Friend-shoring: Moving Product Manufacturing Closer To The Markets October 30, 2023 by Florian Rotberg The annual Digital Signage Yearbook produced by invidis, with contributions from Sixteen:Nine, was released this summer as a free download – and we’re now running some of the articles from that yearbook here. First up, a piece written by invidis managing director Florian Rotberg about the recent trend of friend-shoring – companies shifting production and …
OUTFRONT Exiting Great White North, Selling OOH/DOOH Business To Canada’s Bell Media October 26, 2023 by Super User On the heels of news Clear Channel is continuing to back out of the European OOH/DOOH media market comes word that another US media owner, OUTFRONT, is also vacating a foreign market – albeit just over the border in Canada. OUTFRONT has announced it is selling its Canadian business to Bell Media, a subsidiary of …
VSBLTY Advances Deal To Acquire Grocer-Focused Retail Media Operator Shelf Nine October 25, 2023 by Super User Philly-based VSBLTY has progressed from an LOI to a definitive purchase agreement for retail media network operator Shelf Nine, which has some 4,500 screens running in US groceries. The deal is positioned as a merger and is built around shares, as opposed to a cash transaction. It also appears to get Shelf Nine clear of …
Transport For London Wants Single Media Company And $2B USD To Sell Its Massive OOH And DOOH Ad Estate October 24, 2023 by Super User The government authority that oversees the massive London (UK) transport system – Transport for London (TfL) – has taken the first steps to renew its out of home and digital out of home media partnerships, and for the first time consolidating the two key components under a single ad concession agreement. TfL wants to have …
ZetaDisplay Changes At Top, With Mandorf No Longer CEO; Fully Leaving Company At End Of Year October 23, 2023 by Super User The CEO of one of Europe’s larger, often regionalized digital signage solutions providers has stepped down, with a successor already in place today as the head of Malmo, Sweden-based Zeta Display. Per Mandorf has stepped down down after more than four years, after growing the company organically and through acquisitions, with a main focus on …
Clear Channel Continues European Exit; Deal Announced Selling French Operations October 20, 2023 by Super User The US-based media company Clear Channel is pushing on with its efforts to largely vacate its European operations and focus on the Americas and airports – the latest move being news that a deal has been reached to sell the business in France to a Paris-based industrial holding company. The deal has been in the …
Uniguest Makes Another Acquisition, This Time Healthcare Tech Firm pCare October 19, 2023 by Super User When people ask me about vertical markets that are poised for growth, I tend to say now that the industry has started to tap the opportunity for back-of-house, non-office workplace environments, the next big one is health care. We’ve seen some announcements recently from LG and Samsung that suggest they see it as well, and …
Racapé Leaving Post As Global Commercial Head For PPDS; Last Day Just Before ISE October 19, 2023 by Super User I don’t normally write about personnel stuff like new hires and departures because page view metrics clearly suggest few readers have much interest in that kind of news, but this is a big one: the guy who has been a big part of building up the profile and user base for Philips pro displays is …
Reminder: 200+ Pages Of Profiles, Insights And Research On Digitl Signage Available As Free Download October 16, 2023 by Super User I get calls and emails frequently – had one just last week – asking if I knew of good resources for research on the digital signage industry. I always reply that it is very hit and miss in terms of what’s available and worthwhile. There are a handful of credible research firms – like Omdia, …
SignageOS, Screenfeed Partner On Standard HTML5 Performance Tests For SOC Smart Displays And Players October 16, 2023 by Super User The Czech/US software firm signageOS has been doing benchmarking tests on system-on-chip smart display technology since 2018, and has now taken the interesting step of partnering with subscription content provider Screenfeed on a standardized content set to test how “smart” digital signage screens and players handle HTML5. The Prague company, most known for middleware that …
