Sweden’s ZetaDisplay Buys Up Norwegian Competitor ProntoTV August 22, 2016 by Super User The Swedish digital signage firm ZetaDisplay announced today it has completed a deal to acquire ProntoTV AS, which is touted as the largest digital signage supplier in neighbouring Norway. The company paid NOK 75 million (about$9.10 million USD) on a “debt-free basis” plus an earnings-based supplemental purchase price in a maximum amount of NOK 25 million, which …
Size Matters In Digital Signage August 18, 2016 by Jeff Doud Guest Post: Stuart Armstrong, ComQi To get the most out digital signage in retail settings, keep two key words in mind: Size Matters. That doesn’t mean bigger is better. What matters is using screen sizes that suit the setting, dynamics and purpose. The display side of the digital signage business understandably focuses on screens that …
EventBoard Raises $13.5 M To Build Up Digital Meeting Room Sign Business August 17, 2016 by Super User I’ve written often about the seemingly pedestrian but dead-perfect application of digital meeting room signs, and how the marketplace seems to be all over the things. Exhibit A – Sixteen:Nine’s companion site – MeetingRoomSigns.biz – now has more than 40 products listed, which is at least 5X of a year ago. The site generates 1,000s …
6 Benefits Of Cloud-Based Digital Signage August 17, 2016 by Sean Levy Guest Post: Irfan Khan, Skykit When a company goes down the path of planning, building and launching a digital signage solution, the people behind it are going to hit a big fork in the road, making them decide what kind of software platform to use: on-premise or cloud-based. For some organizations, often very large ones, …
Four Winds Previews Next Month’s Forward Conference In Denver August 17, 2016 by Super User Four Winds Interactive is holding what will be its second, now annual educational conference next month in Denver, and has released the agenda and overall plans for the Sept. 21-23 event. I went last year and thought, for a first stab at it, the event was quite good and useful both in terms of the …
STRATACACHE: CEO Riegel Says Scala Deal Not The Last August 16, 2016 by Super User Chris Riegel, the founder, sole owner and CEO of STRATACACHE, kindly took a few minutes Monday to call and brief me on the deal that saw his company acquire controlling interest in software rival Scala. Riegel says his contact with Scala on a potential deal traces back about three years, and was on and off. …
STRATACACHE Buys Majority Control of CMS Software Rival Scala August 15, 2016 by Super User STRATACACHE has bought its way into “super-majority” control of digital signage CMS software rival Scala, in a deal being announced today. The deal gets STRATACACHE CEO and sole owner Chris Riegel access to a global channel partner program and reseller network, which Philly-based Scala had built up in the last 15-20 years. The deal is not …
WordPress Gets A Digital Signage Plug-in August 12, 2016 by Super User A small German company has launched a WordPress plug-in that enables the hugely popular blog and website content management system to be used as a digital signage CMS. Ondamedia GmbH says its plugin, called Digitalsignagepress, makes developing and managing small signage networks easy and capable of running off any HTML5-based device, like system on chip smart …
Digital Signage Goes To The Kitchen August 10, 2016 by Super User One of the guys at Rise Vision is so steeped in the digital signage business he has a slick interactive display up and running in his kitchen. Mat Meiers, the company’s lead creative designer, designed a screen layout to display calendar events, grocery lists, to do lists and family photos in his Kansas City-area kitchen. …
How Local Businesses Can Use Digital Signage To Attract Pokémon Go Fans August 3, 2016 by Niel Rieger Guest Post: Mark McDermott, ScreenCloud If you were ever a fan of Pokémon as a kid or teenager, you’ll know about Pokémon Go, a new app developed by Niantic. Pokémon Go creates an augmented reality experience (something virtual appearing in the real world), to allow you to chase Pokémon characters all over town, to lure …
