STRATACACHE Acquires Chinese Manufacturing Company POPSCREENS

Wednesday, December 12th, 2018

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

STRATACACHE this week announced the acquisition of an all-in-one intelligent tablet and computing device manufacturing company based in Ningbo, China. As part of the acquisition, the company, formerly known as POPSCREENS, willl now be called Scala China. The aim of the rebranding is to strengthen solution visibility and brand presence in the global commercial market, […]

Firefly Raises USD 21.5M in Seed Funding

Thursday, December 6th, 2018

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

This week, Firefly, that claims to connect people, governments and businesses to build smarter, safer and more sustainable cities – all of this by sticking a digital screen on top of a vehicle, officially launched out of beta and somehow attracted a number of Silicon Valley venture capitalists and angel investors, garnering USD 21.5M in […]

JCDecaux Belgium Acquires Majority Stake in Publiroute

Thursday, December 6th, 2018

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

JCDecaux SA has announced that its subsidiary, JCDecaux Belgium, has completed the first stage of a merger with Publiroute, a long-established Belgian billboards player operating under the Dewez trademark. When the operation is complete, JCDecaux Belgium will be the majority shareholder. Jean-Sébastien Decaux, JCDecaux’s CEO Southern Europe, Belgium and Luxembourg, Africa and Israel said “We […]

Midwich Acquires Blonde Robot

Wednesday, December 5th, 2018

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Midwich, a specialist audio visual distributor to the trade market with operations across Europe and Australasia, has announced that it has acquired Blonde Robot Pty Ltd., a value-added distributor of professional video, broadcast and photography products. The business will report into Michael Broadbent, Managing Director of the Midwich Group’s Australian organisation Midwich Australia. Blonde Robot […]

QMS New Zealand To Merge w/ MediaWorks Radio & TV Business

Thursday, November 29th, 2018

Tristan Cotterill

QMS Media Limited (ASX: QMS) has announced that it has entered into a Heads of Agreement for a proposed merger of its New Zealand out-of-home, digital media and production business (QMS NZ) with MediaWorks, New Zealand’s leading independent radio, TV and digital business. MediaWorks is New Zealand’s largest independent broadcaster and reaches more than four […]

Creative Realities, Inc. IPO And Lists on NASDAQ

Friday, November 16th, 2018

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Creative Realities, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREX) has announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 2,857,142 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 1,428,571 shares of common stock at a combined public offering price of $3.50 per share and warrant. As with popular crypto platforms like a casino zonder cruks that prioritize secure […]

Open Outdoor Media Secures GBP 1M Funding Facility

Thursday, November 15th, 2018

Tristan Cotterill

LIverpool based Open Outdoor Media has secured a GBP 1m funding facility from Bibby Financial Services. We are told that it is being provided with invoice finance and hire purchase facilities, in order to access working capital and finance new projects. Open Outdoor Media Founder, Mike Smith, explained that this was to help it secure […]

UK Based Sys-Teams Acquired by @STRATACACHE

Monday, November 12th, 2018

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

STRATACACHE has announced the acquisition of Sys-Teams, a UK-based company specialising in delivering comprehensive installation, integration and field service solutions to notable global brands’ digital signage and digital retail experiences. The STRATACACHE family of marketing technology companies is a full solution provider of large-scale networks of interactive, intelligent audience and shopper engagement experiences and analytics. […]

SCC Acquires @avsnet

Thursday, November 8th, 2018

Andrew Neale

SCC has acquired a significant stake in communication and collaboration solutions provider avsnet, which, we are told, underlines SCC’s ongoing intent to be a significant player in the visual communications and collaboration space. Mike Swain, SCC Services Managing Director, told us “SCC has had an enviable reputation as an IT solutions provider for over 40 […]