Amidst Sale Plans, Harris DS Unit Says Business As Usual May 2, 2012 by Dave Haynes I caught up by phone today with Denise MacDonell, who runs the digital signage/digital OOH team at Harris, and has been engaged for the past day or so in a running variation of “Keep Calm and Carry On” in the wake of news that the parent company was going to sell off the broadcast division, …
Harris Divesting Broadcast Division (Which Includes Digital Signage) May 1, 2012 by Dave Haynes Harris has announced it is selling its Broadcast division, which includes its digital signage group. I don’t have an MBA or accounting designation so I am just going to quote: In connection with the process of evaluating strategic alternatives for Broadcast Communications, the company recorded in the third quarter a non-cash charge of $407 million …
Recycling Kiosk Start-Up Closes $17M Raise May 1, 2012 by Dave Haynes [youtube id=”BuKpAgF59f8″ width=”600″ height=”350″] A kiosk system that buys back and recycles or re-markets mobile phones and other small personal electronics gadgets has announced a $17 million funding round that will help get the device beyond pilot and into the start of a mass rollout. ecoATM uses a big digital sign as an attractor loop to …
Ayuda Adds Zest To OOH Ad System Offer April 30, 2012 by Dave Haynes The orange-mad folks at Montreal-based Ayuda have launched a new service called Zest, timed for the start of the TAB/OAAA OOH Media Conference this week in Miami. The product is aimed primarily at roadside OOH companies, presumably the many, many smaller ones who may have great locations but few of the back office technologies and …
Outdoor Ad Industry Redefining As Out Of Home April 30, 2012 by Dave Haynes The Outdoor Advertising Association of America has its big annual conference this week in Miami and one of the big activities is the launch of a new branding effort to broaden the understanding and usage of the term Out Of Home. The Take Another Look campaign is intended to change the common handle from outdoor …
Spain’s Asoma TV Gives BroadSign Vote Of Confidence April 26, 2012 by Dave Haynes A Spanish Digital OOH network operator has cut over its software platform to BroadSign, news I’m sure the Montreal company is eager to circulate as it works to get beyond the recent Chapter 11 restructuring news. AsomaTV, which operates several digital signage networks in Spain, will be using BroadSign’s software in existing shopping mall and …
Adcentricity Acquired By Bee Media; Name Sticks, Direction Changes April 24, 2012 by Dave Haynes Adcentricity has been acquired by a Toronto-based mobile/hyper-local company called Bee Media, with a new blended company to operate under the better known and arguably more effective Adcentricity handle. The new Adcentricity formalizes a switch it has been very quietly making away from just the Digital OOH aggregation model (which was working, just not enough) …
Tech: How To Get A Dead Rapper For Your Next Concert April 16, 2012 by Dave Haynes There’s lot of buzz today in tech blogs about the virtual appearance of long-dead rapper Tupac Shakur at the Coachella music festival in California this weekend. Most of the buzz is about the ethics of having a dead guy perform at a live show (at least he wouldn’t have had a ridiculous dressing room rider …
Stratacache Adds 100K Sq Ft Integration Building, Plans 20-30 New Hires April 9, 2012 by Dave Haynes With pretty persistent rumours and public financials on the shaky state of a number of companies in this sector, it’s encouraging to get news of firms that are actually expanding facilities and hiring people. Stratacache has bought another building in the Dayton, Ohio-area – bringing its total to five and the footprint to 250,000 square …
Samsung Spins Off Display Business … Sorta April 2, 2012 by Dave Haynes Samsung’s display business is now officially known as Samsung Display Co., Ltd, a spun-off separate entity from Samsung Electronics. Samsung still owns 100 per cent of Samsung Display, however. Donggun Park, the new CEO of Samsung Display, says the company did about $20 billion US last year and instantly becomes the the world’s largest display manufacturer. Samsung Display says …
