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Interactive display vendor Smart Technologies has been acquired by Foxconn for USD 200 million. Last week, Smart’s one-time exclusive UK distributor Steljes went into administration.

We learnt Friday afternoon some of the details of Boston-based JMC Capital Partners’ purchase of Vertigo Digital Displays, Toronto, which we announced last Wednesday – a formal press announcement on the buy will be made next Tuesday so as usual we are first with the news that matters, Ed. The purchase is believed to make Civiq Smartscapes, owned by […]

We understand that JMC Capital Partners LLC has acquired Toronto-based Vertigo Display Systems. Vertigo Display Systems last changed hands when it was sold to a private Canadian investor for an undisclosed sum back in June 30, 2013. It subsequently turned out that the investor in question was Amadeo Tarzia who, in 2012, also bought MediaTile under the […]

DigiCom Out of Home Digital Media Limited, the company that has managed Amscreen’s network of portrait screens in a large number of UK Forecourt Petrol Stations since last August, announced Monday that it is closing down its operations with immediate effect. We are told that this is due to a series of unforeseen difficulties, resulting […]

Look out for JMC Capital to announce one or two acquisitions in our sector this week.

Los Angeles-based Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (GEE), worldwide provider of aircraft connectivity systems, operations solutions and media content to the travel and mobility markets, has agreed to acquire Emerging Markets Communications, a leading communications services provider to maritime and other mobility markets, in a transaction valued at $550 Million. Our readers might remember that GEE […]

Posterscope announced this week that it had FULLY acquired Liveposter, a software platform that they have always claimed enables them to deliver dynamic content to screens. Annie Rickard, Global President of Posterscope said “The Liveposter acquisition will be transformational in many markets and will ensure that we will be able to maximize the benefits of […]

When we heard recently that Gunnar Dahl, chairman of Speed Services, Tyresö, Sweden, was coming to The DailyDOOH Media Summit on May 17, we were curious as to his new interest in Digital Out-of-Home. We knew of Speed Services as a successful company in Scandinavia offering photo booths, luggage lockers, and kiosks. Dahl told us that […]

Barco NV has acquired the totality of the shares of Medialon Inc. The press release stated that the transaction fits in with both Medialon’s and Barco’s long-term strategies to strengthen their respective positions in networked show and AV control. Medialon Inc. CEO Alex Carru said “You can expect accelerated product feature developments, integration of functionalities […]

Vantage LED, manufacturer of innovative LED displays in Ontario, California, has converted to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). ‘We Got Your Back’ is an intimate statement that has been a mantra for Vantage LED since its launch in 2003. The team behind Vantage LED knew by putting their people and partners first, everything else […]