Data Call Technologies, Inc. is in one of the few sectors which has still managed to grow in a recessionary environment – the digital signage industry, which is expected to be a $2.6 billion market by 2011. The US digital signage market is expected to grow this year and next, driven by the decline in price for digital screens, which will allow companies to increase awareness among consumers of their brand while not increasing their advertising budget.

Since its founding in 2002, Data Call Technologies has uniquely positioned itself in the digital signage industry with its emphasis on active, real-time content and supplying customers with fresh, live content. It has been shown that such content – news, sports, weather, etc. – draws a larger number of viewers to digital signage and keeps their interest throughout the presentation. This is key for sponsors

Data Call Technologies Inc. was founded in 2002 just as digital signage began to stake its claim in the world of advertising. Whether it’s general information (news, sports, stocks, etc.) or location-targeted active content (weather, traffic, etc.), research is showing that active content draws viewers to digital signage and keeps them engaged throughout the presentation.

What makes Data Call perhaps unique in the industry is the company’s emphasis on active, real-time content. From the earliest, Data Call and its management team has heeded the growing demand from customers for more on-demand content – the ability to keep digital signage fresh, live and in motion.

Today, the company’s wide variety of real-time content information feeds can be seen through digital signage networks in numerous venues – from airports and highways, to sports stadiums and arenas, from shopping malls to elevators.

Throughout the last several years,

Data Call Technologies Inc. offers a wide variety of real-time content information feeds that can be seen through digital signage networks in numerous venues. These venues include: elevators, airports, highways, shopping malls, sports stadiums and arenas.

Digital Signage Today’s survey of 600 industry executives found that 64 percent of respondents would outsource all or part of their content creation. This survey reinforces the notion that there are countless opportunities for a company like Data Call Technologies in the digital signage industry.

Whether it’s general entertainment information (news, sports, stocks, etc.) or location-targeted active content (weather, traffic, etc.), research is validating the long-held assumption that active content draws viewers to digital signage and keeps them engaged throughout the presentation. Data Call is unique in the industry with its emphasis on active, real-time content.

Over the past few years, Data Call has worked with the industry

Data Call Technologies Inc. is a leading provider of infotainment feeds for the digital signage industry. The company’s information feeds can be seen throughout digital signage networks in numerous venues such as shopping malls, highways, sports stadiums and arenas.

Plasma and LCD dynamic displays are rapidly replacing printed marketing materials such as signs, placards, etc. In the past two years, as the cost of platforms, supporting infrastructure and displays has fallen dramatically, digital signage has become more accessible to a wider range of companies. The increasing demand for digital signage is the most significant indication that the industry has come of age.

Digital signage presentations are typically comprised of repeating loops of information used to brand, market or sell a company’s products or services. But once seen, this information becomes repetitive and viewers will tune it out. This results in low retention

An audio interview with Data Call Technologies, Inc. Chairman Jim Ammons is now available at www.qualitystocks.net/videocharts.php?chartvid_id=335. During the interview, Mr. Ammons provides an overview of the company, along with the growth of the digital signage industry in recent years.

Over the past few years, digital signage has been expanding into consumers’ daily lives, being featured in banks, grocery stores, and gas stations, reflecting an estimated $2-3 billion dollar industry in 22 countries worldwide. Mr. Ammons also gave his insight on the company’s competitors, incredible growth rate, as well as plans for international expansion.

In the six-minute interview, Mr. Ammons stated, “We average about 30 to 40 new accounts every single month. We have thousands and thousands of locations, from military bases to sports stadiums, even the Plaza Hotel in New York. The industry we are in is made up of commerce

Data Call Technologies Inc. is moving forward with its earlier announced plan to acquire PrioServ, Inc., a private technology service company specializing in the installation, deployment, and management of digital signage systems, in addition to VOIP, corporate networks, and the installation and management of associated servers.

PrioServ’s strong background in the installation and support of digital signage systems fits perfectly with Data Call’s content provision capabilities. PrioServ has been contracted to handle service work for existing networks residing in most of America’s sports stadiums. It has also been contracted to handle digital signage installation for 24 Northern California Bank of America branches as well as 115 Digital College Network installations in colleges and universities all over the country. Data Call digital signage content feeds are used by sports arenas, banks, airports, clinics, manufacturing plants, and a wide variety of other businesses

Sector 10 Inc. is a company which is reshaping the emergency response industry. It is the only emergency response systems company that is so strongly emphasizing using onsite pre-deployed resources as a way to reduce liability, avert injuries and save lives.

One of Sector 10’s primary products is the stationary response unit. This stationary response center contains the essential equipment needed for disasters and crisis situations. Some of the company’s stationary response unit features include: chemical and biological masks, iodine tablets, eye wash system, first aid supply packs, cameras, computer and communication features.

Sector 10 is integrating a new media platform with its SRU (standard response unit) product line called SRU-Media. These units provide all the pre-deployed resources found in the company’s SRU, while offering something else. This something else is the ability to display various types of advertising, search results, corporate

“GM burns through $10 billion” reads the headline. Surprising no one, “Government Motors” continues to destroy wealth at a record pace.

Zombie companies like GM stink up the marketplace like a dead skunk on a Georgia country road. Bury the corpse we say. Otherwise the same corrupt, failed policies continue. Legally obligated expenses like inflated bonuses and cushy retirement packages, big brand advertising campaigns (such as the company name on a sports stadiums), union costs, health insurance, and over-capacity of office space, all must be paid… and the bill is being handed to the US taxpayer!

Then there are the lost opportunities for innovators and entrepreneurs who could pick up the pieces and create real value. Instead, the birth of new technologies and products is put on hold.

And consider the long term effects of retaliatory bailout policies from foreign governments. They are compelled to prop-up their national industries to stay competitive with

To be fair to the good burghers of Dunedin (though I’m not feeling very charitable at this moment), they are not the only people in the world doing stupid things right now with other people’s money.

Sports stadiums seem to hypnotise local politicians. All around the world they lose their senses whenever a much-loved sports team asks for subsidies or grants for a fancy concrete and glass monument. In America the pressure is even greater because sports franchises there are mobile and threaten to jump to other cities if they don’t get their big toy. It happens too in Australia (the Telstra Dome in Melbourne and the ANZ Stadium in Sydney are both bankrupt) and Britain (Google “Wembley Stadium” and “delay” to find 44,800 links in 0.33 seconds for a laugh).

Dunedin City Council doesn’t even have the imminent threat of the Highlanders departing as an excuse. The Highlanders are unlikely to

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