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Alex Schmidt joins DigitalMR advisory board

London (PRWEB UK) 2 April 2012

specialist in social media research, DigitalMR, announces Alex Schmidt as a new member of its advisory board.


The Advisory Board plays a key role in the governance and supervision of the growth and development of society. Its members offer a wealth of experience outside the industry market research in various fields such as law, banking, investment, retail, events, business services and wines and spirits .


Michalis Michael, MD DigitalMR Group said Alex has always been a pioneer in his career, both in the legal profession or as an entrepreneur and investment banker. We are delighted to have him as a new member of our advisory board and experience he will bring to the table. “


In becoming the latest addition to the map, Schmidt says, “At a time when the possibilities of social media are booming on Polish markets and Central and Eastern Europe, using the web to capture ideas and gain an advantage competition will become a key development to become involved. “


Biography

Przemysław Aleksander Schmidt

(B 1962.) – Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dom Maklerski TRIGON SA, the oldest house in securities brokerage and investment banking Polish society. In the years 1997-2000, he was senior vice-president (business development), General Counsel and Secretary deEntertainment Inc., the largest pay-TV company in Central and Eastern Europe and the first NASDAQ -listed business in the region . He was also president of Wizja TV, its DTH subsidiary. Previously (1995-1997), he was country director for Poland MeesPierson, an investment banking firm (now ABN AMRO). He began his career as a lawyer in the law firm of Warsaw newly created Soltysinski, Kawecki & amp; amp; Szlezak (1990-1995), and Assistant Professor in the Law Department for A. Mickiewicz University (1987-1992).


M .. Schmidt earned a summa cum laude Masters in Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznan (1987) and attended graduate studies at the University of California, Hastings (Fulbright Scholar in 1991 -1992) at Georgetown University, the University of Leiden and the TMC Asser Institute in The Hague (Asser College Europe). He is also a member of the Organization of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), where he served as president of the European Council (2007-2009). It is and was a member of the boards of several public companies

The current members of the Advisory Board are:

Dr Nicos Rossides: CEO of the research group MASMI, formerly general manager of EMEA for Synovate
Steve Alexander: President Symmetrics
Stavros Hadjiyiangou: Partner, Bond Partners Group LLC
Simon Preston: Founder & amp; amp; CEO Risebeyond.org
Neil Everitt: Pegas Nonwovens Director Council SA president SARE Ltd
Peter Nathaniel: partners Impala Partners, LLC, formerly Chief Risk Officer of RBS Group
Contact

Michalis A. Michael

mmichael (at) digital-mr (dot) com

tel. +44 751 571 0370

http://www.digital-mr.com/


Notes to Editors

DigitalMR understands what people think and feel when they share views online. He is a specialist agency which provides a holistic approach to market research based on the Web. He specializes in the use of social media research, especially active web-listening, and online communities to enhance its business consulting approach. The agency has developed new methods in online focus groups as well as tools such as video diaries, bulletin boards and online ethnography. DigitalMR is headed by founder and Group MD, Michalis Michael and has offices in London UK, Nicosia Cyprus, and Columbus Ohio, in the United States.

The agency works in partnership with the international research company market MASMI http: // www.masmi.com . DigitalMR is headed by founder and Group MD, Michalis Michael and headquartered in London, UK and Nicosia, Cyprus.

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Former FBI Executive Assistant Director to Keynote ATM & Mobile Innovation Summit

LOUISVILLE, KY (PRWEB) August 06, 2014

Networld Media Group has announced that Shawn Henry, president of CrowdStrike Services, will keynote the ATM & Mobile Innovation Summit, which is to be held on Sept. 10-12 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC.

Henry retired as FBI executive assistant director in 2012. During his career as a special agent, he served in three FBI field offices and at the bureau’s headquarters.

Henry is credited with boosting the FBI’s computer crime and cybersecurity investigative capabilities. He oversaw computer crime investigations spanning the globe, including denial-of-service attacks, bank and corporate breaches, and state-sponsored intrusions. He posted FBI cyber experts in police agencies around the world, including the Netherlands, Romania, Ukraine and Estonia.

During his keynote presentation on Sept. 12, Henry will shock attendees with the realities of today’s hackers and the vulnerabilities everyone in the banking and payments industries face. Following his speech, CrowdStrike’s crack team of security gurus will demonstrate how to protect today’s financial channels from compromise.

“The financial services sector and consumers are under attack from criminals around the world,” said Henry. “They aggressively and systematically seek personal and financial information for economic gain, and new strategies and processes are required to better protect and maintain resilient computer networks.”

The Summit is a partnership between Networld Media Group and the Electronic Funds Transfer Association (EFTA) and is sponsored by the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) and MagTek.

The event will feature about 40 speakers, including representatives from organizations like PAI, Bitpay, RoboCoin, SECU of Maryland, TecBan, US Bank, MasterCard, Early Warning, Glenbrook, Citi, CU24, Bank of America, Federal Reserve Financial Services, and several government agencies, regulators and attorneys.

This Summit has been created specifically for financial institutions, payment companies, analyst and legal firms, processors, card networks, security firms, large retailers and ATM deployers. Registration is now open at atmandmobilesummit.com, and early-bird pricing is in effect until Friday, August 8th.

About Networld Media Group

Founded in 2000, Networld Media Group is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media communications company specializing in digital media, associations, and events in the mobile, self-service, digital signage, retail, food service, and financial services industries. Online properties include ATMmarketplace.com, DigitalSignageToday.com, FastCasual.com, KioskMarketplace.com, MobilePaymentsToday.com, PizzaMarketplace.com, QSRweb.com, RetailCustomerExperience.com, SelfServiceWorld.com, and ChurchCentral.com. The company produces executive summits in the fast casual, retail, ATM, and mobile payments industries. Its custom media division develops premium content and marketing services for associations such as the ATM Industry Association.







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Amazon set to challenge Apples domination of the tablet PC market, says online research specialist DigitalMR.

London (PRWEB UK) 4 April 2012

Social media research specialist DigitalMR releases latest findings on what customers are saying about tablet PCs on the internet.

The overwhelming majority of customers are highly positive in their views on tablet PCs as expressed on the internet. DigitalMR measured thousands of comments for slate devices across Dec 2011 to Jan 2012. 71% of all views measured were positive with only 29% negative. Apple recorded a 32% share of all positive comments and 35% of the smaller pool of negative ones. Hot on its heels is Amazon with 30% of positive mentions and a 33% share of negative.

Results are based on comments posted by consumers on the major tablet brands made by: Apple, Motorola, Samsung, Blackberry, HTC, LG, HP, ASUS, Amazon and Sony across Dec 2011 to Jan 2012.

DigitalMR’s analysis (powered by SocialNuggets) is based on comments posted via a range of relevant websites and open access social media platforms. It measures, not only the number of comments posted by consumers on the internet, but also their sentiment – whether posts are positive or negative in nature.

Managing Director of DigitalMR, Michalis Michael commented: “Can Apple maintain its dominant position among tablet PCs? It will be interesting to see if Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet can continue to convert its positive online sentiment into sales.”

All the brands measured, achieve a positive Net Sentiment Score (NSS) for Dec-Jan. NSS provides an overall percentage score of net positive posts. A positive score means a tablet attracts a higher proportion of positive than negative posts.

The average NSS taken across all brands measured is 42% which is high compared with other industry sectors, although slightly down on the average NSS for Jul-Aug 2011 (50%). Customers are still generally satisfied with tablet products and services and are happy to spread the word online.

Apple and Amazon both achieved a below average NSS score of 38%, but given their relative dominance in the market, customer expectations are likely to be higher. Tablet brands that achieve the highest NSS are Sony 72% and HP with 56%. The lowest performing tablet was Motorola with an NSS of 33%

Click here for Summary of positive and negative posts and overall NSS

In their words – Customer comments for models with the highest and lowest Net Sentiment Scores

Sony

“The Sony tablet (I own one)…you have the play station store and the Sony can play downloaded movies easily The design of Sony tablet s makes the tablet easy to hold, and the tablet is extremely light”.

http://androidforums.com/sony-tablet-s/450543-sony-tablet-s-vs-galaxy-10-1-vs-asus.html

HP

“The best case is without a doubt is the one made by Stilgut~ purpose made so fits perfectly, access to all ports, holds the HP tablet at various angles and looks very classy… not cheap but well worth every penny..”

http://androidforums.com/asus-eee-pad-transformer/455314-case-transformer.html

Amazon

“Nerds who like to tweak shouldn’t be buying such a device. They should buy something that’s designed to be more tweakable. The Fire is not designed to be a tablet period. Amazon never markets it as such and the word Android can’t even be found on the product page. It’s designed as a device to facilitate consumption of Amazon content. Anything you get out of it beyond that is just a bonus”.

http://androidforums.com/amazon-kindle-fire/446579-why-spend-tablet-no-sd-card-like-fire-when-there-so-many-tablets-sd-cards.html

Motorola:

“Yeah, kind of disappointed at the book reading support of Motorola Xoom,out of the box, day 1. The google books app is nice and responsive but there is no way to use it to read your own pdfs, epubs etc. that I can find. I downloaded Adobe Reader and Aldiko but neither are completely stable and as smooth and responsive”.

http://androidforums.com/motorola-xoom/286897-pdf-xoom.html

Further customer comments and more about the report here

Contact

For regular reports and more information:

Michalis A. Michael

mmichael(at)digital-mr(dot)com,

tel: +44 751 571 0370

http://www.digital-mr.com

About DigitalMR

DigitalMR understands what people think and feel when they share views online. It is a specialist agency which provides a holistic approach to web based market research. It specialises in utilising social media research, especially active web-listening, and online communities to enhance its business consulting approach. The agency has pioneered new methods in online focus groups alongside tools such as video diaries, bulletin boards and online ethnography. DigitalMR is headed by founder and MD, Michalis Michael and has offices in London UK, Nicosia Cyprus, and Columbus Ohio, in the US.

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The MedZilla.com Employment Report for April, 2012 — Unemployment Hits Lowest Rate in Three Years

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) April 12, 2012

March announced a new milestone in the economic recovery that the report of the situation in the country has announced that the unemployment rate was a further three years low of 8.2%. (Bls.gov, 06/04/12) Yet many do not know how to see the latest figures from the Ministry of Labour. Early forecasts had estimated a greater immersion in unemployment. But these expectations were realistic or merely setting the nation up for disappointment? What was once a plummeting unemployment has stabilized; and the economy has been able to add well over half a million new jobs in just the last three months. (Nytimes.com, 06/04/12) While some saw it as just a slight click down last month, watching the fall of unemployment rates below the levels before the recession is a show Welcome to jobseekers nofollow across the country.


Earlier this month the First Lady Michelle Obama made a major announcement that addresses the concerns of more than returning veterans are coming home to an already over stressed job pool despite their obvious qualifications nofollow potential employers. There is little doubt that veterans returning officers and their spouses have valuable skills and placement. However, they are facing major difficulties when applying for civilian positions that may require long-term commitments while one or more family members are still serving in the army, or in the case of chronic disability. However, companies in the country are addressing this issue by committing to employment opportunities that will meet the veterans and their spouses needs specifically in the coming years. According to the announcement of this new effort will offer positions that are nearby near military housing facilities, including access to jobs at home as well.


These employment opportunities and their sponsoring companies will be incorporated into the Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP). Launched last summer by Dr. Jill Biden, over a hundred civilian companies have joined the Ministry of Defence team focused on its commitment to finding new ways to help military spouses to overcome their obstacles unique to find a job.


companies health care such as TriWest Healthcare Alliance is committed to hire at least 10,000 veterans and military spouses by 2014 Quality Contact Solutions is women owned company with its roots in the medical field. They are committed to creating a hundred and fifty in the house (B2B) business-to-business marketing and communications for military spouses over the next two years in the areas of health as well as for jobs telecommunications.


John Burkhardt, Managing Director of MedZilla.com had this to say: “It’s nice to see the medical community to help place them in positions of these veterans when they return from abroad. The health care industry is once place where the jobs are there, so there are many great opportunities for everyone. It is important to see these companies get up and take a leadership role. “


According to statistics collected by BLS SkillPROOF, internet use business intelligence solutions, working online has increased as well in the last three months. According to President and CEO Henning Seip, “The increases suggest a robust growth in demand for online work ahead.” ( http://community.ere.net , 4/3/12) The medical industry was taking notice and making its presence known online. Large healthcare companies took advantage of social media and use them to reach consumers and job seekers alike.


Recently pharmaceutical giant Bayer Corp. was found to join the ranks of Pinterest, showing that even the health industry made attempts to appeal to the generation of social media. The area of ​​the company has four billboards that have information on the scope of the company as well as areas of potential interest to consumers such as innovations and sustainability. It is also a forum available for consumers to discuss areas of interest such as stem cells. ( http://storify.com 06/04/12)

“[social media] has really become a legitimate way to connect with not only your consumer base, but with other companies today. You must know what you are doing and do it well. It is a right and a wrong way ;. and slowly but surely companies are beginning to understand that just as you would not go to an interview or a meeting of shareholders by surprise, social media is the label, “says Del Johnston, director of customer relations at MedZilla. . com “They understood that the next generation of shareholders are there watching and checking their business from online even before they set up a meeting online presence matters now .. networking issues Qu ‘ Is it used to be “just for kids” is now used to connect large businesses with their target audiences :. their customers “

According to the Bureau of Labor Statics industry health care has always been a total of five jobs in the first three months of 2012, exceeding the growth of employment in most of last year, according to experts in the medical field. (Nursing.advanceweb.com, 02/04/12) According to Forbes, the two industries that show the most interesting signs of growth are health care and information technology; and the number of jobs posted at the end of 2011 increased by over 117%. Health job ads in the second half of 2011 continued to pace out the first half enormously depending on their numbers. The first three job titles were medical assistants, pharmacy technicians and nurses. Forbes experts agree that social networking is the new favorite place to search for jobs in the digital environment of today. (Forbes.com, 05/04/12)

Rhonda M. Zaleski, MS, RN, CHPN, who is the director of the company nursing, responsible for recruitment and planning the workforce for the University of Pennsylvania Health System said: “The market for nurses BSNs and those who defend their education are strong. In fact, nursing stations account for almost 50 percent of all open positions at Penn Nursing. experienced nurses who return to school, embracing technology and research interest in nursing leadership in both [areas] clinical and administrative have great potential for advancement. “


About MedZilla.com:

Founded in mid-1994, MedZilla is the original and the main web site to serve career and hiring needs for professionals and employers in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medicine, science and health. The database contains about employment MedZilla 7500 open positions. The database currently contains over CV 295000 CV old 26500 at least three months. These resources have been characterized as the largest database, the most comprehensive of its kind on the web in the industries served.


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Apple iPhone remains in 4th place behind Android smartphones according to latest social media monitoring report from DigitalMR

London (PRWEB UK) 24 April 2012

Social media research specialist The DigitalMR releases latest findings on what customers are saying about smartphones on the internet.

DigitalMR analyzed more than 300,000 comments from customers on smartphones December 2011 through January 2012 Nearly two-thirds (65%) of these customer views are positive, compared to 35% negative.


Android models are the most talked about brands of smartphones. Samsung attracts the most mentions with a market share of 34% of all positive comments and a 37% share of, negative comments small group. Next placed is HTC with 22% positive mentions and 18% negative, followed by Motorola with 11% positive and 13% negative.

Together, the three Android brands account for two thirds (67%) of all online customer feedback measured on smartphones.


The results are based on comments posted by consumers on the major smartphone brands: Apple, Motorola, Samsung, RIM (Blackberry), HTC, LG, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Kyocera and HP on September-October 2011

smartphone models established Apple and RIM (Blackberry) only account for 11% and 8% of the total comments were published respectively. Weak coherent parts Blackberry chat coincided with bad trade Q4 results, prompting her recent announcement “nofollow” to place more focus on the enterprise market.


DigitalMR analysis (supplied by SocialNuggets ) is based on comments posted by a range of relevant websites and open access platforms of social media. It measures not only the number of comments posted by consumers on the Internet, but also their sentiment -. If the messages are positive or negative in nature

Managing Director of DigitalMR, Michalis Michael commented: “Our social media monitoring over the last 6 months has consistently shown Android models like the most talked about brands. While Apple can at least rely on its strong presence in the tablet market, it seems RIM will return to its basic objective of corporate customers ”

All brands measured, achieve a positive net sentiment score (NSS) for December-Jan. NSS provides an overall percentage of net positive posts. The average NSS necessary for all brands measured is 30%. This shows customers are generally positive in their comments online.


Of the three major brands Android, HTC had a NSS of 39%, followed by a nominal rating of slightly below 27% for Samsung and Motorola for only 20% which was the lowest total of the NHS. Apple has reached the second highest at 24%. The NSS is more directed by Nokia (47%).


More data and analysis

Features

DigitalMR measured thousands of customer posts on the services and functions assigned to smartphones.The issues “operating system” and features “Service” generate the most comprehensive reviews – both positive and negative.

“Battery” but attracted only 11% positive reviews, but 16% negative, while on the positive side for designers “Body” attracted a 17% share of positive feedback, but only 11% negative .


Customer Reviews and more information

About DigitalMR

DigitalMR understands what people think and feel when they share views online. He is a specialist agency which provides a holistic approach to market research based on the Web. He specializes in the use of social media research, especially active web-listening, and online communities to enhance its business consulting approach. The agency has developed new methods in online focus groups as well as tools such as video diaries, bulletin boards and online ethnography. DigitalMR is headed by founder and MD, Michalis Michael and has offices in London UK, Nicosia Cyprus, and Columbus Ohio, in the United States.


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Latest Online Research Shows American Express as Most Popular US Bank with a 35% Share of Positive Comments on the Web

Colombus, OH (PRWEB UK) 2 May 2012

DigitalMR analyzed tens of thousands of online customer comments regarding US banks for the month of January 2012. Two thirds of comments monitored were positive (67%) about their customer experiences, compared with 33% being negative about their customer experiences.

DigitalMR’s report (powered by SocialNuggets) analyzes tens of thousands of mentions and customer comments posted via open access social media platforms and relevant finance related websites. It measures not only the number of comments posted by consumers on the internet, but also sentiment – whether these posts are positive or negative.

Results are based on comments posted on the major US banks: CitiBank, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, US Bank, American Express, HSBC, Capital One, Barclays, JP Morgan Chase and US Bancorp.

The banking service brands with the highest share of overall mentions were: Amex (29%), Citibank (20%) and Bank of America (18%).

There was, however, a large difference between the positive and negative mentions that these banks generated. Amex achieves the highest share of positive comments (35%) more than twice its share of negative ones (16%). Conversely, Bank of America attracted more than twice the share of negative comments (28%) to positive ones (13%).

Taking each bank’s positive and negative scores into consideration, Amex achieves the highest Net Sentiment Score (NSS) with 63%, followed by US Bank with 61%. The only bank with a net negative score was Bank of America with a NSS of (-4%).

Ryan Rutan, President of DigitalMR USA commented: “Online sentiment continues to show contrasting pictures of two banks: Amex which is very positive and Bank of America where sentiment is highly negative. This represents a huge challenge for Bank of America to turn this around.”

Data analysis and customer comments

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For regular reports and more information:

Ryan A. Rutan

rrutan(at)digital-mr(dot)com

tel: +1 (614) 638-0216

http://www.digital-mr.com

About DigitalMR

DigitalMR understands what people think and feel when they share views online. It is a specialist agency which provides a holistic approach to web based market research. It specialises in utilising social media research, especially active web-listening, and online communities to enhance its business consulting approach. The agency has pioneered new methods in online focus groups alongside tools such as video diaries, bulletin boards and online ethnography. DigitalMR is headed by founder and MD, Michalis Michael and has offices in London UK, Nicosia Cyprus, and Columbus Ohio, in the US.

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The Halifax is most talked about bank online in January with a 20% share of comments, according to latest web listening report from DigitalMR

London (PRWEB UK) 10 May 2012

For the month of January 2012, DigitalMR analysed thousands of online customer comments about major UK high street banks: Lloyds TSB, HSBC, Halifax, NatWest, Bank of Ireland, Santander, Barclays, RBS, ING Direct, and Clydesdale Bank. Nearly two thirds (64%) of these views are positive about their customer experiences, compared with 36% negative.

The banks that receive the highest share of online mentions are: Halifax (20%), HSBC (17%) and RBS (15%).

DigitalMR’s report (powered by SocialNuggets) analyses thousands of mentions and customer comments posted via open access social media platforms and relevant finance related websites. It measures not only the number of comments posted by consumers on the internet, but also sentiment – whether these posts are positive or negative.

While Lloyds attracts the highest share of negative mentions (19%) it only garners a 10% share of positive comments. Conversely Halifax (21%) received the highest share of positive posts, compared with a 17% share of negative ones.

Taking each bank’s positive and negative scores into consideration, Clydesdale achieves the highest Net Sentiment Score (NSS) with 66%, followed by Bank of Ireland (49%) and ING Direct 41%. Across January only one bank achieved a negative NSS, Lloyds with (-6%).

Managing Director of DigitalMR, Michalis Michael commented: “Although ING Direct consistently achieved the highest Net Sentiment Scores across 2011, it would appear that Clydesdale Bank has made the best start in 2012.”

Data analysis and customer comments

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For regular reports and more information:

Michalis A. Michael

mmichael(at)digital-mr.com

tel: +44 751 571 0370

http://www.digital-mr.com

About DigitalMR

DigitalMR understands what people think and feel when they share views online. It is a specialist agency which provides a holistic approach to web based market research. It specialises in utilising social media research, especially active web-listening, and online communities to enhance its business consulting approach. The agency has pioneered new methods in online focus groups alongside tools such as video diaries, bulletin boards and online ethnography. DigitalMR is headed by founder and MD, Michalis Michael and has offices in London UK, Nicosia Cyprus, and Columbus Ohio, in the US.

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George A. Romero Stars in ‘Zombie Squash’ Video Game; Kickstarter Campaign Launched

Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) May 23, 2012

ACW Games, a division of Attila’s Creative Works LLC, officially announced today that George A. Romero, the Godfather of All Zombies, is starring in their upcoming video game, Zombie SquashTM, providing the voice for the lead villain game boss, Dr. Beau E. Vil. Since his ground-breaking, trendsetting masterpiece, ‘Night of the Living Dead’ George Romero’s name has become synonymous with zombies. This time around, Romero creates a new cartoon-style voice in Zombie SquashTM as an evil scientist.

ACW Owner Attila Juhasz is the creator of Zombie SquashTM, a world where vegetation has gone wild from evil experiments gone wrong. Zombie SquashTM is a tower defense style game where the Player is a rabbit named Jack Stompingtail who fires carrots, zucchini and other garden ammo at Dr. Beau E. Vil’s horde of gorde onslaught. The player has to try and stop the Zombie SquashTM from taking over the world. The game will be initially released for PC and Mac desktops late October 2012. ACW is also working on versions for iPhone, iPod, iPad and most major Android marketplaces, as well as the most popular Android devices, including Amazon Kindle Fire, B&N Nook Color, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

“I started developing Zombie SquashTM two years ago,” says Juhasz, “and released a short demo last Halloween.” Since then Juhasz has recruited the iconic George A. Romero to star in the game and Billboard-charting music producer, Roy Z. to co-write and produce the soundtrack. World-renowned illustrator, Marc Sasso also joined the Zombie Squash team illustrating the new official cover, and creating characters and art.

ACW Games also launched their Zombie SquashTM Kickstarter campaign today. Kickstarter is a social funding community where people become backers of independent creative ventures like video games. An online video featuring George Romero, Attila Juhasz and snippets of the game, art and music can be viewed at the Zombie SquashTM Kickstarter page – http://ZombieSquash.com/kickstarter. “Through Kickstarter, our friends, fans and other social backers give us the opportunity to have a release ready for Halloween,” states Juhasz.

Rewards are given to backers that support the Zombie SquashTM Kickstarter campaign. These include access to BETA releases, full DRM-Free copies, T-shirts, CDs, Sponsorship and Associate Producer Opportunities, and Autographed Items.

Zombie Squash Official Web Site: http://ZombieSquash.com

Zombie Squash Kickstarter Link: http://ZombieSquash.com/kickstarter

contact: Attila Juhasz, Attila’s Creative Works

website: http://www.AttilasCreative.com

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email:     attila(at)attilascreative.com

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About Attila Juhasz and Attila’s Creative Works LLC & ACW Games

Attila Juhasz formed Attila’s Creative Works LLC in Phoenix, AZ in 2005. ACW Games is a division of Attila’s Creative Works LLC. ACW offers creative services including web design, graphics, app development, editing and DVD authoring. ACW owns and operates a network of websites including the popular web site HorrorMoviesBlog.com. Juhasz is celebrating his 20th anniversary in online creations building his first dial-up bulletin-board system (BBS) in 1992. He was the publisher of the rock magazine, New York Onslaught and has written for genre magazines Fangoria and Sci-Fi. In 1995, he created what may be considered the first commercial genre website, HorrorMovies.com, which he sold to publicly traded Unapix Entertainment Inc. who hired him as their Director of Internet Marketing as reported in the Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Whille at Unapix, Juhasz continued being a web pioneer producing the first global Internet Seance online Halloween 2000. He has built over 100 websites for clients like Lifetime Television, Newman’s Own, Kraft, DuPont and many others. In 2003 he created the DEP (Digital Entertainment Package), the first of its kind application that included Music, Liner Notes, Photos, Wallpaper, and a Screensaver. ACW has released Apps for iPhones and Android phones including “The Logical Meaning of God” eBook, “Panda Drop” game, and “HorrorMoviesBlog.com Movie Streaming App.”







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PQ Media: After 3 Years of Slowing Growth, DOOH Media Pacing Up 11% in 2014, Driven by Strong Ad Spend on World Cup, Olympics, Health & Transit Nets, Aussie Digital Surge

STAMFORD, CT (PRWEB) August 04, 2014

Defying economic and political headwinds worldwide, digital out-of-home (DOOH) media operators ground out a 9.3% revenue gain to $ 8.86 billion in 2013, a solid increase tempered by it being the third straight year of slower growth, according to PQ Media’s annual performance benchmark released today. Key first-half indicators point to DOOH growth accelerating to 11.3% in 2014, boosted by a dynamic combination of the global economy gaining momentum, two sporting mega-events, and increased healthcare, political and transit ad spend, says the new Global Digital Out-of-Home Media Forecast 2014-18.

Influential developed and emerging markets stuttered in 2013, due to myriad challenges posed by debt issues, asset bubbles, political tensions and slower economic growth in high-flying markets like China. These issues filtered down to ad-driven media, which also faced tough comparisons with 2012 as a result of the even-year boost from pivotal sporting and political events. Roadside digital billboards and cinema-based video networks – the two largest location categories – were the most affected verticals in 2013.

While global revenue growth decelerated again in 2013, consumer exposure to DOOH increased at the same rate as in 2012, rising 7.2% to an average of 14 minutes per week, estimates PQ Media. Key growth drivers included new deployments and the expansion of existing DOOH media in high-traffic areas of the world’s largest cities. Average consumer exposure is pacing for accelerated 9.5% growth in 2014, driven by higher engagement with newly launched DOOH, particularly during the Winter Olympics in Russia and the World Cup in Brazil.

PQ Media defines DOOH by two major platforms, digital place-based networks (DPN) and digital billboards & signage (DBB); and more than 10 key indoor/outdoor locations, including roadside, cinema, retail, transit, healthcare and entertainment.

DPNs generated 71% of global DOOH revenues in 2013, growing 8.4% to $ 6.26 billion, a slight deceleration from 2012. Slow-moving economies weighed on cinema – the largest DPN vertical – resulting in several Top 15 Global Markets posting revenue declines. Global cinema networks had the worst year in recent memory produced the weakest years on record, although some slack was picked up by US cinema nets, which had their best year since 2010, as well as strong gains by transit and healthcare DPNs.

Although global revenue is on pace for faster growth in 2014, several challenges continue to shadow DPN operators, including issues related to standardized measurement, planning and buying systems, mobile media integration, and operator consolidation and its impact on network scale.

“From the Americas to Asia-Pacific, financial transactions involving DPN operators continued unabated in 2013 and the first half of 2014,” said Patrick Quinn, CEO, PQ Media. “A diverse group of deals were consummated across the vertical spectrum, including cinema, healthcare, corporate and transit networks, reaffirming that consolidation is accelerating and likely to churn for several more years.”

Among the major M&A deals announced in 2013-14 were National CineMedia’s proposed acquisition of Screenvision; Captivate Network’s planned purchase of the Wall Street Journal Office Network; and Cineplex’s acquisition of EK3 Technologies. Notable equity investments included those involving Captivate, GSTV, Mood Media and Eletromidia. And while the enigmatic RMG Networks went public, the esoteric Focus Media went private.

The rapid growth of mobile media has created the proverbial “frenemy” for DPN operators, as it has become imperative to integrate mobile technology into ad campaigns, particularly those aimed at post-Boomer generations. Driving consumer engagement through mobile interactivity will only become more important with each passing year. DPNs are already being squeezed by mobile, with brands increasingly demanding mobile components to their integrated media campaigns.

“To put this juggernaut into perspective, our research indicates that mobile media revenues from the US alone will be larger than the entire global DOOH industry by year-end 2014,” Quinn said, referring to data from PQ Media’s Global Digital Media & Technology Series.

Meanwhile, DBB growth slowed for the second consecutive year in 2013, rising 11.5% to $ 2.6 billion. The sharp deceleration was mainly due to local government rulings that led to digiboards being shuttered in major metros, such as Los Angeles and Moscow. Nevertheless, OOH operators continue to transition static signs to digital for the simple reason that digisigns generate higher revenues and margins.

In addition, digital screens placed in and around transit hubs, sporting venues and busy roadside locations have become must-buys for brands during major sporting events and political campaigns because they reach on-the-go consumers with a combination of dynamic ads and real-time results. For example, the increasing amount of soft money and third-party groups involved in US elections drove double-digit increases in political ad spending on OOH media in 2010 and 2012. DBBs were a key contributor due to their ability to tailor messages and respond to breaking news. PQ Media expects these trends to spur DBB revenue growth of 15.7% this year to $ 3.01 billion.

Asia-Pacific was the largest of the four global regions in 2013, with aggregate revenues of $ 3.83 billion, fueled by surging growth in Australia and a strong rebound in Japan. The US remained the world’s largest DOOH market, with $ 2.37 billion in revenues, followed by China at $ 1.87 billion. The injection of ad spending and new deployments ahead of the World Cup helped Brazil’s DOOH industry grow at the fastest rate, rocketing 41.9%, followed by Australia at 23.6%.

US DOOH media revenues rose at an accelerated 8.7% in 2013, driven by strong growth in healthcare nets, which benefited from new ad dollars related to the Affordable Care Act. DPN revenues increased 9.5%, as the transit and entertainment categories joined healthcare to offset slower growth in retail and cinema. US DBB revenues were up 7.2% in 2013, the lowest growth rate since PQ Media began tracking DOOH.

About the Forecast

The 7th edition Global Digital Out-of-Home Media Forecast 2014-18 is the industry’s annual performance benchmark, delivering actionable intelligence covering operator revenues, consumer exposure, key drivers and growth projections by country, platform and location from 2008-18. This year’s edition features a new user-friendly PowerPoint format, Global DOOH Market Rankings by revenue, exposure and growth, and comparisons to other media. Enhanced value-add Excel Databook amplifies the core report with hundreds of drill-down datasets by country, platform and location. Click through a Forecast link above to download a free Executive Summary and Sample Databook.

About PQ Media

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