It seems to be M&A week around here – with news of a third deal, this one involving design firms that do or want to do big digital creative. […]
I am not big on reporting on news “reports” but find myself, for the 2nd time today, relaying very big news in the pro-AV and signage worlds. Two different online publications have stories up – which likely means they had pre-announcement briefings – about two of the biggest pro AV integrators on the planet merging, making the combined entity the biggest. […]
A couple of long-running digital signage CMS companies have linked up, with NYC-based ComQi acquiring Minneapolis-based JohnRyan. The deal, which is formalized today but comes with no details on $$ or terms, sees both companies operating as their own entities and brands, but with some cross-pollination expected on things like sales and R&D. […]
The digital display supply chain analyst firm DSCC has a thorough piece up on its website about the impact the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak is having on the display industry, noting how city lockdowns and factory closings have slowed or stopped production of some panels. […]
Diversified is continuing its drive to dominate the North American AV/IT integrator ecosystem, acquiring Indianapolis-based Sensory Technologies, and adding another 170 people to help cover projects in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast regions. […]
Vancouver-based digital signage solutions provider 10net Group has acquired Phoenix-based Unified Brand in a deal that gives both, relatively small companies more heft and clout in chasing deals across North America. […]
STRATACACHE appears to be timing partnership announcements this week to coincide with its presence at the NRF retail trade show in NYC. On the heels of a partnership announcement Monday regarding the Japanese market, CEO Chris Riegel has announced what is a more significant and momentous deal with a huge Chinese LCD panel manufacturer. […]
The French computer vision firm Quividi – which has been marketing video analytics into the digital signage and DOOH ecosystems for many years – has shuffled its management team, naming a new CEO, shifting its longtime CEO to the board, and bringing back a founder. […]
The French interactive software firm Intuiface has done an interesting tie-up with Taiwanese digital signage hardware manufacturer IAdea, offering a combined solution for end-users and integrators who don’t to get locked into specific meeting room signage platforms. […]
It is 1 pm in Nova Scotia, a Nor’easter is going to brush by world HQ, and I am thinking my afternoon coffee may have a little Bailey’s in it. Yes, drinking on the job … Some years, I do a look back and a best of. Frankly, 2019 was so nutty-busy I haven’t got the energy to think that through, and there are lots of awards out there to better judge what was done. […]
The company that won the deal to mimic New York and put so-called smart city display kiosks on main streets around the UK has run into financial trouble, entering into what the Brits term “administration.” That means the company can’t pay its bills and has a third-party involved trying to get it out of an insolvent state. […]
The Canadian entertainment giant Cineplex, which has a very active digital signage and digital OOH business unit, has a tentative deal to be acquired by UK-based Cineworld Group. With more than 11,200 screens around the globe (including a bunch of them as Regal Cinemas in the US), the proposed transaction would create one of the world’s largest cinema companies. […]
LG Display has reported a big loss in its recent Q3 earnings release, its third bad quarter in a row – forcing out the longtime CEO, prompting a round of voluntary departures and most interesting in the context of the commercial display business, the start of a move away from LCD. […]
It’s a bit mind-wobbling to still see start-ups and early stage companies entering the hyper-crowded digital signage CMS software market, even more so when the company gets a healthy $7 million investment from a group of venture capitalists. Raydiant is a two-year-old cloud-based signage CMS that was at first marketed as Mira Technologies. […]
The Swedish firm ZetaDisplay is continuing to build its digital signage solutions company through acquisition, announcing today that it has paid about $5 million USD, in cash, to acquire the Dutch CMS software company Gauddi. Malmo-based Zeta says the deal, effective today, makes it the primary player in the BeNeLux region. […]
