Digital in-store player Mood Media named Canada's fastest-growing company June 1, 2011 by Super UserIn an industry that has way more supply than demand it is news enough when a digital signage turns a good profit, so it is real news when one in this space is named the fastest-growing company in the country. Toronto-based Mood Media Corporation has been handed that recognition by Profit magazine, putting it at …
Micro-documentaries to tell Japan's rebuilding story on digital networks June 1, 2011 by Super UserNeil van Wouw is an ex-patriate Canadian who has lived and worked for many years in Japan, and was in Tokyo the day the massive earthquale struick and then the tsunami washed into the coastal towns to the north. The event and its aftermath has prompted him to start an organization that will use digital …
Tenants like new building's digital wall so much they're negotiating screen time May 31, 2011 by Super UserHere’s an impressive multimedia video wall installation in the lobby of a Seattle building owned, but apparently not occupied, by Starbucks. The visual effort is great, but read on about the intriguing business impact. “We had to get prospective tenants interested in the building and were looking for something that would grab peoples attention,” explains …
Digital signage a $4.5B business within five years May 31, 2011 by Super UserDigital signage will be a $4.5 billion global business within five years, estimates the research firm ABI Research in a new market study. ABI rolls displays, media players, software, and installation/maintenance costs (as well as a MASSIVE chunk for consultants, I can only assume) into a number pegged at $1.3 billion last year. The report …
Accent Health lumbers into Context Media's sandbox May 30, 2011 by Super UserWhen Accent Health announced last week it was adding a range of new “condition-specific networks” I was scrambling to get a pile of things done and fly out west to see family in Winnipeg. I kinda expected someone would pick up on the interesting little nuance of that announcement, but … The nine new networks, …
Massive fail: MediaSignage marketing May 27, 2011 by Super UserFew things are more delightful in the morning, pre-coffee, than tone-deaf emails from hopeless companies. I have never met anyone from MediaSignage and have nothing against anyone there, but they routinely get my head shaking with their marketing efforts. They relentlessly promote their FREE software, which is not actually free. At DSE, I was actually …
Canada's biggest industrial supply shop rolls out digital screen network May 26, 2011 by Super UserThe folks up the street at ADFLOW Networks sent me a note about a deal they have closed and are now cleared to talk about – putting screens in the customer-facing areas of Canada’s biggest supply retailer for guys who wear gloves and ear plugs. Acklands-Grainger is the country’s largest distributor of industrial, safety and …
Digital menu-board system rolling out based on 12-month ROI May 26, 2011 by Super UserWAND Corporation has made a nice transition from pure-play POS guys into also doing well-received digital menu systems. The Twin Cities-area company has been doing more and more business with their biggest POS client Wendy’s, but also winning some other deals. WAND just announced a nice deal with McAlister’s Corporation, a quick-casual restaurant chain that has …
Smart AVI, French firm merge; newco targets AV market May 25, 2011 by Super UserI know the SmartAVI guys a little bit from InfoComm and pleased to see the company has blended with a French hardware company to form a new firm, called SmartVITY. SmartAVI is a digital signage hardware and software firm based in the LA-area while VITY Technology makes digital interface technology for things like touchscreens. Says …
Details on New England start-up GoGo Cast’s deal with Gulf Oil May 25, 2011 by Super User The Rhode Island-based start-up GoGo Cast announced a deal recently to deploy Digital OOH ad screens at the point of sale in Gulf gas stations in the U.S. The release was a little soft on details so I wanted to first get some sense of the deal terms, real size and timelines before writing anything. This …
