Digital Signage In London: Impressions From The Road: January 25, 2023 by Super User It’s a big trip and expensive flight to get from North America to Barcelona for ISE 2023, so I broke it up by spending a few days ahead of next week’s trade show in Barcelona with meetings and site visits in London. I’ve had a bunch of good meetings with industry friends like Esprit Digital …
Smaller Digital Signage SaaS Providers In Death Spirals: STRATACACHE CEO January 25, 2023 by Super User My good friends and content partners at the German language publishing and consulting firm invidis have an interesting post up built around an extended interview with STRATACACHE CEO Chris Riegel, who runs what is very likely the largest digital signage software and solutions business in the industry. There may be a Chinese company with more …
ISE Sixteen:Nine Mixer Sponsor Profiles: PPDS (Philips) January 23, 2023 by Super User Our final Sixteen:Nine digital signage mixer sponsor profile features PPDS, the company that operates as the sales and marketing arm for Philips commercial displays. PPDS will be delivering what it describes as a “wave of innovative and industry-advancing, new-for-2023 products and software solutions, including the highly anticipated global unveiling of a brand new, sustainability-focused Philips …
ISE Sixteen:Nine Mixer Sponsor Profiles: ScreenCloud January 23, 2023 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is fully back after COVID-era disruptions, and Sixteen:Nine is doing a Barcelona version of the networking mixer it has been doing annually at DSE in Las Vegas for the past decade or so. The event (sold out, sorry!) happens because of eight great sponsors who help cover the considerable costs. I like …
Japanese DOOH Firm, Broadcaster Partner On Live Content On Digital Boards Around Country January 19, 2023 by Super User A pair of Japanese companies have partnered on a service that can put live broadcasting on 75 big LED display boards located around that country – aiming to relay everything from live sports and concerts to press conferences. There is, of course, no great technical leap happening here. It’s just a signal input. But the …
Family Buys ANC Back From Company It Sold To In 2015 January 19, 2023 by Super User The digital signage and video experience company ANC has been bought back from the college sports-focused company that acquired it in 2015, by the family that sold it eight years ago. ANC will again be owned and run by the Cifarelli family. ANC was co-founded by Jerry Cifarelli in 1997, and he sold to LEARFIELD …
EV Charger MediaCo Volta Acquired By Fossil Fuel Giant Shell. No, Really … January 18, 2023 by Super User The largest DOOH media company marketing EV charging stations as a medium just did a deal to be acquired – somewhat surprisingly by a fossil fuels-based energy supplier. Volta has done a “definitive merger agreement” that would see Shell USA Inc., a subsidiary of the big multinational company, acquire Volta in an all-cash transaction valued …
Melitron Broadens Product Line To Now Include A “Street Series” Of Outdoor Screens January 18, 2023 by Super User Custom display manufacturer Melitron has broadened its product line-up beyond the drive-thru menu displays that have been the Canadian company’s core product to now also include a “Street Series” aimed at use-cases like DOOH ad posters and directories/wayfinders. It’s an interesting step, as many of its custom display competitors have been getting into drive-thru displays …
Captivate Expands DOOH Screen Footprint To Include WeWork Offices January 18, 2023 by Super User The DOOH media company Captivate got its start and is primarily known for its screen network in office tower elevators, but the NYC-based company has been expanding its reach to other areas, like building lobbies, and now, inside co-working spaces. The company has announced a partnership with WeWork “to transform existing digital screens in WeWork …
ISE Sixteen:Nine Mixer Sponsor Profiles: MediaVue Systems January 18, 2023 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is fully back after COVID-era disruptions, and Sixteen:Nine is doing a Barcelona version of the networking mixer it has been doing annually at DSE in Las Vegas for the past decade or so. The event (sold out, sorry!) happens because of eight great sponsors who help cover the considerable costs. I like to …
