The Toronto chapter of the Digital Signage Federation has firmed up plans for its first DSF Toronto Breakfast Session, on Nov. 14. They’ll be talking about cannabis – just weeks after Toronto and thew rest of Canada goes legal. […]
The Calgary Tower has been part of the downtown of the western Canadian city for 50 years now, and steadily attracts tourists and locals who ride up to the observation deck to look over the city and, particularly, west to the nearby Canadian Rockies mountain range. […]
A little ironically, I am on my way to Montreal on an in-and-out speaking thing as this post goes up about work Montreal’s iGotcha Media is doing with Birks, which has been operating luxury jewelry stores in Canada for many, many decades. Birks is using vertical video walls to subtly underscore its brand in flagship stores. […]
Wayfinding is one of those core technologies that make consumer lives better and easier – helping people locate where they want and need to go in places like shopping malls, airports, health care facilities and higher ed campuses. […]
The Toronto digital signage community is well known for getting together for drinks, but now they’re doing breakfasts, as well. The Digital Signage Federation (DSF) is in the organizing stages of a series of educational breakfast sessions to be held in the Greater Toronto Area. The sessions are intended to provide local members with education, as well as networking. […]
Stingray Digital Media Group is one the world’s biggest providers of multi-platform music services, with 11,000 commercial clients in 156 countries. […]
I was in Montreal recently and had a chance to visit the offices of iGotcha, a digital signage and experiential media solutions company that has very quietly built up a nice book of business since launching in 2005. Working out of an old warehouse building overlooking the historic Lachine Canal, iGotcha works with everyone from banks and a lottery corporation to Cirque du Soleil. […]
The Digital Signage Federation put on a terrific mixer Wednesday night in Montreal, with a 100+ industry vets and newbies gathered at the splashy top floor event-hosting digs of Stingray Media. […]
Almost 20 years in this industry and more trade shows than I can count has left me a little jaded, and tough to impress, but my tiny little mind was steadily blown during a 90 minute tour Tuesday around the Montreal head office and studio of Moment Factory. […]
Two more podcast interviews went sideways on me – at the last minute – in the past week. But as I type this, I have two and perhaps three set up for the next 24 hours, here in Montreal. So … we’re in rerun mode again this week. […]
Montreal-based Stingray has acquired Novramedia, a small Toronto-based digital signage solutions company that has a big client in the Bank of Montreal. Stingray says the deal supports its business plan and growth strategy. Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, Stingray will fully own and operate Novramedia, and the Novra exec team stays in place. […]
If you work in Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City or even upstate New York and Vermont, have a think about getting into Montreal next Wednesday for the Digital Signage Federation’s Meet and Greet mixer. The August 8th evening event will have a lot of great networking, and a presentation on Digital Placemaking For Tomorrow’s Smart Cities by Amahl Hazelton from Moment Factory. […]
Still lots of new digs stuff to do, but this morning I cleared out a corner of the converted sunroom that is my new office, got the desk and other stuff rebuilt, and my Mac and other things all plugged in. My corner view is a backyard that goes back about half an acre, and in reality goes back about 20,000 acres. […]
I am back … almost. The big move east went surprisingly smoothly. Trucks showed up on time at both ends. […]
World Headquarters is in the process of moving from greater Toronto to greater Halifax, Nova Scotia – not exactly a hub of activity in the digital signage business, but close proximity to our grown kids. […]
