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Spain: Sirkom Europe Opens a Second Office in Madrid

30 January 2012 12 h 07 min

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Bilbao-based manufacturer Sirkom Europe expands its operation in Spain with the launch of an office in Madrid. The new entity will be led by Carlos Rupérez, an IT Channel Expert with experience in Digital Signage, Audiovisual and IT Corporate Markets. Carlos comes from ViewSonic Spain where he has worked as Sales Manager for the last…More

BlueFox Integrates with SpinetiX

30 January 2012 11 h 38 min

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Swiss digital signage manufacturer SpinetiX and France-based content provider and producer BlueFox are jointly announcing the product integration of their respective technologies on a global scale. The integration offers extremely easy ‘click-and-play’ access to a multitude of attractive RSS feeds, in several languages. Within moments, users are able to register an online BlueFox account, select…More

Scala and IAdea Release HTML5-enabled Digital Signage Solution

9 January 2012 8 h 48 min

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Scala Inc. and IAdea have announced a new generation of HTML5-capable digital signage devices from IAdea designed to work with Scala’s Enterprise Content Manager software and SignChannel, Scala’s low-cost cloud-based service. HTML5 is the next-generation content platform for the web and mobile devices. Digital signage users can re-use content made for websites and mobile devices…More

France: Mood Media Takes On Technical Management of Clear Channel’s Shopping Centre DOOH Network

13 December 2011 18 h 12 min | 1 Comment

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Mood Media and Clear Channel France have entered into a strategic partnership to equip and operate the Clear Channel DOOH network currently being deployed in a hundred shopping centres across France. Moood will be responsible for the complete communication platform, which will use its TeamCo software solution for the management and distribution of content. Clear…More

USA: Lou Giacalone, Jr. Joins TargetPath

8 December 2011 23 h 43 min

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Digital signage industry pioneer Lou Giacalone Jr. has joined Portland-based TargetPath LLC as a Vice President, Digital Media Client Services. In his new position, Giacalone will be responsible for developing new business and guiding existing clients on digital media strategy and technology. Giacalone will work from the company’s new office in New York. TargetPath LLC…More

Zero Creative Launches Joint Venture in India

28 November 2011 10 h 30 min

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3D company Zero Creative BV (The Netherlands) and Nirmitha Technology Solutions India, have announced the creation of a new Joint Venture: Zero Creative 3D Solutions Pvt Ltd. Based in Chennai, the company will promote Zero Creative’s 3D solutions (auto-stereoscopic “xyZ 3D Displays”, 3D animations…) throughout the country.

Europe: Infinitus Expands Outdoor Display Portfolio

25 November 2011 15 h 14 min

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Infinitus has just launched two new 32” and 70” portrait outdoor LCD displays. They complement its already existing range of standard 46”, 55” and 65”units. “With this development we wish to cater to market demand for reliable and aesthetic, smaller interactive systems (32”), as well as highly visible and reliable DOOH advertising solutions (70”)” says…More

Benelux: New Distributor for AOpen Digital Signage Solutions

21 November 2011 16 h 34 min

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AOpen has added another Digital Signage distributor to its portfolio in the Benelux region: Kerèn Presentatie Systemen. The company is one of the most specialized distributors in the Netherlands for presentation systems for business and educational purposes.

Italy: 3 Selects Hantarex to Roll Out Digital Networks in its Stores

4 November 2011 10 h 22 min

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Mobile operator 3 (H3G) has selected Hantarex to design and roll out new digital signage solutions across its 3 Stores in Italy. After a successful pilot project in 3’s flagship store in Milan- where the value of the average sale increased by 30% – each outlet is now being equipped with two networks. The first…More

Israel: Intel to Acquire InVision Biometrics

1 November 2011 15 h 17 min

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Intel is in talks to buy InVision Biometrics Ltd. for $50 million. Founded in 2007, the Israeli company develops 3D gesture recognition technology. It has raised $2 million since its creation. More to follow.