Pattison Lights Up New LRT Platform Network In Edmonton March 27, 2013 by Dave Haynes Love the voiceover from the talent who apparently just came from a monster truck/demolition derby ad voiceover session ;-] Anyway, Pattison Outdoor Advertising has launched LRT-TV in oil and gas-rich boomtown Edmonton, Alberta (fascinating tidbit: I was born there in the late 1700s). The Digital OOH network is running at 10 light rail transit platforms …
Outcast Goes With BroadSign As Software Solution March 26, 2013 by Dave Haynes BroadSign seems to be well on the way from clawing itself back from the Chapter 11 brink a year ago, releasing a very nice Android solution at DSE and announcing a very large account win today involving Outcast Media, which does advertising and programming on gas pumps and fitness center screens. The combined network involves …
Visix Debuts Entry-Level Flanker Brand March 26, 2013 by Dave Haynes Visix has joined the list of digital signage software companies that have developed something of a “flanker” brand – a lower cost option for prospective customers who don’t have the budget or need for the full meal deal product. Called APPOINT, the product is aimed at categories like K-12 schools, small businesses, local franchises and clinics, …
Airport Digital Sign Topples, Kills 10-Year-Old March 25, 2013 by Dave Haynes Here’s a tragic reminder of how important it is to get a deployment team that knows what it is doing when it installs digital screens in public spaces. One child is dead and other family members badly injured after a flight information display wall fell on them all as they were passing through Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport …
Report: Panasonic Winding Down Plasma Display Business March 18, 2013 by Dave Haynes Japan’s Nikkei newspaper is reporting today that Panasonic may pull out of the plasma television business as part of downsizing efforts. Revenues from Panasonic’s TV business is projected to have dropped by more than half by 2015/2016. Panasonic planned to end plasma TV panel production at its main plant next year, reports Nikkei (via Reuters), adding …
NYFI Wins NYC’s Reinventing Payphones Contest March 17, 2013 by Dave Haynes A slim digital tower with swappable modules that makes free WiFi ubiquitous has won New York City’s Reinventing the Payphone – the winner weirdly selected based on a public vote via Facebook. Democratic, sure. Best method to award on merit, strategy and feasibility? Hmmm. Anyway, the NYFI is intended to be, says the city’s Tumblr blog, …
New York Transit System Expanding Interactive Kiosk Trial March 15, 2013 by Dave Haynes The MTA – which operates the transit systems running in New York City, has announced it is going ahead with a second phase of a pilot project for On the Go! Travel Stations, interactive touch-screen kiosks that provide trip planing information, maps and system status reports Another 77 of the ad-supported units are being added …
Stratacache Says It Now Drives 50K Digital Menu Boards March 12, 2013 by Dave Haynes Were there any question as to which companies are truly doing a lot of trade in the digital signage marketplace, consider that Stratacache is showing at a chain restaurant show starting tomorrow in Las Vegas and talking about how it is now driving 50,000 digital menu boards. The Dayton, OH-based company, in a release today, …
SEC Filings Show Symon Bought For $45 Million March 11, 2013 by Dave Haynes It appears Symon Communications was bought for $45 million as part of the mash-up acquisition/reverse merger thing that will lead, soon, to RMG Networks being a publicly listed company. The SEC filings show, in the transaction details of this deck, that Symon’s owners (primarily the VC firm Golden Gate Capital) got a “cash consideration” of $45M …
Projects: SoloHeath Wellness Stations Now In 3,000 US Retailers March 11, 2013 by Dave Haynes SoloHealth now has more than 2,000 free digital health and wellness stations out in retail locations across the United States, which the company says doubled the footprint withinb three months. The company has announced it intends to be in more than 3,500 locations by end of year, which would make it one of the larger digital …
