TouchSource Broadens Digital Footprint By Acquiring Healthcare Business Of True Sync Media June 4, 2024 by Super User Denver-based TouchSource, which does digital signage and wayfinding solutions focused on healthcare environments, has done a deal to acquire TrueSync Health, the healthcare business division of True Sync Media, which is also based in Denver. The TrueSync Health deal gives TouchSource a footprint of 100s of screens in patient waiting rooms across different healthcare system, …
STRATACACHE Adds European Retail Services Capabilities Via Acquisition of German Firm MasterPoint June 4, 2024 by Super User STRATACACHE has sorted out how it can expand its retail media network activity in western/central Europe, acquiring a Cologne, Germany company that specializes in digital signage systems integration, operation and field services. The Dayton, Ohio solutions company has acquired MasterPoint, giving the company an experienced team of project managers, technicians, engineers and installers to work …
M&A: Stratacache Acquires German Scala Partner June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Stratacache is investing in Europe’s largest digital signage market by acquiring Scala partner Master Point AG. The Cologne POS and digital signage expert is a long-standing Scala partner and develops, installs and maintains POS concepts primarily in retail. Stratacache plans further acquisitions in Germany.
Snap Install – InfoComm 2024 Digital Signage Industry Mixer Sponsor Profiles June 3, 2024 by Super User InfoComm is next week in Las Vegas, and Sixteen:Nine has partnered with Experience United Social Club to run what is a very sold-out networking event. This one is at a darts-themed bar called Flight Club, in the Palazzo complex. There will will be a little discussion about what was seen on the show floor, then networking …
Integrator McCann Systems Brings On Harp To Lead Digital Experience Efforts June 3, 2024 by Super User AV systems integrator McCann Systems has hired on Brandon Harp as its Director of Digital Experiences, charged with further building out that side of the Wallingford, CT-based company’s business. I don’t normally post about new hires that aren’t C-level, and even then analytics show readers don’t much care about new CFO hires, but Harp is …
Sync’d LED Torches Turn Stadium Seating Bowl Into One Big Display June 3, 2024 by Super User Back in 2012, the main stadium for the London Olympics had little nine LED light arrays attached to seats, which enabled ambient low-rez visuals to be part of the “experience” during things like the main ceremonies. Some 14 years on, the technology that could so that sort of thing has, of course, grown more sophisticated …
Zetadisplay: Almost Every 2nd Euro Recurring June 4, 2024June 3, 2024 by Florian Rotberg The Swedish digital signage integrator Zetadisplay increased revenues by 6.4% to 11.1 million euros in the first quarter of 2024. With a SaaS share of 47.8%, Zetadisplay generated almost every second euro with software licenses and services. Since autumn 2023, the new management has been restructuring the company while acquiring integrators in UK and Austria.
Big Roadside LED Ad Board Catches Fire In Malaysia, Briefly Trapping Maintenance Workers On Top Of Burning Screen June 3, 2024 by Super User A big LED ad board along a major roadway on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia caught fire on Friday, trapping nine workers who were on top of the thing doing maintenance. The fire is being attributed to a short circuit on the base of the display, but the workers – who all managed …
Atmosphere Joins Place-Based Streaming TV Rival Loop In Announcing Layoffs June 3, 2024 by Super User The other company that’s been on a tear in recent years make free, DOOH ad-supported streaming TV channels available to businesses has also now hit something of business wall, with Austin, TX-based Atmosphere TV announcing significant layoffs, on the heels of rival Loop Media also laying off staff in March. Rarefield Atmosphere, Inc., the business …
Stephen Joseph Succeeds Tim Bleakley: Ocean Outdoor Appoints New Group CEO June 3, 2024 by Balthasar Mayer European DooH network owner Ocean Outdoor announced a leadership change: Stephen Joseph, currently the COO and CFO, will become the Group CEO on January 1, 2025. He will succeed Tim Bleakley, who will become the Chairman of the Board. Ocean stated that this transition is part of a long-planned CEO succession process.
