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Public Video Screens And Public Benefits

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Mike Gordon
28 November 2003 - 7:00am

If they want to do a big video screen pulsing Ford and Coke, is there a public benefit to be had?

Vancouver has secured 2 1/2 hours a day of the air time on two jumbo (15 feet by 20 feet) high resolution video screens for the videos and films of local creative folks. "If a developer and some city planners get their way, watching opera -- or the symphony or Sarah McLachlan for that matter -- in the heart of downtown on two large video screens could become a reality by next spring."

Full Story: Giant video screens may soon sparkle in heart of downtown
Source: The Vancouver Sun, November 24, 2003
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