Ronin Gets A Lift From Indian Motorcycle September 5, 2013 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
Cineplex Offers To Buy Software House EK3 July 18, 2013 by Dave Haynes Canada’s biggest movie theatre chain Cineplex – which has a substantial and solid digital signage team, has announced its offer to purchase EK3 Technologies Inc., which is best known as the London, Ontario-based software house that does the menu boards for Tim Hortons. The news release say the “initial purchase price is approximately $40 million, …
Harris Out At The New Harris July 9, 2013 by Dave Haynes The guy who ran the broadcast side of Harris, including digital signage, is now out and a new CEO is in place at the company now running independently as Harris Broadcast. Investor The Gores Group has appointed Charlie Vogt as CEO, effective today. Vogt succeeds Harris Morris, who was appointed president of Harris Broadcast when …
Ayuda Takes On CBS Outdoor’s International Work June 20, 2013 by Dave Haynes Montreal-based Ayuda Media Systems has expanded its business ties with CBS Outdoor to support CBS in North America and its international operation. Ayuda’s platform – which does things like inventory management, sales, transit and digital campaigns, finance and proof of performance – has been supplying some of its management modules to CBS Outdoor for many …
Sweden’s DISE The Latest SW Firm To Go Android June 19, 2013 by Dave Haynes [youtube id=”800n0enDE5c” width=”600″ height=”350″] The Swedish digital signage software company DISE has joined the Android club, though the actual release date of the player software is unspecified. DISE says the new player supports multi-screen synchronization – which the company touts as a core strength of its platform – as well as a NoBorders feature that …
