About Convergent: who WE ARE
As a digital signage company, we help connect brands to people they care about, we leverage the industry’s first Digital Signage as a Service platform to deliver hyper-targeted experiences that drive results. With hundreds of thousands of locations deployed worldwide, we enable our customers to engage with millions of people each day. We craft captivating turnkey solutions that increase brand awareness, turn consumers into customers and employees into brand ambassadors. And we handle it all—end-to-end—from strategy to implementation, to unmatched technical support for unlimited scalability, absolute reliability, and lower management costs.
We’re now a SageNet Company. To learn more about SageNet, click here.
35+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE as digital signage leaders
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1980 - 1986
Pioneered use of Ku-band for live corporate video. Installed first private satellite-based video network. Designed first outsourced studio operation. Installed first encrypted private business television network. -
1991
First to add voice and data interactivity to satellite video networks. -
1992
Developed first remote control software program for encrypted databases. -
1993
Launched first enterprise video network on DirecTV. -
1995
Provided fully outsourced operations for Channel One to over 11,000 high schools and middle schools. -
1996
Designed first automated production studio (VIPER). -
1998
Launched first digital out of home network for Advance Auto Parts. -
1999
Provided service to 70% of all private US video networks. -
2003
Developed ADEPT broadcast studio platform. -
2004
Developed first digital signage content workflow application. -
2004
Designed, deployed and managed one of the first digital signage networks at over 5,000 Doctor’s offices. -
2006
Developed rugged outdoor digital signage system for virtually any weather condition. -
2008
Created live third party video program with custom branded commercials. -
2011
Won DSE Content award for outstanding content design and development in retail. -
2012
Won DSE Apex award for outstanding work in retail. -
2013
Purchased by Ballantyne Strong Inc. -
2014
Celebrated 15 year anniversary of providing service solutions to Federal and Defense agencies, spanning over 2,000 end points across the globe. -
2015
Deployed first 4K experience and workflow to over 1,000 end points within 6 month. -
2016
Launched industry first Digital Signage as a Service, Results Guarantee. -
2017
Launched FusionDX cloud-based platform and web portal to automate entire digital signage workflow. -
2018
Deployed wireless mobile digital signage with GPS based content scheduling. -
2019
Developed Content Automation Engine to dynamically create motion graphic videos using materials from numerous third-party systems. -
2020
Surpassed 45k media players under management and provided critical services to COVID-19 essential businesses.
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