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Last Friday evening, many 8 Outdoor employees, unpaid since August 9 received an email asking them to be in their (old) offices first thing Tuesday morning. It would appear that *new* company Radiant Media has acquired what was left of 8 Outdoor. We understand that Matthew Dearden will head up this new company. Interesting to […]

Mesmerize, a Portfolio Company of the Beekman Group, has acquired Pharmacy Health Network (PHN), an out-of-home digital network dedicated to retail pharmacies. Mesmerize will now be able to accelerate growth beyond the 1,100 PHN locations currently deployed across North America by scaling the network to include national pharmacy chains in the coming months, while also […]

Former APN Outdoor boss James Warburton has added Shopper Media Group to his investment portfolio, becoming a non-executive director and investor in the retail digital out-of-home business. James Warburton left his role as CEO at APN Outdoor last year after its acquisition by JCDecaux. He was quoted as saying “I’m thrilled to become part of […]

As part of its continued international growth, Talon has extended its global independent OOH offering, with the acquisition of market leading digital OOH creative services specialist Grand Visual, and its digital OOH AdTECH provider QDOT. We are told that this strategic acquisition enables Talon to further enhance its abilities across the US and to manage […]

New Tradition Media has acquired Total Outdoor’s San Francisco out of home media assets, making it the largest player in high-profile static signage in the Downtown San Francisco area. Jon Dobres, on behalf of Total Outdoor told us “The deal is a value-enhancing opportunity for clients of outdoor media in SF. “New Tradition, together with […]

Midwich, a specialist audio visual distributor to the trade market with operations across the UK and Ireland, Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific, has announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Entertainment Equipment Supplies S.L. by its Spanish subsidiary Earpro S.A. Entertainment Equipment Supplies S.L is a Spanish value-added distributor of lighting and lighting […]

A Tennessee media company has purchased Atlanta’s most iconic billboard, historically referred to as the ’CNN Sign’. Blackbird Media this week announced the acquisition of the Centennial Olympic Park spectacular billboard, a legacy property of Boardworks Outdoor Advertising Company, Inc. of Atlanta. Formerly a static billboard, Blackbird has upgraded the face to a 30×100 ft., […]

Ahead of #InfoComm19, ⁦Barco continued to shed its AV assets by announcing that 7thSense Design had reached an agreement with them , in principle, with regard an intended sale of the Medialon brand and ShowControl activities. The team behind 7thSense Design has led the acquisition to form a new company, Medialon Ltd., which will acquire […]

Igloo Vision, a Shropshire-headquartered UK firm that designs and delivers immersive 360° virtual reality experiences and solutions for clients including BP, Microsoft and Uber, has received a GBP one million investment via Frontier Development Capital. We are told that funding will support Igloo Vision’s latest international expansion plans, as it grows its chain of sales […]

Fresh from raising USD 21.5M in seed funding back in December 2018, Firefly has now announced a USD 30 million Series A led by GV. Firefly also announced its acquisition of the ‘digital operations’ of STRONG Outdoor, marking its expansion into New York City. Adam Ghobarah, General Partner at GV, indicating clearly that he doesn’t […]