Bar-based Digital OOH Network Selects Signagelive For Platform December 9, 2012 by Dave Haynes So, my first question looking at this picture, was: “What the heck is this thing?” My second was: “What the hell is the woman on the right wearing?” Can’t help on the choral-master thing, but I can tell you this is a vending machine used in clubs and bars in the UK to dispense products …
Excalibur Hotel And Casino Places Bets On Digital Menu Boards December 9, 2012 by Dave Haynes The Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Lost Wages has done a major refresh of its food court area, and eight different concessions are all using digital menu boards developed by WAND Corporation. The Castle Walk food court in what is – to my surprise – the 7th biggest hotel in the world, has outlets ranging …
Harris On Harris: New Masters Excited By “End-To-End Offering” December 7, 2012 by Dave Haynes Here’s what Harris Broadcast’s president, Harris Morris, has sent around this morning to industry partners and customers (and dumb bloggers), about the acquisition announcement … I am very pleased to share with you the news that The Gores Group, a global investment firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses, has made …
Harris Broadcast, Including Digital Signage Unit, Acquired in $225M Deal December 6, 2012 by Dave Haynes A little more than a half-year after announcing plans to divest its Broadcast Communications, Harris Corporation has reached a $225 million deal with a private equity firm. The deal with The Gores Group is $160 million in cash at closing, a $15 million subordinated promissory note and an earnout of up to $50 million based …
Digital Cinema’s RED Debuts Player With Digital Signage, Among Other Things, In Mind December 5, 2012 by Dave Haynes As a mere mortal who only kinda-sorta-mostly understands what geeks tell me in person and in writing, I am not quite sure what to make of the digital camera company RED saying it has a product for digital signage. On the one hand, the idea of RED have a very high-rez 4K digital cinema media …
Stratacache Shifts VP As Asia-Pacific Presence Grows December 5, 2012 by Dave Haynes STRATACACHE is getting serious about building up business on the other side of the Pacific – having opened an office in Hong Kong and now shifting a guy from the US to run the Asia-Pacific region. The Dayton, OH-based firm has appointed Stephen Choi to the newly-created role of SVP of Asia-Pacific. He’s moving from …
Intel NUC’s Digital Signage Sector With Impressive $300 Box November 30, 2012 by Dave Haynes I certainly think about Intel being front and center in the computing business, but much more being Intel Inside as opposed to the actual PC maker. But the tech giant has started marketing something called the Next Unit of Computing, or better, the NUC. It’s a 4 inch by 4 inch little box that’s about the …
OAAA: Out Of Home Ad Spend Up 4.4% in Q3 November 29, 2012 by Dave Haynes The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) says advertising revenue was more than $1.5 billion in the US in Q3, up 4.4% from the same period last year. McDonald’s is the big dog in OOH spending, followed by Verizon and Chase. The OAAA says FOX and NBC are also big spenders, and BBC America’s OOH budget grew …
Digital Wayfinding Firm Jibestream Wins Canadian Innovation Honour November 29, 2012 by Dave Haynes Toronto-based wayfinding software firm Jibestream won a competition that saw the small firm dubbed one of Canada’s most innovative companies. The contest involved an audience of more than 500 investors, entrepreneurs, and business analysts at a Canadian Innovation Exchange event Wednesday in Toronto. The CIX event was a real-time stock trading game that involved raising virtual …
Real Digital Media Expands Sales To Europe November 28, 2012 by Dave Haynes Ken Goldberg and his guys at Real Digital Media have crossed the big pond, cutting a deal with a London-based holding company that signals the company’s entry to the European market. Integrated Signage Solutions, Ltd. (or ISS) has exclusive rights to market, license and support RDM’s NEOCAST platform in Europe. Says a press release: Real Digital Media will …
