Scala Inc. and Hitachi, Ltd. have reached an agreement that will provide Hitachi with an exclusive license to operate and resell Scala’s SignChannel low-cost digital signage software services throughout Japan.

Hitachi is already one of Scala’s larger customers, having deployed more than 5,000 Scala driven displays throughout Japan. Scala’s software powers Hitachi’s Mediaspace digital signage ASP services, which are used by customers such as barber shops, general retail and convenience stores, shopping malls, train and subway stations, real estate chains, etc.

Guillaume Proux, General Manager of Scala Japan, stated: “It was a natural fit for Hitachi who (using Scala) already has acquired over 50 percent market share of large-scale digital signage deployments in Japan.”