Industry moods more positive: PRI research January 19, 2011 by Super UserI like Steven, Margot and the folks at the Platt Retail Institute, and appreciate the research and education they do. But boy, they could stand to do a little packaging of the data so the great unwashed can bend their brains around it. I quote from the Q4 2010 North American Digital Signage Index released this …
Navori's new software pushing broadcast-quality video out of $350 PCs January 19, 2011 by Super UserThe Swiss software company Navori doesn’t make a lot of noise in the marketplace, but they quietly do a lot of business – with installs in 90 countries and some 75,000 active licenses. That number thoroughly blows away the installed base of a lot of much noisier competitors. The company IS making some noise this …
OVAB expands to Middle East January 17, 2011 by Super UserThis was hinted at a few weeks ago, but is now official – OVAB Europe has extended its reach into the Middle East region and signed up its first regional member – Abu Dhabi Media Digital Out Of Home, which runs the Al Barq Digital nework of screens/kiosks in major shopping malls over there. “Advertising …
Christie announces managed services for digital signage January 10, 2011 by Super UserChristie Digital has a pile of resources and experience in place from the work it does supporting its projection business, and the company has decided to “sweat those assets” a little more by introducing an end-to-end digital signage management offer aimed at retail. The company has a presence at NRF this week in New York …
Siemens uses SMS, digital signage screens to get CEO interacting with 10,000 staffers January 10, 2011 by Super UserThis is an interesting spin I’ve not seen before that integrated mobile technology with digital signage for a corporate communications exercise. Siemens stuck its US CEO at a cafeteria table and did a “Fireside Chat” via live video streaming with 10,000 employees, in 50 locations, and across 4 timezones. Staff interacted with Daryl Dulaney by …
Acronym Alert: YCD and HP show RAMP at NRF January 10, 2011 by Super UserYCD Multimedia is at NRF this week showing off some technology that at least suggests it auto-generates content to screens based on the integration with a partner’s POS back office system. “YCD’s solution will be changing the playing field for grocery and convenience store retailers. We are allowing retailers’ digital signage campaigns to be fully …
MTI comes in from the edges, into thick of retail digital signage offers with new ReAct product January 6, 2011 by Super UserMTI has been working around the edges of the digital signage retail sector for many years, with software and displays that popped up content based on shopppers lifting up and inteacvting with its core products – secured tethers for merchandising displays. When you are about to stuff that sexy Samsung amoled smartphone into your pocket …
MicroSigns does first US deal for digital signage displays January 6, 2011 by Super UserMy friends (and clients) up in Montreal who have steadily built up European business for MicroSigns’ cool little interactive screens for wireless retail now have a toe-hold in the US, albeit waaaay west in Alaska. The company’s digital merchandising displays – small interactive LCDs that replace paper fact sheets on the display counters in wireless …
DOOH network Access 360 gets $12M VC investment January 5, 2011 by Super UserAccess 360 Media has announced a $12 million investment from VC firm Columbia Capital, to be used to build the DOOH network’s headcount and footprint through acquisition and organic growth. “Since acquiring Arena Media Networks in early 2010, our new combined platform— encompassing both in-mall and in-arena networks—has paid off tremendously and we are thrilled …
Huge Chinese DOOH network suing its backers December 28, 2010 by Super UserOne of the bigger DOOH networks in the world, VisionChina Media Inc., is going after some of its investors with a lawsuit claiming it was duped into pay way too much for the Nov. 2009 acquisition of another firm, Digital Media Group. VisionChina Media and its wholly-owned subsidiary Vision Best Limited launched an action Monday against …
