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Airport Media Chooses Broadsign

by Tom Allen

Airport Media has chosen Broadsign’s software to power its DOOH displays at London Gatwick and London Luton airports in the UK. These comprise a mixture of small- and large-format LCD and LED screens. Broadsign’s …

Tags:Broadsign| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Samsung Designs for Home and Office

by Tom Allen

The new SF350 monitor series from Samsung is designed for workers – especially those working from home. According to the firm, monitors used in the home have two functions: they must display content well, …

Tags:business| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Facebook Takes on VR ‘Experts’

by Tom Allen

Facebook has hired a team of VR ‘experts’ in London, according to The Telegraph. The recruitment creates Facebook’s first European base for its Oculus division. Mike LeBeau leads the UK team. He is a …

Tags:| Mobile Display Monitor| Recruitment & Appointments| UK (United Kingdom)| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Nokia Begins Layoffs at Home

by Tom Allen

Nokia has confirmed that it is cutting more than 1,000 jobs in its home country of Finland. The reduction will affect all business units, excluding Nokia Technologies. The majority will take place during the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Nordics| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Content Creation Must Change with Consumption

by Tom Allen

There is a special guest at the DTG Summit every year, and in 2016 that was Nathalie Nahai, the ‘web psychologist’. Although not directly involved in the media, she used her experience to speak …

Tags:Content Creation| DTG Summit 2016| Large Display Monitor| | Vol 23 - Issue 20| YouTube

Fragmentation and Standardisation Challenge Media Industry

by Tom Allen

The first panel of the day was titled ‘Threats to the UK media and tech industry’. It was chaired by MD of Decipher Nigel Walley. Panelists were Channel 4 CTO Orpheus Warr; media consultant …

Tags:Broadcast| DTG Summit 2016| EBU| Large Display Monitor| SES| Standards| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Clearink and Jinfu’s JV Brings ePaper to New Places

by Tom Allen

Clearink Displays and Suzhou Jinfu have established a joint venture in Shanghai, to commercialise Clearink’s reflective display technology. It will be used for ePaper applications in China. The joint venture will address both established …

Tags:China| Inks| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Everything Tends Towards Order – Except Broadcast

by Tom Allen

In early May we visited the annual Digital Television Group (DTG) Summit in London, which brings together stakeholders to discuss the UK TV industry. Now in its 10th year, the event was once again …

Tags:DTG| DTG Summit 2016| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Project Ara is Coming This Year

by Tom Allen

Google has announced that its Project Ara modular phone will become a reality this year. Developers will be able to buy a phone with six module slots in the autumn, with a consumer model …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 20

White Paper Looks at Signage in the Classroom

by Tom Allen

Mvix has released a whitepaper examining the use of digital signage in US education; specifically the ‘Kindergarten-to-12-year-old’, or K-12, segment. The paper looks at the student-teacher dynamic and how technology can aid it, especially …

Tags:Digital Signage| Education| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 20

SID: Colour E Ink, Flexible AMOLEDs, New QDs – and More!

by Tom Allen

SID 2016 is ongoing at the time of writing, and we will have a full report for you in the coming weeks. For now, we have summarised some of the key announcements from the …

Tags:AMOLED| Canatu| Colour (Color)| E Ink| Electrochromic Displays| ePaper| Flexible Displays| ITO Replacement| Large Display Monitor| LCD Modules| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanosys| Quantum Dots| ROHS| Samsung Display| sharp| SID Display Week 2016| UDC| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Samsung Flirts With IPTV

by Tom Allen

Bloomberg reports that Samsung is seeking to enter the online TV world, in an attempt to compete with traditional broadcasters. People familiar with the matter said that Samsung has asked media companies how much …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 20