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by Bob Raikes
The first live ATSC 3.0 broadcast of a major professional sporting event – Major League Baseball’s World Series – has taken place in Cleveland. The experimental station is simulcasting network and local programming from …
Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Bob Raikes
As widely rumoured, Microsoft has announced an innovative new Surface Studio “All-in-One” PC which will be available in “limited quantities” for the holiday period, with broader availability in early 2017. The AIO is available …
Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Bob Raikes
Microsoft announced an upgrade to Windows 10, the Creators Update, due to be available in early 2017 at no charge. The company also announced new initiatives in VR, an upgraded Surface Book and a …
Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Convertible PCs| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Bob Raikes
The Korea Herald reported from a display seminar in Korea that Park Won-sang of Samsung Display quoted data from ABI Research that forecasts a growth in smartphone-based VR units from 4 million in 2013 …
Tags:AR/VR| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Bob Raikes
Nova TV of the Czech Republic plans to introduce commercials using HbbTV during the autumn. Analyst Comment HbbTV was designed as a system to allow broadcasters to create connections between broadcast content and OTT …
Tags:HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Bob Raikes
JCDecaux posted a video on its Facebook page that used an interactive vinyl poster with a touch surface that can be used to mix and play content from a DJ, Peking Duk. The promotion …
Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Bob Raikes
Google, not known for hardware, let alone for large displays, surprised us by announcing the Jamboard, a “digital whiteboard” designed for use in collaboration environments. The unit uses a 55″ UltraHD panel and has …
Tags:Google| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Bob Raikes
In 2014, the computer outranked the TV in use among OTT subscribers, but now the TV is the dominant OTT screen, according said Brett Sappington, Senior Director of Research, Parks Associates. “We are clearly …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Bob Raikes
Nearly a fifth of Latin America’s TV households will pay for an SVOD [subscription video on demand] package by 2021, up from 10.9% by end-2016. Mexico (28.3%), Chile (23.9%) and Argentina (23.5%) will have …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Bob Raikes
InContext Solutions, a specialist in virtual reality (VR) solutions for retailers and manufacturers, announced the closing of a $15.2 million funding round, lead by Intel Capital and Beringea. The finance will be used for …
Tags:AR/VR| Intel| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Bob Raikes
Boiler Room, an online broadcast platform for dance music is working with Inception to develop VR-based 360º video of music performances. It will “bring people closer to what it’s like being at a sweaty …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Bob Raikes
BT said that it will roll out in the UK new Link kiosks to provide services including UK landline, and mobile phone calls, mobile device charging and access to maps, directions and local services. …
Tags:BT| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 42
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