The first, pretty large in this instance, US based Digital Signage vendor has bitten the dust. These guys burnt through an awful lot of money, and we mean an AWFUL lot of money so it’s no surprise to us that mismanagement, poor financial acumen and crazy spending has meant that they have gone and unfortunately with the loss of all jobs.
We are sure there will be more news later this week.
They may be the first but they definitely won’t be the last.
46 Comments To "The First Of The Gang To Die"
#1 Comment By Steve On 27 September 2008 @ 13:41 @612
So who was it?
#2 Comment By Roger Dean On 27 September 2008 @ 13:49 @617
Yeah, come on Adrian, let’s have the whole story, or is this the start of a DOOH competition with a prize of a Ferrari to the winner?
#3 Comment By Darren Briggs On 27 September 2008 @ 13:58 @623
Who is the unfortunate company?
#4 Comment By Steve On 27 September 2008 @ 14:00 @625
If it is a 599 I’ll take a guess, 3M
#5 Comment By Darren Briggs On 27 September 2008 @ 14:02 @626
TELentice? – Do I get the Ferrari? (in black please)
#6 Comment By DailyDOOH On 27 September 2008 @ 14:06 @629
3M must surely be likely to dispose of their digital signage offering – cos’ they don’t do anything with it 😉 which is such a shame; as a brand like 3M could do real (good) damage to the industry if it were to play with a 100% enthusiasm and commitment. It’s not 3M and it’s not TELentice (as an emailer also just asked us)
#7 Comment By Steve On 27 September 2008 @ 14:09 @631
Guess 2 Alive Promo?
#8 Comment By Darren Briggs On 27 September 2008 @ 14:10 @632
Surely not Broadsign?
#9 Comment By DailyDOOH On 27 September 2008 @ 14:44 @656
and NOT Broadsign either – we would describe Broadsign as a “Canadian” software vendor – surely all the best digital signage software is written in Canada?
#10 Comment By Red On 27 September 2008 @ 18:26 @810
Scala? 🙂
#11 Comment By H On 27 September 2008 @ 18:40 @819
“surely all the best digital signage software is written in Canada?”
what a blow to the americans..
It’s a pity digital is still slow to grasp. Aw well, good things never come easy.
#12 Comment By DailyDOOH On 27 September 2008 @ 18:44 @822
NOT Scala and leave off those SMILEY FACES when you write that !!!!
#13 Comment By Anonymous Coward On 27 September 2008 @ 20:57 @914
Gotta be RNIN.
#14 Comment By Luis Villafane On 27 September 2008 @ 21:30 @938
Darren, not telentice mate, you man of poor faith… If I were to guess I would say Ronin
#15 Comment By DailyDOOH On 27 September 2008 @ 21:37 @942
Definitely not Ronin – they safe for the being at least 😉
#16 Comment By tellertv On 27 September 2008 @ 23:57 @039
We know that Focus Enhancements ( [1]) has filed this week which is a biggie and also many goings on over at Ronin suggests that all is not well.
#17 Comment By Darren Briggs On 28 September 2008 @ 00:47 @074
Sorry Luis … just think what an opportunity Maler would have?! So Adrian, come on you’ve had your debate! Spill the beans …
#18 Comment By Just a guess,,, On 28 September 2008 @ 02:50 @159
Is it Planar / CoolSign?
#19 Comment By Adrian J Cotterill On 28 September 2008 @ 07:53 @370
Whilst Planar’s hardware screen business struggles, Coolsign seems okay and if rumours are true they (Coolsign) have won a lot of Titan Outdoor business – in the US at least, so NO it’s not them!!
#20 Comment By vince On 28 September 2008 @ 21:49 @950
Focus is not really in the DS business…they have tried with failure products. It has to be Ronin….how could it not be considereing how much money they have lost.
#21 Comment By Adrian J Cotterill On 28 September 2008 @ 21:54 @954
Folks, it is definitely NOT Ronin though they are obviously going to struggle over the next few months.
#22 Comment By http://justinclupper.blogspot.com/ On 28 September 2008 @ 23:55 @038
So who?!
Adrian….this is just mean… 😉
#23 Comment By Just a guess,,, On 29 September 2008 @ 03:34 @190
Is it Levelvision or possibly RDM?
#24 Comment By Adrian J Cotterill On 29 September 2008 @ 03:39 @193
It’s NOT Levelvision or Real Digital Media (RDM) – bigger than that!!!
#25 Comment By Red On 29 September 2008 @ 07:49 @367
ScreenRed?
#26 Comment By Adrian J Cotterill On 29 September 2008 @ 07:53 @370
ScreenRed is a tiny part of John Ryan, we are talking about a big well-invested US company here, so NO not ScreenRed
#27 Comment By Albert On 29 September 2008 @ 08:58 @415
The suspense is killing me,….. I really wonder who it is. Could it be one of the Top 10 DS companies listed in [2] (minus the non-U.S. based companies)…..
#28 Comment By Just a guess… On 29 September 2008 @ 13:41 @612
Okay, my final thoughts… while it is well known that many companies are having difficulties, particularly in this current economic environment, there are only a few that come to mind that qualify as “big.”
If it’s a Video Advertising Network, there’s a long list of companies that it could be. They are all having difficulty with almost 70% of their available advertising space going unsold. If it’s in this space I would put the following companies on the list: Indoor Direct, Buzztime, Screenvision, Ripple, Captivate, Channel M, Sill Indoor Media… they all have problems, and I could add even more to this categories list.
If it’s hardware and software,there are only a few that fit the “big” category… My final guess… is it Harris? or Chyron?
#29 Comment By vince On 29 September 2008 @ 14:40 @652
so when is the annoucement?
#30 Comment By vince On 29 September 2008 @ 14:41 @653
VISIX?
#31 Comment By Just a guess,,, On 30 September 2008 @ 02:54 @162
Okay Adrian, I’ve got my bag pipes out and I’m ready to play a durge. So spill the beans already…
#32 Comment By Anonymous On 30 September 2008 @ 15:17 @679
If I had to guess, it’d be Reflect Systems.
#33 Comment By Adrian J Cotterill On 30 September 2008 @ 22:08 @964
It’s NOT reflect systems BUT you are getting warmer, much warmer!!!
#34 Comment By Anonymous Coward On 30 September 2008 @ 23:30 @021
Is my anonymous brethren closer because of the proximity to Reflect’s headquarters?
#35 Comment By Just a guess… On 1 October 2008 @ 00:15 @052
Oh brother, I hope this isn’t true… It sounds like you’re saying its either
PRN, In-Store Media Networks, or In-Store Broadcasting Networks.
I hope I’m wrong!
#36 Comment By dsman On 1 October 2008 @ 19:52 @870
Ok I help you a bit: their name starts with R….
Hurry up for the Ferrari !
#37 Comment By Adrian J Cotterill On 1 October 2008 @ 19:55 @872
dsman is spot on – you are all so close now!!!
#38 Comment By Anonymous On 1 October 2008 @ 21:49 @951
RMS Networks?
#39 Comment By Daniel Zimmerman On 1 October 2008 @ 21:50 @952
RMS Networks? Real Digital Media?
#40 Comment By Just a guess… On 1 October 2008 @ 22:50 @993
Retail Path Networks?
RMS Network?
Rise Vision?
Roku?
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
#41 Comment By dsman On 2 October 2008 @ 12:09 @548
none of the 4.
#42 Comment By Do I win? On 2 October 2008 @ 21:44 @947
Ripple, right, really?
#43 Comment By Adrian J Cotterill On 2 October 2008 @ 21:52 @953
Just how many folks’ businesses start with R ?
it;s not Ripple
#44 Comment By Just a guess… On 3 October 2008 @ 00:19 @054
Reactrix Systems?
#45 Comment By Adrian J Cotterill On 3 October 2008 @ 07:22 @348
well that was fun wasn’t it? thanks for all the comments, You could well be right !!!!!
#46 Comment By vince On 10 October 2008 @ 16:48 @742
so still no annoucement! what gives?