Half Of RMG Networks Board Resigns In Wake Of Acquisition Vote August 13, 2018 by Dave Haynes Half of the board of Dallas-based RMG Networks resigned earlier this month in the wake of decisions surrounding proposals to acquire the software and solutions company. This comes in the wake of the company’s board chair doing a merger agreement to take the public company private, and then a “go-shop” period that allowed for and “elicited an alternative …
Why Remove Items From A Digital Menu With Software, When Electrical Tape Will Do? August 10, 2018 by Dave Haynes Spotted by a reader, at a McCafe in central NYC. Some things evidently aren’t available on the menu, so instead of someone going into the software to make changes, a staffer has covered up that information with electrical tape. Thought it was just the stuff on the top right of the display and then noticed …
Spotted: Smart City Digital Signage In Montreal That’s Genuinely Smart August 9, 2018 by Dave Haynes I had breakfast in Montreal with an industry friend yesterday, who filled me in on a project that genuinely addresses the notion of digital signage and smart cities. There are 100s of rectangular LED screens in the central business and tourist districts, some in stacks of two or three, telling motorists where parking lots are …
Mind Steadily Blown In Moment Factory Tour August 8, 2018 by Dave Haynes Almost 20 years in this industry and more trade shows than I can count has left me a little jaded, and tough to impress, but my tiny little mind was steadily blown during a 90 minute tour Tuesday around the Montreal head office and studio of Moment Factory. The company is, arguably, the top experiential …
Video: “In NY, We Go Up” Creative At Footlocker Flagship August 3, 2018 by Dave HaynesThis is a nice, sync’d set of animations done by motion graphic designer Steven D’Arbenzio, who works in the NY/NJ area. “I was given the awesome opportunity to create an animated mural for Footlocker’s flagship store in Times Square, NYC,” says D’Arbenzio. “The ask was to create artwork that spoke to the strength, resilience, and …
Montreal’s Stingray Gets Digital Signage Foothold In English Canada Via Acquisition Of NovraMedia August 2, 2018 by Dave Haynes Montreal-based Stingray has acquired Novramedia, a small Toronto-based digital signage solutions company that has a big client in the Bank of Montreal. supports its business plan and growth strategy. Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, Stingray will fully own and operate Novramedia, and the Novra exec team stays in place. What this does, in part, …
STRATACACHE Acquisitions Starting To Get Blended To Round Out Products August 2, 2018 by Dave Haynes STRATACACHE is starting to mash up some of its acquisitions to create more well-rounded and attractive products and services – notably an update to its convenience store checkout network that uses the analytics platform of a company brought into the “family” in 2017. The shopper marketing company PRN, acquired by STRATACACHE in 2015, has updated …
10net, Unified Brand Forge Digital Signage Solutions Partnership August 1, 2018 by Dave Haynes A pair of well-established digital signage solutions companies have put together a cross-border partnership to make them both more competitive and broaden their offers. 10net, based in Vancouver, BC, and Unified Brand, based in Phoenix, AZ, say they are “joining forces to create a more personalized digital experience” for customers, working off the age-old idea …
From The Archive: Chris Riegel On Growing His Stratacache Empire August 1, 2018 by Dave Haynes It is VERY hard to find people working – full days, or at all – in the lovely, hot summer most of us are seeing in North America and Europe. A couple of podcast interviews have fallen through in recent days, so I decided to go into the archive and revive an episode from a …
Tokyo’s Narita Airport Has Video Wall Ode To Toliets, Using Low-Rez LEDs And Fabric Panels July 31, 2018 by Dave Hayneshttps://youtu.be/mmgWUMyrNhI This is something called Luminous Textiles – a Philips product that blends multi-coloured LEDs with fabric panels. I’ve seen stuff a bit like this using relatively low-rez LED modules and a layer of film that diffuses and softens the light. In this case, it’s for a working exhibit at Tokyo’s Narita airport that celebrates …
