Icewerx Consulting, Inc Acquired By @OUTFRONTCanada

Monday, July 26th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) has acquiired Icewerx Consulting, Inc. through its subsidiary, Outfront Media Canada LP. The press release started that the acquisition will serve to strengthen OUTFRONT’s dominant presence in the Edmonton market, adding key assets to OUTFRONT’s existing inventory in this top five market. Michele Erskine, Chief Executive Officer, OUTFRONT Canada said […]

VividQ Raises GBP 11M For Holographic Displays

Thursday, July 22nd, 2021

Andrew Neale

VividQ has closed a new funding round of GBP 11M to establish their vision for the future of display with Computer-Generated Holography. This round is led by Innovation Platform (IPC) from the University of Tokyo, who are joined by Foresight Williams Technology, a joint collaboration between Foresight Group and Williams Advanced Engineering, Japanese Miyako Capital, […]

Adway Secures USD 6M in Seed Funding

Thursday, July 22nd, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Adway, a digital advertising network that wants to reimagine street-level media, announced this week that it has raised USD 6 million in seed funding, led by investment firm Upfront Ventures and others including Revel Ventures, Watertower Ventures, Inflection Capital, and more. The funding will be used to support the commercialization of Adway’s patented advanced optical […]

Place Exchange Closes $20 Million in Venture Funding

Wednesday, July 21st, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Place Exchange, fast becoming the leading supply-side platform (SSP) for programmatic out-of-home (OOH) and place-based media, has announced the close of a $20 million Series A funding round. The investment was co-led by Revolution Ventures and Tribe Capital. The company will use the funding to broaden its product offerings, expand into new markets, and grow […]

Vistar Media Secures $30M Series B Investment

Monday, July 12th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Vistar Media this week announced a Series B funding round of USD 30M from Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR). Michael Provenzano, CEO and Co-Founder of Vistar Media told us “We are thrilled to have this vote of confidence from one of the most successful and respected companies in out-of-home, and to have the means to […]

Spectrio Acquires Automotive Broadcasting Network

Monday, July 12th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Spectrio, one of the US’s leading providers of customer engagement technology, announced that it had acquired Automotive Broadcasting Network, an auto dealership digital signage company last week. Spectrio CEO Dax Brady-Sheehan said “We are excited to bring on the ABN team as we accelerate Spectrio’s #grow2021 campaign. Their deep understanding of the complex and ever-changing […]

Hong Kong Based Clear Media Limited Taken Private?

Tuesday, July 6th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announces that a consortium of investors to which it is part of will, through the special purpose vehicle wholly owned by the consortium, make a voluntary conditional offer to take Clear Media Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, private. […]

Ecotricity Electric Highway Acquired By @GRIDSERVE_HQ

Thursday, July 1st, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

GRIDSERVE has now officially launched its Electric Highway network, just six weeks after acquiring the Electric Highway from Ecotricity. GRIDSERVE has installed new 60kW+ chargers at over 50 locations. We understand that the entire network of almost 300 ‘old’ Ecotricity chargers at more than 150 locations on motorways and IKEA stores is on track to […]

(Rest of) Wow Vision Acquired By @KramerElec

Wednesday, June 30th, 2021

Andrew Neale

Kramer Electronics has acquired Wow Vision, a wireless collaboration software development company, through the purchase of the remaining 50% of the outstanding shares of the company. WOW Vision is a Singapore based manufacturer of product solutions for corporate and hospitality meeting spaces and educational facilities. Their products enable convenient wireless connection to, and the sharing […]

The Danaher Group Acquired By Screenverse

Wednesday, June 30th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Screenverse has acquired The Danaher Group and by doing so, has become the exclusive sales partner for TouchTunes.  The acquisition most likely makes Screenverse one of the largest digital OOH sales companies in the US, with exclusive sales representation of 50,000+ screens and 2.5 billion monthly impressions.  The Danaher Group was led by world-class media […]