Barco buys dZine software firm July 19, 2010 by Super UserLED board giant Barco has announced closing a deal to acquire another Belgian firm – the digital signage solutions company dZine. In a release, Barco said the price tag was less than one time annual sales of dZine, excluding an earn-out provision over the next two and a half years. I don’t have an MBA …
Gov't-backed DOOH company starts rollout in Emirates July 19, 2010 by Super UserThe government-backed Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) has launched a pure-play digital out of home ad media company that is all about advertising and media services in the Emirates and around the Middle East. The company already has a broad portfolio of broadcast and print assets. Bankrolled by the Abu Dhabi government through ADMC, the …
Back at the desk July 19, 2010 by Super UserOk, I seem to mostly have my act together after a week on the other side of the … zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Mostly, I stress … I had to look on my boarding pass on the flight home to not only confirm it was the 16th, but that it was Friday. Very disorienting for a Far East …
OBN shutting down LED board business July 16, 2010 by Super UserSad to relay news that Canada’s Outdoor Broadcast Network (aka OBN) is shutting down its national LED board network, having decided there isn’t enough money yet in the still emerging DOOH marketplace to warrant the reinvestment capital needed for upgraded displays. The company, started and run by my old Elevator News Network colleagues Peter Irwin …
Off the grid next week July 10, 2010 by Super UserMe no postee very much next week. I’m at a client thing all week, in Asia, so no time or ability to post. I think. My butt may never be the same given the airplane hours I am about to log. BUT, looking forward to the stuff once on the ground. Can’t say much, but …
Ticker Free Day: Stop Crawling! July 9, 2010 by Super UserDailyDOOH has picked up and run with David Weinfeld’s idea of July 9th being the day when network operators concede the news headline tickers crawling across the bottoms of their digital displays achieve little, other than ensuring fewer people noticed the more important messages of ads. Several well-regarded bloggers like David have done posts on the subject …
Interactive stations jazz up Montreal fest July 6, 2010 by Super UserA couple of Montreal companies are behind a nice little program running right now at Montreal’s famed, and massive jazz festival. The event takes over the some of the streets in the city, and Sportech and Groupe Viva (related companies) deployed and are doing the programming management on messaging and interactive stations for Bell, one …
Find your customers; don't make them find you July 1, 2010 by Super UserI like the annual DSE trade show because it is a central place to catch up with a lot of customers. BUT, my customers are mostly vendors working in the digital signage sector. As a former booth bunny at these shows, selling for software companies, I’ve always had big questions about the costs versus benefits. …
Digital Signage Federation adds standards group; chairs for other committees July 1, 2010 by Super UserWell, I thought the tomato fight between the Digital Screenmedia Association and the fledgling Digital Signage Federation might be sorted by now, but both are still moving along parallel, separate tracks as far as I can tell. maybe it won’t get sorted??? The DSF has created a new standards committee and got Ken Goldberg, the CEO …
Happy Canada Day July 1, 2010 by Super UserIt is Canada’s national birthday today, so Happy Birthday to my fellow Canucks, and early best wishes to my American friends who celebrate their own in four days. The beaver, as just about everyone knows, is a national symbol. Do NOT – trust me on this – search Google images for “fat+beaver” without SafeSearch on. …
