Tag: Burr Smith

Burr Smith Talks About Taking on an Out of Home Patent Troll

At the Spring IBO show Billboard Insider’s Dave Westburg had a wide-ranging interview with Burr Smith, Chairman of Broadsign, and Ari Buchalter, Chief Strategy Officer of Broadsign.  We will run excerpts from the interview.  Today Burr Smith talks about taking on an out of home patent troll. The entire out […]

Smith and Parker to Headline WOOH Congress

Out of Home remains one of the most visible and effective media channels, but its growth has been modest compared with digital platforms. Burr Smith, Chairman and CEO of software giant Broadsign (including recently acquired Place Exchange) and Kelly Parker, Chief Media Officer of WPP Media UK, will outline what […]

Broadsign, Place Exchange and Why it all Matters

Since the Broadsign announcement of their purchase of Place Exchange we have been discussing how this transaction may impact the industry with a number of critical players in the OOH space. First, a few key comments from a conversation we had with Ari Buchalter, the CEO of Place Exchange: Ari, […]

Broadsign Retains OOH Capital as Global Strategic Advisor

January 23, 2023 (London, England) – Broadsign, one of the largest global Out of Home technology platforms, has retained OOH Capital, the complete Out of Home advisory, to provide strategic advice as the company expands its international reach into new markets. OOH Capital will conduct research to provide insights associated […]

Burr Smith Commits to Reduce Broadsign’s Carbon Footprint

A little time off around the holidays, besides being a nice way to recharge, also provides a good opportunity for reflection on the progress we’ve made and a look ahead at the progress still to come. Fortunately, 2022 was a good year for us at Broadsign, and 2023 promises to […]

Broadsign To Acquire Ayuda

MONTREAL, April 24, 2019 — Broadsign International Inc., the leading digital out-of-home marketing platform, today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the industry’s premier out-of-home enterprise business solution, Ayuda Media Systems. Both companies are headquartered in Montreal. For out-of-home (OOH) media owners who have an increasingly complex […]

Burr Smith on Fighting T-Rex

Yesterday digital out of home marketing platform provider Broadsign announced that T-Rex Property AB released Broadsign and Broadsign’s clients, from the T-Rex industry-wide patent infringement campaign. In response, Broadsign has agreed to dismiss its counter lawsuit against T-Rex.  Insider talked with Broadsign CEO Burr Smith Burr, congrats on the settlement. […]

T-Rex Settles with Broadsign and Broadsign’s Clients

Insider’s take:  Next time you see Broadsign’s CEO Burr Smith at a convention you need to buy him a drink.  Broadsign was the only digital sign company to fight back after TRex started suing out of home companies claiming patent infringement.  Insider thinks that it’s more than a coincidence that […]