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16:9: For Just $4,000, Get A Digital Signage Market Report From An Industrial Park In Florida

This is my regular reminder to anyone looking for market research on the digital signage hardware or software industries – MOST of the research reports out there are garbage. This morning’s Google Alerts scrape of news stories that come up under “digital+signage” has four headlines about market research reports on displays and software. […]

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Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 8:45 AM

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RMG’s Board Chair Does Merger Deal To Take Company Back To Private

RMG Networks has done a definitive merger agreement with its board chairman  to take the company private, after several years operating as a public company. The deal opens a window for a third-party suitor to, in effect, make a “superior”  offer before this deal closes. The merger deal is with Greg Sachs, RMG’s Executive Chairman, under the company name SCG Digital, LLC. […]

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Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 7:39 PM

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Ultravision Sues 37 LED Companies – Including U.S. Firms – For Patent Infringement

The Dallas-based LED display and lighting products company Ultravision has filed a patent infringement complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), looking to get 37 companies barred from importing, selling or distributing what Ultravision considers infringing LED display products. […]

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Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 7:59 AM

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16:9: STRATACACHE Buys X2O Media From Barco

STRATACACHE has acquired Montreal CMS software shop X20 Media from the Belgian visual solutions firm Barco, four years after Barco bought the company in what at least some observers (like me) thought was a head-scratcher. […]

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Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 1:00 PM

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10 Foot Wave Acquired By Another Solutions Provider, Spectrio

The Charlotte, NC digital signage solutions provider and network operator 10 Foot Wave has been acquired by Spectrio, which describes itself as one of the leading end to end technology-enabled audio and video marketing companies in the U.S. […]

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Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 4:28 PM

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16:9: L’Oreal Acquires AI-Driven Interactive Beauty Mirror Software Firm ModiFace

French beauty products giant L’Oreal has acquired ModiFace, a Toronto software shop that had carved a very active niche in AI-driven augmented reality experiences like interactive mirrors. ModiFace has done a series of very active 3-D virtual mirrors for top retail beauty brands like Sephora, as well as a lot of work for smartphone apps and even manufacturers. […]

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Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 9:34 AM

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AUO Confirms Acquisition Of Digital Signage CMS And Solutions Provider ComQi

Word got out a few weeks ago that New York-based ComQi had been acquired by Taiwan’s AU Optronics Corporation (AUO), but the two companies have only formally announced and confirmed the deal this week. […]

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Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 10:32 AM

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Deployment And Service Specialists IST Acquired, Rolled Into Skinny IT

This happened a couple of months ago, right after New Year’s, and the companies involved are now actively going through integration and  re-branding. Frisco, Texas-based IT services provider Skinny IT has acquired Kansas City-based Installation & Service Technologies, Inc. (or IST), which has done a pile of on-site deployments and servicing in the U.S. digital signage sector. […]

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Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 12:29 PM

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16:9 Update: Who’s The Largest Digital Signage Network Of Them All?

The other day I put out a post looking for guidance on what are the largest digital signage networks in the world, and the feedback I’ve so far received amounts to variations on: “Yeah, good luck getting that ….” A small handful of vendors have provided guidance on what they do, but generally, few people want to pony up information about their networks. […]

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Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 11:25 PM

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16:9: Riegel, Stratacache Now Have 100% Ownership Of Scala

STRATACACHE now has 100% ownership of Scala, having acquired all outstanding Scala shares and Scala divisions around the globe including Scala Inc., Scala BV, Scala KK and Scala Nordic AS. “Scala has created an excellent brand and execution footprint around the globe over the past thirty years, tailoring their digital signage offerings to the specific needs of each global region. […]

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Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 11:07 AM

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16:9: Stratacache Adopts Auto Plant Practices To Produce New Drive-Thru Displays By 1,000s At Dayton Factory

Dayton, Ohio-based STRATACACHE is known primarily in the digital signage industry as an aggressive, fast-moving software and solutions company, and I doubt many industry people think about the company as a hardware manufacturer. But STRATACACHE is now very seriously into manufacturing outdoor-ready displays for the largest U.S. […]

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Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 9:35 AM

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16:9: Outcome Health’s Woes Continue: Big Office Plans Off, Tax Credits Nixed & No More $50K A Month House

It has been several weeks since I last did a Google news search on Outcome Health, and much continues to change with the once high-flying Chicago digital OOH media company. […]

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Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 2:50 PM

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16:9: Stratacache Acquires European Pharmacy Ad Network, Plans 10X Expansion, Inc. US

STRATACACHE and its subsidiary PRN have acquired iDKLIC, a Belgian digital marketing and signage provider that does ad-based in-pharmacy digital health and wellness networks. The company has about 1,250 sites right now but STRATACACHE CEO Chris Riegel says the plan is more than 10X of that – 15,000 sites – by the end of 2019. […]

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Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 5:10 PM

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LED Display Maker Ultravision Wins Patent Infringement Fight With Chinese Firm

With the qualifier that my knowledge of international patent disputes is right up there with my depth of understanding of trends in women’s footwear, this nonetheless seems interesting – a U.S. LED display tech company winning a patent dispute with a Chinese competitor. […]

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Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 9:34 AM

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Creative Shop Obscura Digital Acquired By Madison Square Garden Company

One of the top companies in big digital canvas creative, San Francisco’s Obscura Digital, has been acquired by the sports and entertainment firm The Madison Square Garden Company. Obscura will become part of MSG Ventures, MSG’s technology group. […]

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Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 7:37 AM

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