5 things to know

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

1. Pattison Onestop, the digital signage division of Pattison Outdoor Advertising, has selected CBC/Radio-Canada as news content provider for its networked screens in office buildings and condo towers.

2. According to industry research by International Data Corporation (IDC), large-format printer shipments declined by four per cent on a global basis in the third quarter of 2015, compared to 2014.

3. Scala software provider Dot2Dot Communications launched a new digital signage initiative with Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District to improve internal communications for tenants and visitors and promote local events.

4. Agfa Graphics has used modern colour management and digital wide-format printing technologies to restore the faded doors of the Byōdō-in, a historic Buddhist temple near Kyoto, Japan.

5. Toronto-based out-of-home (OOH) advertising firm Cieslok Media entered a partnership with Sito Mobile to integrate campaigns with messages to consumers’ smartphones.