Electrosonic, Igloo Vision Partner On Projection Mapping For Workspaces March 2, 2022 by Super User The PR needs to be read a few times to cut through all the marketing blah-blah-blah stuff, but if you stick with the effort, you learn the experience-focused pro AV integrator Electrosonic has developed a partnership with Igloo Vision to kit out workplaces with immersive collaboration spaces – rooms filled floor to ceiling with visuals. UK-based …
STRATACACHE, NCR In Strategic Partnership For Services, Software In Hospitality Sector March 1, 2022 by Super User Payment systems giant NCR has reached a partnership with STRATACACHE that sees it marketing the CMS software company’s capabilities but also providing on-site field services in North American and globally. It’s a big deal on both sides, as STRATACACHE is the incumbent software provider in some giant chains like McDonalds, while NCR’s point of sale …
Swedish Solutions Firm ZetaDisplay Reports Significant Upticks In EU Digital Signage Demand February 28, 2022 by Super User Most companies in the digital signage and pro AV ecosystems are privately-held, so when one of the larger public companies in the combined sector releases by requirement a financial report, observers can get some cues on what may be happening the broader market. In this case, it is the Swedish digital signage software and integration …
Live Events Tech Firm Worldstage Folds; A Business Victim Of COVID-19 February 25, 2022 by Super User The pandemic has clobbered a lot of businesses in the past two years, and one of the hardest hit has been the live events industry. Lockdowns and health safety limitations have meant countless concerts, games, events and business gatherings didn’t happen, as planned or at all, and the AV and staging people who set those …
DSF Launches Industry Advisory Council February 24, 2022 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation (DSF) has announced a DSF Advisory Council made up of companies in the industry ecosystem that provided the necessary funds to keep the association going as the pandemic settled in and other funding resources all but dried up. The member companies, says the DSF, will advise on topics such as education …
Hughes Wins BurgerFi Deal Bundling Digital Signage With Network Infrastructure, Managed Services February 24, 2022 by Super User Here’s a good example of how a service provider can win digital signage deals by also bringing a lot of other capabilities to the dance – Hughes Network Systems enabling the guest experience in the BurgerFi restaurant chain by providing all the networking technology, signage software and managed services. The fast casual chain and a …
CRI, Reflect Merger Now Official; Blended Firm Now CRI And Run By Mills February 18, 2022 by Super User News of a merger between Creative Realities and Reflect Systems tracks back to Nov. 2021, but it has taken until now for the deal to get through various hurdles and close. The blended companies will now operate as Creative Realities, or CRI for short. Rick Mills is now CEO of the combined, Louisville-based organization, while …
CMS Firm Raydiant Closes $30M In New Funding For Key Hires And More M&A February 17, 2022 by Super User San Francisco-based CMS software shop Raydiant is making investment moves that set it apart from the many, many, many small digital signage platform developers competing in a hyper-crowded space – taking on $30 million in new funding that will be used for new hires and more acquisitions. The company has announced “a $30 million Series B funding …
High Five: PPDS Donates Commercial Displays To Dutch Wing Of Salvation Army February 17, 2022 by Super User A virtual high five to display marketer PPDS for donating five of its Philips commercial displays to the Dutch wing of the Salvation Army charity, to be used for teaching and messaging at community centers in less affluent areas of the Netherlands. The screens – ranging from 75” D-Line digital displace through to 75” Philips …
Houston’s New Smart City Display Network Generates Revenue By Selling Viewer Data February 15, 2022 by Super User Kiosk industry follower and consultant Craig Keefner has an interesting post up on one of his sites about how a smart city media company makes money from digital display smart totems it puts in for free in large cities. The post in Design Smart City looks into a deployment of 25 kiosks by IKE Smart …
