Signagelive Adds US Patent To UK Version For What It Terms Real-Time Events June 5, 2024 by Super User UK-based CMS software firm Signagelive has been granted patents in the UK and now the US for the system, apparatus and method for sending commands and controlling networked devices. The technical name for the patents is system, apparatus and method for controlling networked devices and, in practical terms, it might mean if a competing CMS …
Dubai’s Elevision Expands Its Lift Screen Network To UK Market June 5, 2024 by Super User A digital OOH company that puts screens in high rise elevators is expanding from the United Arab Emirates to the United Kingdom, with Elevision starting to signing up and install displays in the lifts of residential properties. The Dubai-based company says it has 63 buildings already active, another 30 buildings signed and in the installation …
STRATACACHE Announces 2nd Acquisition In 24 Hours – Toronto’s Dot2Dot Communications June 4, 2024 by Super User It is apparently M&A Day around STRATACACHE HQ, with news of a second company added to the larger business family – the small Toronto-area solutions provider Dot2Dot Communications. This is on the heels of STRATACACHE announcing its acquisition of the German services provider MasterPoint. The connective tissue with this new deal is quite strong and …
SignageOS Makes Power Consumption Calculator Web Tool Available To Model Energy Costs For Screen Networks June 4, 2024 by Super User The Czech/US firm SignageOS has launched a nice little spin-out website that enables businesses to model the amount of commercial power being consumed by the displays on digital signage or digital out of home ad networks. The Power Consumption Calculator website is essentially a web form that takes a series of inputs and produces an …
TouchSource Broadens Digital Footprint By Acquiring Healthcare Business Of True Sync Media June 4, 2024 by Super User Denver-based TouchSource, which does digital signage and wayfinding solutions focused on healthcare environments, has done a deal to acquire TrueSync Health, the healthcare business division of True Sync Media, which is also based in Denver. The TrueSync Health deal gives TouchSource a footprint of 100s of screens in patient waiting rooms across different healthcare system, …
STRATACACHE Adds European Retail Services Capabilities Via Acquisition of German Firm MasterPoint June 4, 2024 by Super User STRATACACHE has sorted out how it can expand its retail media network activity in western/central Europe, acquiring a Cologne, Germany company that specializes in digital signage systems integration, operation and field services. The Dayton, Ohio solutions company has acquired MasterPoint, giving the company an experienced team of project managers, technicians, engineers and installers to work …
Integrator McCann Systems Brings On Harp To Lead Digital Experience Efforts June 3, 2024 by Super User AV systems integrator McCann Systems has hired on Brandon Harp as its Director of Digital Experiences, charged with further building out that side of the Wallingford, CT-based company’s business. I don’t normally post about new hires that aren’t C-level, and even then analytics show readers don’t much care about new CFO hires, but Harp is …
Big Roadside LED Ad Board Catches Fire In Malaysia, Briefly Trapping Maintenance Workers On Top Of Burning Screen June 3, 2024 by Super User A big LED ad board along a major roadway on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia caught fire on Friday, trapping nine workers who were on top of the thing doing maintenance. The fire is being attributed to a short circuit on the base of the display, but the workers – who all managed …
Atmosphere Joins Place-Based Streaming TV Rival Loop In Announcing Layoffs June 3, 2024 by Super User The other company that’s been on a tear in recent years make free, DOOH ad-supported streaming TV channels available to businesses has also now hit something of business wall, with Austin, TX-based Atmosphere TV announcing significant layoffs, on the heels of rival Loop Media also laying off staff in March. Rarefield Atmosphere, Inc., the business …
New Online Academy Created To Speed Companies Up The Digital Signage Learning Curve May 30, 2024 by Super User New training initiatives have been bubbling up in the Digital OOH sector – like Jeff Gunderman’s DOOH Academy and Alan and Jonathan Brawn (Alan’s son) have been doing certification-level introductory training forever. But the team at the Munich-based consultancy invidis see a whole in the market for more directed, focused training, so they’ve launched what is …
