Dot2Dot Acquires Fellow Digital Signage Solutions Provider Pixel Point July 26, 2017 by Super User Toronto-based solutions provider Dot2Dot Communications has acquired another Toronto-area solutions provider, Pixel Point Digital. “We’ve been supporting the leaders of Pixel Point for over 10 years, their work and flair for innovative solutions is a tremendous asset to our growing business as we move forward,” says Andy McRae, Dot2Dot’s GM, in a press release. That support …
DPAA Sets Agenda For Nov. 1 NYC DOOH Summit July 20, 2017 by Super User The Digital Place Based Advertising Association (DPAA) has, admirably, already plotted out much of the agenda for its annual Video Everywhere Summit in New York on November 1. The Summit, to be held at the iconic Roosevelt Hotel, is expected to pull some 800 people representing brands, agencies, digital out-of-home networks, ad tech, mobile/location companies, …
Projects: Sunset Countdown Focal Point Of UK Grocer’s Summer Digital OOH Campaign July 19, 2017 by Super User This is a simple but effective use of data to drive home an emotion in a Digital OOH ad campaign- a countdown clock for UK sunsets. The campaign, for the grocer Sainsbury’s, uses live sunset data for local areas associated with major commuter rail stations that have large ad screens. The idea is to tell …
Kiwi C-Store Chain’s Digital Signage Screens Drive Triple-Digit Sales July 18, 2017 by Super User Sales lift stories tend to be hard to come by from retailers and brands using digital signage, often because they’re not overly motivated to tell competitors what’s working. But here’s a short case study out of New Zealand about screens in the forecourts and inside New Zealand BP gas stations and c-stores. BP New Zealand …
Provision’s Floating 3D Holographic Coupon Station Going Into Ohio Drug Store Chain June 30, 2017 by Super User LA-based Provision Interactive Technologies continues to find clients that get excited about its technology that shows consumer floating products in mid-air, as a carrot to get shoppers to use a coupon center. The company has announced a deal to put its proprietary 3D Savings Center kiosks inside Discount Drug Mart stores around Ohio. The chain currently has …
PatientPoint Digital Screen Network Closes $140M Investor Round To Drive Expansion Plans June 28, 2017 by Super User PatientPoint, a digital screen network already in 31,000 doctors’ offices and 1,000 hospitals in the U.S., has completed a $140 million investment round intended to make the footprint even larger. The money, the company says in a press release, will be used for existing programs, and for acquisitions and partnerships. “We have invested a significant …
Milestone AV Acquired By France’s Legrand June 28, 2017 by Super User The French building infrastructure firm Legrand has acquired Milestone AV Technologies, the Minneapolis-based parent company of several big pro AV brands like Chief, Sanus and DA-Lite. “Legrand is committed to serving the professionally installed AV industry which is an attractive growth area driven by the advancement and expansion of video applications,” says John Selldorff, President …
Four Winds Sets Dates For Third Forward Conference June 27, 2017 by Super User Four Winds Interactive is going ahead with a third edition of its annual Forward conference in Denver, the software company’s home city. The Oct. 10-12 event targets existing and prospective clients, but is also pretty good networking for vendors within FWI’s ecosystem. I know companies like Scala and NDS (Netherlands) also do user events, though …
DSF Sets Date, Location For Toronto Digital Signage Mixer On July 26 June 22, 2017 by Super User The DSF has set a date and place for a Toronto Meet & Greet mixer in late July, as well as a speaker. The event is July 26, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at The Rec Room, a new mega entertainment place-thingie that I believe is a product of Cineplex, the cinema chain. The invite says …
InfoComm 2017 – Pix From The Floor June 19, 2017 by Super User I’ve posted photos in earlier reports from last week at InfoComm, but here are some more that didn’t find their way into earlier coverage, with comments added: Transparent LED – those mesh screens you can see through – are getting quite good. The content running on this one was vivid. Fine pitch LEDs are being …
