LDI Attracted More Than 12,000 To 2023 Show; No Post-Show Report Yet On Conjoined DSE December 20, 2023 by Super User The live events company that jointly puts on both Live Design International (LDI) and Digital Signage Experience (DSE) has pushed out a wrap-up press release about the main event and its positive growth, but the piece doesn’t get into any detail on the much smaller DSE show. Questex says LDI pulled more than 12,000 attendees, …
Almost Everything That Could Go Wrong, Did, For Clear Channel Outdoor: Report December 19, 2023 by Super User Billboard Insider has some very interesting background insights on why there have been stories this past year of the media company Clear Channel Outdoor selling off its European business units Clear Channel has recently sold subsidiaries in France, Switzerland, Italy and Spain, and the plan is to sell all of the remaining European business operations to …
Neat To See: Poppulo’s Management Team Has More Women Than Men December 18, 2023 by Super User This is neat to see … I did a quick check today of the Poppulo website, curious to see if it had cut over the leadership page to reflect CEO David Levin stepping back Friday after 18 years to a board position and Ruth Fornell taking over. The site has indeed been updated – and …
Four Winds Co-Founder David Levin Stepping Down As CEO Of Company Now Known As Poppulo December 15, 2023 by Super User Big news out of Denver as David Levin, the longtime CEO and co-founder of Four Winds Interactive (now known as Poppulo), is stepping down from that role. Counter to some rumors out there, Levin said the decision was his and that he helped recruit his replacement, Ruth Fornell, who starts Monday. Levin will stick around …
Ross Video Exits LED Display Business, Just Two Years After Acquiring D3LED December 15, 2023 by Super User In a move perhaps best described as curious (or maybe inevitable), Ross Video has announced it is getting out of the LED display business, two years after acquiring D3LED and getting squarely in that business. The Ottawa, Canada pro AV tech firm announced its plans Thursday to “exit the LED display business and is now …
Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) Acquired By Hong Kong Research Firm Counterpoint December 14, 2023 by Super User Solid research can be a little hard to come by in this industry, especially about software, so it is encouraging to learn that a small and relatively new research group has been acquired by a larger one – with plans to scale up coverage into new product segments and geographies. Display industry specialist Display Supply …
Hivestack Acquired By Ad Tech Firm Perion In $100M Cash Deal December 12, 2023 by Super User The programmatic platform company Hivestack has been acquired by another ad tech firm, Perion Network Ltd., for $100 million in cash. “We are excited about the acquisition of Hivestack, which both complements and advances our long-term growth strategy,” says Tal Jacobson, CEO of Perion, which has main offices in New York and Israel. “Hivestack’s DOOH …
What’s The State Of The Digital Signage Industry? Complete A Quick Survey To Share Insights And Data December 12, 2023 by Super User Help characterize the state of the digital signage marketplace by freeing up a few minutes to complete an online survey. Our German language content partners invidis are again doing a quarterly survey that establishes what it calls the Digital Signage Business Climate Index. The analysis generated from survey answers in the first half of 2023 revealed …
Reach Media’s Gibson Joins Three Re-Elected At-Large Members On 2024-25 DSF Board December 11, 2023 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation has announced the results of board of directors voting, with three of four open slots going to currently-serving board members and the final slot being won by Kiersten Gibson of Reach Media, who tried and failed last week to get me in with the Fireball shots crowd at the Sixteen:Nine Mixer. …
Public Information Display Market Up Almost 14% Year On Year: Omdia December 11, 2023 by Super User New research released by Omdia suggests the public information display market has bounced back from a dip a year ago, with interactive displays being the biggest growth driver in sales and shipments. The research firm Omdia says in highlights from its fee-based Public Display Market Tracker 3Q23 that the public display market saw a 13.8% …
