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LG Display Highlights Next-Generation Displays at SID 2015

LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, will showcase the future of display technology at the 2015 Society for ...

SmallHD Claims Sharpest 5″ Camera Monitor

A camera monitor the size of a smartphone has been introduced by SmallHD. The unit is described as ‘the sharpest 5″ ...

Vo3SS Redesigns Vodafone VoD Service

Vodafone Deutschland has chosen 3 Screen Solutions (3SS) to redesign its Select Video VoD service. 3SS delivered new software to enhance ...

iWedia Teatro-3.0 and iWedia Teatro-3.5 Now Available

iWedia, a company that provides software solutions for TV devices to service operators and consumer electronics manufacturers, has announced during IBC ...

MEA Smartphone Market Booms as 4G LTE Shipments to GCC Grow 400%

GCC shipments of 4G LTE handsets have increased more than four times over the last year and are now close to ...

Avid to Acquire Orad Hi-Tec Systems for $60 Million

AV technology company Avid says it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Israel’s Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd. for an ...

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LG Game Play Patch Arrives

by Bob Raikes

We reported on a problem for LG with its OLED TVs which were seeing complaints from gamers because of input lag. The company said it would issue an upgrade and this has arrived for …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Norxe Shows Projectors

by Yvette Raikes

Norwegian newcomers Norxe (pronounced Norse) was founded in September 2015 by eight former Projectiondesign employees, all with extensive industry experience. Jørn Eriksen owns 50% and is chairman, while Kjell Olsen is CEO. The company …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Norway| Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 48

LG Electronics Now Has Sole CEO

by Yvette Raikes

Jo Seong-jin is now the sole CEO of LG Electronics, overseeing over 120 country organisations. As one of three directors responsible for central decisions, he was previously head of Home Appliances and Air Solutions. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Ebay Uses Face Recognition to Reduce Stress

by Yvette Raikes

Ebay had a two-day pop-up store in Oxford Street, London, comprising four in-store biometric pods with interactive touchscreens. Facial recognition was used to help shoppers to choose gifts. The shoppers were shown product images …

Tags:DOOH| Gaze Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Christie Projectors Upgrade CGR Cinémas

by Yvette Raikes

French cinema chain CGR Cinémas is upgrading projection in auditoria of around 200 seats to Christie Solaria CP42LH laser units (CGR France Chooses Christie Laser). Installation starts this month, and CGR will be the …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Visual Art and Jernhusen Media Widen Agreement

by Yvette Raikes

Visual Art and Jernhusen Media have been working together to provide outdoor advertising in Sweden since 2010 and now plan to increase this cooperation, extending their agreement to 2024. Currently Jernhusen advertises at 40 …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Sweden| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Nokia Brand Back in Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

The Nokia brand will appear on smartphones that will be run by HMD Global, under a deal that will last for ten years. The phones will appear in 2017 in two ranges and the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Windows 10 Close to a Quarter of the Market

by Bob Raikes

The NetMarketshare report from Net Applications said that in November, Windows 10 had 23.72% of the market (up 1.13% on October) but is still a long way behind Windows 7 which has 47.17% of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 23 - Issue 48| Windows

Worldwide Tablet Market to Rebound…

by Bob Raikes

IDC released data for the tablet market both globally and in Europe. Globally, the firm expects tablet shipments to decline by 12% in 2016 to 182.3 million. The market is expected to rebound in …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 48

MediaTek Adds to Deca-core Lineup

by Bob Raikes

Mediatek announced two new ten core application processors, the Helio X23 and Helio X27. There is a boost in general performance of around 20% with operation of the Arm Cortex-A72 cores at 2.6GHz and …

Tags:Chips| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 23 - Issue 48

YouTube Launches 4K Live Streaming

by Yvette Raikes

YouTube already boasts of having the largest online library of 4K videos. It has now launched live streaming of videos, including those which are 360º.

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 48| YouTube

AWS offers NGCodec

by Bob Raikes

Amazon web services (AWS) is working with NGCodec to use the firm’s FPGA-based H.265/HEVC video codec which can support high performance encoding of UltraHD with low latency for AR and VR applications. By running …

Tags:AR/VR| Codecs| FPGAs| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 48