Delta Display Division part of the $ 6 Billion Delta Group; is presenting its premium range display solutions at InfoComm India 2011 Road Show in three different cities starting from New Delhi at The Lalit on 14th February’11 moving on to Mumbai at Hyatt Regency on 16th February, 2011 and from there to Bangalore at The Meridien on 18th February, 2011. InfoComm India 2011 Roadshow brings a selected group of AV manufacturers – all international brand names under one roof. These brands will present their latest AV systems and applications for various industries like Transportation, Security, Education, Corporate/IT/Finance, Building Design & Development, Leisure & Entertainment, Retail & Hospitality, Meetings & Conventions, and Government Services such as Legal, Healthcare and Defense.
InfoComm India 2011 Road Show – Delta showcases its Next-gen Display Solutions
MOOD MEDIA CORPORATION ACQUIRES PELIKA BUSINESS MUSIC
Acquisition strengthens Mood Media’s position in Europe
Leading in-store media provider Mood Media Corporation (TSX:MM/ LSE AIM:MM), today announced the acquisition of PELIKA Business Music Oy (Pelika) for US $9.8 M, implying an acquisition multiple of 4.9 x EBITDA.
Pelika is a dominant market leader in digital business music solutions in Finland, predominantly serving clients in the hospitality sector.
Lorne Abony, CEO & Chairman of Mood Media Corporation, remarked:
‘We are excited about the Pelika acquisition for a number of reasons. Firstly, Pelika has a clear market leadership position in the Nordic region and its acquisition at an attractive multiple strengthens and scales Mood’s international in-store media network.
‘Secondly, Mood is acquiring a strong product as well as a strong operating business. We believe that Pelika’s specialized bar and restaurant product has applicability across Mood’s international network in the hospitality sector, a market segment where we see strong growth potential. By acquiring Pelika we immediately acquire the ability to serve this segment while eliminating potentially significant development costs.
‘Finally, the acquisition will enable Pelika’s management team to sell Mood Media’s wider range of digital signage and other in-store media products and services to their long-term client base. The Pelika acquisition further cements Mood’s leadership in Europe.’
Pelika management are expected to remain with the business.
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About Mood Media Corporation
Mood Media Corporation (TSX:MM/ LSE AIM:MM) is a leading in-store media specialist that uses a mix of music, visual and scent media to help its clients communicate with consumers with a view to driving incremental sales at the point-of-purchase.
Operating through its two principal divisions; In-Store Media and Retail Point-of-Purchase; Mood Media Corporation works with more than 800 retail chains in more than 30 countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Mood Media Corporation was formed in June 2010, following the acquisition of Mood Media Group SA by Fluid Music Canada, Inc.
Through its subsidiaries Mood Media and Somerset Entertainment, Mood Media Corporation is driving growth of in-store media solutions across multiple markets.
Mood Media Corporation operates an international in-store media and music retail business with an extensive geographic footprint and a broad client base including several multinational blue chip organizations.
For more information on Mood Media Corporation visit www.moodmedia.com or contact:
Lorne Abony
Mood Media Corporation
T: +1 (416) 510 0527
or
Gioconda Beekman
Fleishman-Hillard
Tel: +44 20 7395 7068
E-mail: gioconda.beekman [at] fleishmaneurope.com
Source: Mood Media Corporation
Avalue Announces SPC-Series Full IP-65 Stanless Steel Chassis Fanless Touch Panel PC
Avalue Technology Inc. (TAIEX: 3479-TW), the global leader e-service platform provider, is focusing on providing total embedded solution to global customers, is pleased to unveil the latest SPC-Series designed with full IP-65 stanless steel chassis fanless touch panel PC.
Avalue’s SPC-Series is the ultimate industrial fanless rugged IP-65 solution. SPC-Series adopts Intel® Atom™ D525 Dual-core 1.8GHz CPU with ICH8-M Chipset which featuring superior performance, high reliability, low power consumption, durability and longevity. SPC-Series are characterized by Stainless Steel Chasis with wide voltage and front panel full IP-65 can be extensive use in rugged environments.
BlueStar Expands Digital Signage Offerings with Flypaper Software
Customers Can Access Complete Digital Signage Package from One Global Distributor
BlueStar, a leading global distributor of Digital Signage, ADC, Mobility, Point-of-Sale, RFID, and ID & Security technology solutions, is now including a leading Flash content creation and motion graphics tool, Flypaper, in its distribution channel. This addition means BlueStar resellers can find a complete signage platform from one resource. The Flypaper Flash content creation platform solves the content problem for digital signage networks by giving users a platform to create, edit and share high quality Flash content in real time, with no special design skills necessary.
“We’re excited about the channel partnership with Flypaper Studio because this software solution fills the void with many of our networking and POS dealers about how to easily create and manage dynamic digital content,” says Gary Childress, digital signage director for BlueStar. It also brings a wow factor to simple screen promotions and presentations. Flypaper is the type of company that fits into our value-added distribution model, with bundled solutions, backed up with ongoing education and support services.”
BlueStar chose Flypaper as a complementary solution to its other technology solutions, which help companies implement impactful digital signage networks.
“Most digital signage distributors don’t offer a robust content creation tool as part of their packages; they just offer hardware,” says Don Pierson, president of Flypaper. “BlueStar acknowledges that this tool needs to be part of the total solution. Top-notch screens and fast networks are still vital, but BlueStar understands that value-added resellers are looking to present a full range of solutions to their customers therefore, content creation ability is a crucial component piece of the puzzle.”
BlueStar will distribute Flypaper as a standalone solution, in addition to bundling it with other digital signage products. Information on these packages can be found at www.bluestarinc.com.
The Flypaper Flash Content Creation Platform is a licensed environment where companies can create and share vast amounts of digital signage content and motion graphics. Users benefit from hundreds of already available templates and components , or can create their own quickly and easily, with no prior development experience.
About BlueStar
BlueStar is the leading global distributor of solutions-based ADC, Mobility, Point-of-Sale, RFID, Digital Signage, and ID & Security technology. BlueStar works exclusively with value-added resellers, providing them with complete solutions, business development and marketing support. The company brings unequaled expertise to the market, offers award-winning technical support and is an authorized service center for a growing number of manufacturers. BlueStar is the exclusive distributor for the In-a-Box Solutions Series, delivering hardware, software and critical accessories in one bundle, with technology solutions across all of the verticals. For more information about BlueStar value-adds for VARs and independent software developers, please contact a BlueStar Account Executive at 1-800-354-9776 or visit www.bluestarinc.com.
About Flypaper Studio, Inc.
Flypaper Studio, Inc. is the leading Flash Content Creation Platform that empowers programmers and non-programmers alike to create, edit, share, track and reuse high-impact Flash and video content. The Flypaper platform allows anyone to edit and manipulate components without touching programming code. Through an SDK that converts Flash elements into Flypaper Components, Flash Programmers can create components, which can be edited and reused. Output from the application rivals the interactivity and quality of custom Flash development, but in a fraction of time and cost typically associated with such projects. For more information, visit www.flypaper.com.
Source: BlueStar
Chicco Launches Digital Interactive Campaign on Times Square Billboard with Aerva Technology
Chicco, an Italian purveyor of baby products, and its agency McCann Erickson, selected Aerva to provide a full technology platform to drive user-generated baby videos from the Chicco website to the American Eagle LED board in Times Square as part of an innovative campaign to increase Chicco brand awareness in the US.
As part of the “Babies Introduce Chicco to the US” campaign, parents submit videos
Aerva at DSE 2011
Aerva is going to have a huge presence at Digital Signage Expo 2011 in Las Vegas this year with exhibitor booth #128, Apex Awards finalists, speakers at Seminar 55, and Lunch & Learn: Public Spaces.
Make sure to come by booth #128 to try out Aerva’s latest technology in mobile interactivity, social media, and digital display networks. Live demos of user-friendly and scalable digital signage platform, AerWave, will be held during exhibition hours. Bring your mobile phone and experience for yourself SMS polling, Text2Screen, Pic2Screen, Twitter widget, and more.
DSE will announce the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners at the DSE 2011 Awards Banquet
Marriott grows with Digital Recalls Free Digital Signage Software
Renaissance Sao Paulo Hotel has expanded its digital signage network by more than doubling the number of monitors it uses. And it did so by using Digital Recalls Digital Signage Software.
The luxury Renaissance Sao Paulo Hotel has greatly expanded its Digital Signage network using Digital Recalls Free Digital Signage Software.
Regarded as “One of the best luxury hotels in Sao Paulo Brazil”, the hotel has expanded its digital signage network by more than doubling its number of monitor licenses to over twenty eight. And it did so using Digital Recalls digital signage software.
Scala and Dean Evans & Associates Partner to Enhance Automation of Digital Signage and Facility Scheduling Software Applications
Scala, the leading provider of end-to-end software solutions for digital signage and advertising management, is now integrating Scala Content Manager and Scala QuickStart with EMS® facility scheduling software from Dean Evans & Associates Inc. (DEA).
The integration of Scala Content Manager and Scala QuickStart with EMS provides additional automation and improved overall workflow for organizations using digital signage and facility scheduling applications. The result is a more streamlined communications solution for customers in the healthcare, higher education and corporate communications industries.
LG Display to Showcase Its Leading Edge in Next-Generation Public Display at DSE 2011
LG Display Co., Ltd. , a leading innovator of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) technology, announced that it will showcase next-generation technologies and cutting-edge products at DSE 2011(Digital Signage Expo 2011), scheduled to take place in Las Vegas, USA from February 23 to 24.
LG Display plans to unveil its cutting-edge technological capacities and next-generation technologies in the area of public display, demonstrating the limitless possibilities of displays.
Chorus Expands Network Reach with High-Impact Digital Display at Wellington International Airport
Chorus, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications utility company, continues to advance its ambitious ‘fibre to the cabinet’ programme, aiming to deliver high-speed broadband to over 80% of New Zealanders by the end of next year. This expansion effort is part of a broader strategy to connect approximately 1.8 million homes and businesses across the country, providing them with reliable and fast internet access.
To effectively communicate the progress of this significant network expansion, Chorus partnered with design company Creature to create a compelling and informative display at Wellington International Airport. The decision to use a large-scale digital installation at this high-traffic location was driven by the need to reach a broad and diverse audience, ensuring that the message of Chorus’s ongoing network improvements was both visible and impactful.
The installation features an innovative design that includes router-cut white on white layers, integrated seamlessly with dynamic video content displayed across a bank of digital screens. The purpose of this display is to visually represent the tangible progress of the network expansion, reinforcing to the public that the work is not only planned but actively happening in communities throughout New Zealand.
To bring this vision to life, Chorus selected ONELAN’s Net-Top-Boxes (NTBs) as the content management solution. Known for their versatility and ease of use, ONELAN NTBs were chosen for their ability to manage a wide array of content, from high-resolution video files to live media feeds. A single ONELAN NTB5005 unit was installed to control content on twelve Orion MPDP seamless panels, configured in a 4×3 video wall measuring 4 meters wide. This setup allows for the centralized scheduling and remote management of the display content, ensuring that the message remains current and engaging.
The result is a highly effective digital signage solution that not only captures the attention of travelers passing through the airport but also clearly communicates the benefits of Chorus’s fibre optic cabling and high-speed broadband work. According to Brooke Ashton-Taylor, Account Director at Creature, “Having investigated various digital display systems, ONELAN combined with the Orion screens fitted the bill perfectly. It offered us, and our client, the look and functionality we were after. The ability to display various content files, have remote access, and be easy to use was a pretty compelling argument.”
ONELAN, a company specializing in digital signage network solutions, has a well-established reputation for delivering high-quality, multi-zoned, multimedia displays. Their NTBs are utilized globally in diverse settings, including retail, education, healthcare, and government sectors, as well as by major corporations such as Vodafone and TalkTalk.
Mobile and Digital Converge: iSIGN Solution Provides Intersection of Digital Signage Interactivity and Mobile Marketing
iSIGN Media to Exhibit Proximity‐Based Digital Signage Solution at 2011 Digital Signage Expo, Las Vegas, February 22‐25, 2011
iSIGN Media has unveiled an integrated marketing solution that joins together the powerful forces behind digital signage and interactivity with proximity‐based mobile technology. The company will be presenting its comprehensive marketing platform in association with AOpen America, at the 2011 Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas on February 22nd, 2011.
Augsburg Lutheran Home Uses Noventri Digital Signage Touch Screen Kiosks
Noventri Digital Signage Solution provides residents, staff and visitors an interactive means of communication, education and entertainment with touch screen kiosks.
Augsburg Lutheran Home and Village, a Continuing Care Retirement Community in Baltimore County, Maryland, has deployed digital signage and touchscreen technology from Noventri.
Augsburg is currently using the Noventri SF-3000 Creation Station and Noventri SF-3000 Player Station with touchscreen interface in order to provide residents, visitors and employees with an interactive means for providing educational videos, staff videos, devotional videos and various campus messages.
LocaModa 4.0 Simplifies Place-Based Applications and Advertising
Platform Delivers Ease of Use, Robust Scalability, Standard Advertising Units and Enhanced Location Engagement
LocaModa today announced the latest version of its place-based social media platform. LocaModa 4.0 builds on the company’s experience delivering the world’s first place-based versions of Twitter, Facebook Places and Foursquare for global brands, place-based networks and advertising agencies.
eCAFtech’s New Audience Measurement Solution on the market
eCAFtech provides marketing intelligence solutions for digital out-of-home displays, that enable businesses to more effectively communicate with on-site customers by using targeted and dynamic messages in real time. At the start of 2011, announces that it has just updated its web site, which now includes 3 new solutions:
- Media Player Framework DS Viewer Counter Solution;
- Wireless Transmission Framework DS Viewer Counter Solution;
- Embedded Framework DS Viewer Counter Solution.
It’s all about convergence at Screenmedia expo 2011
Technology meets media at the only dedicated event for the European digital place-based media sector
Screenmedia expo 2011 is evolving beyond just digital signage and DOOH to become the European forum for all digital place-based media technologies and applications. Convergence is the big theme this year in recognition of the impact that growing media channels such as mobile, interactive, augmented reality, 3D and social media are having on the traditional digital signage sector. Returning for its sixth year on 18th and 19th May at Earls Court 2, London, the expo is proudly hosting a brand new Screenmedia Professionals Conference and the 3rd Annual DOOH Media Summit, along with a high quality learning programme plus a series of workshops, presentations and seminars. Visit www.screenevents.co.uk/screenexpo2011 for further details.
never.no Highlights Companion App at NAB2011
never.no at the 2011 NAB Show
At the 2011 NAB Show, never.no will highlight its Synchronized Companion App, the latest advance for its flagship Interactivity Suite (IS). Companion app buzz is growing with this new emerging technology, which enables the viewer to sync iPads®, PCs, or smartphones to the action on television.
never.no visitors will enjoy a full 360-degree view of an interactive broadcast and companion app for an iPad workflow, thus gaining
Haivision 2011 NAB Show Preview
Haivision Unveils Fifth Generation Appliance at the 2011 NAB Show
At the 2011 NAB Show, Haivision will unveil its fifth-generation compact H.264 appliance, an advanced platform that enables simple multistream content capture, streaming, and rebroadcast regardless of network capabilities. Based on Haivision’s high performance H.264 technology, this new appliance from Haivision combines real-time encoding, high performance storage, and abundant processing power with simple, task oriented user controls for recording, and automated publishing of multistream content. Visit the Haivision 2011 NAB booth to see the new product.