CoolSign acquired by IP video streamer Haivision November 3, 2010 by Dave HaynesCanadian IP video streamer Haivision has acquired the assets of CS Software Holdings, LLC, aka CoolSign. CoolSign, which has been in the digital signage software game since 1998, falls under the umbrella of a Montreal-based company known for streaming h.264 video over enterprise networks. Bringing the CoolSign software into the offer means Haivision can deliver a combination of …
RMG launches Hospitality Entertainment Network with Harrah's November 2, 2010 by Dave HaynesReach Media Group, aka RMG, continues to expand the breadth of its media coverage – the latest a deal with Harrah’s Entertainment to launch the new Hospitality Entertainment Network. The new network involves some 50,000 screens in high-traffic, long dwell-time locations in Harrah’s Entertainment-owned hotels and casinos, including Caesars Palace, Harrah’s, Horseshoe and Planet Hollywood …
Noventri chops power consumption, bills, and proves it November 2, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe guys at Noventri have taken what I would describe as an unorthodox approach to marketing in the last couple of years. Without belaboring it (you can search if you want off the home page), my eyebrows automatically arch when I see a press release from the Maryland-based company. The brows were up again Monday …
Digital View joins digital signage in a box race November 1, 2010 by Dave HaynesMany, many companies have come out in the last two or three years with digital signage in a box offers, all with variations on why their kit is different. One of the oldest companies in the digital signage sector, Digital View, has announced its own version. I am more than three years removed from working …
RNIN's prospects looking brighter: Q3 numbers October 29, 2010 by Dave HaynesMy spidey senses were tingling this week, as I was thinking Wireless Ronin must be about due for its latest SEC filings. Sure enough, they’re out. You would hardly look at them and get bouncy, but the Minneapolis company is doing miles better than it has been in the last couple of years. Given how …
Ariel Way in a bad way October 25, 2010 by Dave HaynesAbout three years ago a company called Ariel Way started making a pile of announcements about partnerships and acquisitions and big plans that included digital signage. Then they kinda went off the radar screen about as quick as they came on. The recession, it appears, was a bit of a 2 by 4 to the …
LocaModa works deal to socialize PRN October 25, 2010 by Dave HaynesLocaModa has completed a nice little deal with PRN that sees its social media integration technology rolled into the content offer on the PRN Checkout TV Network in supermarkets. Says the release: PRN and LocaModa will jointly develop a suite of cross-channel ad units (advertising opportunities) designed to enhance customer engagement at checkout by integrating …
CHMN’s medical waiting room gains national footprint October 25, 2010 by Dave HaynesWe’re seeing media sales by DOOH networks get rolled up in a couple of ways. One is by signing on with aggregation services like Adcentricity or SeeSaw (or others, there are a few now) or via services such as rVue. The other is through affiliate networks – essentially similar networks in the same vertical who …
Is AMX Is Trying to Buy SpinetiX? October 22, 2010 by raveFrom Sixteen:Nine partner rAVe Although no one from either company will confirm any details on the record, we have sources that tell us AMX and SpinetiX are in talks about a buy-out or investment. SpinetiX, you may recall, manufacturers a non-PC-based media player, the HMP100, which won our Digital Signage CHAMPS Award for Best non-PC …
"Oh Really?" Dep't: Global DOOH leader set to conquer indie pharmacy world October 20, 2010 by Dave HaynesI immediately start smirking when I see a headline that includes the word “purveyors” – hoping “Ye Olde” will also get tossed in. So I was very excited (but also disappointed – no Ye Olde) to read word that: “GoGo Cast to Acquire Digital In Motion the Largest Purveyor of Digital Out of home Solutions …