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JCDecaux Wins Contracts in Finland and Brazil

by Alan Spencer

JCDecaux has won a 20-year contract for advertising in 1,500 bus and tram shelters in Helsinki. As part of the contract, JCDecaux Finland will install 250 digital screens in Helsinki bus and tram shelters, …

Tags:DOOH| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Scottish Leisure Centre Gets LG AV System

by Alan Spencer

North Ayrshire Council has opened The Portal, a $26 million sports and leisure centre in the Scottish village of Irvine. The Council enlisted SSUK, in partnership with LG, to deliver an AV system including …

Tags:Back Panel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Sports and Stadiums| UK (United Kingdom)| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 25

City Social Launches an AR Cocktail Menu

by Alan Spencer

Jason Atherton’s Michelin-starred restaurant and bar, City Social, is set to radically change the way we consume cocktails with Mirage, which is claimed to be the world’s first AR cocktail menu. It has taken …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Amino Enable Deployed by Chile’s GTD

by Alan Spencer

Amino has announced that GTD, one of Chile’s telecommunications companies, has deployed Amino Enable, the virtual STB software platform. GTD is now able to upgrade its STBs and provide a unified user interface across …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 25

BBC iPlayer App Being Removed on Many Sony TVs

by Alan Spencer

Both Sony and BBC have confirmed that BBC iPlayer will be removed on 2011 Sony TVs from 16th August 2017. The only reason given was due to “performance issues”. The BBC advised that iPlayer …

Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Worldwide Semiconductor Sales Increase 22.6% in May

by Alan Spencer

The Semiconductor Industry Association has announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $31.9 billion for the month of May 2017, which is an increase of 22.6% compared to the May 2016 total of $26.0 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 24 - Issue 26

iView Raises $14.7 million to Increase R&D into Pico Projection

by Alan Spencer

iView, the pico-projection engine developer based in Shenzen, has raised around $14.7 million as part of its series B funding round, the lead investor being CMS Zhiyuan Capital. iView was founded in 2006 and …

Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Pico Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Google Pulls Plug on YouTube Flash Player

by Alan Spencer

In 2012, YouTube introduced a HTML5-based video player to replace its Flash-based video player. This transition has been ongoing for several years, and has caused Sony, among others, to remove the YouTube Flash video …

Tags:HTML5| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 25| YouTube

ZetaDisplay Buys Finland’s Seasam Oy

by Alan Spencer

ZetaDisplay from Sweden has bought the Finnish digital signage provider, Seasam Oy for $5 million. ZetaDisplays’ goal is to actively participate in the ongoing consolidation of the signage industry in Europe. The acquisition of …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Lextar Electronics to Focus on LED Backlighting for 2017

by Alan Spencer

The company chairman of Lextar Electronics, David Su, has told sources in Taiwan that the company will focus its 2017 operations on profitability instead of revenue growth, by maintaining improvements in product mix. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 25

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SES Carrying 7610 Channels and 22 in UHD

by Alan Spencer

SES announced at its Investor Day in London, last month, that it is now carrying 7610 TV channels on its satellites, which is a rise of 4% compared to the same time last year. …

Tags:4k| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 25