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Toyota Project to be Shown at DSS

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The Digital Signage Summit Europe will include a presentation from Google showing the Toyota project. 3,000 showrooms were equipped with 42″ displays using Google Chrome, a total of 10,000 screens. (Toyota Rolls Out Chrome …

Tags:Automotive| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Roku Sees Increased US TV Viewing

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Streaming technology company, Roku, released data compiled for them by consultants Macro ahead of National Streaming Day (20th May). When deciding what to watch, US viewers trusted the opinions of their friends or those …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Roku| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 19

German Analogue Switch Off by Unitymedia

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Cable operator Unitymedia of Germany is switching off the last of its analogue signals. Currently 650,000 households in Baden-Württemberg, Hessen and Nordrhein-Westfalen are still analogue, but the three states are all going digital during …

Tags:Cable| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 19

DTG Forum Topic Will Be IP

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The DTG Forum, to be hosted by Nokia, will be examining the move to IP in the TV and media industry, covering consumer experience, delivering OTT at scale, and business and technical challenges. Among …

Tags:Back Panel| DTG| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| V-Nova| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Isle of Wight Festival to be Broadcast in UltraHD

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Sky Arts in the UK is to broadcast UltraHD content from the Isle of Wight Festival, claiming that this will be the first major UK music festival in this format. Viewers with the Sky …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Dutch DTH Platform Joyne Arrives in July

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The Netherlands is due to get a new DTH satellite platform in July. Joyne will compete with M7’s Canal Digitaal and can be received on all current satellite receivers with a CI slot. Reports …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 19

By 2021, SVOD Will Overtake Pay-TV

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Pay TV users in W Europe and N America will be outnumbered by Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) subscribers by 2021, according to Ampere Analysis, as reported by Digital TV Europe, after a talk …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 19

French Library Uses Digital Projection

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The Alexis de Toqueville library in Caen was opened earlier this year. Shaped like a St. Andrew’s cross, it has an area of 11,700m², 5,800m² of which is open to the public. Caen-based Auvisys …

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Projection Inc (DPI)| Large Display Monitor| Pro AV| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Bang & Olufsen Increases Sales With AR

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Bang & Olufsen is using an augmented reality app called BeoHome Design to enable customers to see how products would fit and look in their home. 650 stores worldwide can now use the app …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Bang & Olufsen (B&O)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 19

German Museums Have Joint Interactive Exhibits

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The Leibnitz Association has eight research museums in Germany. Thanks to interactive technology, all eight can be involved in a joint simultaneous exhibition. The museums will each be showing individual objects, but the exhibition …

Tags:DOOH| Eyevis| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Asustek Moves Away From Consumer Desktop PCs

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Asustek will produce fewer desktop PCs in future, instead concentrating on the enterprise sector in China and Taiwan and all-in-one PCs, according to Digitimes. A decline in the PC market has seen global sales …

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Technicolor Licenses Frog by Wyplay

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Technicolor has been integrating Wyplay’s pay-TV STB middleware into its offerings for operators in France, Poland and Spain for some time. Now the company has become a Frog by Wyplay licensee and will be …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Software| Technicolor| Vol 24 - Issue 19