Zoom gets new backing for expanding digital footprint September 1, 2010 by Dave HaynesDallas-based ORIX Venture Finance has provided what it calls debt financing – no numbers stated – to Zoom Media Group Inc. to let that Montreal media company expand its footprint and services in the US and Canada, particularly as it relates to digital displays. Orix describes it as an enterprise term loan and revolving line …
RMG takes over national sales for two health and wellness networks in US August 24, 2010 by Dave HaynesReach Media Group, which may quite possibly have the deepest pockets and biggest DOOH ambitions in the sector right now, just made a couple of announcements this morning about effectively becoming a sales rep house, along with owner/operator of its own DOOH nets. RMG has done a deal to sell the ad avails for Everwell, …
Wireless Ronin gets de-listing warning from NASDAQ August 20, 2010 by Dave HaynesThis will not, I’d expect, be happy news for the people holding shares in Wireless Ronin. The SEC filing on Thursday: ITEM 3.01 NOTICE OF DELISTING OR FAILURE TO SATISFY A CONTINUED LISTING RULE OR STANDARD; TRANSFER OF LISTING.(a) On August 17, 2010, we received a deficiency letter from the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) Listing Qualifications …
The digital signage patents keep on coming … August 13, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe Marlin Company of Wallingford, CT has been granted a second patent (U.S. Patent No. 7,765,273) for its content solution for the Electronic Communication Station, a digital signage product for workplace communications. Since 1913 Marlin has been publishing workplace content to help companies communicate critical messages on safety, productivity, teamwork, quality, etc. While Marlin’s roots …
$68.7 million later, "the business model works …" August 13, 2010 by Dave Haynes“Under the leadership of Scott Koller and Darin McAreavey, we have clearly demonstrated a capacity for delivering on key financial performance metrics over the past quarter,” said James C. (Jim) Granger, chief executive officer at Wireless Ronin. “We delivered double digit growth both sequentially and on an annual basis — the highest revenue levels since …
Ronin revenues up, but so is burn rate August 12, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe latest required filings for publicly-listed Wireless Ronin show hardware, software and services sales are heading in the right direction, but the burn rate the company was trying to slow is actually up, not down. Sales are almost double that of Q2 2009 (aka depths of recession), which is good to see. However, despite something …
Adcentricity paints darker picture of DOOH spend from Q2 August 11, 2010 by Dave HaynesI tend to run into Jeff Atley after hours at trade shows, after we’ve both had a few pops and are not all that eloquent. Or coherent. So when the VP and co-founder of Adcentricity rattles off this sort of thing in his writing, I’m amused. “This does not, however, translate directly to an equivalent spending ratio …
NASCAR Hall of Fame fan board lit up with 250-plus of Christie's MicroTiles August 5, 2010 by Dave Haynes(Disclosure: I do some writing for Christie, and prepared a case study on this project) One of the first BIG projects to come along for Christie Digital’s much-covered, much-praised MicroTiles technology is a signature installation at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC. The facility opened this spring and a focal point is a …
Another digital signage patent granted August 4, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe Marlin Company of Wallingford, CT has been granted U.S. Patent No. 7,743,112 for the Electronic Communication Station, its digital signage solution aimed at workplace communications. The official synopsis on the patent grant: A method and apparatus for the distribution of electronic media content for distribution to employees of a subscriber. The system includes an electronic …
Scala picks up Nix August 3, 2010 by Dave HaynesCongratulations to Tom Nix, who has been scooped up by Scala, having bridged his departure from Dynamx with a year or so helping Magenta Research out with marketing. Says this morning’s news release, Nix is now Vice President of American Operations. In this role, he will be responsible for overseeing the U.S., Latin America and Oceania …