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ISE Promises Projection, Signage and More

by Tom Allen

Avolites (8.K300) will show its new V8 software, running on its own Ai media servers. The software includes a new autoblend feature for projectors and a surface modelling page for the creation of editable 3D …

Tags:Christie| Digital Signage| DLP Projectors| HDMI| Hitachi| ISE 2015| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| LFD - Large Format Display| Media Players| Optoma| Video Walls| Vol 22 - Issue 05

DBCI Results Vary Across Europe

by Tom Allen

Mediterranean countries were added to OVAB Europe’s Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) last year. Three of these were Italy, Spain and Portugal (the latter two measured together). Italy’s business sentiment was volatile last …

Tags:Digital Signage| Digital Signage Federation Europe (was OVAB)| DOOH| France| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Poland| Portugal| Russia| Spain| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Asus Aims for Seven-Day Battery

by Tom Allen

Asus chairman Johnny Shih has said that the next iteration of the company’s smartwatch, the Zenwatch, could see a battery life lasting up to seven days. Shih said that Asus considers the chips in …

Tags:Asus| Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 05

30%+ CAGR Predicted for Holographic Displays

by Tom Allen

Marketsandmarkets has posted a new report (http://tinyurl.com/mf385gy) into the holographic display market. Analysing the market by technology, product, application and geography, it is estimated that the industry will be worth almost $3.6 billion by …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

DTG Begins HDMI Testing

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital Television Group’s Testing arm (DTG Testing) is launching an HDMI interoperability testing service. The unit said that that ‘many’ of its customers have found that HDMI compliance and certification does not guarantee that …

Tags:DTG| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Wuaki.TV eyes European expansion

by Tom Allen

Spain’s Wuaki.tv plans to expand its service to The Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Austria and Sweden this year.    

Tags:Austria| Belgium| Ireland| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netherlands| Nordics| Portugal| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Manz Pessimistic About OLEDs

by Tom Allen

Aixtron and Manz signed a strategic cooperation agreement early last year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 2), to develop a G8 system based on Aixtron’s OVPD technology. However, in a recent press release Manz …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Manufacturing| OLED Fabs| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Russia Completes DVB-T2 transition

by Tom Allen

Russia’s Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRS) has completed its DVB-T2 transition, which it began in March 2012. RTRS added that the main DTT multiplex it runs reaches 85.3% of Russia’s population (121.8 million people), …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Large Display Monitor| Russia| Vol 22 - Issue 05

UltraHD Climbing Rapidly in Korea

by Tom Allen

UltraHD TVs represented more than 50% of 55″+ TV sales at the end of Q4’14 in Korea, said domestic retailer Lotte Hi-Mart, speaking to ET News. A Korean channel source forecast that the share would rise …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Market Shares - Panels| Retail| Retailers| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Weak January Affects Mobile Panels

by Tom Allen

Data from DisplaySearch shows that 4″-5″ smartphone panel prices fell between 1% and 2% in January. The first month of the year is typically a weak one, and the demand for smartphones is not …

Tags:IHS DisplaySearch| Market Shares - Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Fujitsu Helps Put Digital First in Britain’s Schools and Colleges

by Tom Allen

While Fujitsu had no new devices, the company was talking about its Education Ambassador Programme, which is being developed with Intel and focuses on getting technology into education. Education institutions across the UK are part …

Tags:BETT 2015| Education| Fujitsu| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Hisense Follows Through With Schalke Partnership

by Tom Allen

Hisense is supplying 120 of its 42″ K680 UltraHD TVs to be installed in the promenade area of Hannover stadium. 40 additional TVs are located in other areas of the stadium. The move is …

Tags:DOOH| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05