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DST Releases Future Trends Report

by Tom Allen

Digital Signage Today has released its Future Trends report, which contains results of a survey of more than 1,000 digital signage deployers and hardware, software or service providers. Find it at http://tinyurl.com/nunk92e.

Tags:Digital Signage Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 47

ICDM Works to Revise UltraHD Specifications

by Tom Allen

We were recently alerted to a move by the SID’s International Committee for Display Metrology (ICDM), which we heard is considering revising its Measurement Specifications for UltraHD TVs. The aim behind the move, we …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| SID Society| Standards| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Samsung “Delighted” With Gear VR

by Tom Allen

Samsung has said that its Gear VR headset was sold out ‘hours’ after it was launched in the USA and Europe on the 20th November at its price of $99. Samsung said, “We are …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 47

BIMA Launches Digital Day in VR

by Tom Allen

The British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) held a Digital Day at schools across the UK last week. 10,000 students used Google Cardboard headsets and 360° live streaming technology from Visualise to watch the opening …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Gartner: Endpoint Trends Herald Mobile Workforce

by Tom Allen

Gartner has released several predictions covering ‘endpoint’ technology in a new report (log-in required) (http://tinyurl.com/o79fs8u). The most interesting forecast, for us, is that 30% of businesses will spend more on displays than on PCs …

EC Approves Avago’s Broadcom Buyout

by Tom Allen

The European Commission has approved Avago Technologies’ acquisition of Broadcom (Avago to Buy Broadcom for $37 Billion). The EC’s investigation showed that the company’s portfolios are mainly complementary; Broadcom produces ‘off-the-shelf’ chips for the …

Tags:Avago Technologies| Broadcom| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Lenovo Kills Vibe

by Tom Allen

Chinese sources have said that Lenovo will phase out its Vibe smartphone brand, in favour of replacing it with the Lemon series and Motorola branding, in the China market.

Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 47

SDC to Win Huawei Orders

by Tom Allen

Huawei is said to be looking at placing panel orders with Samsung Display, rather than current supplier Japan Display, according to sources in Asia. The Chinese company is seeking lower-priced panels, to be able …

Tellywood Focuses on Immersive Content

by Tom Allen

2015 hasn’t exactly been a blockbuster film release year but SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) 2015 Symposium attendees are eternally optimistic that tomorrow’s releases will be richer, better and there will …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Technicolor Completes Cisco CPE Acquisition

by Tom Allen

Technicolor has completed its acquisition of Cisco’s customer premises equipment business (this includes the set-top box division), in a cash and stock agreement worth $600 million (Technicolor Acquires Cisco’s CPE Business). The companies have …

Rising Large Panel Area Offsets Falling Units

by Tom Allen

Large-area display shipments will fall 5% YoY in 2015, says IHS – but the news is not all bad. While unit shipments will decline to 682 million units, large-area TFT-LCD shipment area will grow …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Perseus Chosen for Live UltraHD Broadcast

by Tom Allen

Mediapro’s Overon used V-Nova’s Perseus compression codec for an UltraHD broadcast of a football match (‘El Clásico’) between Real Madrid and Barcelona, in Spain, on the 21st November. Live footage was encoded at the …