Canadian digital signage wins big at DSE 2014

by all | 25 February 2014 8:30 am

The winners of the 2014 Digital Signage Expo (DSE) Apex and Content Awards were announced earlier this month, including many projects developed by Canadian companies and/or deployed in Canada.

The Apex Awards honour innovation in digital signage deployments. This year’s Canadian winners included the following:

• Gold (professional and personal services)—Cineplex Digital Solutions, Waterloo, Ont., for the Scotiabank video wall (pictured) at Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto.
• Gold (arts, entertainment and recreation)—GestureTek Systems, Toronto, for the Art Alive! installation at the Crayola Experience in Easton, Pa.
• Gold (business, industry and government)—Advanced, Mississauga, Ont., for the GE Digital Energy Centre video wall in Markham, Ont.
• Silver (retail)—Gridcast Media, Richmond Hill, Ont., for the Holt Renfrew LED displays at Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto.
• Bronze (business, industry and government)—Arsenal Media, Montreal, and RP Visual Solutions for the Christie Digital Systems media wall in Cypress, Calif.
• Bronze (event venues)—Westbury National, Toronto, for the Buffalo Sabres Hockey Club video and light system in Buffalo, N.Y.
• Bronze (public spaces)—Arsenal Media, Montreal, for the Kazakhstan Telecom/A1 Productions media wall in Astana, Kazakhstan.

The Content Awards, meanwhile, focus specifically on innovation in digital signage content. The following were this year’s Canadian winners:

• Gold (education and health care)—Go2 Productions, Vancouver, for projection mapping at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Burnaby, B.C.
• Silver (business, industry and government)—Arsenal Media, Montreal, for the Christie Digital Systems media wall in Cypress, Calif.
• Bronze (arts, entertainment and recreation)—GestureTek Systems, Toronto, for the Art Alive! installation at the Crayola Experience in Easton, Pa.
• Bronze (public spaces)—Go2 Productions, Vancouver, and Pearl Media for LoopNet projection mapping in Los Angeles, Calif.

Source URL: https://www.signmedia.ca/canadian-digital-signage-wins-big-at-dse-2014/

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