Here’s your quick morning update on news in the sign industry:

1. The Toronto Financial District Business Improvement Area (BIA) has released new wayfinding and mapping concepts for the city’s Path pedestrian network, which provides weather-protected connections between buildings in the downtown core.

2.. The direct-view light-emitting diode (LED) video market is seeing its fastest growth with pixel pitches less than 5 mm (0.2 in.), according to the latest digital signage and professional display report from research firm IHS Technology.

3. In Vancouver, Lamar Advertising recently launched the first wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) enhanced out-of-home (OOH) campaign at TransLink SeaBus terminals, promoting Shaw Communications’ WiFi Go brand on both land and water.

4. Wide-format printer manufacturer SwissQprint has unveiled the winners of a recent creative competition that challenged its customers to produce the most original, complex, elaborate or stunning graphics.

5. Research has demonstrated the heavy costs of decentralized colour management systems for wide-format printing, including not only measurable expenses, but also potential revenue that is being missed.