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JCDecaux

JCDecaux Wins Nantes DOOH Contract

by Alan Spencer

JCDecaux has won the street furniture contracts for the French city of Nantes, plus for six administrative regions within the city. The contract is for twenty years and follows negotiation that began in 2015. …

Tags:DOOH| France| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Transport| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Euskaltel to Launch Android 4K STB in Spain

by Alan Spencer

The Spanish cable operator Euskaltel, is launching a new UHD STB this month with Android technology for current and new subscribers. This was reported by Xataka Movil, citing the company’s CEO, Francisco Arteche. Euskaltel …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Spain| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 17

ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications in German Joint Venture

by Alan Spencer

ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications are to expand Germany’s mobile video and OTT marketplace through a joint venture. At launch, the streaming service will bring together the seven channels included in ProSiebenSat.1’s current 7TV mobile …

Tags:HD+ (Germany)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Western Europe to Exceed 100 million pay-TV Subscribers in June

by Alan Spencer

Western Europe still has over 100 million pay-TV subscribers, and this number will rise until 2022 despite the rise in OTT services. This is according to the Western Europe Pay TV Forecasts report from …

Tags:Broadcast| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Michelin-Starred Restaurant Launches AR Cocktails

by Alan Spencer

The Michelin-starred London restaurant and bar, City Social, is to launch this month, ‘Mirage’, claimed as the world’s first AR cocktail menu. Mirage, a purpose-built app, took 18 months to develop and was created …

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

US Projector Sales Rise in March

by Alan Spencer

PMA Research has published its latest reports tracking projector sales in the US distribution, pro AV and retail channels. The results for March showed gains in all channels including 4,000 plus lumen models, ultra-short-throw …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| PMA Research| Projectors| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Nintendo Struggles to Meet Switch Demand

by Alan Spencer

Nintendo’s latest results show that as of the end of March it had shipped 2.74 million Switch consoles, which is above the analyst’s estimates of 2.3 to 2.5 million and Nintendo’s estimate of 2 …

Tags:Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nintendo| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Royole Orders Fab Equipment from SFA Engineering

by Alan Spencer

SFA Engineering has announced that it has signed a $53.5 million contract with OLED developer, Royole to supply OLED manufacturing equipment, although the type of deposition equipment was not disclosed. Royole is building a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 17

O2 Czech Sees Quarter Rise in TV Subscribers

by Alan Spencer

O2 Czech has ended the first quarter of 2017 with 222,000 TV subscribers for its IPTV and OTT service, which is a rise of 5% compared to the same quarter of 2016. There were …

Tags:Czech Republic| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 17

panasonic

Panasonic OLED TVs Get UHD Alliance Premium Logo

by Alan Spencer

Reports said that Panasonic’s EZ1000 and EZ952 TV ranges have both been certified as UHD Premium and received THX 4K certification. The EZ1000 is reported to have been selected as a reference TV by …

Tags:Back Panel| Colour Grading| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Panasonic| THX| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Gaming PC sales in North America Grew 25-30% Last Year

by Alan Spencer

The gaming PC market sales in North America increased by 25-30% in 2016, compared to the previous year, according to a report by Digitimes. Kevin Jones, VP for US-based retail chain Micro Center, stated …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PCs| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Two Airport Expansion Plans Announced

by Alan Spencer

Memphis International Airport is to redesign and update its B concourse with consolidation of all airline, retail and food and beverage businesses. The modernisation will include the addition of wider corridors, moving walkways, larger …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 17