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North American startup TransitScreen, who aim to bring shiny screens to bus stops and subways, announced this week that it had competed a $600K Angel Investment round. TransitScreen CEO Matt Caywood said “This funding announcement validates the two years our team has spent building and growing the TransitScreen brand. We were already expanding rapidly, and […]

Health Media Network’s recent quiet purchase of America Minority Health Network has resulted in Shaneeka James, former president and COO leaving to form her own consultancy. The AMHN was acquired from its Board member owners (including Phil Cohen, a former Digital Signage Federation chairman and founder of a number of digital networks and of Saddle Ranch […]

Yesterday, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced its acquisition of Logan, Utah-based YESCO Electronics LLC, an LED sign and display manufacturer with more than 2,000 installations across the U.S. and abroad. YESCO Electronics was a subsidiary of the Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO), a privately-owned custom sign manufacturer. Seog-Gi Kim, Senior Vice President, Visual Display Business, […]

ZetaDisplay has entered into an agreement to acquire Marketmedia Oy, the largest supplier of Digital Signage in Finland. The Marketmedia client base includes, among others, Veikkaus (the Finnish national betting agency), Tikkurila, Starkki, Stockman and Onninen. Today, ZetaDisplay claims to be a leading supplier to major chains in the retailing and service sectors. The company […]

Stingray, Montreal-based global business-to-business multi-platform music product and service provider, has acquired Groupe Viva, a key player in digital signage solutions for businesses throughout Canada, headquartered in Boisbriand, Quebec. For over 12 years, Groupe Viva has developed innovative digital solutions for retailers, restaurants, hotels, tourism associations and other lines of business. It has built a […]

We had heard that IMRSV, developers of CARA (whose software always bore an uncanny resemblance to market leader Quividi’s) was for sale but we stumbled upon this news that Kairos, a Miami-based face recognition start-up, has acquired them.  We haven’t seen any (other) press releases and Kairos seems to have no links to the Digital Signage world.  

GTCR, Chicago-based private equity firm, has partnered with Adams Outdoor, Roswell, Georgia, to acquire Fairway Media Group LLC, Greenville, South Carolina, from ACON Investments, Washington, D.C., and MidOcean Partners, New York. Fairway operates approximately 20,000 bulletins, posters and digital billboard faces across key metro areas in the Southeast, Southwest and Midwest regions of the US. […]

JCDecaux’s seeming abandonment of the UK Trade Body (yes, dear readers there is MUCH much more to that story than some people know / anyone is saying) is a bit of a distraction and it is fun watching other news outlets (and indeed, a few media specialists) giving column inches to what is, effectively, the wrong story. […]

Reuters reported Friday that Exterion Media (nee CBS Outdoor International) the UK outdoor media owner bought by the private equity firm Platinum Equity in September 2013 has hired the Royal Bank of Canada, we quote Reuters here, “exploring strategic alternatives, including a major acquisition, according to people familiar with the matter”.

It’s not the first time (it has been FOR SALE) but we have it on good authority from the investment community in North America that John Ryan is for sale.