LG Holding Nov. 1 Tech Tour Digital Signage Event In NYC October 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes It looks LG has a big cross-section of companies co-exhibiting with it at its Tech Tour event in New York on Nov. 1. LG’s commercial display partners at the event in Hell’s Kitchen include BrightSign, Chief, Peerless Av and numerous CMS companies like Gauddi (from the Netherlands), Hughes, Omnivex, Ping HD, Skykit, Tripleplay and 22 …
PATTISON Onestop Says It Has Surpassed Captivate As Largest Elevator Screen Network In Canada October 5, 2018 by Dave Haynes The Canadian OOH media company PATTISON Onestop, a division of Vancouver-based PATTISON Outdoor Advertising, says it now has the largest elevator screen network in Canada – surpassing the footprint of rival Captivate. PATTISON Onestop says it now has more than 2,200 displays across all eight major markets in Canada, delivering over 3.2 million viewable ad …
RMG Acquired By Its Chairman And A Private Equity Firm; Goes Back To Being Private Company October 4, 2018 by Dave Haynes The winding road that has characterized the story of RMG Networks in the last 10 years has added another turn with news that the Dallas-based digital signage solutions company has been acquired and taken off the stock market, converted to a privately-held entity. The transaction being announced Thursday was led by Austin, TX-based Virgo Capital, …
SICOM Acquired By Global Payments In $415M Cash Deal September 28, 2018 by Dave Haynes SICOM Systems, which provides digital signage, POS and other software solutions into the QSR and fast casual restaurant sect ors, has been acquired by Global Payments, which does payment technology and software solutions. Global, based in Atlanta, paid roughly $415 million in cash for the transaction. The S&P 500-listed company says, in a press release, it …
How To Ensure Your Workplace Digital Signage Project Is Successful And Avoid Pitfalls September 24, 2018 by Jason Cremins Guest Post: Jason Cremins, Signagelive Every company or organization regardless of their size or number of employees has a need to communicate openly and effectively with their teams. The challenge is that for many companies a sizeable percentage of their workforce do not have a copy email or access to an Intranet and for those …
Cineplex Wins Digital Menu Boards Deal For European Subway Shops September 19, 2018 by Dave Haynes Toronto-based Cineplex Digital Media (aka CDM) has been engaged by the European wing of Subway to “design, deploy, support and operate a network of digital menu boards at Subway locations across Europe.” The digital signage wing of Cineplex, the dominant movie chain in Canada, is providing strategic creative content, consulting services and marketing initiatives to Subway, …
Hongwei Liu On What Works And Doesn’t In Digital Wayfinding, And Mappedin’s Rapid Growth September 19, 2018 by Dave Haynes Wayfinding is one of those core technologies that make consumer lives better and easier – helping people locate where they want and need to go in places like shopping malls, airports, health care facilities and higher ed campuses. There are numerous software companies that include wayfinding capabilities in their platforms, but only a handful that …
Shared Office Giant WeWork Acquires Meeting Room Signs Provider Teem September 14, 2018 by Dave Haynes Co-working space giant WeWork is getting into a very distinct, narrow part of the digital signage market, acquiring a Salt Lake City company that specializes in digital meeting room signs and the usage and optimization analytics generated by that software platform. TechCrunch is reporting that WeWork’s acquisition of Teem was done for $100 million in …
Tripleplay Using Famed Football Grounds As User Group Meet-up Site September 13, 2018 by Dave Haynes User group meetings are not something I normally write about, but the UK software provider Tripleplay has arranged for a very cool venue for its annual meet-up with end-users and partner vendors – Stamford Bridge, the home of pro football (soccer) team Chelsea FC. The central London venue is a client site. Says Tripleplay: Our engineering …
Screenfeed Debuts Entertainment Center, For Long Dwell Time Content Needs September 12, 2018 by Dave Haynes Minneapolis-based subscription content provider Screenfeed has very cleverly pulled together a new service – called Entertainment Center – designed to serve the needs of the many, many waiting areas and lounges out there that have long dwell times and now use cable TV news channels to distract customers. “We’re very excited about this because we’ve never …
