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Winners of 2007 DIGI Awards announced

April 4, 2007

SEATTLE — The Digital Signage Group, a solutions-based digital signage distributor, announced the winners of the third annual DIGI Awards, which honor outstanding performance in the digital signage industry. This year's sponsors included Minicom Advanced Systems, Peerless Industries, Samsung America and the Digital Signage Quarterly. The 2007 DIGI Awards honored 13 winners in five categories: Retail, Corporate, Transportation, Education/Healthcare and Judges' Choice. This year's DIGI Awards recipients are: Retail Application, Local Campaign Be Media for Saleen, Inc. Retail Application, National Campaign Draft Agency for Nokia Retail Application, Interactive/Tracking DSX Media for Walnut Valley Garden Center Retail Application, New Product Ovation In Store for Fisher Price Corporate Application, Excellence in Creativity MULTIMEDIALED for WLS/ABC channel 7 Corporate Application, Excellence in Technology Hospitality Partners for Hyatt Regency Chicago Transportation Application, Excellence in CreativityDigiboard for the Turkish Airport (TAV) Transportation Application, Excellence in Technology Siemens Nederland's for Information Product Portfolio on Stations Education/Healthcare Application, Excellence in Creativity GestureTek for Next Generation Pediatrics Education/Healthcare Application, Excellence in TechnologyMulti-Media Solutions for the University of Tennessee Football Hall of Fame Judges' Choice Ralph Lauren, for its contribution to the industry with a variety of cutting edge digital signage applications, including the US Open Interactive Experience, and the Polo Ralph Lauren RLX Interactive Shopping Experience in Manhattan. "Once again we were excited to see the number of entrants increased over previous years. Additionally, the quality and creativity of digital signage applications continues to evolve making it even more challenging for our judges to select just one winner in each category," said Jill Miller, executive vice president of The Digital Signage Group. Each winner will receive a trophy recognizing their achievement, as well as a graphic suitable for use in promotional materials. All partners, including those involved in the software, content, fixture and hardware of the winning installations, received a certificate to recognize their contribution. Winning teams are invited to participate in a panel discussion held during the Digital Signage Expo held in Chicago, May 17th at 4:30pm. Judges for the 2007 DIGI Awards were: Alan Brawn, principal, Brawn Consulting; Bill Collins, principal of Decision Point Media Insights; Ed Weil, Sourcebook Director-Content, Inc. magazine; Kurt Witzel, sr. manager, retail marketing, Anheuser-Busch, Inc.; David Keene, executive editor of Digital Signage Quarterly and DIGI Awards chairman.