IFAI Canada Honours Program

The specialty fabric industry, including companies that produce awning and canopy signage, gathered earlier in 2012 in Mississauga, Ont., for the annual Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) Canada Expo.

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Digital Signage Expo confirmed as largest ever

Event organizer Exponation reports its ninth annual Digital Signage Expo (DSE), which took place last month in Las Vegas, Nev., was the largest and most successful yet. The conference and trade show drew 4,024 qualified attendees—including digital signage users, system integrators, advertisers and marketers—and 1,576 exhibiting attendees, an increase of nine per cent over 2011’s…

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Kelowna Transit renews ad contract

Lamar Advertising has renewed its contract with Kelowna Regional Transit for an additional three-year term. The agreement covers advertising on the interiors and exteriors of buses travelling throughout Kelowna, B.C. “We are pleased to continue our relationship with Kelowna, Canada’s third-fastest growing city,” says Darren Peck, transit sales manager for Lamar. Kelowna Regional Transit operates…

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ISA names best new products

The International Sign Association (ISA) has announced the winners of its 2012 Best New Product and Best Green Product competitions. This year, attendees of the International Sign Expo voted for the winners via text messaging. The BeBrite Induction Sign Lighter (pictured), distributed by N. Glantz & Son, was named Best Green Product. Designed for large…

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Giving Content a Sporting Chance

As consumers come to expect multi-platform content, simple video production for a single screen does not tend to draw much attention any more. Instead, content producers are integrating their work with sources of dynamic and relevant data—including social media networks—and making it available to different types of screens, from smart phone touch screens to interactive displays to three-dimensional (3-D) digital signs.

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