Digital signage a $4.5B business within five years May 31, 2011 by Super UserDigital signage will be a $4.5 billion global business within five years, estimates the research firm ABI Research in a new market study. ABI rolls displays, media players, software, and installation/maintenance costs (as well as a MASSIVE chunk for consultants, I can only assume) into a number pegged at $1.3 billion last year. The report …
Accent Health lumbers into Context Media's sandbox May 30, 2011 by Super UserWhen Accent Health announced last week it was adding a range of new “condition-specific networks” I was scrambling to get a pile of things done and fly out west to see family in Winnipeg. I kinda expected someone would pick up on the interesting little nuance of that announcement, but … The nine new networks, …
Canada's biggest industrial supply shop rolls out digital screen network May 26, 2011 by Super UserThe folks up the street at ADFLOW Networks sent me a note about a deal they have closed and are now cleared to talk about – putting screens in the customer-facing areas of Canada’s biggest supply retailer for guys who wear gloves and ear plugs. Acklands-Grainger is the country’s largest distributor of industrial, safety and …
Digital menu-board system rolling out based on 12-month ROI May 26, 2011 by Super UserWAND Corporation has made a nice transition from pure-play POS guys into also doing well-received digital menu systems. The Twin Cities-area company has been doing more and more business with their biggest POS client Wendy’s, but also winning some other deals. WAND just announced a nice deal with McAlister’s Corporation, a quick-casual restaurant chain that has …
Smart AVI, French firm merge; newco targets AV market May 25, 2011 by Super UserI know the SmartAVI guys a little bit from InfoComm and pleased to see the company has blended with a French hardware company to form a new firm, called SmartVITY. SmartAVI is a digital signage hardware and software firm based in the LA-area while VITY Technology makes digital interface technology for things like touchscreens. Says …
Details on New England start-up GoGo Cast’s deal with Gulf Oil May 25, 2011 by Super User The Rhode Island-based start-up GoGo Cast announced a deal recently to deploy Digital OOH ad screens at the point of sale in Gulf gas stations in the U.S. The release was a little soft on details so I wanted to first get some sense of the deal terms, real size and timelines before writing anything. This …
DOOHgood: Help the US tornado victims by running Red Cross spots May 24, 2011 by Super UserThe mind-boggling visuals that have rolled in from Joplin, Missouri in the aftermath of Sunday’s EF-5 tornado hit was enough to get DOOHgood into action a little earlier than planned. We wondered about it after the tornadoes in Alabama, but this event – which has taken at least 116 lives – reinforced the need to …
Apple’s use of iPads for merchandising displays big moment for digital signage sector May 22, 2011 by Super User When the original Apple iPad was first announced in early 2010, lots of people in the digital signage sector were intrigued by the idea of these little all-in-one players and screens being parked at the shelf-edge in retail. After all, the units offered connectivity, thin footprint, gorgeous screen and full interactivity in something that cost …
TV ratings down, ad rates up: figure that out this weekend May 20, 2011 by Super UserFrom MediaPost, wrapping up the TV upfront week in New York that, according to estimates, may have seen as much as $9 billion allocated to TV advertising. If the Big Four networks are indeed able to command significant price increases in the upfront market, it will again be remarkable just how vast the spread is …
OMD and Ronald McDonald House big winners at CODACAN's Adlympics May 20, 2011 by Super UserCODACAN managed to squeeze in its second annual Adlympics this week without getting waterlogged, a victory given how damp it’s been in the Great Lakes and eastern seaboard the last, well, forever. The event – which has teams of ad agency people competing in fun mental and physical games – was run at the old …
