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January 9th 07 07:45 AM

Projector adverts
 
I read somewhere I cannot remember where but they were going to put
projector adverts at tube stations? Do you know when they are doing this and
at which tube stations?

Thanks.



Olof Lagerkvist January 9th 07 09:07 AM

Projector adverts
 
wrote:
I read somewhere I cannot remember where but they were going to put
projector adverts at tube stations? Do you know when they are doing this and
at which tube stations?


I heard the technique was tested some years ago at a disused platform at
Holborn. I also saw something about it on BBC London an evening a couple
of months ago:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5076430.stm

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Olof Lagerkvist
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Web: http://here.is/olof


Walter Briscoe January 9th 07 11:02 AM

Projector adverts
 
In message of Tue, 9 Jan 2007
08:45:26 in uk.transport.london, writes
I read somewhere I cannot remember where but they were going to put
projector adverts at tube stations? Do you know when they are doing this and
at which tube stations?


They have them at Tottenham Court Road on the up escalator from the
Central Line. I found them very disconcerting.
--
Walter Briscoe

Chris Hills January 9th 07 02:49 PM

Projector adverts
 
wrote:
I read somewhere I cannot remember where but they were going to put
projector adverts at tube stations? Do you know when they are doing this and
at which tube stations?


They've had them for years at QVB station (Sydney CBD). They also used
to show news and weather. I would like to see that in London but I
expect it isn't as much of a revenue source as advertising.

Dave A January 9th 07 05:43 PM

Projector adverts
 
wrote:
I read somewhere I cannot remember where but they were going to put
projector adverts at tube stations? Do you know when they are doing this and
at which tube stations?

Thanks.


Not sure when, but it looks like the walls have been set up for it at a
number of stations (i.e. posters removed and walls painted with large
white blocks) - Oxford Circus springs to mind, as part of the ongoing
refurbishment.

--
Dave Arquati
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

Peter Frimberley January 9th 07 07:56 PM

Projector adverts
 
On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:45:26 GMT, wrote:

I read somewhere I cannot remember where but they were going to put
projector adverts at tube stations? Do you know when they are doing this and
at which tube stations?

Thanks.


Didn't they have something like this at Heathrow T4 for a while,
probably decades ago!

Ian Jelf January 9th 07 09:01 PM

Projector adverts
 
In message , Chris
Hills writes
wrote:
I read somewhere I cannot remember where but they were going to put
projector adverts at tube stations? Do you know when they are doing this and
at which tube stations?


They've had them for years at QVB station (Sydney CBD). They also used
to show news and weather.

Circular Quay Station had them in 2001, too. I hated the idea, just as
much as I hate the "on train" TV of which Central Trains seem so proud.

I would like to see that in London but I
expect it isn't as much of a revenue source as advertising.


That said, I'm not sure we're talking about he same thing on this
thread. The once on escalators are basically plasma "moving" versions of
the ubiquitous escalator ads which have been around for almost as long
as the Tube. But we may be talking about actual "programmes" (as
opposed to just animated posters for want of a better word) on
platforms.

--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

January 10th 07 12:19 AM

Projector adverts
 
Aren't they doing that at the Holborn escalators?

BTW, I remember that there were advertisements between stations on Berlin's
U-Bahn that worked like a film. As the train passed each frame, it created
for passengers on board the illusion that there was movement in the
advertisement.

Are there any such plans in London or has anything like that been tried in
the past?

"Dave A" wrote in message
...

Not sure when, but it looks like the walls have been set up for it at a
number of stations (i.e. posters removed and walls painted with large
white blocks) - Oxford Circus springs to mind, as part of the ongoing
refurbishment.

--
Dave Arquati
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London




January 10th 07 08:09 AM

Projector adverts
 

"Peter Frimberley" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:45:26 GMT, wrote:

I read somewhere I cannot remember where but they were going to put
projector adverts at tube stations? Do you know when they are doing this
and
at which tube stations?

Thanks.


Didn't they have something like this at Heathrow T4 for a while,
probably decades ago!


Well they wouldnt be able to have them at Canary Wharf because the posters
are behind glass doors.



Heracles Pollux January 10th 07 01:37 PM

Projector adverts
 

"Dave A" wrote in message
...
wrote:
I read somewhere I cannot remember where but they were going to put
projector adverts at tube stations? Do you know when they are doing this
and at which tube stations?

Thanks.


Not sure when, but it looks like the walls have been set up for it at a
number of stations (i.e. posters removed and walls painted with large
white blocks) - Oxford Circus springs to mind, as part of the ongoing
refurbishment.

--
Dave Arquati
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London




I think it has the potential to be very Orwellian and to echo the worst
aspects of "Blade Runner".

All we need is a picture of our esteemed leaders Bliar / Brown, a feed of
propaganda bull **** from the [b][b][C] "Trust" and perhaps a few pictures
of a hanged Saddam Hussein as part of our "War of Terror", and we're there.





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