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France Begins DTT Information Campaign

by Tom Allen

France’s Agence Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR) has launched an information campaign on the country’s upcoming digital transition. DTT services will be moved from MPEG-2/MPEG-4 AVC to purely MPEG-4 AVC. The transition will take place …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| MPEG 2| MPEG4 (H.264 AVC)| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Fujitsu Wants “More Focused” Distribution

by Tom Allen

Fujitsu’s new UK sales director has said that the company needs to be “more focused” with its distribution strategy. Kevin Matthews said that Fujitsu currently has five distributors in the UK (Ingram Micro, Tech …

Tags:Fujitsu| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Japanese PC Maker Places Mass Order With UniPixel

by Tom Allen

A ‘leading PC manufacturer’ from Japan has placed an initial mass production order with UniPixel, for the company’s XTouch touchscreen sensors. The sensors will be used in a 10″ tablet. Initial delivery is expected …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Sensors| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Apple Looks For Second Watch Builder

by Tom Allen

Apple Daily, a Chinese source, says that Apple is seeking a second OEM to assemble the second-generation Apple Watch. The company is apparently talking to Foxconn, Inventec and Wistron, who would join current manufacturer …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Userful Helps With Video Wall Set Up

by Tom Allen

Userful has posted a video about video walls management. As well as the initial set up, the video explores management, control, video over IP, digital signage and more – using Userful’s drag-and-drop browser-based GUI. …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Video over IP (VIP)| Video Walls| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Roku Takes on Exertis

by Tom Allen

Roku has appointed Exertis Banque Magnétique as its distributor in France.

Tags:Exertis| France| Large Display Monitor| Roku| Vol 22 - Issue 47

LG to Compete With Apple Pay

by Tom Allen

Left-to-right: Wi Sung-ho, CEO of Shinhan Card; Juno Cho, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Company and Kim Duk-soo, CEO of KB Kookmin CardLG has launched its own mobile payment service, to compete …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Payment Systems| Vol 22 - Issue 47

LG Display Plans OLED Investment

by Tom Allen

Korea’s Digital Times says that LG Display plans to invest $4.2 billion in new OLED facilities, to meet expected market demand from 2017 onwards. The new ‘P10’ fab will be located in Paju, South …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Augmented Reality Will Outgrow VR

by Tom Allen

Nintendo’s proposed ‘Pokémon Go’ game is a perfect example of mobile AR. ABI Research has forecast that augmented reality will prove to be a larger market than virtual reality in time. The firm projects …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 47

UltraHD Will Come Post-Launch for SkyQ

by Tom Allen

We have more specifications of the upcoming SkyQ Silver box from Sky (SkyQ Will be Sky’s First UltraHD STB). This is the premium version of the STB. It will feature HDMI-out (x2), HDMI-in, USB …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Sky| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Roku Adds New Content Sources

by Tom Allen

Roku has secured new UltraHD content for its Roku 4 box (Roku Goes 4k With Fourth Gen), from several sources. These include Smithsonian Earth (also on Apple TV, but only in UltraHD on Roku); …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Movies & Content| Roku| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Tablets Stabilise in Western Europe

by Tom Allen

8.7 million tablets were shipped to Western European countries in Q3’15, which was down just 1% from last year, says IDC. The firm believes this to be a ‘clear sign’ of stabilisation in the …

Tags:Europe| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 47