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France: Cable Climbing at Expense of DTH

by Tom Allen

Audience measurement company Mediamétrie says that around 75% of the French population (43.7 million people) now take satellite, cable or IPTV services. DTH reception has declined since 2012 to about 15.2 million, while cable …

Digital Rises in Hungary

by Tom Allen

Hungarian regulator NMHH has said that 73% of pay TV homes in the country are now taking digital services. There were almost 3.3 million Hungarian pay TV subscribers as of May. Of these around …

Tags:Hungary| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Consumer TVs Affect Public Display Market

by Tom Allen

The global digital signage and professional display market is growing at a CAGR of 8.3%, says IHS: from 4.4 million units in 2015 to a projected 7.7 million in 2020. In Q1’16, public display …

Tags:Digital Signage| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Exertis Takes AVer

by Tom Allen

Exertis is now distributing video conferencing systems from AVer in the UK.

Apple’s OLED Capacity Will Take Half of G6 Equipment Orders

by Tom Allen

UBI Research has predicted that Apple’s rumoured adoption of OLED technology in the next iPhone will lead to $13 billion of production equipment orders by 2020. The firm estimates that Apple’s orders will take …

ViewSonic Chooses Android Player

by Tom Allen

ViewSonic’s newest 65″ display, the CDE6502, is a digital signage screen with a high contrast ratio, hard coating and bundled media player. The vController software, which is pre-installed, can be used for remote management …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| ViewSonic| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Barco Supports Hyundai’s 360° Projection

by Tom Allen

Hyundai has installed a 20m x 40m dome structure in King’s Cross, London to bring football fans to ‘the heart of each match’. The FanDome is a 360° experience, created to host 40,000 guests …

Mutlitaction Reaches Houses of Parliament

by Tom Allen

A Multitaction iWall was installed at the Houses of Parliament in the UK, to support a week-long exhibition held by the British Lung Foundation. The exhibition began on the 4th July and used the …

Rumour: Google Developing Own-Brand Watches

by Tom Allen

The watches will apparently look similar to Motorola’s Moto360Android Police says that Google is producing its own smartwatches, potentially under the Nexus brand, with its own digital assistant built in. One larger model (codenamed …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Hannstar Only Panel Maker Showing Annual Rise

by Tom Allen

June revenue figures have now been released by several of Taiwan’s panel makers. AUO was up 2.6% MoM but fell 10.1% YoY, to NT$27.5 billion ($853.8 million). Consolidated revenues for Q2 reached NT$80.1 billion …

Mediatek Climbs 50% in June

by Tom Allen

Mediatek’s revenues rose 49.7% YoY in June, to NT$24.9 billion ($773.1 million) – the highest monthly level since the firm was first listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 2001. For Q2 overall, the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Augmented Reality is About to go Mainstream

by Tom Allen

If you’ve watched sports on TV, you’ll have seen examples of augmented reality – the practice of placing virtual elements into the real world – when commentators highlight plays with graphics on the field. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Game Playing| Nintendo| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 28