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OPA! Souvlaki Goes Digital

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Dmitry Sokolov

Recent healthcare initiatives (and loop holes) around caloric content in the US have given our industry new weapons to pitch Digital Menus to QSRs and food services. With top QSR franchises like Wendy’s, McDonald’s and Tim Hortons slowly piloting or partially adopting digital signage in their stores, many digital signage vendors have stepped up efforts […]

Digital Signage Mixer, Toronto, April 20th

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Dmitry Sokolov

If you are from, or expect to be in, Toronto, Canada in April you may want to drop by the Toronto Digital Signage Mixer taking place April 20 at Six Steps Restaurant. The event, originally conceived by Artisan Complete over 3 years ago and since 2008 kindly passed on to me, draws a monthly crowd […]

Ontario Recycling Fee Changes Effective April 1

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

Dmitry Sokolov

Commencing April 1, 2010 Canadian provinces of Ontario and Saskatchewan are changing their Electronics Recycling fees structure. Ontario change in particular will affect Digital Signage and AV companies. In Ontario there will be an overall fee increase on all sizes of monitors  and new category introductions. Small size monitors and all in one devices (equal or under 29″) will now carry a fee of […]

Adcalator Escalator Signage

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Dmitry Sokolov

Transportation has long been a fertile ground for digital signage. Screens are becoming ubiquitous on buses, vans, trucks, along walkways in airports, even alongside escalators. Now a Korean company Adcalator wants to fit screens on handrails of escalators. Arriving yesterday (with interpreters in hand), Adcalator pitched their escalator attachments that positions a digital screen on […]

Sorry, No Silver Bullet Here.

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Dmitry Sokolov

Presenting at the Ingram Micro Connex Show last week I was struck at how many IT Resellers still expect the ‘Silver Bullet’ solution for Digital Signage. It’s not entirely their fault. PR in our field has long made a concerted effort to pitch the promise of ‘turnkey or all-encompassing’ solutions. Distributors invested in technical support […]

The CN Tower’s Zoopraxiscope

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Dmitry Sokolov

Remember the zoopraxiscope? Zeno Motion believes its basic principle withstands time and the infernal newfangled capability of digital signage as they launch Zeno Motion Panels atop Toronto’s CN Tower. Zeno Motion panels create an animated image using sequential still frames of video transformed via proprietary algorithm into a singular high-resolution backlit lightbox. To experience the […]

#dse2010 – One Canuck Perspective

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Dmitry Sokolov

Did Canadians see a different show at DSE? Certainly some local offerings were of higher interest.

Bare Cityscapes Ripe Canvas For Vancouver’s Media Merchants

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Dmitry Sokolov

Canadian Media Merchants find opportunity in being pushed out of traditional OOH market by established incumbents and resulting digital agency dominates Canadian outdoor projection advertising.