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Fast Growth in PayTV is ‘Mostly Over’ for Eastern Europe

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV revenues in Eastern Europe will rise 9.9% between 2015 and 2021, to almost $6 billion – despite subscribers climbing by less than 1 million. The report comes from Digital TV Research, which adds …

Tags:Cable| Europe| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Satellite| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Christie Lights Up Chinese City

by Tom Allen

A new heritage park in China is using five Christie DWU555-GS laser projectors to provide a backdrop for one of its exhibits. A 130m² sand table model shows a 1:800 scale model of Luoyang …

Tags:Back Panel| China| Christie| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13

PTC Unlocks Vuforia for Microsoft

by Tom Allen

PTC has said that its Vuforia augmented reality platform – the standard AR tool for app developers – will support Microsoft’s Hololens. The capability was demonstrated at Build 2016 last week. Vuforia adds the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 13

$5 Billion Expansion Planned for New York Airports

by Tom Allen

A rendering of the new LaGuardia airport. Image: PTE.The board of commissioners for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) has approved funding for improvements to LaGuardia and Newark Liberty International …

Tags:Aviation| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 13

French IPTV Consumption Rising

by Tom Allen

A study by Médiamétrie has shown that around 3 million viewers in France aged 15+ now watch live or catch-up IPTV on a PC, tablet or smartphone every day. This is 200,000 more than …

Tags:France| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Full Projector Support with BenQ’s Integrator’s Choice

by Tom Allen

Two new professional AV installation projectors, the SU931 and SX930, are now part of BenQ’s recent S-Series. They are part of the company’s Integrator’s Choice programme, which provides the products as well as education, …

Tags:BenQ| DLP Projectors| Installation Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Pro AV| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Analyst: Sharp OLEDs by 2020

by Tom Allen

Yasuo Nakane, an analyst at Japan’s Mizuho Securities, has said that 2020 would be “a realistic timeline” for the newly-merged Foxconn-Sharp to begin producing OLED displays. Sharp has previously researched OLEDs but has concentrated …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| IGZO| LTPS TFT| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| sharp| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 13

LCD Price Fixing Claims Ongoing

by Tom Allen

Reports of LCD price fixing between 1996 and 2006 were first covered by us in late 2006 (Display Monitor Vol 13 No 50), and while most legislation has been finalised, some is still ongoing. …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Legislation| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| toshiba| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 13

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 13

by Tom Allen

Dell and HP have become the latest companies to build machines that are specifically certified as VR-ready, for the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. The Dell Precision workstations will have a set of minimum …

Tags:Dell| HP Inc| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Nvidia| Panasonic| Rugged Displays| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 13| Workstations

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Fujitsu Prepares for Fujitsu Forum

by Tom Allen

Fujitsu’s annual Fujitsu Forum will be held on the 19th and 20th May this year, at the Tokyo International Forum in Japan. The theme this year will be ‘Human Centric Innovation: Driving Digital Transformation’. …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Fujitsu| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Samsung’s Foldable Phone Coming in 2017

by Tom Allen

ET News claims that Samsung will release a foldable smartphone next year. The device will act as a 5″ phone when closed, and a 7″ tablet when unfolded.

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 13

E Ink Enters Retail Partnership

by Tom Allen

Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) and E Ink have announced a strategic partnership to co-develop and market products using ePaper. DNP will use its Japanese sales network, developing products aimed at sectors of the retail, …

Tags:Digital Signage| E Ink| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NFC| Vol 23 - Issue 13