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New DOOH Signs Added in Beirut

by Alan Spencer

Lebanon’s Pikasso is continuing the digitisation of Beirut City with the completion of an additional 15 4’×3’ (1.2m x 0.9m) screens in key districts of the capital. The new network, called the Beirut Digital …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Outdoor Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Samsung to Run Technical Workshop Roadshows

by Alan Spencer

Samsung will be hosting a full-day technical workshop in the UK during London Digital Signage week on 8th May at Twickenham Stadium, and then in Liverpool on 11th May, and Kildare in Ireland on …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Samsung| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Samsung Galaxy S8

Galaxy S8 Total Build Costs Higher Than Previous Models

by Alan Spencer

According to IHS Markit, the new Samsung Galaxy S8, with 64GB of NAND flash memory, has a material cost of $301.60. This is much higher than for previous versions of the company’s smartphones and …

Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Teardowns| Vol 24 - Issue 16

EU Launches $4.3 million HyperOLED Project

by Alan Spencer

The EU has launched a three-year $4.3 million project to develop efficient hyper-fluorescence TADF OLED emitters. The new project called HyperOLED aims to develop materials and matching device architectures for high-performance, hyper-fluorescence TADF OLED …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Merck| Mobile Display Monitor| R&D (Research & Development)| TADF| Vol 24 - Issue 16

OTT to Overtake Linear Broadcast TV Within Five Years

by Alan Spencer

According to the findings of the 2017 OTT Video Services study, carried out by Level 3 Communications, Streaming Media and Unisphere Research, 70% of respondents believe that within the next five years, viewing hours …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Natural History Museum to Launch VR Experience with Sky

by Alan Spencer

Sky has announced that it is teaming up with London’s Natural History Museum to launch an interactive VR experience called Hold the World, which will go into production later this year The VR experience …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Sky| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Sky to Show Test Match Cricket in 4K UHD

by Alan Spencer

Sky Q customers in the UK and Ireland, that have Sky Sports and Sky’s Q box, will be able to watch England’s four cricket test (international) matches in Ultra HD this summer. The test …

Tags:4k| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 15

NTV+ Ultra HD Service Now Available Throughout Russia

by Alan Spencer

NTV+ has launched Ultra HD TV broadcasts in the European part of Russia. The company had previously launched its UHD service in Russia’s Far East and Siberia, so now the service is available across …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Russia| Satellite| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Philips Displays Wins Two Red Dot Awards

by Alan Spencer

MMD, the brand licence partner for Philips monitors, has announced that Red Dot Awards have been given to two Philips monitors for Product Design in 2017. The award-winning displays are the 34” X Line …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 24 - Issue 15

German DTT Households Start Move to DVB-T2

by Alan Spencer

A survey by market research institute TNS Infratest, found that 51.2% of former DVB-T users in Germany have made the move to DVB-T2/HEVC and continue to receive their TV channels terrestrially. TNS Infratest contacted …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Xiaomi Secures Curved Flexible OLED Panels from LG Display

by Alan Spencer

It is reported in Korea, that Xiaomi has secured an OLED supply deal with LG Display. Curved flexible OLEDs are needed for Xiaomi’s next-gen flagship phone, the Xiamoi’s Mi Note 2. It is believed …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 16| Xiaomi

TVaaS Market to Grow to $1.5 Billion by 2021

by Alan Spencer

ABI Research has evaluated the “TV as a Service” (TVaaS) business model and finds that revenues for video software will grow from 2016’s 10%, to 35% in 2021 with revenues of $1.5 billion. The …

Tags:Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 15