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Tablets and Ultrabooks Became ‘30% More Affordable’ in 2014

Tablets and ultrabooks became more affordable in emerging markets last year, says ABI Research. The ASPs of these products fell 7.8% ...

IDC: Mature Market PCs Perform Above Emerging Regions

IDC expects worldwide PC shipments to fall 3.7% this year. While still a decline, the figure represents an improvement from the ...

4D Cinema

The SMPTE educational webcast on October 20th was titled “From 4D Cinema to Haptic Cinematography: Challenges & Issues.” It was presented ...

Toshiba’s Easyguard Protects its Professional Hybrid

Toshiba’s new professional laptop, the Portege Z20T, is a Core-M unit that takes aim at Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 and Dell’s ...

LG Display Reports Third Quarter 2015 Results

LG Display reported today unaudited earnings results based on consolidated K-IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) for the three-month period ending September ...

CEA Implements CES Cap After Record Attendance

Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association, has announced that attendance at future editions of the Consumer Electronics Show will ...

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Panel Maker Targets Rise, Switch From Monitors to TVs

by Tom Allen

All LCD panel makers are increasing their business target for 2015, according to a survey by DisplaySearch, writes analyst Peter Su in a recent blog post (http://tinyurl.com/nzvumy9). Strong demand for LCD TV panels, rising TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Shares - Panels| NPD DisplaySearch| Vol 22 - Issue 03

HP to Sell zSpace 3D Monitor – adds 5K and Curved Models

by Vanessa Browning

HP Zvr 3D Display is based on technology from zSpaceAt the Pepcom Digital Experience event, we got a chance to look at the HP Zvr 3D display. The 23.6″ monitor uses passive 3D technology …

Tags:CES 2015| Desktop Monitors| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Stereo 3D| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Windows 7 Moves Towards End Date

by Tom Allen

The beginning of the end is here for Windows 7, which has moved out of ‘Mainstream Mode’ and into a phase known as ‘Extended Support’. The OS will continue to receive bug fixes and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03| Windows

Quanta December revenues highest in 2014

by Helen Vince

Quanta Computer reported its highest monthly sales for 2014 in December of NT$88.8 billion ($2.8 billion), increasing almost 10% from November but 6% down on December 2013. December’s result brought sales for the fourth …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Quanta| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Quanta Ramping 12″ MacBook Air Production

by Tom Allen

Volume production of a 12″ Macbook Air, which will be launched in Q1’15, has begun at Quanta Computer. The company has also apparently secured orders for the Apple Watch, and intends to hire 30,000 new …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Quanta| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Chilean Satellite Overtook Wired Pay-TV in 2014

by Tom Allen

At the end of Q3’14, Chile had gained almost 200,000 satellite subscribers (up 16.1%), to more than 1.4 million, according to the Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel). Cable and IPTV subscribers rose from 1.26 million to …

Tags:Cable| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Pay TV| Satellite| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Huawei Reports Slower Growth

by Helen Vince

Chinese phone maker, Huawei, reported a slowdown in growth last year as the company begins to increase investment in its smartphone business. Huawei said that it expects its operating profit to be between $5.46 …

Tags:Financial Data| Huawei| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Clear Channel bus shelter

Glasgow Contract Secured by Clear Channel

by Tom Allen

Clear Channel has been awarded a five-year street furniture contract by Glasgow City Council. Clear Channel has taken on the advertising space in 600 bus shelters, all of which are to be fitted with …

Tags:ClearChannel| Large Display Monitor| NFC| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Ken Goldberg DSF

DSF Makes Board Appointments

by Helen Vince

The Digital Signage Federation in the US has named the CEO of Real Digital Media, Ken Goldberg, as its new chair of the board of directors. Richard Ventura, vice president of business development and …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 04

New Audience Measurements Developed by Media Owners

by Tom Allen

Some of the largest names in outdoor media in Europe – APG|SGA, Clear Channel, Exterion and JCDecaux – are working together to develop a standardised approach to DOOH audience measurement. A working group from …

Tags:ClearChannel| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Clear Channel Daktronics billboard in Times Square

Daktronics LED video for Broadway billboard

by Tom Allen

Clear Channel Spectacolor has installed a new LED video board, from Daktronics, in Times Square, New York. The site, at 1500 Broadway, hosts a two-sided billboard; Revlon has taken over the billboard and named it …

Tags:Daktronics| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Jeff Smith Planar

Planar Systems Promotes US Sales Director

by Helen Vince

Planar Systems has promoted Jeff Smith to director of sales for the central US region. Smith has over 30 years of experience in the ProAV industry.  

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Planar| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 04