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RMG Networks, San Francisco, has acquired Pharmacy TV, a digital place-based video network deployed near the pharmacist counter in major grocery chains and pharmacy retailers.
Pharmacy TV entertains and informs customers with wellness-related video content and relevant messages from the retailer and brand advertisers. The transaction adds a powerful consumer care marketing solution [...]

A new research study by Aberdeen Research, Boston, conducted Nov./09 among 138 companies, shows that Best-in-Class companies are increasing their 2010 digital signage budget 3.6 times more than other companies.
The companies studied were divided into Best-in-Class (20%), Industry Average (50%) and Laggards (30%). Four key performance criteria were used to distinguish Best-in-Class companies: customer advocacy [...]

Toronto-based IMAX Corporation and ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group, Europe’s largest exhibitor, have made an agreement to install an IMAX digital theatre system in the exhibitor’s multiplex in Southampton, England.
The deal, which brings the total number of IMAX theatres operated by ODEON to six, was signed as a result of the growing success and popularity [...]

Kit Digital, with principal offices in Prague, Cologne, Dubai, London, Melbourne, New York, Stockholm and Toronto. is buying Multicast Media, Atlanta, Georgia (US), for approximately $18 million in cash and shares plus the assumption of $4.6 million in long-term debt.
Multicast is a North American market leader in live event broadcasting, Internet video management and targeted [...]

Vancouver-based Canpages, Canada’s fast growing local search firm, has launched its free augmented reality iPhone application for local search, called the CanadaEye.
One of only a small handful of mobile applications in North America that leverages this new technology, CanadaEye lets users search and view the direction and distance to all specific business locations in [...]

New York-based Magnetic 3D, a leader in glasses-free, auto-stereoscopic 3D displays and 3D digital signage solutions, recently deployed glasses-free auto-stereoscopic 3D LCD displays in the ‘Suites of the Future’ campaign at Sun Life Stadium Feb. 7 in Miami Gardens for the XLIV Super Bowl – – We’re a little late with this news, but just [...]

Mobile marketing spending will fall by 38% this year, according to Outsell’s Annual Advertising and Marketing Study 2010: Total U.S. and B2B Advertising.
If so, this will be the first year where a drop is recorded. Mobile spending by B2B marketers is expected to fall from $325 million in 2009 to $202 million this year, [...]

Results of a significant new Nielsen audience study on Dallas-based indoorDIRECT Inc.’s Restaurant Entertainment Network, reaffirms the effectiveness of advertising delivered on its Network.
The indoorDIRECT Network entertains more than 150 million consumers annually at Wendy’s, Denny’s, Arby’s, Carl’s Jr., Hardee’s and McDonald’s, and other restaurants in America’s top Designated Markets.
The Nielsen study showed that [...]

Atlanta, Georgia-based Visix Inc., is now accepting entries for the 2010 Expression Awards.
This annual contest was launched by Visix in 2008 to recognize the best visual content from end-users of its AxisTV digital signage software application. Awards are given in the categories of:

Best Original Still Bulletin
Best Remix Still Bulletin
Best Original Motion Content
Best Remix Motion [...]

Outcast Media and PumpTop TV, the nation’s leading digital media networks at the gas pump, have launched Lotto Live, which allows state lotteries to reach millions of consumers with real-time jackpot information while they fuel their vehicles.
Lotto Live displays the real-time jackpot on screen, alongside high-definition creative and rich audio. In addition, Lotto Live [...]