CRI Paid $16M Cash Plus 2.3M Shares For Reflect Acquisition March 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes There have been numerous acquisitions and mergers in the past few years involving companies active in digital signage, and in almost every case, I have ended up writing something like “terms of the deal were not disclosed.” But publicly traded companies are required to lay out deal terms in filings, at least in the U.S., …
GSTV Extends The Shopper Influence Of Its Screens Beyond Gas Station Lots March 21, 2022 by Dave Haynes The digital OOH media network built around getting people pumping gas to go inside to buy consumer goods in the station’s c-store has expanded the media pitch to say it can also influence at purchases at nearby, unrelated stores. The long-running network GSTV – short for Gas Station TV – has screens integrated with the …
E-Paper Display Totem Firm Soofa Says US Installed Base Tripled In 2021 March 21, 2022 by Dave Haynes Cambridge, MA-based Soofa seems to getting some traction with its distinct and somewhat more genuine take on smart city digital displays – with 41 cities across 15 U.S. states now using the solar-powered, large format e-paper totems. The company says its U.S. footprint tripled in 2021. “We’ve had rapid growth over the past year as …
Is Amazon Getting Into Digital Signage And DOOH? Looks Like It. March 18, 2022 by Dave Haynes The online publication Modern Retail, which chronicles guess what, has an interesting, mildly speculative piece up that explores the idea of online retailing behemoth Amazon selling ads on the screens it is building into its tech-forward physical retail stores. Last month, Business Insider reported that Amazon was planning on selling in-store digital advertising inventory to sell …
Mvix Joins Growing List Of CMS Software Firms Running On Sony’s Android TV Pro Displays March 18, 2022 by Dave Haynes The digital signage CMS software and solutions firm Mvix has joined a growing list of companies creating variants of their platform to run on Sony’s commercial smart displays. The Sony platform for its Bravia series of pro displays runs on Android TV, which is similar to the Android operating system now broadly used in digital …
Hey DOOH And Digital Sign Network Operators, Allocate Two Minutes Tomorrow To Support Ukraine! March 17, 2022 by Dave Haynes Digital OOH industry veteran Nick Coston is trying to organize a global campaign that would see, potentially, millions of screens turned over for two minutes tomorrow to communicate support for Ukraine. Writing in the online publication OOH Today, Coston suggests there are some 65 million connected ad displays out there, around the world. What if, …
London Underground Projection Markets Windows Errors March 16, 2022 by Dave Haynes As relayed by a reader: A reminder for screen network operators – if reminding is needed – that shit happens. This is on the London Underground, on a platform at Green Park station. The media company with the ad concession for the subway platforms has in its portfolio billboard-sized projections that go across the track …
First Arriving Breaks Off Digital Signage Services As Standalone Business March 15, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Virginia digital signage company focused on solutions for first responders – like police and fire departments – has taken the interesting step of spinning out its SaaS-based services as a standalone business. First Arriving IO will focus on rapidly scaling its existing dashboard and data infrastructure services while the parent company, First Arriving LLC, …
UK Custom Display Firm Literally An Anomaly For Market Focus March 11, 2022 by Dave Haynes One of my takeaways from the last pro AV trade show I was at – a couple of years ago now – was how there were one hell of a lot of companies selling indoor and outdoor display totems, all seemingly chasing the limited markets of DOOH advertising and campus and mall directories. A UK …
Portugal’s Moviik Wants More Digital Signage Firms Rolling In Its Queueing Software March 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes I have clear memories of talking to queue management hardware and software companies years ago at trade shows, who looked at me then like I was wearing a cocktail dress and heels when I suggested there was an interesting tie-up to be done with digital signage applications. They just didn’t see the relationship between the …
