-store shoppers a recipe for privacy disaster?
05/07/2008: PRN to sell ads on shopping-cart screens
05/07/2008: Fujitsu to provide comprehensive digital media solutions
05/06/2008: Healthnotes rebrands itself to 'Aisle7'
05/06/2008: PumpTop TV becomes largest gas station TV network
05/06/2008: Titan Worldwide launches internal T-TV digital signage network
05/05/2008: Lightscape Technologies partners with Ogilvy & Mather for digital billboard content
05/05/2008: Giant's easySHOP lets you scan and bag groceries while you shop
05/05/2008: WPP tries to buy TNS... is Nielsen next?
05/03/2008: LevelVision expands digital signage network to over 200 locations
05/03/2008: Gilbarco, Allure Global try out digital signage for convenience stores
05/03/2008: P&G lets consumers act as media planners, sort of
05/03/2008: The secret of place-based media
05/01/2008: RetailWire asks: Where are the In-Store Implementation Best Practices?
05/01/2008: Digital Signage Advertising en Route to Becoming a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry
05/01/2008: Safeway to market its private label brand to other supermarkets

April

04/30/2008: Marketers use digital signs in vacant storefront windows
04/30/2008: D-Link enters the digital signage market
04/30/2008: New report shows digital retailing is the 'way of the future'
04/30/2008: CBS acquires International Outdoor Group
04/29/2008: Recession may alter how brands choose to buy ads
04/29/2008: NeuroFocus releases best practices for creating screen media
04/26/2008: Nielsen to report ratings for some digital sign networks
04/26/2008: MediaWeek releases first issue of Out There magazine
04/26/2008: Vision China posts strong first quarter results
04/25/2008: The POPAI Digital Signage Standards Subcommitee gets new collaboration tools
04/24/2008: ADCENTRICITY Raises $3 Million Series A Investment
04/24/2008: OnSite Network acquires Nevada New Media
04/23/2008: Minicom looks at costs of content distribution systems
04/23/2008: CBS Outernet joins the Out-of-Home Video Advertising Bureau
04/23/2008: Sightings: Microsoft's Surface used for interactive digital signage
04/22/2008: Measurement to increase OOH spending by $7 billion?
04/22/2008: Channel M, Ripple and others lock horns in digital signage market
04/22/2008: Date Night at Whole Foods?
04/21/2008: SunView pico projector now available
04/21/2008: Interactive windows dare you to catch a Scion tC
04/21/2008: Tesco trials ZBD electronic price tags
04/19/2008: Digital signage for one-to-one marketing
04/19/2008: The last days of cheap Chinese
04/18/2008: U.S. VCs like digital signage, but the bar is high
04/18/2008: Google, QVC try out "scan anywhere" QR codes
04/17/2008: ABC SuperSign tries an interactive digital OOH campaign
04/16/2008: Posterscope OCS shows the power of out-of-home advertising
04/16/2008: Six digital billboards coming to Long Beach, CA
04/15/2008: DISH Network announces digital signage offerings
04/15/2008: RDPA to use WiFi, GPS to track shopper movements
04/15/2008: Pittsburgh City Council fights Lamar over digital billboard
04/14/2008: Cannondale's ShopperDNA gauges in-store marketing effectiveness
04/14/2008: Blockbuster should buy Redbox
04/14/2008: Digital signs in quick-serve restaurants get attention
04/14/2008: Evincii unveils 'search engine in the store'
04/11/2008: Summit releases new report on self-service
04/11/2008: In-bar digital signs shown to have significant impact on young adults
04/11/2008: Wal-Mart takes retail tips from P&G India
04/10/2008: Interactive store windows the wrong way
04/10/2008: Muzak and DMX to merge, sell to someone else?
04/10/2008: Family and friends are most influential on shoppers

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