Winners of 2009 DIGI Awards Announced

Excellence in digital signage technology, creativity and innovation honored

NEW YORK CITY,  (November, 11, 2009) – The Digital Signage Group, a specialty digital signage aggregator, today announced the winners of the fifth annual DIGI Awards, which honors excellence in the digital signage industry.

The DIGI Awards are the only industry award program that recognizes the outstanding integrators, content providers and now product manufacturers focusing on digital signage. “This has been an exciting year for the DIGI awards. We have found our home at the fall Digital Signage Show, we have expanded our award categories and we have seen our entries triple over the last 12 month.”, stated Jill Miller, President of The Digital Signage Group. Miller goes on to say. “The creativity and diversity in the use of digital visual communication continues to grow as evidenced by the fantastic work of our latest winners.”

The DIGI Award Winners this year are:


Retail Roll-out, Local:
House of Media Experience for Miele Inspirience Centre

Retail Roll-out, National:
Level 5 / Hammond Communication Group, for Sprint Studio Store

Interactive Technology Roll-out:
2C Visual Communications For BC Children's Hospital

Best Deployment, Transportation:
iMediaT Digital and Best Buy Commercial Services Canada, SkyTrain

Best Deployment, Entertainment:
Cisco for Cisco Digital Signage System at Dallas Cowboy Stadium

Best Deployment, Integration of Digital Signage and Mobile/Cell Phone
Technology:
Microspace Communications Corporation for City of Raleigh,
Capitol Area Transit (CAT)

Best Content, Merchandising:
Schult for Regal Entertainment, Digital Menu Boards

Best Content, Ambient:
Professional Communications Systems for Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
(TBPAC)

Best Content, Corporate Communications:
Digital Display & Communication for Rogers Communications’ UR Music

Best Content, Interactive:
Monster Media for Oxygen Network’s Dance You’re Ass Off Storefront

Best Content, Advertising:
Digital Display &Communication for HYPE Campaign/Rogers Stores Canada


Best New Technology Innovation in Digital Signage Displays:
Samsung Electronics America for the Samsung 820TSn Interactive LCD Panel

Best New Generation Display Device, Large Screen:
ADEX International, Dual- Projection Glass Walled Structure with Polarized LCD Overlay

Best New Display Device, Small Screen:
MicroSigns Inc. for Integrated, Wireless Display Network and Content
Management System


Best New Generation Display Device, (non-LCD or Plasma):
GestureTek for 3D Depth Sensing Interactive Digital Sign with Mobile
Phone Interactivity


Best New Content Management Software/Web-based (SaaS):
SignChannel, from Thinking Screen Media


Best New Content Management Software/Premise-based:
Omnivex, for Moxie


Best New Audience Measurement Package:
CognoVision Solutions Inc. for Anonymous Impression Metric (AIM)


Judges Choice Award:
Walt Disney World for Their Digital Guest Communications


Details on the winning entries will appear in the December issue of Digital Signage magazine, and online at www.digitalsignageweekly.com