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Wortmann Converts 1090 Into Professional Tablet

by Tom Allen

Wortmann AG has expanded its Terra Pad range of tablets with a rugged professional model called the Terra Pad 1090 Industry W8.1 Pro. Featuring hot-swappable batteries and modular options, such as a barcode reader, …

Tags:Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 21| Wortmann (Terra)

“No Sacred Cows” in Glass Redesign

by Tom Allen

Tony Fadell, head of Google’s Google Glass project, has said that the company is still planning a consumer version – but it may not look like the original concept. Fadell told the Google Zeitgeist …

Tags:Google| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

Google Looks to China for Nexus Partner

by Tom Allen

A Taiwanese supply chain source has said that several vendors are seeking to become the next partner for Google’s Nexus smartphone lines. These include Lenovo, Xiaomi, Huawei and LG. The source said that, as …

Tags:China| Google| Huawei| Lenovo| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 21| Xiaomi

Component Order Reduction Rumoured for HTC

by Tom Allen

Lower-than-expected sales of the HTC One M9 could cause HTC to reduce component orders for the product by as much as 30%, say sources in Taiwan.

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 21

NHK Compresses 8k to 85Mbps

by Tom Allen

NHK will show its latest developments in Super Hi-Vision (8k) transmission at its Science & Technology Research Labs open days (28th – 31st May). Content will be sent to the location of the event …

Tags:4k| HEVC (H.265)| Japan| Large Display Monitor| NHK| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 21

Vodafone Enjoys Successful TV Year

by Tom Allen

Vodafone has announced that it ended its financial year (31st March) with 9.1 million TV customers in Europe. The TV service will arrive in the UK later this year.

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vodafone| Vol 22 - Issue 21

APAC Will Dominate DTV Rise to 2020

by Tom Allen

More than 1 billion digital TV homes will be added globally between 2010 and 2020, says Digital TV Research. The total will rise by 180% to 1.65 billion at the end of the forecast …

Tags:DTV| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 22 - Issue 21| Worldwide

SES to Carry First FTA UltraHD Channel

by Tom Allen

SES will broadcast Europe’s first free-to-air UltraHD channel, Pearl.tv, when it goes live in September. Pearl.tv is a shopping channel that will be broadcast in Germany.

Tags:4k| Europe| Large Display Monitor| SES| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 21

DailyDOOH Summit Roundup

by Tom Allen

Ayuda Media Systems‘ CEO Andreas Soupliotis (“The only man ever to return a Tesla because he didn’t like the UI”, said Cotterill) spoke in great detail about programmatic buying – but it was very …

Tags:Advertising| DOOH| Events| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

How to Market DOOH

by Tom Allen

After spending seven years at Google and just over a year at ITV, Sarah Speake joined Clear Channel this year as the company’s chief marketing officer. She was discussing marketing (of course!) for the …

Tags:ClearChannel| DOOH| Events| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

Gatwick Moves With the Market

by Tom Allen

Spencer Sheen, head of retail at Gatwick, discussed the changes that have been put in place since the airport came under new management in 2009. Gatwick is now the world’s busiest single-runway airport, with …

Tags:Aviation| DOOH| Events| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

JCDecaux Prepares for Smart Cities

by Tom Allen

Smart cities are a big topic in the DOOH industry, but no-one is very clear on the meaning of the phrase. Albert Asséraf of JCDecaux noted that there are more than 220 million search …

Tags:DOOH| Events| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21