Second Digital Trends Showcase coming in November

Vertigo Digital Displays, the digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising division of Chilin Solutions, will host Toronto’s second Digital Trends Showcase in November, featuring a variety of customized digital signage systems. Known for its DOOH deployments across Canada (example pictured), Vertigo will run the event on November 14 and 15 in partnership with Intel, Dot2Dot Communications and…

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Giant roof graphics to target high flyers

Montreal-based Glide Path Media plans to install 929-m2 (10,000-sf) advertising graphics atop carefully selected building rooftops, to be viewed by passengers in airplanes before they land at 100 major airports around the world. The company has worked for two years with flight-simulation specialists to determine which buildings in the airports’ flight paths are structurally sufficient…

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Registration opens for 2013 International Sign Expo

The International Sign Association (ISA) has opened registrations for the next International Sign Expo, which will be held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev., on April 3 to 6, 2013. “Our 2012 show was filled with valuable opportunities, but we expect 2013 to be even larger in terms of attendees, exhibitors…

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Billboard or mural? Hybrid sign goes up in Montreal

Pattison Outdoor Advertising has unveiled a new mixed-format out-of-home (OOH) mural, which combines a wall graphic with a traditional static billboard, near the Montreal intersection of De la Montagne Street and De Maisonneuve Boulevard. The sign overlooks a parking lot in the centre of the city’s business district, near a busy mix of hotels, department…

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Sam the Record Man dies; fate of famous signs unclear

Sam Sniderman—who founded Canada’s Sam the Record Man retail chain, widely remembered for its flagship store’s giant neon signs—passed away in his sleep on September 23, at the age of 92. Sniderman’s music stores were once active across Canada, but today only one location remains, a franchise in Quinte Mall in Belleville, Ont. The flagship…

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Sports bar goes digital, inside and out

Digital signs have been installed at the Shoeless Joe’s restaurant chain’s flagship Toronto location, in an effort to both draw new customers in and then promote food and drinks while they are sitting down. The project marks a new collaboration between interactive display software developer Acquire Digital and its recently appointed partner RadiantGroup, a Toronto-based…

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