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UK Retailers Suffer in April

by Tom Allen

Ipsos says that retail performance in the UK was challenging in April; both footfall and the number of stores with conversion rate gains fell compared to last year. Ipsos’ Retail Traffic Index (RTI) showed …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail Data| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 18

Digital TV Up in Hungary

by Tom Allen

Hungarian regulator NMHH has said that digital TV is growing quickly in the country. In March, 72.5% of pay-TV subscribers were using digital services. Cable and IPTV customers stood at 2.2 million, or which …

DisplayLink Now Works With Chrome

by Tom Allen

DisplayLink’s USB docking stations and adapters now work with Google’s Chrome OS (Release 51 and onwards). No driver is required. This means that an external DisplayLink-compatible display or adaptor/docking station with single or multple …

Orbotech: OLED Penetration is Rising

by Tom Allen

Orbotech has received new optical system orders for two OLED fabs in two different countries, it announced during a quarterly finance results call. The company has also delivered a system to a third fab …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 18

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 18

by Tom Allen

DisplayLite will show a new 55″ UltraHD procap touch table at the NEC Showcase 2016 (18th – 19th May, London). It will be based on an NEC display. Touch screen specialist Distec can now …

Nokia Begins Job Cuts

by Tom Allen

Nokia has already begun downsizing in Germany (Job Cuts Rumoured at Nokia). 1,400 jobs are planned to be eliminated by 2018, according to CRN, and 1,022 employees will be let go this year. Most …

Tags:Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 18

RTP Promises Euro 2016 in 4k

by Tom Allen

Portuguese broadcaster RTP has announced that it will launch an UltraHD channel this year, in preparation for the Euro 2016 football tournament. Eight matches will be shown live, including the opening and closing games …

IDTechEx Show Roundup

by Tom Allen

DuPont Teijin Films makes the organic films behind the flexible displays from, for instance, FlexEnable. Currently these require conventional (rigid) transistors, as DuPont’s are not ‘smart’ enough to do more than a very basic …

OLED Lighting is a Growth Market

by Tom Allen

Marek Ramsi is with LG Display’s lighting division, and discussed OLEDs for lighting. He began by showing a video from LG’s stand at the recent Light & Building conference in Frankfurt, where the firm …

Bath Chooses Sony for Reliability

by Tom Allen

Sony’s 3LCD laser projectors were chosen by the University of Bath for installation in lecture halls, and Sony has published a video case study of the work (http://tinyurl.com/hycl99o). An efficient and low-maintenance solution, which …

SMI Adds Eye Tracking to Consumer VR

by Tom Allen

SensoMotoric Instruments has launched a developer kit for the Samsung Gear VR, with its eye tracking technology integrated. ‘Unobtrusive’ eye tracking cameras have been added to the device, and the phone (used as the …

Tags:Eyewear| Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Public Displays Will Rebound in 2016

by Tom Allen

IHS expects public display shipments to rebound this year, with recovering regional economies and a rising number of large projects. Unit shipments will grow 9.3% YoY to around 3 million units, and revenues will …

Tags:Digital Signage| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 17