DSF Names MGM’s Dearborn As New Chairman; Adds To Board January 22, 2016 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation has announced its 2016 executives, as well as the elected broad of directors. Randy Dearborn, who runs MGM Resorts International’s many different digital sign installs, is the 2016 Chairman and Ken Goldberg, CEO of Real Digital Media, has been sent to the sunny porch out back where they put past chairmans. …
Share Prices Take Big Drop In Wake Of RMG Q3 Financials Release November 15, 2013 by Super User RMG Networks issued its Q3 earnings yesterday, and the market either didn’t like them or is jumpy about something else, as the share value has dipped big-time. It’s off 13% today as I look, and trading at waaaay below what it was in the spring when the company went on the market. It is …
Research: Digital Place-Based Posed For Major Growth Via Multi-Screen Campaigns November 5, 2013 by Super User This will warm the hearts of anyone charged with advertising sales at a Digital Out Of Home network. A new study by the ANA (Association of National Advertisers) and Nielsen – done among client-side marketers, agencies and media sellers – suggests media spending related to campaigns run across multiple screen platforms will make a big jump in the next …
RMG Gets Into Office Media Space Via Regus Deal October 16, 2013 by Super User The office tower elevators and office tower lobbies are pretty much “owned” in a digital OOH context by Captivate and the Wall Street Journal Office Network, so a media company wanting to get at that premium business audience needs to get a little creative. That would explain the deal just announced that sees RMG Networks …
Ronin Gets A Lift From Indian Motorcycle September 5, 2013 by Super User A tip of my tin foil hat to the sales team at Wireless Ronin, who manage to win business here and there despite some pretty compelling arguments (company financials) why end users should maybe be kinda, really cautious. The company announced a deal today with Indian Motorcycle, which is billed as America’s original motorcycle manufacturer (pffft …
Cineplex-EK3 Deal Closes For $39.1M August 31, 2013 by Super User Toronto’s Cineplex has announced it has completed the acquisition of EK3 Technologies, first announced a few weeks ago. The Londoin, Ontario-based company will be renamed and operate as Cineplex Digital Networks, and Nick Prigioniero will continue to lead the business as the company’s president. The deal terms are as previously announced: “the purchase price includes …
Patent Trolling In US Sees Big Uptick, Most Of It Involving Software August 25, 2013 by Super User The US government’s accountability office is reporting a big uptick in patent troll activity, and suggests one in five lawsuits are now brought on by “non-practicing entities” that are pretty much in the business of buying patents and suing other companies. The Government Accountability Office issued a report last week that suggests software-related patents accounted …
Vital Media, 11Giraffes Hitch Up On Auto Job August 20, 2013 by Super User A couple of Charlotte, NC companies have hooked up on the solution targeting independent auto service centers and other retailers around North America. The existing Vital Media digital signage network – including several hundred locations affiliated with a “big international tire retailer” (based on the vids, it is BF Goodrich) – has been cut over to …
Stratacache Adds Specialty Display Business Unit, Called Optika August 13, 2013 by Super User STRATACACHE CEO Chris Riegel tends to take a conservative, pragmatic view on this sector, but also tends to get out ahead of his competitors when he sees something emerging. In what is a bit of a departure, a company with roots in caching hardware and content management software is now starting a specialty display division …
Monster Media Acquires LocaModa July 30, 2013 by Super User Monster Media has bought LocaModa in a deal that sees the Orlando-based digital out of home media company better equipped to add social media integration, not to mention smarts, to its offer via the small but respected Boston company. Stephen Randall, who founded LocaModa back in something like 2005, will now be the Executive VP …
