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Thursday, 27 September 2007
Manchester’s Arndale now has a digital billboard that watches you as you watch it. The ‘StreetlevelBillboard’, from Motomedia UK, launched in the retail centre this week to promote X Factor winner Shayne Ward’s new single with CYKO/Sony BMG.

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Motomedia in action
The hi-tech hoarding has the ability to register when passers-by show interest in the ad (even taking down information such as gender), while also giving viewers the option of receiving content and special offers straight to their mobiles via Bluetooth. Motomedia has used a novel approach to installing the site, measuring a total of 7.5 by 1.5 metres, by placing it over a vacant shop-front in the popular centre. It boasts a video screen measuring 3 by 1.5 metres to appeal to the Arndale’s 411,000 weekly visitors.

Speaking to How-Do about the concept, which only notched up its first customer (EMI) in February this year, business co-founder Ronan McMacken explained: “This is the first site we’ve had in the North West, but we’re expecting more in the coming months.”

"Everybody we show the concept to is really interested, but so far it has been a bit of an uphill struggle to raise awareness. That said, as we gather more evidence of how effective the format is we gather more and more interest. We’ve now sold the business model on as a licence internationally, with interest from places like the US, Canada and Malaysia, and it’s already up and running in Germany and Portugal.”

McMacken revealed that the next Motomedia site would go live this weekend to promote Heineken at the beer’s ‘Green Synergy’ music festival in Dublin.

http://www.motomedia-uk.com/

 

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