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Frankfurt Claims Largest Airport Screen

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A 100m² (5.5m x 18.3m) LED screen has been installed at Frankfurt Airport in Germany – making it the largest digital airport advertising space in Europe. We heard (via our friends at Invidis) that …

Tags:Aviation| DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Hastings: Broadcast TV Dead in 16 Years

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“Broadcast TV will probably last until 2030”, was the bold claim by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings during a recent speech in Mexico City. Hastings has been predicting the death of linear TV (and its …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 21 - Issue 47

MTS Readies for UltraHD

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Russian satellite provider MTS will be ready to offer UltraHD services to its subscribers once reception equipment becomes available. MTS executives did not tell Russian media when, where or on what equipment the format …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Russia| Satellite| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 49

MTS is Ambitious With DTH

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Russia’s MTS will launch its own satellite TV platform this year. According to Kommersant, the service will cover 95% of Russia and offer 160 channels, of which 30 will be HD. It will cost …

Tags:Large Display Monitor

Minneapolis Convention Centre Chooses Nanolumens

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Nanolumens has supplied two large-scale LED displays to the Minneapolis Convention Centre. Both are part of the Nanocurve product line, installed in the new visitor information centre in the Centre’s main corridor. The displays …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Nanolumens and Partnertech Expand to Canada

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Nanolumens has expanded its operations with Partnertech to manufacture large-format LED displays for distribution in Canada.

Tags:Distributors| Large Display Monitor| LED| North America| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Metropolis Visits The Big Smoke With Broadsign

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Metropolis Digital Media has chosen to use Broadsign’s cloud-based software platform in a new screen deployment on top of black cabs in London next year. 500 screens (the Evolution 2 TXi Media Pod) will …

Tags:Broadsign| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Use 3D or Touch With Boxlight

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The Projectowrite10 (P10) WX35NXT is Boxlight’s newest wall-mounted UST DLP projector. It is interactive, with pen- and finger touch enabled through the use of an IR module above the displayed image. When not used …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Short Throw| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Valens in Top 5 EMEA Tech Companies

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Deloitte has named Valens, developer of HDBaseT, as the fourth fastest-growing technology company in EMEA. Deloitte’s rankings are based on revenue growth in the past five years; Valens grew 33,244% between 2009 and 2013.

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| HDBaseT| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48

ViewSonic Supplies Touch and Non-Touch Signage

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Two new interactive LCD displays and a new totem display have been introduced by ViewSonic USA. Both wall-mounted models – the 42″ CDP4260-TL and 55″ CDP5560-TL – feature six-point touch and OPS slots. They …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| OPS| Totem Displays| ViewSonic| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Visionect Addresses EPD Signage Technology

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A company called Visionect, based in Slovenia, is working to bring electrophoretic display (EPD e.g. E Ink) signage to the mainstream market. The company has developed new hardware and software that enables custom signage …

Tags:Digital Signage| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Europe| Large Display Monitor

Vodafone Mulling Liberty Global Acquisition

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There have been unconfirmed reports that Vodafone is considering making an offer to acquire Liberty Global and Tesco’s loss-making online video business, Blinkbox. Reuters said that Vodafone is reviewing potential acquisitions in order to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Mergers & Acquisitions| OTT Video| VOD| Vodafone| Vol 21 - Issue 48