Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Rob Gorrie, Bricks + Matter
December 20, 2017 by Dave Haynes
Rob Gorrie is among the most digitally-savvy and sharp people I know – some of that based on the DNA of a family that’s …
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LCBO Pop-Up Booze Store Uses Digital Touchpoints To Market Wine, Whiskey
December 19, 2017 by Dave Haynes
When I think of pop-up stores, I think apparel start-ups. But in Toronto, Ontario’s giant booze monopoly is running a pop-up store for the …
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The Last Jedi Takes Over Digital Boards In NYC, Toronto With Cast Portraits, Curated Live Tweets
December 15, 2017 by Dave Haynes
The latest Star Wars move – The Last Jedi – has opened in cinemas all over, and Disney is working with Twitter on a …
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Broadsign Debuts Brand Refresh, Streamlined Product Handles
December 14, 2017 by Dave Haynes
Montreal-based CMS software company Broadsign has revealed a refreshed brand today, as well as tweaks that clean up the names for core products. The …
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EK3 Co-Founder Prigioniero Leaving Cineplex In April 2018
December 13, 2017 by Dave Haynes
Nick Prigioniero, the longtime head of a company that started as EK3 and became Cineplex Digital Media through acquisition, is stepping down in April. …
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Astral Switches On Ayuda’s Hivestack Programmatic OOH Ad Platform In Canada
December 7, 2017 by Dave Haynes
Astral, one of Canada’s larger OOH and digital OOH media players, has expanded its relationship with Montreal’s Ayuda Systems – launching a programmatic advertising …
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Grocer Uses Dynamic Data To Manage Mass Content Updates On Digital Signage Network
October 18, 2017 by Dave Haynes
Here’s a simple but effective example of using data to handle what would otherwise by a nightmare job is done by one person running …
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Toronto LED Twin Ad Boards Get Implant To Make One Giant Display
October 13, 2017 by Dave Haynes
The big digital media tower outside of Toronto Eaton Centre is getting a little cosmetic work done – an implant, basically – to make …
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Toronto’s New Air Jordan Store Includes Projections, Fine Pitch Interactive LED Walls
October 11, 2017 by Dave Haynes
This is the new Air Jordan location on Toronto’s Yonge Street – a three-level retail space that uses fine-pitch LED video walls and window …
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L Squared Wins Deal To Take Over, Expand Canada Post Retail Digital Signage Network
October 11, 2017 by Dave Haynes
Toronto-area solutions provider L Squared Digital Signage appears to have the OK now to talk about a deal to supply a digital signage program …
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Samsung’s Display Roadmap Adds More LED, More UHD, Ends Small And Square Screens
October 5, 2017 by Dave Haynes
Marco Nalli of Samsung invited a bunch of people in architectural/design/consulting up to the company’s Canadian head office in suburban Toronto on Wednesday for a …
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AVI-SPL Grows Footprint, Acquiring Canada’s Sharp’s Audio Visual
October 4, 2017 by Dave Haynes
On the immediate heels of Diversified announcing its acquisition yesterday of MCW, rival integrator AVI-SPL announced this morning its acquisition of one of the …
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