Al Barq Digital, with support from OVAB Europe, has announced its intention to mobilise the MENA digital media industry with the creation of an OVAB organisation in the region. “Its mission will be to raise awareness and build reputation for Digital Out of Home as an independent and accepted medium within the media landscape; as…More

OVAB Europe has announced three new members: iDklic, the first Belgian company to join the association, as well as two British companies, RAM Vision and Digiadvans. These new additions bring the total of new recruits to OVAB Europe up to six in 2010. Four other companies are expected to join in the near future.

Digital Signage Federation (DSF) has created a new Standards Committee, which will be chaired by Ken Goldberg, CEO, Real Digital Media. The new committee will set standards for key issues such as: – Measurement – Integration and Messaging – Reporting – Semantics – Privacy Rich Cooley, Chairman of the DSF also announced the appointment of…More

The Canadian Out-of-home Digital Association/Association canadienne de l’affichage numérique (CODACAN), has recently announced its new board, effectively joining the two chapters – Ontario’s CODA and Québec’s ACAN – in one single entity. CODACAN’s full list of the recently announced Board of Directors is: Chairman: Michael Girgis – CEO and Co-founder, Onestop Media Group Vice Chairman:…More

The Digital Signage Association and the Self-Service & Kiosk Association have announced plans to merge and form a new organization called the Digital Screenmedia Association (DSA). The Advisory Board of the Digital Signage Association agreed to the merger on April 6. The Self-Service & Kiosk Association Advisory Board voted in favor of merger during its…More

Digital Signage Federation has announced the election of officers to lead the Board of Directors. The industry professionals who were elected are : – Chairman – Rich Cooley, CEO & Founder, Visser Digital Media – Vice Chairman – Bob Stowe, Director, Marketing Services, Wendy’s International – Secretary/Treasurer – Alan Brawn, Principal, Brawn Consulting, LLC The…More

The Out-of-home Video Advertising Bureau (OVAB) announced yesterday that it has changed its name to the Digital Place-based Advertising Association (DPAA). This name-change reflects the evolution from a narrow definition of digital OOH media based on digital signage networks, towards a more inclusive view of the OOH eco-system in which locations and all digital services…More

The ng Connect Program, co-founded by Alcatel-Lucent has announced that ten new members have joined the program, including CoolSign, a DS software editor, and NCR (which last year acquired Netkey, a provider of kiosk and DS software applications). The multi-industry organization, dedicated to creating network-ready applications, services, content and devices for emerging Long Term Evolution…More

Newly launched Digital Signage Federation has attracted just under 150 members with its initial offer of six months free membership to anyone who was registered at Digital Signage Expo 2010. Anyone who was registered at DSE can still sign up until Friday, March 12th “after which a reasonable dues structure requires payment of dues at…More

The Digital Signage Group, the advocacy and standards arm of Point of Purchase Advertising International (POPAI) focusing on the digital signage industry, published the industry’s first code of conduct for the utilization and deployment of consumer tracking research and technology. More than 18 months in development, the code of conduct provides recommendations to marketers on…More