The First Of The Gang To Die
Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
The first, pretty large in this instance, US based Digital Signage vendor has bitten the dust. These guys burnt through an awful lot of money, and we mean an AWFUL lot of money so it’s no surprise to us that mismanagement, poor financial acumen and crazy spending has meant that they have gone and unfortunately with the loss of all jobs.
We are sure there will be more news later this week.
They may be the first but they definitely won’t be the last.
September 27th, 2008 at 13:41 @612
So who was it?
September 27th, 2008 at 13:49 @617
Yeah, come on Adrian, let’s have the whole story, or is this the start of a DOOH competition with a prize of a Ferrari to the winner?
September 27th, 2008 at 13:58 @623
Who is the unfortunate company?
September 27th, 2008 at 14:00 @625
If it is a 599 I’ll take a guess, 3M
September 27th, 2008 at 14:02 @626
TELentice? – Do I get the Ferrari? (in black please)
September 27th, 2008 at 14:06 @629
3M must surely be likely to dispose of their digital signage offering – cos’ they don’t do anything with it 😉 which is such a shame; as a brand like 3M could do real (good) damage to the industry if it were to play with a 100% enthusiasm and commitment. It’s not 3M and it’s not TELentice (as an emailer also just asked us)
September 27th, 2008 at 14:09 @631
Guess 2 Alive Promo?
September 27th, 2008 at 14:10 @632
Surely not Broadsign?
September 27th, 2008 at 14:44 @656
and NOT Broadsign either – we would describe Broadsign as a “Canadian” software vendor – surely all the best digital signage software is written in Canada?
September 27th, 2008 at 18:26 @810
Scala? 🙂
September 27th, 2008 at 18:40 @819
“surely all the best digital signage software is written in Canada?”
what a blow to the americans..
It’s a pity digital is still slow to grasp. Aw well, good things never come easy.
September 27th, 2008 at 18:44 @822
NOT Scala and leave off those SMILEY FACES when you write that !!!!
September 27th, 2008 at 20:57 @914
Gotta be RNIN.
September 27th, 2008 at 21:30 @938
Darren, not telentice mate, you man of poor faith… If I were to guess I would say Ronin
September 27th, 2008 at 21:37 @942
Definitely not Ronin – they safe for the being at least 😉
September 27th, 2008 at 23:57 @039
We know that Focus Enhancements (http://www.focusinfo.com/) has filed this week which is a biggie and also many goings on over at Ronin suggests that all is not well.
September 28th, 2008 at 00:47 @074
Sorry Luis … just think what an opportunity Maler would have?! So Adrian, come on you’ve had your debate! Spill the beans …
September 28th, 2008 at 02:50 @159
Is it Planar / CoolSign?
September 28th, 2008 at 07:53 @370
Whilst Planar’s hardware screen business struggles, Coolsign seems okay and if rumours are true they (Coolsign) have won a lot of Titan Outdoor business – in the US at least, so NO it’s not them!!
September 28th, 2008 at 21:49 @950
Focus is not really in the DS business…they have tried with failure products. It has to be Ronin….how could it not be considereing how much money they have lost.
September 28th, 2008 at 21:54 @954
Folks, it is definitely NOT Ronin though they are obviously going to struggle over the next few months.
September 28th, 2008 at 23:55 @038
So who?!
Adrian….this is just mean… 😉
September 29th, 2008 at 03:34 @190
Is it Levelvision or possibly RDM?
September 29th, 2008 at 03:39 @193
It’s NOT Levelvision or Real Digital Media (RDM) – bigger than that!!!
September 29th, 2008 at 07:49 @367
ScreenRed?
September 29th, 2008 at 07:53 @370
ScreenRed is a tiny part of John Ryan, we are talking about a big well-invested US company here, so NO not ScreenRed
September 29th, 2008 at 08:58 @415
The suspense is killing me,….. I really wonder who it is. Could it be one of the Top 10 DS companies listed in http://www.dailydooh.com/archives/727 (minus the non-U.S. based companies)…..
September 29th, 2008 at 13:41 @612
Okay, my final thoughts… while it is well known that many companies are having difficulties, particularly in this current economic environment, there are only a few that come to mind that qualify as “big.”
If it’s a Video Advertising Network, there’s a long list of companies that it could be. They are all having difficulty with almost 70% of their available advertising space going unsold. If it’s in this space I would put the following companies on the list: Indoor Direct, Buzztime, Screenvision, Ripple, Captivate, Channel M, Sill Indoor Media… they all have problems, and I could add even more to this categories list.
If it’s hardware and software,there are only a few that fit the “big” category… My final guess… is it Harris? or Chyron?
September 29th, 2008 at 14:40 @652
so when is the annoucement?
September 29th, 2008 at 14:41 @653
VISIX?
September 30th, 2008 at 02:54 @162
Okay Adrian, I’ve got my bag pipes out and I’m ready to play a durge. So spill the beans already…
September 30th, 2008 at 15:17 @679
If I had to guess, it’d be Reflect Systems.
September 30th, 2008 at 22:08 @964
It’s NOT reflect systems BUT you are getting warmer, much warmer!!!
September 30th, 2008 at 23:30 @021
Is my anonymous brethren closer because of the proximity to Reflect’s headquarters?
October 1st, 2008 at 00:15 @052
Oh brother, I hope this isn’t true… It sounds like you’re saying its either
PRN, In-Store Media Networks, or In-Store Broadcasting Networks.
I hope I’m wrong!
October 1st, 2008 at 19:52 @870
Ok I help you a bit: their name starts with R….
Hurry up for the Ferrari !
October 1st, 2008 at 19:55 @872
dsman is spot on – you are all so close now!!!
October 1st, 2008 at 21:49 @951
RMS Networks?
October 1st, 2008 at 21:50 @952
RMS Networks? Real Digital Media?
October 1st, 2008 at 22:50 @993
Retail Path Networks?
RMS Network?
Rise Vision?
Roku?
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:09 @548
none of the 4.
October 2nd, 2008 at 21:44 @947
Ripple, right, really?
October 2nd, 2008 at 21:52 @953
Just how many folks’ businesses start with R ?
it;s not Ripple
October 3rd, 2008 at 00:19 @054
Reactrix Systems?
October 3rd, 2008 at 07:22 @348
well that was fun wasn’t it? thanks for all the comments, You could well be right !!!!!
October 10th, 2008 at 16:48 @742
so still no annoucement! what gives?