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MStar and Seraphic Demo HbbTV 2 at CCBN 2017

by Alan Spencer

MStar and Seraphic delivered a HbbTV 2 demo on its latest STB chipset platforms at CCBN 2017 earlier this month. The show is one of the largest broadcasting technology and equipment exhibition in the …

Tags:APAC| HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Lawsuit Filed Against High-Tech Fast-Food Chain

by Alan Spencer

Eatsa, a San Francisco fast-food chain, enables customers to pick up their orders in something resembling a giant vending machine. The company has run into trouble because the orders are normally placed using interactive …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| QSRs & Menu Boards| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 12

GM Insists on Digital Signage for US Brands

by Alan Spencer

According to a report in Automotive News, General Motors is insisting that from 2018, US dealers of their vehicles, must use digital signage to advertise the GM brands, Chevrolet, GMC and Buick. Automotive Broadcasting …

Tags:Automotive| Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 12

BrightSign Collaborates on Series 3 Players

by Alan Spencer

BrightSign is launching its Series 3 range of digital signage media players at DSE2017 in the US this month (although we’ve been covering them for some months!). Signagelive, ComQi and Four Winds Interactive have …

Tags:Brightsign| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Verizon Trials the SES UHD Service

by Alan Spencer

SES and Verizon have announced a collaborative agreement aimed at driving the development of UHD delivery solutions for Verizon Fios subscribers throughout the US. Verizon, plus others, are trialling SES satellite-based UHD. Verizon will …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SES| UltraHD| Verizon| Vol 24 - Issue 12

LG Launches Signage Design Competition

by Alan Spencer

LG Electronics has launched a Signage Design competition for innovative professional designers and architects. This is the first competition that the company has launched and its aim is to push the boundaries of artistic …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| Stretched Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Christian Schmalzl Becomes co-CEO at Stroer

by Alan Spencer

Christian Schmalzl has been appointed as co-CEO of Stroer Media joining current CEO and founder, Udo Muller. The appointment was unanimously agreed by the supervisory board earlier this month. The 43-year was previously the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Stroer| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Planar wins San Francisco MOMA

by Alan Spencer

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has implemented digital video walls, displays and monitors from Planar, a Leyard company. There are several Clarity Matrix LCD video walls in place as well as Clarity …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Planar| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Flexible AMOLED Display Revenues to Overtake Rigid Revenues

by Alan Spencer

According to IHS Markit, due to the popularity of flexible AMOLED displays, revenues are expected to reach $3.2 billion in the third quarter of 2017. This will exceed the revenue for rigid AMOLED panels, …

Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Lenovo’s Smartphone Brands See Sales Rise

by Alan Spencer

According to Digitimes, sales of Lenovo’s Motorola-brand smartphones have been increasing in Brazil, India and the US, and Lenovo expects similar increases in other markets in 2017, particularly in Asia-Pacific. Digitimes was quoting William …

Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Mstar and Irdeto Secure China DRM

by Alan Spencer

Irdeto and MStar Semiconductor have partnered to secure premium content for video service providers in China. This will give operators and content owners in China, more control and confidence to launch premium content services, …

Tags:China| DRM & Content Protection| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Virtual Elephants Trek the World

by Alan Spencer

Conservation campaigners in the UK, have welcomed the arrival of March for Giants, which is the world’s first virtual elephant herd. March for Giants is raising funds for Space for Giants, a conservation charity …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 24 - Issue 12