Chart: Who Is The Biggest Of Them All In DOOH & Retail Media? February 17, 2023 by Super User Merchant banking firm Solomon Partners – which through partner Mark Boidman is very active in guiding M&A in the DOOH sector – has published an interesting but probably flawed graphic that details what are the biggest place-based digital OOH and retail media networks in the U.S. market. The list of 16 companies details network size …
Loop Media Rings NYSE Opening Bell As It Builds Free Digital Signage/DOOH Footprint In US February 16, 2023 by Super User Linkedin regularly has giddy photos of groups of business people surrounding the boss as she or he rings the bell at the New York Stock Exchange, and a recent one caught my eye, as the firm is in the DOOH media networks business. Loop Media develops and supports a series of curated music video and …
Broadsign, LG Partner On DOOH Ad Solution For Smart Displays February 15, 2023 by Super User LG’s US Business Solutions unit and DOOH-focused CMS software firm Broadsign has announced a partnership that has what’s dubbed Broadsign for SoC ready to use on the display giant’s multiple lines of proprietary OS “smart” displays. There are numerous software firms that have developed native or web players for LG’s System-On-Chip “smart” displays, but the …
Big Oops: Windows Error On DOOH Screen At NYC World Trade-Fulton Concourse February 9, 2023 by Super User A reader passed along this visual reminder about the risks of using consumer operating systems on digital signage jobs. This is a big video wall in one of the walkways connecting the World Trade Center are in New York with transport hubs. The error message has to do with hard disk storage. It has been …
Digital Signage In London: Impressions From The Road: January 25, 2023 by Super User It’s a big trip and expensive flight to get from North America to Barcelona for ISE 2023, so I broke it up by spending a few days ahead of next week’s trade show in Barcelona with meetings and site visits in London. I’ve had a bunch of good meetings with industry friends like Esprit Digital …
Almost 14,000 Digital Billboard Faces Across US: Billboard Insider January 19, 2023 by Super User Billboard Insider has a very useful post up that lists the 236 U.S. media companies it knows about that have digital displays in their inventory. The 237 companies account for 13,826 digital faces. The list is bulletin and poster. We have excluded transit and place-based. A face is a face. One digital face is one …
Japanese DOOH Firm, Broadcaster Partner On Live Content On Digital Boards Around Country January 19, 2023 by Super User A pair of Japanese companies have partnered on a service that can put live broadcasting on 75 big LED display boards located around that country – aiming to relay everything from live sports and concerts to press conferences. There is, of course, no great technical leap happening here. It’s just a signal input. But the …
EV Charger MediaCo Volta Acquired By Fossil Fuel Giant Shell. No, Really … January 18, 2023 by Super User The largest DOOH media company marketing EV charging stations as a medium just did a deal to be acquired – somewhat surprisingly by a fossil fuels-based energy supplier. Volta has done a “definitive merger agreement” that would see Shell USA Inc., a subsidiary of the big multinational company, acquire Volta in an all-cash transaction valued …
Melitron Broadens Product Line To Now Include A “Street Series” Of Outdoor Screens January 18, 2023 by Super User Custom display manufacturer Melitron has broadened its product line-up beyond the drive-thru menu displays that have been the Canadian company’s core product to now also include a “Street Series” aimed at use-cases like DOOH ad posters and directories/wayfinders. It’s an interesting step, as many of its custom display competitors have been getting into drive-thru displays …
Captivate Expands DOOH Screen Footprint To Include WeWork Offices January 18, 2023 by Super User The DOOH media company Captivate got its start and is primarily known for its screen network in office tower elevators, but the NYC-based company has been expanding its reach to other areas, like building lobbies, and now, inside co-working spaces. The company has announced a partnership with WeWork “to transform existing digital screens in WeWork …
