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ZetaDisplay: Intends to Apply for Listing on Nasdaq Stockholm’s Main Market

by Bob Raikes

ZetaDisplay AB intends to apply during 2017 for having its ordinary shares admitted to trading on the main market of Nasdaq Stockholm, according to a board resolution today. ZetaDisplay AB’s ordinary shares are traded …

Tags:Investment| Sweden

NCR Wins Big in US QSR

by Bob Raikes

NCR in the US has won a contract to supply digital signage to company-owned stores in the Bojangles Southern US fast food retailer. It has, so far installed NCR Vitalcast digital signage in around …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| QSRs & Menu Boards| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Dolby Cinema Offers More Titles Into 2017

by Bob Raikes

Dolby Labs highlighted that there are a number of new movies optimised for Dolby Cinema are being released around the holiday and into 2017. The titles include Sony Pictures’ Passengers, due out December 21, …

Tags:Back Panel| Cinema| Dolby| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Schneider Told You So – VR Result was as Expected!

by Bob Raikes

Sometimes data is ‘hiding in plain sight’. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article that commented on the weak result that had been seen for VR hardware over the Black Friday. I’m …

Tags:Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 50

IRT To Hold HbbTV Event in Munich

by Bob Raikes

The Institut für Rundfunktechnik GmbH (Broadcast Technology Institute – IRT) in Munich will be running an “International Intensive Seminar on HbbTV” which will be scheduled for March 21st & 22nd 2017 at its offices …

Christie’s Pandora Box Pops Up

by Bob Raikes

Christie sent out information on uses of the Pandoras Box. One that caught our eye (and shows a Christmas-like scene) is the Hans-Peter Porsche Traumwerk, which has a 400m² alpine model railway set-up (German, …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| Large Display Monitor| Projection Mapping| Vol 23 - Issue 50

LG To Debut Its First Compact Laser Projector Designed For Home Cinema Enthusiasts

by Bob Raikes

At CES® 2017 next month, LG Electronics (LG) will unveil a new laser projector, the “LG ProBeam,” designed to deliver the ideal home cinema viewing experience. The LG ProBeam will go beyond the demands …

Tags:Laser Projectors| LG Electronics (LGE)

Novel Metal Projection Screen in Milan Retailer

by Bob Raikes

Game 7 Athletics in Milan has a new flagship store that uses an area separated by perforated metal sheeting and sliding plexiglass panels to highlight the area where sports shoes are sold. The walls …

Tags:Italy| Large Display Monitor| Projection| Retail| Vol 23 - Issue 50

WordPress Gets Support for Embedded VR Media

by Bob Raikes

Much of the web is driven by sites built on the WordPress CMS platform (26% of the web by some accounts). Now the platform has been updated to allow the support of VR 360º …

Tags:AR/VR| Content Management (CMS)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 50

DTT Problem in Poland

by Bob Raikes

There are reports that there have been problems with DTT broadcast of some channels of public broadcaster TVP in Poland. The national transmission company, Emitel, said that there were problems in 11 of the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Poland| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 23 - Issue 50

EU Cable Will Grow Despite OTT – IHS

by Bob Raikes

IHS released data about the development of the cable industry in the EU and prepared in collaboration with Cable Europe, the European cable trade association. Key findings from the 2015 yearbook include: Gross cable …

Tags:Broadcast| Cable| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50

JCDecaux Combines Sliding LED with Backlit

by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux has installed an unusual display configuration at Changi Airport, Singapore, Terminal 2. A 40m² 4.8mm pitch LED display is designed to slide in front of two 33m² backlit poster displays. The advertising designers …

Tags:DOOH| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 50