DPAA's new prez now official-ish: Susan Danaher September 7, 2010 by Super UserThis has not been confirmed but DailyDOOH spoke to Susan Danaher in her new office at the Digital Place-Based Advertising Association offices today. She is the new president, replacing Suzanne Laforgia who left to joing RMG Networks. Danaher sat on the old OVAB board for a couple of years when she was president of Reactrix. …
Ronin finally has some good news September 7, 2010 by Super UserWireless Ronin Technologies gets endless scrutiny for its financial struggles – all laid bare every three months in SEC filing – so it is refreshing to see some good news from the company. Its RoninCast software has been selected by Snap Fitness, a fast-growing franchisor of 24/7 fitness centers that says it will do 1,000 …
Montreal's Viva Group bags national deal with Canada's largest sports retailer September 7, 2010 by Super UserSuburban Montreal-based Viva Group has completed a nice deal to roll out digital display networks for Canada’s biggest sports retailer, Calgary-based The Forzani Group Ltd. The deal is described in a press release as a long-term agreement binding the company in a digital display project across the Forzani Group’s franchised banners. The project includes digital …
Rival gas pump DOOH networks in court battle September 2, 2010 by Super UserThe different DOOH companies that put screens on gas pumps have long been scrapping away with each other for ad dollars, but that fight has turned a little ugly – with two of the big three in court. The web site Courthouse News is reporting (Aug. 17, 2010) that GSTV has filed a claim in …
Zoom gets new backing for expanding digital footprint September 1, 2010 by Super UserDallas-based ORIX Venture Finance has provided what it calls debt financing – no numbers stated – to Zoom Media Group Inc. to let that Montreal media company expand its footprint and services in the US and Canada, particularly as it relates to digital displays. Orix describes it as an enterprise term loan and revolving line …
RMG takes over national sales for two health and wellness networks in US August 24, 2010 by Super UserReach Media Group, which may quite possibly have the deepest pockets and biggest DOOH ambitions in the sector right now, just made a couple of announcements this morning about effectively becoming a sales rep house, along with owner/operator of its own DOOH nets. RMG has done a deal to sell the ad avails for Everwell, …
Wireless Ronin gets de-listing warning from NASDAQ August 20, 2010 by Super UserThis will not, I’d expect, be happy news for the people holding shares in Wireless Ronin. The SEC filing on Thursday: ITEM 3.01 NOTICE OF DELISTING OR FAILURE TO SATISFY A CONTINUED LISTING RULE OR STANDARD; TRANSFER OF LISTING.(a) On August 17, 2010, we received a deficiency letter from the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) Listing Qualifications …
Masters Series: Review from Wednesday's event in TO August 19, 2010 by Super UserBoth Lyle Bunn, who organized, and Dmitry Sokolov, who attended, have sent along their reports from the Digital Signage Masters Series event held in Toronto Wednesday. I couldn’t go, but saw a pile of Tweets from Dmitry (Ingram Micro’s DS guy up here amid the ice floes and polar bears), about the proceedings. My first …
The digital signage patents keep on coming … August 13, 2010 by Super UserThe Marlin Company of Wallingford, CT has been granted a second patent (U.S. Patent No. 7,765,273) for its content solution for the Electronic Communication Station, a digital signage product for workplace communications. Since 1913 Marlin has been publishing workplace content to help companies communicate critical messages on safety, productivity, teamwork, quality, etc. While Marlin’s roots …
$68.7 million later, "the business model works …" August 13, 2010 by Super User“Under the leadership of Scott Koller and Darin McAreavey, we have clearly demonstrated a capacity for delivering on key financial performance metrics over the past quarter,” said James C. (Jim) Granger, chief executive officer at Wireless Ronin. “We delivered double digit growth both sequentially and on an annual basis — the highest revenue levels since …
