Uniguest Acquires Tripleplay, On Heels of ONELAN Acquisition September 19, 2019 by Super User Well this is interesting … Nashville-based hotel services provider Uniguest has acquired UK-based Tripleplay, just 15 months after acquiring a different UK company, ONELAN, which shares some of the same software capabilities. The result, says Uniguest, is “the world’s largest IPTV, digital signage, and room booking solutions provider.” Tripleplay does digital signage, like ONELAN, but …
Using Digital Signage For Greener Communications September 19, 2019 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Derek DeWitt, Visix Eco marketing, sustainable marketing, green marketing – whatever you call it, “being green” is something very much on people’s minds today, especially millennials and Gen Zers. As such, it’s an important consideration for any communications strategy, regardless of whether its internal or public facing. This method of marketing means focusing …
NowSignage Announces Secure Integration With Power BI’s Visualized Data Toolset September 3, 2019 by Super User Manchester, UK-based digital signage CMS provider NowSignage has announced a full integration with Microsoft’s Power BI product – a business analytics tool set popular in business environments. The company says its integration is an industry-first, but five seconds on Google reveals several companies have some degree of integration with things like visualized data widgets. NowSignage …
Spectrio Acquires In-Store Interactive Digital Signage Firm VS Networks August 27, 2019 by Super User The US-based in-store marketing solutions firm Spectrio has acquired/merged with VS Networks, a Chicago company that appears to do digital signage and interactive screens for brands in retail environments, like hardware stores. Spectrio says the deal means it now powers more than 50,000 screens that drive in-store sales and create engaging customer experiences. Says a …
Wayfinding’s Jibestream Acquired By Indoor Positioning Firm Inpixon August 23, 2019 by Super User Toronto’s Jibestream, one of the early entrants in the shopping mall and campus mapping/wayfinding space, has been acquired by a Silicon Valley company known for its indoor positioning analytics. Jibestream will be familiar to a number of digital signage solutions companies and when it first started about 10 years ago, was doing everything from the …
How To Shop For Digital Signage Software August 22, 2019 by sixteenninewpadmin GUEST POST, DEREK DEWITT, VISIX You walk by a screen with a cool image (maybe a bit of animation), and a short message with an easy-to-follow call to action. It attracts you. It engages you. It’s fantastic, and you think, “I want that for my organization.” And then the next thing you think is “I …
Controlled Retail Tests Show 800%+ Sales Bump Using Triggered Digital Signage Messaging August 20, 2019 by Super User Digital signage end-users in hyper-competitive sectors like retail and quick service restaurants have always tended to keep their cards really close to their chest when it comes to talking about the actual impact of digital signage networks. Why would they want to share results that inform and guide competitors? There’s also the problem of all …
Prague’s Airport Testing Digital Signage Display Tied To Predominant Passenger Languages August 14, 2019 by Super User The international airport at Prague, in the Czech Republic, is testing a digital signage-driven communications system that tailors content to the predominant language of arriving travelers. I’ve seen this done in places like Dubai for advertising at baggage carousels, but in this case, it is entirely driven by the airport management’s desire to relay passenger …
Vistar Media’s Michael Provenzano On The Rise Of Programmatic DOOH August 14, 2019 by Super User Programmatic media buying and selling for the digital out of home marketplace has been going on for many years now, and grown a lot more sophisticated, and a lot more used. Just as the digital OOH business has matured and expanded in the last few years, so have some of the key players – notably …
CRI Paid About $8.5M For Allure, $6.3M In Cash August 9, 2019 by Super User Creative Realities paid roughly $8.5 million last fall to buy Allure off of Christie Digital Systems, according to SEC quarterly report filings by CRI. The new filings say Louisville, KY-based solutions provider CRI “acquired ownership of all of Allure’s issued and outstanding capital shares in consideration for a total purchase price of approximately $8,450,000 subject …
