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Laser Lands in Imax

by Tom Allen

The first Imax laser projectors will reach the UK at the end of the summer, along with a new 12-channel surround sound system. The Empire, in London’s Leicester Square, will be the first theatre …

TiVo Looks to Failed Aereo for Inspiration

by Tom Allen

TiVo CEO Tom Rogers has said (at the Internet and TV Expo) that the company is developing an OTA service based on the Aereo (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 16) model – but “done …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Tivo| Vol 22 - Issue 20

France: 700MHz Allocation Will Begin in July

by Tom Allen

French regulator ARCEP has confirmed that the process to allocate licences in the 700MHz band to mobile telcos will begin in July. Legislation has still not been approved to migrate DTT services out of …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Jump From the Mountains – in NYC

by Tom Allen

North Face is challenging customers to go on a high-octane adventure – in-store. The retailer is testing the use of virtual reality headsets to transport people visiting its NYC store to a remote hiking …

Fraunhofer Coatings Enable Full-Laser Backlights

by Tom Allen

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP) will show a coating that enables laser backlighting for holographic displays at SID 2015 (stand 222). SeeReal Technologies in Dresden joined Fraunhofer …

Samsung Delays Smartwatch on Apple Hype

by Tom Allen

SamMobile claims that Samsung is delaying a new smartwatch until the hype surrounding the Apple Watch has died down. According to the website, the watch is likely to be launched in September (probably at …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Android M and UltraHD Define Leaked Note 5

by Tom Allen

Specs of the Galaxy Note 5 and Note Edge 2 (codenamed ‘Project Noble’ and ‘Project Zen’, respectively) have apparently been leaked. The Note 5 is said to have a 5.7″ display, described as ‘2k …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| phablets| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Portability is Vivitek Focus

by Tom Allen

Vivitek’s new DLP projectors (DX813 and DX814) are bright, portable models. They weigh just over 3kg and measure 314 x 216 x 126mm, with a top-loading lamp (240W). Both have power-saving options such as …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vivitek| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Rumour: Apple Looking at Silver Nanowires

by Tom Allen

Korea’s ET News claims that Apple is looking into silver nanowire technology for the touch panels on the (long-rumoured) 12.9″ iPad. By exchanging an ITO-based clear film for silver nanowires, Apple intends to raise …

Top Pay-TV Providers End Subscriber Losses

by Tom Allen

Informitiv’s Multiscreen Index shows that the top 10 pay-TV providers in the USA gained a total of 54,800 digital subscribers in Q1. Six of the services reported a net increase: Verizon (up 90,000); AT&T …

OTT STBs Overtake IPTV – But Not For Long

by Tom Allen

Retail shipments of OTT set-top boxes (STBs) will overtake IPTV STB shipments from pay-TV operators this year, says IHS. 31 million retail OTT units will be shipped in 2015, compared to 30 million IPTV …

Android Passes Half of Mobile Web Traffic

by Tom Allen

NetMarketShare is a company tracking usage of more than 40,000 websites worldwide. Recently – July 2014 – Android finally passed iOS in terms of web traffic. Since that time, the OS has built up …