More Acquisitions From @Uniguest

Tuesday, June 14th, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Nashville-based solutions provider Uniguest announced its acquisition of CPI Global’s hospitality division, a day after announcing its acquisition of the Norwegian software firm Otrum AS. Paris-based CPI Global’s hospitality technology is widely adopted in France, giving Uniguest an established footprint in that market. CPI has provided a managed digital signage service and music solutions for […]

OUTFRONT Media Buys Pacific Outdoor Portland Assets

Sunday, May 22nd, 2022

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Pacific Outdoor Advertising, the Northwest’s leader in out-of-home advertising with dynamic outdoor advertising locations throughout Oregon and Washington, has sold its billboards and certain other business support assets in Portland, Oregon and Clark County, Washington to OUTFRONT Media (NYSE: OUT). The sold advertising assets include 211 large-format static displays, 21 digital displays, 709 posters, and […]

Brass Roots Assets Acquired by @ChristieDigital

Wednesday, May 18th, 2022

Andrew Neale

Christie this week announced its acquisition of assets from Brass Roots Technologies LLC, an Allen, Texas-based technology innovation company specialising in consulting and the engineering design of advanced optics and electronics for high-performance display and imaging systems. Zoran Veselic, president and chief technology officer, Christie told us “The purchase of Brass Roots Technologies’ assets will […]

ADF Visual Display Products Acquired By @PeerlessAV

Thursday, May 12th, 2022

Andrew Neale

Peerless-AV has acquired ADF Visual Display Products of Southern California. Specialising in complex dvLED construction, ADF has engineered and manufactured some of the most prominent, visually stunning and challenging dvLED deployments of the last decade. “Our dvLED business exploded virtually overnight. We began partnering with ADF on projects where our capacity simply would not allow […]

Sage+Archer Acquired By @VistarMedia

Thursday, May 12th, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Vistar Media has announced the acquisition of Sage+Archer, a leading European buying platform for DOOH. Through this deal, Sage+Archer gains a strategic influx of capital to accelerate growth across Europe, now backed by Vistar’s global programmatic marketplace. Founded in 2019, Sage+Archer has successfully built an effective media organization, rapidly securing trusted partnerships with buyers such […]

VMO Acquires oOh! Media NZ Office Tower Assets

Monday, May 9th, 2022

Tristan Cotterill

VMO (Val Morgan Outdoor) has successfully completed the acquisition of oOh! Media office tower assets in New Zealand, making VMO the only dedicated provider of office tower media and the only provider with the ability to reach over 40% of affluent office professionals across Auckland and Wellington. Rob Forsyth, VMO New Zealand Commercial Director, told […]

LURE Outdoor Acquired By @PearlMedia

Thursday, April 28th, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Pearl Media, in partnership with Seaport Capital, has acquired LURE Outdoor, making it one of the premier street level Out of Home Media companies in the United States. Joshua Cohen, CEO of Pearl Media told us “Pearl Media was born in OOH on the street level, pioneering the acceptance of Storefronts into the OOH media […]

Astra Signs Merges w/ @ADXBA

Tuesday, April 12th, 2022

Andrew Neale

Manchester based Digital signage provider ADXBA and bespoke Manchester architectural signage company Astra Signs have announced details of a merger. We are told that the companies will ultimately operate under one brand BUT maintaining their existing identities and premises for the foreseeable future. The combined business will retain all current staff and be led by […]

Havas Group Acquires Search Laboratory

Wednesday, April 6th, 2022

Tristan Cotterill

Havas Group announced today the acquisition of Search Laboratory, an award-winning integrated digital agency dedicated to searching for the truth in data, with offices in Leeds, London, Austin and New York. Search Laboratory will be integrated into Havas Media Group, reporting into the UK business as a core part of its offering alongside Havas Media, […]

PORTL Inc. Now Called PROTO

Monday, March 14th, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Fresh from PORTL Inc. closing a USD 12M Series A funding round back in November 2021 comes news that they are changing their name to PROTO. We are told that “Proto” means “first,” and that the name change reflects the fact that the company was the first in the world to build a two-way, interactive […]