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Saville Buys Panasonic Laser Projectors

by Alan Spencer

Saville Audio Visual in the UK has taken delivery of 16 Panasonic DLP laser projectors for the conference and live events division. The projectors are for hire stock, available through the company’s 12 branches. …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| Rental and Staging| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Immersive Technology Caucus Formed by US Congress

by Alan Spencer

At the beginning of the month, five US congressional representatives announced the formation of a congressional caucus on VR, AR and mixed reality. As these technologies continue to advance, the caucus will work to …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Legislation| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Amazon FreeTime Now Available in Google Play Store

by Alan Spencer

Amazon has added its FreeTime app to Google Play so now children can access books, videos, YouTube videos, and websites on an Android mobile phone or tablet. The basic service is free. FreeTime Unlimited …

Tags:Amazon| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 18

TADF Workshop to be held in Kyushu, Japan

by Alan Spencer

The International TADF Workshop 2017 will take place on 20th and 21st July at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. The workshop is free and is organised by the university with the aim to share the …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TADF| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Logando Introduces a Mobile Configurable LED Wall Structure

by Alan Spencer

The Leipzig AV company, Logando, has developed a mobile 50 m² LED wall display with 5.9 mm pixel pitch. It has two 50 m² walls which are custom made and have a resolution of …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Outdoor Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Primary Automotive Display Systems Market will reach $11.6 billion this Year

by Alan Spencer

According to IHS Markit, the primary automotive display systems market will reach $11.6 billion in tier one supplier revenue globally this year. The most valuable are the centre stack displays and instrument cluster displays, …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Huawei Overtakes Oppo to Become Top Smartphone Company in China

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, 104.1 million smartphones were shipped to China in the first quarter of this year, representing just a 1% rise compared to the same quarter in 2016. The quarter did have product …

Tags:Apple| China| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Worldwide Tablet Shipments Decline 8.5% in Q1

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, the worldwide tablet market contracted in the first quarter of 2017 with total shipments of 36.2 million, which represents a fall of 8.5% when compared to the same quarter last year. …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 17

The Italian OTT Service Chili Nears 1 million Subscribers

by Alan Spencer

Chili, the Italian VoD platform, added over 100,000 new customers last month, and expects to reach one million subscribers during May. If this is achieved, Chili, would have achieved its target four months earlier …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| VOD| Vol 24 - Issue 18

Vodafone Spain to Charge Rental for its STBs

by Alan Spencer

Vodafone Spain has decided to charge new subscribers $3.30 a month to rent their STBs, starting 20th May. Until now the STB was free of charge for all subscribers but now Vodafone has decided …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Spain| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Slow Uptake of OTT Services in the MENA Region

by Alan Spencer

The boom in smartphones and Internet use is transforming traditional TV viewing patterns in the Middle East and North Africa, according to the Frost & Sullivan report, “OTT Video Services to Transform TV Viewing …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 18

ZTE Delivers STBs to TotalPlay Based on Netgem Middleware

by Alan Spencer

Netgem has announced that it has signed an agreement with ZTE for the delivery of TV solutions to telco operators in Latin America. The first telco to benefit from this agreement was TotalPlay in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Software| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 17| ZTE