This Bus Makes Stops At Nowhere And Clueless August 8, 2014 by Super User There are so many great, smart people in this industry, but also so many knuckleheads coming into it with big dreams, bravado and only the most fleeting grasp of what they’re up to. I regularly burst the balloons of people who call or write to tell me about their plans to get rich installing screens …
RMG Posts $19.6M Q2 Operating Loss, But Bags 27K License Deal And Ad Revenues Improving August 7, 2014 by Super User Somebody else will pick RMG’s latest earnings apart with more detail and insight (no MBA on my resume), but I can tell you the latest numbers are very red and the whole thing looks to be a bit of a cluster – though ad revenues are definitely better than the first part of the year and …
Digital OOH Revenue Grew 9.3% Globally Last Year; 2014 Predicted Higher August 5, 2014 by Super User PQ Media’s annual performance benchmarking for the digital out of home industry suggests despite all the geo-political calamities and shaky economies, the sector saw 9.3% revenue growth globally in 2013, and 2014 should be better. The just released study – Global Digital Out-of-Home Media Forecast 2014-18 – suggests “key first-half indicators point to DOOH growth accelerating to …
DSrupted Adds A DSF Mixer August 1, 2014 by Super User Details about exact location and time location are still to be worked out, but one of DSrupted’s sponsor, the Digital Signage Federation, will put together a networking event/mixer on the evening before the day-long conference in Toronto. The DSF is looking to build its membership ranks in the target-rich London-Kitchener-Toronto-Montreal corridor, which has for years …
Planar Reports 53% Spike In Digital Signage Display Sales July 31, 2014 by Super User Planar Systems’ latest earnings report suggests the high-end display company is now doing well in its hard push on the digital signage market, with sales up 53% from a year earlier. The Beaverton, Oregon company (same locale as Nike) reported sales of digital signage products totaling $21.4 million in the third fiscal quarter of 2014, a …
Attendees Coming All Over For DSrupted 2014 July 29, 2014 by Super User When DSrupted first started coming together I assumed the great majority of attendees would be from Toronto and the surrounding area. But a surprising number of people are coming in from much further afield – all the way from the US West Coast to little Price Edward Island in Maritimes Canada. I’ve also been trading …
Failing To Plan A Digital Signage Project Means Planning To Fail July 26, 2014 by MarkJanke Guest Post: Tom Pritzker, JohnRyan The old proverb “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail” may have a lot of miles on it, but it keeps getting used because it’s simple, sound advice. Big projects can go adrift quickly if good work and thinking doesn’t go into the early scoping and …
McGuire Out As CEO At RMG Networks July 24, 2014 by Super User News is out that Garry McGuire has resigned as President and CEO of RMG Networks, and an interim guy is in place, effective immediately. It is probably not all that shocking given that RMG’s last quarterly results statements redefined ugly, and the share price free-fell that day. While it has come back quite a bit, …
The Weird Box Emerges From Digital Signage Shadows July 24, 2014 by Super User CE labs has been a loyal Sixteen:Nine advertiser for at least a year now, providing playback and distribution gear, software and services in the digital signage space. The Dallas-based company is very good at keeping marketing materials fresh, and I was intrigued by a new set of ads promoting something they’ve dubbed The Weird Box. …
Projects: Aerva Driving Outdoor Digital Way Down Under July 23, 2014 by Super User Boston-based Aerva is working with a New Zealand reseller, nGage, on a deal that’s now powering outdoor digital screens for the media firm APN Outdoor. There will be five screens up around Auckland by the end of this month. Reports Aerva: In addition, Aerva’s AerWave software will also power APN Outdoor’s digital plinths and video …
