5 things to know

SM_5 things to know.inddHere’s your quick morning update on news in the sign industry:

1. Montreal-based iGotcha Media turned smartphones into virtual tennis rackets with an interactive mobile-to-digital-signage application to support National Bank of Canada’s presentation of the Rogers Cup, a tennis tournament that took place earlier this month in Montreal and Toronto.

2. Calgary-based Apache Superior Printing has installed an HP Indigo 10000 digital press. The machine is the second of its kind in Canada—following an installation for Cober Evolving Solutions in Kitchener, Ont.—and the first in Western Canada.

3. In Saskatoon, The Canadian Brewhouse’s newest location is extending the full sports bar experience to outdoor patio customers by showing games on weatherproof digital signage displays.

4. Ottawa-based graphic design software developer Corel has donated licences for its CorelDraw Graphics Suite X7 for use in upcoming Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) educational workshops.

5. The global digital signage market was valued at $14.6 billion U.S. in 2014 and is expected to see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.18 per cent, reaching nearly $23.8 billion by 2020, according to research firm MarketsandMarkets.