LG Follows Samsung’s Move Into Pro Versions Of IoT Sensors, Via Majority Buy Of Homey July 5, 2024 by Super User LG has a funny way of mirroring developments by its Korean electronics rival Samsung, and that appears to be happening again as LG has acquired 80% of a Dutch IoT platform that offers the same kind of sensors ecosystem as Samsung’s Smartthings. Samsung has recently added a pro version of its consumer-centric, and now LG …
Nordics CMS Software M&A: Sweden’s PLAYipp Acquires Norway’s Databeat July 5, 2024 by Super User A pair of small to mid-sized digital signage software providers in the Nordics region have consolidated, with Sweden’s PLAYipp acquiring Databeat, a software provider based in Norway. The M&A activity is backed by PLAYipp’s “software growth investor” Monterro. From PR: This strategic partnership marks a milestone in PLAYipp’s growth mission, enhancing our capacity to deliver …
UPshow Acquired By Sports And Entertainment Platform; Back-Of-House Tools Being Spun Out As Independent Entity July 2, 2024 by Super User Chicago-based UPshow, which does what it calls on-premise entertainment and performance marketing platform for venues, has been acquired by a media platform that distributes live sports and entertainment content to the same kinds of venues where UPshow has built a footprint for almost a decade. Founded just last year, NYC-based EverPass Media launched initially as …
Dallas-area Hospital Using One Of Those Giant Hologram-ish Displays For Telemedicine July 2, 2024 by Super User A small 84-bed acute care general hospital in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas is using one of those transparent LCD shower stall-like enclosures as a way to run real-time doctor-patient consultations, even though the patients are at a clinic 30 miles away. It is a VERY expensive variation on telemedicine – the big difference being …
Outcome Health Co-Founder Rishi Shah Sentenced To 7.5 Years Jail Time For Fraud July 1, 2024 by Super User The sad downfall of a once rising star in the digital out of home sector hit a big milestone last week, with Rishi Shah, the co-founder and once CEO of Outcome Health, being sentenced to 7.5 years in jail for fraud. Rishi Shah had founded what was at first known at ContextMedia as a condition-specific …
Uniguest’s Ad Feature On BBC Video Series Gives Interesting Look At Tuning Tech To Senior Living Communities June 28, 2024 by Super User Nashville-based Uniguest has for several years now been growing its solutions footprint in a vertical market I see few other companies interested in, despite the demographic information and opportunity staring them in the face. The company expanded its focus from hotels and resorts to also incorporate senior living communities, offering a range of solutions …
Chicago City Council Weighing Push To Allow Digital Billboards Along Famed Riverwalk June 26, 2024 by Super User A committee is set to meet today in Chicago to consider a push to relax restrictions that prevent digital billboards to be lit up within 100 feet of that city’s famous waterways and riverwalks. Restrictions currently block billboards from being placed and operated within 100 feet of waterways like the Chicago Riverwalk. In the same …
PRN Plans 100+ New Retail Media Networks Jobs In Owner STRATACACHE’s HQ City June 25, 2024 by Super User Premier Retail Networks (PRN) says it will be creating more than 100 jobs by opening a new “Sales Center of Excellence” that will be geared to rolling out and supporting in-store retail media networks in the U.S. and globally. The PRN Sales Center will be located in downtown Dayton, OH, which also happens to be …
PepsiCo Creates What Amounts To “Smart Can” Digital Signage Network Geared To Creatives And Influencers June 25, 2024 by Super User Beverage giant PepsiCo has debuted something it calls a Pepsi Smart Can – a version of its soda can that has a wraparound screen and electronics instead of liquid inside. The intent of the smart cans is to ship them out to influencers and the creative community, like those at agencies, as something of a …
Digital Signage Business Climate Index Survey Needs Greater US/Canada Input To Be Meaningful June 24, 2024 by Super User Digital signage is a relatively small industry, which explains why credible research specific to this industry is hard to come by. So when work is done by people who actually know the business (and that doesn’t include research factories in India), it’s important that companies in the ecosystem get involved. My friends at the German …
