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Convention center install earns Omnivex award in Sign Media Canada's National Sign Competition

July 15, 2009

Omnivex has won the digital signage award presented in Sign Media Canada's National Sign Competition, for itssoftware installation at Vancouver Convention Centre. Omnivex software is used at the Vancouver Convention Centre to manage a network of over 170 LG and Panasonic screens throughout its newly-expanded facilities.

Winners of the competition were selected in nine categories.

The harbor front facility recently underwent an extensive expansion project that more than tripled the available space, and included the addition of Omnivex digital signage. To help guests navigate the facility, 37- to 60-inch screens were installed outside each of the 72 meeting rooms and in hallways between the east and west buildings. The meeting room and convention scheduling information is automatically displayed on the appropriate screens throughout the buildings using Omnivex software to pull the information from the Vancouver Convention Centre's Event Business Management System (EBMS). Information only needs to be updated in the event management system, and the Omnivex software automatically formats and displays that information on the appropriate screens throughout the facility.

Submissions arrived from across the country. Our judges reviewed all eligible entries based on the entry's merits in terms of originality, creativity, appearance and design suitability. The competition this year attracted projects of a higher caliber overall, truly capturing the best of the best in Canadian sign making. In this highly competitive field, there were some very close finishes, so we must congratulate all entrants on the fantastic quality of work this year. - Peter Saunders, editor of Sign Media Canada.

The Vancouver Convention Centre digital signage installation is a great example of our software's ability to drive costs out of business operations, by automating many processes associated with managing such a large real time digital signage network. It is an honor to be recognized in this national competition, especially given that there was only one award presented for digital signage. - Jeff Collard, president of Omnivex