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Amscreen Wins Digital Phone Box Contract

by Bob Raikes

Amscreen of the UK said that it will be supplying the digital phone boxes for a new roll out by Clear Channel UK under the name of Adshel Live. Amscreen said that it has …

Tags:Amscreen| ClearChannel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Recruitment & Appointments| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Epistar to Increase LED Capacity by 300%

by Bob Raikes

Taiwan sources say that LED maker, Epistar of Taiwan, is to increase its capacity for CSP (chip scale package) LEDs that are used in TV backlights, by 300%. The chips have previously been used …

Tags:Edge Backlights| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Kodi Box Dealer Taken to Court

by Bob Raikes

In the UK, a dealer of a ‘fully loaded Kodi box’ has been accused of selling products that breach copyright laws. Kodi is a development of the XBox Media Centre, which was used to …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 39| xBox

NVidia Recruiting for Apple Support?

by Bob Raikes

Nvidia has posted a number of recruitment adverts that are aimed at finding developers of drivers for the Mac environment, triggering speculation that a tighter relationship between Nvidia and Apple might be on the …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 23 - Issue 39

LED Basketball Court Impresses in Japan

by Bob Raikes

In Japan, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, LEDs have been embedded in the court that can be used to add lighting effects including tracking the movements of players around the pitch. The LEDs are …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Conductive Ink-base Films make Progress

by Bob Raikes

IDTechEx Research has put out the latest version of its forecast for ITO alternatives and has forecast that the market will reach $250 million by 2026. Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh, Research Director, IDTechEx summarised the …

Tags:IdTechEx| ITO Replacement| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Ford Faces Legal Claims over Touch Failure

by Bob Raikes

The issues related to supplying the automotive market have been highlighted by a class action that is being brought in the US against Ford Motor Co that relates to problems that are claimed to …

Tags:Automotive| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Extended Warranties Morph to Protection Contracts

by Bob Raikes

Warranty Week created an article that highlighted that it is ten years since the influential Consumer Reports magazine in the US placed adverts that told consumers that they should not buy service contracts. Although …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 39| warranty

Com Hem Finalises Boxer Purchase

by Bob Raikes

In Sweden, Com Hem (a cable company) has completed its acquisition of the Boxer business which will add 500,000 DTT customers to the Com Hem business. The preliminary purchase consideration of SEK1,631 million ($190 …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Sweden| Vol 23 - Issue 39

FCC Delays STB Vote

by Bob Raikes

The US FCC has delayed the big vote that it was planning on the 29th September on what to do about set top boxes. The FCC has wanted to “open up” the US cable …

Tags:FCC| Large Display Monitor| STBs| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Skylink to Sell Samsung Box

by Bob Raikes

Skylink of the Czech Republic said that it plans to sell an STB developed by Samsung and called the EVO-S from the 8th October at 3,390 CZK / € 124.80 (including VAT). The hybrid …

Tags:Czech Republic| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 39

VR Funding Booms

by Bob Raikes

Another half a billion dollars was invested into virtual and augmented reality startups in the third quarter of this year, with a record $2.3 billion dollars invested in the last 12 months according to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 39