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News - People & Companies
(updated 25 February 2010)
Swiss Digital Signage hardware manufacturer SpinetiX has appointed Tukans to distribute its advanced technology HMP100 Hyper Media Player in the UK.
Based in Escrick, Yorkshire, Tukans specialises in supplying premium products for the AV installation market. “We’re very proud of our comprehensive, high quality and stable product portfolio and our track record in exceptional integrator and end user support. The addition of SpinetiX will allow us to deliver significant return on investment for our customers, an important differentiator in the channel,” says Andrew Popley, Managing Director at Tukans.
Serge Konter, SpinetiX’s Marketing Manager adds, “This appointment plays a key role in SpinetiX’s channel and partner plans. We will be working actively with the highly experienced and dedicated team at Tukans with a special focus on specialist integrators and partners who wish to differentiate themselves in their high quality product offering whilst offering a competitive and compelling alternative to the UK digital signage market.”
The compact HMP100 Hyper Media Player uses open software standards that meet the growing demand for affordable and targeted messaging, and enables users to provide custom displays for specific building areas. It offers a cost-effective, dedicated and standalone alternative to traditional PC based video for content delivery. It’s based on the Scalable Vector Graphics platform and can mix streaming video, encoded video or images and audio file formats with other dynamic information such as RSS or XML.
www.tukans.com
Magenta Research, the global leader of high quality
Matrix switchers and HD video extension solution provider Magenta research has joined forces with Maverick to distribute its Cyan extension range in Europe. Maverick boasts being the largest pan-European AV distributor, with a reputation for high levels of customer service and specialist technical support over its 12 year history. The company is currently constructing the widest range of digital signage products, as well as a team of dedicated support specialists located in the UK, Spain, and Portugal. Full roll out to 16 countries throughout Europe will take place over the next 12 months.
The Maverick Magenta alliance is expected to influence the European market with the partnership seen as a perfect duo with Maverick’s expert technical support staff combined with Magenta’s high performance products. Maverick’s logistics and centrally located inventory will also provide European market ease of supply, as well as support for pan-European opportunities.
Jon Sidwick, Director of Maverick Europe, stated that this alliance with Magenta will offer Maverick a new opportunity, as Magenta’s brand is well established and highly regarded. “It is a great boom for us to be able to add Magenta’s Cyan video extension range to our product offering,” he adds, “we have been looking for cutting edge products that address changing technology and Magenta brings that to the table. Our companies are mutually aligned to offer customers the best solution and service.”
This alliance will further extend Magenta‘s European reach. Bob Michaels, President of Magenta Research comments, “In the year following the opening of our office in the UK, the level of interest in Magenta products has steadily increased across Europe. Customer support, whether it be for pre sale, applications assistance or post sales installation and support was high on our priority list. Our prime objective was to team up with an organisation with the same core philosophy. Maverick has earned a strong reputation in those areas, and they are able to provide the highest level of support for our products throughout Europe. The Maverick-Magenta Alliance will prove to be formidable in the European Digital Signage Market.”
In selected countries, in addition to the Cyan range, Maverick will also carry the full range of Magenta’s extension and switching products.
www.magenta-research.com
Hitting the Baker’s Dozen and taking its global office development count to 13 following last month’s twelfth office opening in Miami, SA Screen Media has now opened a Welsh office for its Digiadvan services. The new Wales office, says the company, is catering for additional work born out of the Millennium Stadium and a new shopping centre which is scheduled over the next 18 months in outdoor contracts for the company.
“We are delighted with the global expansion,” says Group Partner, Director of Operations Jon Fenech says. “It does sound surreal heading from Miami to Wales, however let it be said that he hold the Wales office very close to our heart. We have executed some very high profile work in Wales and with the new contracts which we have won for the outdoor work we are going to be stretching our office services to all that require it.”
“Wales is an essential location for the GB operations,” continues Fenech, “and we are delighted that we that we can work with the Welch agencies on local geography. The team in Wales is unique with its media qualifications and experience, allowing us to grow our bespoke media team globally”.
SA opened the Miami office last month taking the global offices to 12 locations including Florida, Amsterdam and Belgium. The SA Digiadvans seem to be going from strength to strength taking in house requirements for some significant media people within the recession period. Any employment during this no growth period has to be a positive.
www.digiadvans.com
