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M&A in our industry continues apace as news reached out first thing Monday that Panasonic has acquired MagicInk Interactive LLC, a New York City-based, privately-held provider of hardware, software and integration services for digital indoor networks for high-end retail, hospitality and corporate clients. Jim Doyle, President of Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company said “MagicInk is a […]

Control Group and Titan, key members of the team behind LinkNYC, announced Tuesday that they will merge and be acquired by a consortium of investors led by (recently announced) Sidewalk Labs. We are told that this new company, named Intersection, will combine both companies’ expertise in technology and innovation at the convergence of the digital […]

Montreal-based VIF Télé has acquired the operations of SMS Looky, a Boisbriand, Quebec company specializing in the management and transmission of SMS text messages for information purposes, notifications, alerts and marketing. This acquisition allows VIF Télé to expand its product range and services in digital media by integrating mobility and interactivity. Now, in addition to […]

Colombia’s leading DOOH and Digital Signage Company Enmedio (they have more than 2,300 BroadSign powered screens) raised USD 2.2 million from Axon Partners Group, a Spanish VC with presence in Latin America. We understand that negotiation was made so that in the following 24 months there can be additional capitalizations of up to USD 1.8 […]

Canadian media owners, Newad and Zoom Media have (effectively) swapped advertising networks, with the former acquiring Zoom’s restobar, campus, fashion, business, media and golf networks in exchange for Newad’s fitness establishments. The deal allegedly gives Newad the largest number of indoor ad faces in Canada, with a total of 45,000 digital and static boards across […]

Back in November 2014 we (last) wrote that the JCDecaux acquisition of CEMUSA (announced March 2014) still hadn’t closed and that we had heard from several people close to the deal that the new #LinkNYC arrangement / CityBridge contract was not helping matters either. Word then, was that JCDecaux allegedly went back to NYC seeking […]

New York based Reuters’ journalists’ Liana B. Baker and Greg Roumeliotis reported exclusively on Friday that Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe owned Titan was a likely acquisition target from former Bloomberg chief executive Daniel Doctoroff, who has allegedly partnered with a private equity firm in an effort to buy the business “according to three people […]

I couldn’t help thinking, when I interviewed Christine Martino, senior vice-president, national advertising sales for New-York-based Screenvision, that with the investments the theatre company is making, Martino has a whole new career in front of her. She certainly has a lot more to sell. And that’s because Screenvision is investing heavily following the blocked merger […]

CRI has been for sale for a month or so, we quote a recent Merriman Capital, Inc. ‘Confidential Summary – Digital Marketing Company’ document, “Merriman Capital, Inc. is conducting a selective strategic process for a digital marketing company (the “Company”). The strategic review includes, but is not limited to, a review of opportunities for a […]

MultiQ International AB acquires the majority of shares in Mermaid A/S.