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Nanoco and Wah Hong in QD Agreement

by Isaac Oburu

Nanoco Group has signed a seven-year supply and licensing agreement with Wah Hong Industrial Corporation to market cadmium-free quantum dots. The agreement will see Nanoco supplying its cadmium-free quantum dot resin, which Wah Hong …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanoco| Quantum Dots| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 29

New Video Wall Sculpture for Caviar House at Heathrow T5

by Isaac Oburu

A video wall, dubbed ‘Submergence’, has been developed by MVS Audio Visual for the Caviar House and Prunier outlet in Heathrow’s T5. The 7×2 wall uses 55″ LCD displays from LG and Datapath’s x4 …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| UK (United Kingdom)| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Samsung Announces U.S. Availability of the SERIF TV

by Isaac Oburu

Samsung Electronics America, Inc., the leader in home entertainment for over 10 years, today announced that the Samsung SERIF TV is coming to the U.S. this summer. A true collaboration with acclaimed Parisian design …

Tags:Samsung| TV Set Market| TV Viewing

SMI Joins HTC

by Isaac Oburu

SensoMotoric Instruments has unveiled a developer kit for the HTC Vive headset. The head mounted display (HMD) has been modified with the addition of small cameras and IR light sources, to enable eye tracking …

Tags:Broadcast| Gaze Recognition| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 29

German Pay-TV Revenues to Increase this Year

by Isaac Oburu

German commercial broadcasters’ association VPRT has projected that pay-TV and VoD revenues in Europe’s German-speaking countries will pass €3 billion this year. VPRT predicts that revenues will grow by between 8% and 11% this …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Ericsson

UKTV Extends Contract with Ericsson

by Isaac Oburu

UKTV has extended its contract with Ericsson, which covers broadcast channels and media management for on demand services. The broadcast channels includes mini-pay entertainment channel W; free-to-air channels Really, Yesterday and Home; and Gold, …

Tags:Back Panel| Ericsson| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Germany’s Advertising Market Records Growth

by Isaac Oburu

Germany’s overall advertising market was up 5.7% YoY in 2015, according to Nielsen. OOH advertising grew 6%, led by DOOH. OOH advertising represents 16% of the overall German advertising market. Mobile advertising recorded a …

Tags:Digital Signage Data| DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Emirates’ Passengers Enjoy AR Entertainment

by Isaac Oburu

Economy class passengers on Emirates will get augmented reality in their flight package starting from August. Passengers can scan a a QR code using an app from Blippar that can be downloaded and used …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Aviation| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Audi Uses VR in New Showroom

by Isaac Oburu

Audi has opened a new showroom at Munich airport dubbed “myAudi Sphere”. Visitors to the Customer Private Lounge can configure their dream Audi, thanks to a VR application called “Audi Walking VR experience”.

Tags:Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 29

sharp

MediaTek 10-core Chip to be Used in Sharp’s New Smartphone

by Isaac Oburu

Asian sources have reported that Sharp is developing a new smartphone using ing MediaTek’s 10-core Helio X20 chip (MT6797). The new Sharp smartphone, carrying a model number of FS8002, is apparently being designed and …

Tags:Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Fewer Subscribers for Dish in Q2

by Isaac Oburu

DISH Network has recorded a decline of 281,000 net pay TV subscribers in Q2’16, compared to approximately 81,000 in Q2’15. Gross subscribers rose 527,000 in Q2, compared to a rise of approximately 638,000 last …

Tags:Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Christie

Universal Parks & Resorts and Christie sign Corporate Partnership Agreement

by Isaac Oburu

Universal Parks & Resorts has entered into a corporate partnership agreement with Christie®, which will see Christie delivering the latest projection technologies to Universal Parks & Resortsas the Official Projection System Provider. The agreement …

Tags:Christie| Mergers & Acquisitions| Projectors