Insignia Systems, Inc., (NASDAQ: ISIG) often referred to as just Insignia, is a publicly traded U.S. Corporation that manufactures point of sale in-store signage and promotional advertising media for consumer packaged goods companies and retailers.^[1] Insignia is one of three companies in the United States (the other two are Valassis Communications and News America Marketing) that control almost all the in-store ads and grocery coupons in the United States.^[2]

The company is broken into two parts, the first of which maintains a relationship with retailers for placing signage in stores.^[3] The second part markets and provides signage to Fast-moving consumer goods, better known as consumer packaged goods companies (or simply CPG companies), which are then placed into the partnering retail locations.^[3]

History[edit]

Insignia Systems, Inc. was founded on January 2, 1990 by G.L. Hoffman and David Eiss.^[4] The company began operations by selling Impulse sign machines that printed in-Store signs and labels.^[4] In 1991, Insignia Systems became a publicly traded company, trading on the NASDAQ as ISIG, moving to the National Market in 2002.^[5] In 1993 Stylus software was introduced as precursor to the future Insignia POPS^® line and the original Impulse machine was replaced with the SignRight machine in 1996.^[4] Soon after, in 1998, the Insignia POPS innovative sign program became the company's featured product.

1998 was a critical year for Insignia as sales were down and new business was a necessity. In May of that same year the Insignia POPS sign was introduced and, on February 24, 1998, Scott Drill was named CEO of the company.^[6] With Drill providing additional direction and the POPS business established, the company and the POPS program grew quickly, reaching 1 million signs in 2001 and 40 million signs in 2011.^[7] Through 2006 and 2007, Insignia confirmed a 10 year partnership with Valassis Communications, filling the in-store void for Valassis.^[8]

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In 2011, the Company reached a settlement of a lawsuit between Insignia Systems and News America Marketing, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.^[9] The basis of the lawsuit was the accusation of News America Marketing for engaging in various antitrust practices.^[10] New America Marketing settled the lawsuit for $125 million, and the two companies entered into a business agreement, making Insignia the sole third party provider of in-store signs with price.^[11]

In December 2011, Insignia purchased a state-of-the-art Laser Die Cutter (die cutting), making their POP Signs graphically customizable.^[12] This new creative capability, along with the exclusive price on sign, revamped Insignia's business.^[12] Due to the success and added customization of their signs, Insignia POPS expanded their product lines to include Shape POPS, Equity POPS, Shape POPS Premier, Brand POPS and Banner POPS.^[12] POPS now continues to be a major component in Insignia Systems' profit giving them a great deal of traction in the in-store advertising landscape.

In 2013, Insignia Systems introduced the Insignia PLUS program. Similar to the Insignia POPS Program, Insignia PLUS offers retailers signage for retail-specific programs such as nutritional programs, aisle navigation signage and signage for private label brands.^[13]

In 2014, Insignia Systems introduced The Like Machine™ to their lineup of in-store marketing solutions. The Like Machine™ allows consumers to express their opinions on a product directly at the shelf by simply pressing a button. This information is then displayed for future customers to use for their purchasing decisions.^[14]

Insignia POPS Program^®[edit]

The Insignia POPS Program^® is the consumer-facing brand of Insignia. Insignia POPS is a sign placed at the shelf, primarily in grocery stores, that contains brand messaging, brand graphics and price.^[15] According to the company, the Insignia POPS Program has access to more than 23,000 stores across the United States through their own retailer network and other business relationships.^[16] Insignia utilizes a laser die cutter to create each sign individually which allows for unique patterns, shapes and granularity of the signs produced.^[17] On January 13, 2014, Insignia announced that the company had produced its 50 millionth Insignia POPS sign with the laser die cutter.^[18]

The Like Machine™[edit]

The Like Machine™, developed by TLM Holdings, LLC, is a consumer approval device designed to bring the benefits of online recommendations to brick and mortar stores.^[19] This device is mounted directly to store shelves near the featured product. It consists of a “Like” button for consumers to press when in favor of a product. The like button is accompanied by a readout that displays the number of likes a particular product has received in a given time period.^[19] The machine is designed to bring word of mouth directly to the point of purchase.^[20] It was released to limited retailers in November 2014 for testing, and is expected to be released on a larger scale in the middle of 2015.^[21]

Legal Cases[edit]

At the beginning of 2011, in a case in Minnesota brought by Insignia Systems, News America faced more than $600 million in fines.^[22] The News Corporation paid out $125 million to settle the allegations of anticompetitive behavior and violations of antitrust laws.^[23] This was the third time that the two companies had been involved in lawsuits. In August 2000, Insignia was sued by News America regarding exclusive promotional agreements with several major supermarket retailers,^[24] a suit that was settled confidentially in November 2002. In November 2003 Insignia was sued again, regarding Insignia's right to market in-store advertising and promotional services.^[25]

References[edit]

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2. ^Jim Edwards (February 9, 2011). 'Why News Corp.'s Settlement With Insignia Creates a Grocery Ad Cartel'. BNET (CBS). Retrieved 2011-07-18.
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5. ^'Stock Information'. Insignia Systems, Inc. October 20, 2014. Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
6. ^'Insignia Systems, Inc. 1997 10K'. Securities & Exchange Commission. December 31, 1997.
7. ^Insignia Systems, Inc. June 25, 1991 Prospectus. Plymouth, MN: Miller, Johnson, & Keuhn, Incorporated, 1991.
8. ^Insignia Systems, Inc. and Valassis secure first sale resulting from recently formed strategic alliance” Insignia Systems, Inc. Press release, September 6, 2006
9. ^Margaret Cronin Fisk (February 9, 2011). 'News Corp. Pays $125 Million to Settle Insignia Suit, Ending Federal Trial'. Bloomberg.
10. ^'Court Authorizes Insignia to Move Forward with Its Antitrust Suit against News America and Albertson's'. Business Wire. June 30, 2006.
11. ^'News America Settles With Insignia Systems, Inc. for $125 Million; Parties Enter Into Exclusive 10-Year Business Agreement'. Business Wire. February 9, 2011.
12. ^ ^abc'Insignia Systems, Inc.'s Laser Die-Cutting Finishing System Produces Two Million Signs'. Daily Finance. December 19, 2012.
13. ^'Retail Solutions'. Insignia Systems, Inc. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
14. ^'The Like Machine - Consumers'. TLM Holdings. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
15. ^'Brand Solutions'. Insignia Systems, Inc. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
16. ^'Insignia POPS Retailers'. Insignia Systems, Inc. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
17. ^Bob Ingram (September 2013). 'On the Cutting Edge'. Progressive Grocer. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
18. ^'Continued Success with Laser Die Cut Drives Insignia Past 50 Million Mark'. Yahoo! Finance.
19. ^ ^ab'Brand Solutions – The Like Machine'. Insignia Systems, Inc. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
20. ^'Insignia Systems, Inc. to Introduce 'The Like Machine™' at Shopper Marketing Conference'. Business Wire. 21 October 2014.
21. ^'Can 'The Like Machine' take Facebook's rating success in-store?'. Slashgear. 22 October 2014.
22. ^Jim Edwards (February 4, 2011). 'News Corp.'s $600M Dirty Tricks Trial Starts Monday… Unless It Settles'. BNET (CBS). Retrieved 2011-07-18.
23. ^David Carr (July 18, 2011). 'Troubles That Money Can't Dispel'. New York Times.
24. ^'Marketeers locked in legal dispute'. St. Paul Pioneer Press. August 15, 2000.
25. ^Benno Groeneveld (November 7, 2003). 'Insignia sued by Murdoch-owned competitor'. Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved 2011-07-19.

If you have your tv connected to the internet, even though no firmware updates show on the insignia site, you can check for updates through the tv's connection: To update your Firmware: Using the remote, press or to select 'Settings' then press 'Enter'. Using the remote, press or to select 'System' then press 'Enter'. I tend to check if my TV's, router, phones, and etc have firmware updates (quite often). Just happened to search Insignia's website and see that my Daughter's TV has a firmware update.

Introduction Firmware updates are released by companies after the device hits the market to resolve software problems and add new features to those devices; in the case of Insignia TV's, it's the latter. If your Insignia TV is running fine, there's no need to update the firmware, even if an upgrade is available. However, if you're experiencing software problems, such as the TV randomly turns itself on and off or if the TV's settings aren't working as they should, Insignia may have released a firmware update that resolves that problem. Insignia TV firmware updates are free and don't take more than half an hour to install, including the time it takes to download the file and place it on a USB flash drive. How to Update Insignia TV Firmware. Click to navigate to the Insignia Products home page. Type the model number of your Insignia TV in the Enter Keyword/SKU box in the upper-right corner of the Web page and then press 'Enter.'

You'll arrive at the support Insignia support page for your TV. Click the 'Support/Downloads' tab just below the image of your Insignia TV on the left side of the page. If a firmware update is available for your TV, it will be listed beneath the Drivers, Firmware and Software section as Firmware Update. Click the link to the right of Firmware Update if an update is available for your Insignia TV and then save the file to your computer. Plug a 2.0 USB flash drive to an available USB input on your computer.

Navigate to where you saved the Insignia firmware update file and then copy and paste the file onto the USB flash drive. Disconnect the USB flash drive from your computer after the file successfully copies to it. Power down your Insignia TV if it's turned on. Plug the USB flash drive into the Insignia TV's USB port, which is typically located along the left edge of Insignia TVs. Power on the Insignia TV. A firmware update screen appears after the TV recognizes the connected USB flash drive with the firmware update on it, and asks if you want to save changes to your TV. Select 'Yes' using the remote control and then press 'Enter' on the remote control that came with the TV or the equivalent on a universal remote.

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The firmware update begins installing on the Insignia TV. A progress bar appears displaying the status of the installation. A message will appear on the TV after the firmware update is complete saying that the update was a success. Unplug the USB flash drive from the port it's connected to on the TV. Shut down your Insignia TV and then disconnect the power cable from the AC outlet it's connected to.

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This is definitely a question for the OGs. I have an old Insignia NS-L42X-10A. There is a firmware update that solves a few issues I experience with the television.

The support website, only lists a PDF on how to update the firmware, with no link to the actual file. Is there any repository of discontinued Insignia firmwares? All the links go to, but there is no index or browse feature to see if there are old firmwares available and not listed. Perhaps there is some information one of you old employees might know that will help me update my dinosaur.