5 things to know

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

1. BT/A Advertising and Cineplex Digital Media (CDM) have installed a new interactive multimedia wall for the Canadian Opera Company (COC) in the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in downtown Toronto.

2. The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa is commemorating the centenary of the First World War by digitally projecting the names of 600,000 of its victims, highlighting the extraordinary human cost of the conflict.

3. After a disappointing start to 2016, the signmaking, graphics and visual communications industry is now showing signs of growth that should continue in 2017, according to the International Sign Association’s (ISA’s) latest quarterly economic report.

4. Large-scale light-emitting diode (LED) display manufacturer Daktronics has won a 2016 Audiovisual (AV) Award for Retail Project of the Year in recognition of its work on Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas, Nev.

5. There are many elements involved in deploying, maintaining, servicing and supporting a digital signage network and it is important to understand all of the implications of the medium.