Archive for March, 2013

#dse2013 10th Anniversary Edition Sets Records

Thursday, March 7th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The 10th Anniversary presentation of #dse2013 shattered all previous records – considered all the more noteworthy because participation at DSE is a barometer for the digital signage industry and reflects the rate of adoption across more than 20 business categories. In spite of a severe snowstorm, which shut down airports in the northeast and midwest of […]

#dse2013 A Sharp Wide Product Range

Thursday, March 7th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Sharp display was the second one where I saw the 4K screens that impressed me this year at #dse2013. The Company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, with U.S. headquarters in Mahwah, New Jersey, showed a full suite of professional displays, and Gary Bailer, Sharp’s director of product planning, gave me a complete tour. Sharp’s 32″ […]

Highlands Digital Media A Growing Company

Thursday, March 7th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We had a nice chat with Chuck Adams, president of DOOH Solutions at Highlands Digital Media, a young but growing company that we’ve been keeping our eye on. The privately owned, Birmingham, Alabama-based firm founded in 2009 had 40 screens when Adams joined the company in 2011, but has grown to a current 75 locations, […]

Are @YCDMultimedia About To Be Acquired?

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

A strong rumour at last week’s #dse2013 was that YCD Multimedia were about to be acquired. Executives at YCD did not return our emails.

Haar @ComQi Haar @KramerElec

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

ComQi’s deal with Kramer, not only got any Minicom kit (effectively) off their hands and into Kramer’s big thick catalogues, it looks like it also got a lot of ComQi staff off its payroll. We note that Dave Haar is now Vice President of Digital Signage Solutions at Kramer Electronics US. He was formerly Vice […]

Barco LiveDots’ LED Technology Showcase

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Maddie Cotterill

Barco LiveDots and their partners are holding an LED Technology Showcase – this is at the really good venue that we used / Barco kindly donated on the Monday evening to kick off last year’s #DpbMedia week, Ed Barco 26 Broadway Suite 900 New York City, NY Thursday, March 21 9:00 am – 7:00 pm […]

Dallas, TX @DSFederation Networking Evening Program

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Join the Digital Signage Federation on 20 March in the heart of downtown Dallas, TX for an evening of networking and a short presentation by one of our board members, Randy Dearborn of MGM International. Many of the other board members will be in attendance and look forward to meeting and chatting with you in […]

Pattison Outdoor Hits 150 Digital Boards with New Vancouver Spectaculars

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Pattison Outdoor, provider of digital billboards across Canada, has added three new Digital Spectaculars in Vancouver, bringing its total number of digital boards to 150 across Canada and making Pattison one of the largest and fastest growing digital out-of-home advertising companies in Canada. The first key Spectacular is located adjacent to the Port Mann Bridge […]

Is The Browser The New Player?

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Ever since we have followed Ayuda Media Systems they have approached trade shows with a passion – never being afraid to demonstrate a proof of concept and this year at #dse2013 was no different with a demonstration of their idea for a No-Player Player (yes read that again carefully, a ‘No-Player Player’). Pierre Yves Troël, […]

Symon Communications, Inc. Was Sold For $45M

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We now know, from the ‘Form 8-K for SCG FINANCIAL ACQUISITION CORP’ recently published that Symon Communications, Inc. was sold for $45 million.