Lamar Holds Biggest OOH Market Share Among US Media Companies: Research July 14, 2022 by Super User The online publication Billboard Insider, which covers guess what, has done the information-gathering and math to sort out which media companies have the largest shares of the US out of home advertising market. The work clearly shows that Lamar controls 25% of US OOH revenues, followed by OUTFRONT at 21% and Clear Channel Outdoor at …
How Does Digital Signage Support You Through The Crisis? July 13, 2022 by Gerhard Pichler GUEST POST: GERHARD PICHLER, EASESCREEN Like many other business owners, I think about the war in Ukraine, rising inflation, and the long-term effects of Covid. In my conversations, it has become clear that more and more businesses are reevaluating their priorities for 2022, and even for 2023. At the same time, the trend for digitalization …
Finnish Interactive Display Firm MultiTaction Bankrupt, Prompting Re-Org Move In US, Bundled Solutions From Competitors July 11, 2022 by Super User The Finnish firm MultiTaction, known for slick multitouch display hardware and software, has gone under, compelling an evidently separate US wing of the company to says it will buy the assets and do a re-organization. Multitaction Americas Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire the assets of the group, it says, and will …
Business Critical Digital Signage Yearbook, Almost 200 Pages, Now Available As Free Download July 11, 2022 by Super User The excellent yearbook the German digital signage consulting and content firm Invidis has for many years produced annually for the Europe and Middle East markets now has North American content, and is available as a free download. It’s a nearly 200-page PDF file loaded with subject matter expert-level content (in English) from the Invidis team …
Display Mounts Firm Ergotron Changes Owners In $650M Cash Deal July 11, 2022 by Super User One of the more well-established names in AV mounting hardware – 40-year-old Ergotron – has been acquired by a Houston-based private equity firm. Based in St. Paul, MN, Ergotron mounts are mainly used for desktop monitors and things like moveable AV carts in environments like healthcare, education and manufacturing. They are particularly strong in things …
OOH Giant JCDecaux Buys Majority Stake In French Programmatic Ad Firm Displayce July 11, 2022 by Super User The biggest outdoor ad company on the planet – JCDecaux SA – has signed an “alliance” deal that sees it getting directly into the programmatic ad business, via buying a majority stake in the French demand side ad platform Displayce. Started up in 2014, Displayce grew into what JCDecaux says is the leading French programmatic …
Self Service Kiosks Up Order Values By 18.5% During Burger Chain’s Pilot; Triggers Rollout June 28, 2022 by Super User Samsung just got a nice little story to share around about the impact its little all-in-one kiosks can have on sales at for a fast casual food chain – touting pilot results that suggest the units boosted average order sizes by 18.5%. Those results undoubtedly influenced a decision by Florida-based BurgerFi – which focuses on …
Thinking About A Digital Signage RFP? Don’t Do It! June 27, 2022 by Brandon Mullins GUEST POST: BRANDON MULLINS, SPECTRIO Let’s be honest: RFPs are kind of awful, for everyone involved. Requests For Proposals have long been the go-to process for sourcing and selecting technology providers for organizations of all sizes. But they’re time-consuming, hyper-bureaucratic and very often not all that effective in discovering the most suitable solution and provider. …
Samsung Canada Adds Moneris Payments Terminals To All-In-One Kiosks June 21, 2022 by Super User Partners are important at the best of times, and they’re particularly important for a technology company trying to wedge its way into established business systems and processes like payments – so a deal Samsung’s Canadian wing has worked out with a payments company should help market the electronics giant’s new-ish retail kiosk. Samsung’s all-in-one kiosk, …
Digital Signage Japan Wraps Up Near Tokyo, Pulling An Estimated 30,000 Attendees June 17, 2022 by Super User Here’s a video glimpse of Digital Signage Japan, which was running the last three days at an exhibition center in the general orbit of Tokyo. The video was pulled together by an online publication focused on e-readers, so the commentary gets a little whiny about the absence of e-paper products at the exhibit stands. There’s …
