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LG Display Develops Rollable Transparent OLED

by Bob Raikes

In Seoul, LG Display showed a 77″ OLED that is both transparent and flexible that it had shown at a National Transparent Flexible Display Project Meeting. The project is developing displays of 60″ and …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| Transparent Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Sharp Adds 70″ to PN-Q Range

by Bob Raikes

Sharp has added two new models in its range of digital signage displays. The PN-Q701 is a 70″ model that will be joined by 60″, 80″ and 90″ versions. The company has also made …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 24

Digisoft.tv Unveils Playmigo for Simple Casting Support

by Bob Raikes

Digisoft.tv in Ireland has said that it has a developed a new platform to allow OTT providers to ‘cast’ their contect to ‘almost any’ connected TV device without needing a special app. Playmigo is …

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

Big Screen Deal for Evoke Creative

by Bob Raikes

Evoke Creative of the UK has won a deal to supply Vue Cinemas with ticketing kiosks. Following a successful trial at the Cribbs Causeway site in Bristol, Evoke is now set to install its …

Tags:Back Panel| Cinema| Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Imagination Technologies Up for Sale

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies, which is in dispute with its biggest client, Apple, has put itself up for sale. (Imagination Hit by Apple Decision). The company said that it had received several expressions of interest in …

Tags:Financial Data| Imagination Tech| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

LGD Picks OLED (Probably!)

by Bob Raikes

LG Display has told Business Korea that the reported plan to split production at the P10 plant in Paju is likely to be changed to mean that only OLEDs will be made there. A …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Vudu App for Apple TV Shown

by Bob Raikes

Vudu has released in a blog post some screen shots of its AppleTV app that is due to launch in the autumn. Vudu already has content (which is free, with ads) that is in …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Eiki Expands with Viondis

by Bob Raikes

Eiki in Germany is starting to sell digital signage and DOOH systems from Viondis of Germany. Viondis supplies touch tables, kiosks and totems and allows Eiki to extend to direct view displays.

Tags:Germany| Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Totem Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Google Glass Updated

by Bob Raikes

Google has surprised a lot of people, including owners (are there still any users?) by updating the Google Glass software for the first time in three years and adding support for bluetooth connectivity which …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Mood Media Updates on Bricks & Mortar

by Bob Raikes

Mood Media has published a global study on ‘The State of Brick & Mortar 2017″, interviewing 11,000 consumers in nine countries (USA, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, UK, Russia, China, Australia). The results suggest that …

Tags:Large Display Monitor

Wearables to See Strong Growth in Middle East & Africa

by Bob Raikes

IDC has released data on market shares of wearables in the Middle East and Africa. Shipments of Q1 were up 30.2% year on year. While shipments of basic wearables (devices that do not support …

Tags:IDC| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23| Wearable Market

Worldwide Wearables Market to Nearly Double by 2021

by Bob Raikes

IDC has forecast that the global Wearables market will hit 125.5 million devices this year, up 20.4% from the 104.3 million units shipped in 2016. From there, the wearables market will nearly double before …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23| Wearable Market