Stratacache Opens Digital Menu Board Experience Center July 24, 2012 by Super User Probably the hottest vertical in the digital signage sector – and for a while now – is digital menu boards. Piles and piles of quick service restaurant operators are cutting over because of operating cost and hassle reductions, and the reliably positive impacts on sales and order sizes. The software company Stratacache has probably won …
RMG’s Fitness Network Bought By Salon Network Holding Co July 19, 2012 by Super User Orion Equity Holdings has reached a deal to buy the assets and broadcasting agreements of RMG Network’s Fitness Entertainment Network. The deal should close within 30 days but, says a release, Orion “expects the closed transaction to be immediately accretive.” So I looked up accretive and I still have no idea what that means. The acquired …
Preset Mixer 2013 Taking Shape (inc. video) July 19, 2012 by Super User It is only 184 sleeps (or something, screw the necessary math work) until the 2013 Preset Group Mixer in Lost Wages. More traditionally, I would wake up in a cold sweat sometime in January and realize, “Oh yeah, I should start organizing this thing.” For a change, I am getting myself organized way in advance, …
Microsoft Buying Touch Display Maker Perceptive Pixel July 9, 2012 by Super User Microsoft has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Perceptive Pixel, which makes gorgeous, highly responsive and wildly expensive multi-touch displays. “The acquisition of PPI allows us to draw on our complementary strengths, and we’re excited to accelerate this market evolution,” says Kurt DelBene, president, Office Division for Microsoft. “PPI’s large touch displays, when combined …
Capital’s Audience Driving Torch Relay Coverage On BBC’s Public Screens July 6, 2012 by Super User The London Olympics are now three weeks away and the media attention is starting to really amp up, particularly in the UK. The Olympic Torch Relay is being covered by the BBC and along with being shown on broadcast, it is being relayed to the masses on large public screens in 22 towns and cities,including London, …
Canada 3.0 Moves From Small Town To Big City July 5, 2012 by Super User I quite liked the Canada 3.0 digital media forum and trade show I went to this spring, though I wondered what on Earth it was doing in a small town’s recreation centre. So were some others, apparently. Stratford is a beautiful little town (and known widely for its Shakespeare theatre), and the venue and people …
Pattison Onestop Opens The Ad Shop July 4, 2012 by Super User Pattison Onestop, aka the digital division of Toronto-based Pattison Outdoor Advertising, launched a new service today aimed squarely at the hard to sell and service small business sector. Called The Ad Shop, the service aggregates all of the company’s digital inventory online to allow easy buying and targeting, and makes templates available to build low …
Signagelive Gets A Brazilian July 3, 2012 by Super User Oh, the dreaded grip and grin photo … This is one between Raffi Vartian of signagelive and a group of guys from Brazil who are the key people in a company called JBTec, which is now the preferred distributor for the UK-based SaaS product in the red-hot Brazilian market. “JBTec is extremely happy to have Signagelive’s …
Digital Signage Platform Adds Phone On-hold Messaging. No, Really. June 27, 2012 by Super User Differentiation is important in a crowded marketplace, as you don’t want to go in selling something that dozens of other companies also have. On that count, Louisville, KY-based Captive Indoor Media is definitely differentiated from the digital signage software mob – as it has added on-hold telephone messaging to its digital signage software offer. Connect the …
Chief Tweaks Canadian Sales, Goes Direct June 26, 2012 by Super User I’ve long known and thought of Dave Galos as the Chief guy in Canada, and now he really is the Chief guy in Canada. The company, which makes the mounts displays and other gear get hung off of in digital signage projects, had been partnering with EIKI Canada to sell and distribute products via ChiefMounts …
