Paris, May 18, 2006 — JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company in Europe and Asia-Pacific and the number two worldwide, announced today that the Company will premiere a new generation of digital billboards based on magink display technologies’ proprietary digital ink technology at the 59th Cannes Film Festival, May 17-28, 2006.
The magink digital ink billboards are installed at multiple highly trafficked venues in Cannes, including one located adjacent to the Palais des Festivals, the official home of the Cannes Film Festival. This new JCDecaux display will feature an array of full-motion video advertisements and information on the City of Cannes. magink digital ink is delivering full-color, full-motion, high resolution and high contrast images that use ambient light to enhance image quality and visibility — just like ink on paper.
Bernard Brochand, Deputy and Mayor of Cannes said: “Cannes, City of the picture par excellence, is proud to be the first town in the world to be installed with these new JCDecaux displays.”
Jean-Charles Decaux, Chairman of the Executive Board of JCDecaux, said: “After years of research and careful consideration, we are prepared to take our most significant steps into the digital display era with magink. We believe magink billboards will provide JCDecaux and our clients with the most reliable digital technology and most dynamic digital displays available today. This pilot program undertaken with magink and its management team is a big first, it will enable us to provide to our customers new schemes for communication.”
Ran Poliakine, founder of magink, added: “We are honored to work with such an innovative outdoor media company such as JCDecaux to help improve the urban landscape with our digital ink display technology. We believe it is apropos to do so in Cannes, where the world comes together to honor advancements in film and advertising each year.”
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