With local authorities raising various stinks about digital billboards and stopping some of those plans in their tracks, it’s nice to see some government rules and regs that have the potential to drive growth in this sector. Myles Mjolsnes of WAND Corporation, a Minnesota POS vendor that has expanded in to digital signage, sent out [...] Read More

I was chained to a booth two years ago at DSE, when three guys wandered up and told me they were from Muzak and looking to expand their operations into video. Music they really knew, video … not so much. It was Jon Luther and a couple of consultants. A year ago they had a small [...] Read More

I have my doubts that membership counts are all that telling until real money is being dropped, but nonetheless some 200 companies and individuals have signed on as members of the new Digital Signage Federation. The DSF says memberships are from the US and Canada, as would be expected, but there are also sign-ups from Argentina, Australia, [...] Read More

So, what to make of news that the Out-of-home Video Advertising Bureau is now the Digital Place-Based Advertising Association? OVAB, which was easy to say, is now the D P Double A, which I guess is OK. I always thought the Video part of the handle was a little out of step with where things [...] Read More

If the tariffs are not crippling and the network infrastructure can actually support everyone using mobile broadband, then the emerging 4G/LTE standard might be a very useful in this sector. Using mobile broadband is one less cable to drop and one less technician to not show up on time for install jobs. And it goes where [...] Read More

As required by regulators, Minneapolis-based Wireless Ronin lifted the veil on its activities yesterday, releasing its Q4 and year-end numbers, as well as having an earnings conference call. You can read the transcript here. Briefly, ouch. Actually, OUCH! Very few companies shot the lights out in 2009, but I doubt very few companies specifically in this sector [...] Read More