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Preferred Bidder Chosen for Toshiba Memory

by Alan Spencer

Toshiba has announced that its board of directors has agreed to select the consortium of Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, Bain Capital Private Equity and the Development Bank of Japan as the preferred bidder …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| toshiba| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Netflix Debuts Interactive Storytelling

by Alan Spencer

Netflix has released an interactive film entitled, Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale, which is the company’s first story that lets the viewer decide how the story progresses and ends. Technological development …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 23

VR Viewers Barely Turn Their Heads

by Alan Spencer

Google looked at the analytics for 360° videos posted on YouTube, and found that people rarely bother to turn their heads. In fact, people spend 75% of their time looking towards the front 90° …

Tags:360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 23

JCDecaux

JCD Wins London Bromley Deal

by Alan Spencer

JCDecaux has been awarded a 10-year contract for 40 new free-standing digital screens in the London Borough of Bromley. The contract was previously held by Clear Channel and awarded to JCDecaux after a competitive …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 23

JCDecaux

JCD Wins Contract for Guangzhou Baiyun Airport

by Alan Spencer

JCDecaux has announced that its subsidiary JCDecaux Advertising of Shanghai, has won the contract to install and operate the advertising concession at Terminal 2 of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and the associated ground transportation …

Tags:Aviation| China| DOOH| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

oOh! Wins Adelaide Contract

by Alan Spencer

oOh!media has won a government contract in South Australia for 40 large format billboards across Adelaide’s metropolitan area. The competitive tender was retained by oOh!, which it has held it since its acquisition of …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Microsoft Surface Laptop Scores Zero for Repairability

by Alan Spencer

The teardown experts, iFixit gave Apple’s new MacBooks a very poor 1/10 score for repairability, but now Microsoft has gone one worse with its new Surface Laptop which gets zero out of 10, meaning …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Repair| Vol 24 - Issue 23

DNP to Supply FMM Products to BOE Display

by Alan Spencer

Japan’s Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) has reportedly signed an agreement to supply BOE Display with fine metal masks for patterning OLED materials. This follows the news that DNP has terminated the exclusivity of its …

Tags:DNP| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Sony to Launch a 77″ OLED in July for $20,000

by Alan Spencer

Sony is to launch a 77” OLED TV which will be available in US stores in late July. The Sony XBR-77A1E will retail at $19,999 and will be available from Best Buy, Amazon and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Pricing| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Freedeo Raises Lawsuits Against GetD and Le-Vision

by Alan Spencer

Freedeo has announced that it has launched lawsuits against the parent companies of GetD and Le-Vision for patent infringement on the polarized 3D cinema system that they are currently manufacturing and sell. The lawsuits …

Tags:3D Cinema| China| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Patents| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Sony

Sony Appoints Weissenburger for Cinema Business

by Alan Spencer

Sony Professional Solutions Europe has appointed Damien Weissenburger to spearhead the company’s theatre solutions business that serves cinema chains and independent screen owners. Weissenburger takes over from David McIntosh who now heads up Sony’s …

Tags:Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Freedeo and Volfoni in 3D Alliance

by Alan Spencer

Freedeo and Volfoni have announced that they have agreed to form a new worldwide strategic alliance. The alliance will focus on research into new breakthrough technologies, product and system development, and manufacturing structures in …

Tags:3D Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Vol 24 - Issue 23