There are times when mergers I hear about just send me into cross-eyed head-scratching mode, and others when my immediate reaction is: “Ok, that makes sense.” Broadsign acquiring Ayuda makes sense. Both companies are well established and much respected in the digital OOH sector. […]
Guest Post: Chris Riegel, STRATACACHE When I first saw this picture, I knew it reminded me of something, but I just couldn’t put my finger on it. […]
Amtrak has pushed out its digital OOH advertising RFP for its rail system, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has issued a statement that it will also have an RFP on the street before the end of April. The Amtrak RFP is to build out a multi-city screen network that puts advertising in front of 200 million or more travelers and commuters. […]
This may be indicative of nothing, but a couple of the largest digital signage companies in Scandinavia are getting new CEOs. Sweden’s ZetaDisplay has announced its President and CEO, Leif Liljebrunn (pictured above), will take on a new role on VP Mergers and Acquisitions this fall, once a CEO search and the new person is in place. […]
Guest Post: Alan High, ARH Digital Solutions Arizona businessman Karl Eller, the founder of what became the largest outdoor media company in North America, passed away Sunday at his Phoenix home. He was 90. OOH media veteran Alan High, a Canadian now based in NYC, wrote this tribute: Alan High The first time I met Karl Eller was in the summer of 1998. […]
The Digital Place-based Advertising Association is moving to bigger digs, and also moving up the event date for its annual NYC Video Everywhere Summit. The annual conference and micro trade show will be held this year on Tuesday, Oct. […]
Interesting to get a note just now from an American hardware manufacturer active in digital signage, indicating that its finished goods prices will be going up if US government-imposed tariffs on China take effect, as planned, on March 2nd. The tariffs, the company says, include a “number of hardware sub-components we use in our computer systems. […]
STRATACACHE says it is opening a new Asia-Pacific headquarters for its group of digital signage companies in Singapore – 3,100 sq. feet in an office block to house sales, marketing, development, services and customer support in the region. All offices will report up to Manish Kumar, the Managing Director and SVP of Asia-Pacific Operations. […]
Denver-based Four Winds Interactive has grown to date based on a small group of inside-ish investors, but that has changed with news of an Austin, Texas private equity company taking a non-controlling position with the digital signage SMS software company. […]
Stratacache has bought yet another building – with the newest property pegged as the future head office for the digital signage solutions company. The building is the tallest in Dayton, Ohio – where CEO Chris Riegel lives and has aggressively been expanding the core company and a succession of acquired software and hardware that fall under the “group of companies. […]
Montreal digital OOH software shop Broadsign has fought its way to a draw with a company widely labelled as a patent troll – getting released from current action from T-Rex Property AB while agreeing in turn to dismiss the counter lawsuit it filed against T-Rex. […]
Via TechCrunch The NYC-area startup Vengo has done a $7 million raise of funds for its unique network of micro-vending machines, topped with interactive digital signage screens. TechCrunch reports that the six-year-old company has raised $7 million in new equity funding, roughly doubling the capital it has raised over the years. […]
Here are the most heavily-read posts on 16:9 in 2018, as well as (later) my observations on the major trends in 2018 for digital signage, and what may be coming in 2019. As you will notice right away, readers like free or cheap, and they definitely like lists and headlines that promise 3 or 5 or 20 items or ideas. […]
The dollar goes a bit further in Dayton, Ohio, the head office city of the digital signage solutions company STRATACACHE. The company’s owner and CEO Chris Riegel has purchased a 12-storey office block in the city’s downtown – the Courthouse Plaza building at 10 N. Ludlow Street – for $1.67 million. […]
RMG Networks has revived the Symon brand – which was disappeared some five years ago when RMG acquired the Dallas-based business visual messaging company, Symon Communications. RMG is still the corporate entity, but the enterprise (on-premise) software platform will be called Symon. The relatively new cloud-based CMS will continue to be marketed as Korbyt. […]
