Stratacache Acquires European Pharmacy Ad Network, Plans 10X Expansion, Inc. US December 13, 2017 by Dave Haynes STRATACACHE and its subsidiary PRN have acquired iDKLIC, a Belgian digital marketing and signage provider that does ad-based in-pharmacy digital health and wellness networks. The company has about 1,250 sites right now but STRATACACHE CEO Chris Riegel says the plan is more than 10X of that – 15,000 sites – by the end of 2019. iDKLIC’s …
EK3 Co-Founder Prigioniero Leaving Cineplex In April 2018 December 13, 2017 by Dave Haynes Nick Prigioniero, the longtime head of a company that started as EK3 and became Cineplex Digital Media through acquisition, is stepping down in April. Prigioniero helped build the London, Ontario startup into one of the more successful digital signage software and solutions providers out there, doing ALL the work on the chain-wide deployment of menuboards …
Free Xibo Digital Signage CMS Adds Commercial LG webOS Player December 12, 2017 by Dave Haynes The open source digital signage CMS Xibo now has a software player that will work happily with LG’s webOS smart displays, but it’s not free like the mothership CMS. The new webOS player has a one-time fee of 120 GBP, or about $160 USD. If you equated that to a SaaS fee over three years, …
Why All Room Management Signboards Are Not Created Equal December 6, 2017 by Jami McGraw Guest Post: John Wang, IAdea The modern workplace is undergoing a digital transformation, reinvented with the latest technologies to strengthen employee productivity, improve returns of investments on the facilities and enhance corporate image for visitors. One of the most significant changes happening at the doorsteps of the meeting room is the installation of a “room …
Why Digital Signage At Scale Needs Enterprise Features November 29, 2017 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Trey Hicks, Visix Even though digital signage can be as simple as a laptop playing a PowerPoint slideshow hooked up to a display, it’s really designed to reach large audiences. Some organizations spread out over multiple floors, multiple buildings or even multiple geographical locations. When you are operating at that scale, the basics …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Mike Kilian, Mvix November 15, 2017 by Dave Haynes Mvix is another one of those companies in the digital signage ecosystem that ticks along, doing its thing, without making a lot of marketplace noise. I assumed the software and solutions provider, based in the high tech corridor west of Washington, DC, had maybe 20-25 people. But I found out Mvix has about 70, mostly …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Sean Levy, MediaSignage November 8, 2017 by Dave Haynes There’s no question that consumers like the word free, and it’s a term that has certainly worked for LA-based MediaSignage, which sees about 100 new accounts opened up everyday for its mostly free digital signage platform. There are lots of software offers in this business that are free for the first account, but you pay …
MVIX Adds ChromeOS And Devices To Digital Signage CMS and Player Options November 1, 2017 by Dave Haynes The Washington, DC-area CMS and solutions company Mvix is the latest well-established software shop out there to develop a version that runs off the Google ChromeOS operating system and the variety of low-cost devices tuned to work with it. A just-launched product, Mvix Flex, supports the full Mvix platform and is available for download through the …
BroadSign Adds Vertical Audience Buying To Digital OOH Delivery Platform October 31, 2017 by Dave Haynes BroadSign is continuing its evolution from being a slick content management platform for digital OOH networks to one that also enables digital media planners to buy ad time on a variety of digital OOH networks. The Montreal-based software firm, which now also has an office in New York, announced this morning a digital OOH audience …
Sony To Debut Interactive Digital Signage Platform At CES: Report October 30, 2017 by Dave Haynes Sony is reportedly planning to introduce an interactive digital signage platform at CES in Las Vegas in January that mashes up gesture sensors, augmented reality, audience analytics and signage. The Sony MITENE system has been around in Japan for several years, but a new 4K version will be shown and marketed in North America. Let’s …
