MoodMedia Bulks Up In-Store Media Footprint In Acquiring Competitor PlayNetwork September 22, 2021 by Super User Mood Media has acquired longtime competitor PlayNetwork from its owner Octave Group, bulking up Mood’s overall footprint for in-store media solutions like digital signage and streaming ambient music. Terms of the deal were not disclosed in the announcement. Mood says it reaches more than 150 million consumers each day via some 500,000 subscriber locations in …
The Tiresome “DOOH Cameras Are Spying On Me Thing” Is Back, This Time In Greater Vancouver September 17, 2021 by Super User Via Digital Signage Pulse The age-old “those cameras are spying on me” thing, involving digital OOH ad displays, has reared its tiresome head yet again, this time in lower mainland British Columbia. Business In Vancouver has a story up this week that poses the inflammatory question: Is your bus stop watching you again? Well, yes, …
Ross Video Acquires D3 LED September 14, 2021 by Super User Ottawa-based Ross Video has acquired direct view LED display manufacturer D3 LED, picking it up from a company called Southpaw Live that had merged a year ago with D3, which is based in the Sacramento area. D3 has been involved in premium LED displays for many, many years and its product is the feature wall …
Sixteen:Nine Has Been Acquired, But Sorry, I’m Still The Editor September 14, 2021 by Super User Sixteen:Nine is now an online publication and podcast owned by Spectrio, a customer engagement platform based in the Tampa, FL area, and one of the fast-rising companies in this industry. The deal closed last week and we’re now doing the work to transition things. Readers may be particularly excited about this because they may think, …
LED Display Sales Coming Back; 2021 Global Sales Forecast To Hit $6.5B: Futuresource September 9, 2021 by Super User Photo: Allsee Technologies Another research firm has pushed out data suggesting that while the worldwide LED industry took a big sales hit as the pandemic took hold in 2020, sales are bouncing back in a big way in 2021. “Although global sales fell by 12% last year, the market performed better than the expectations of …
Navori Labs Acquires Software Side of French Tech Firm Innes September 7, 2021 by Super User The Swiss CMS software firm Navori Labs has acquired the software business and goodwill of a French firm, Innes, that has been selling a similar software solution focused on business and government-based workplace communications. Innes, which has been around since 2005, has almost 30,000 screens using its PlugnCast software, mainly in France and Germany. Navori …
Out Of Home Media Revenues Clobbered During Stay-At-Home Lockdowns: OAAA Data September 2, 2021 by Super User Data released recently by the Out Of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) reveals just how badly the out of home ad sector was clobbered by COVID lockdowns that expressly encouraged people not to be out of their homes. US media spends decreased significantly across various aspects of out-of-home, both analog and digital, from Q1 …
With Merger Fully Done, Two Blended AV/IT Distribution Giants Now One As TD SYNNEX September 2, 2021 by Super User The big merger between AV distribution giants SYNNEX and Tech Data is now fully done, and the blended company will be known going forward as TD SYNNEX. “TD SYNNEX is uniquely positioned in today’s relentlessly transforming technology ecosystem,” says Rich Hume, TD SYNNEX CEO. “As a versatile distributor and solutions aggregator for the IT ecosystem, …
Rebooted DSE Formalizes Name Tweak, From Expo To Experience August 30, 2021 by Super User The company that is rebooting DSE has formalized what was evident on the event website – a tweak of the brand to make it Digital Signage Experience, as opposed to Expo. It’s a logical move to stick with the acronym DSE, which was widely used for many, many years. Lotsa people will make the age-old …
Japanese C-Store Chain Family Mart Has Three-Year For Multiple Screens In 16K+ Stores August 30, 2021 by Super User The Japanese C-store chain FamilyMart has announced a serious investment in in-store digital, with a three-year plan to deploy multiple screens across a footprint of more than 16,600 neighborhood convenience stores. Japan Today reports: This month Family Mart announced a new digital media and advertising plan in which FamilyMart branches around Japan will be equipped with several large-screen …
