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David Haye Makes History With VR Boxing Match

David Haye, the British boxer, has had his comeback fight shown in virtual reality. The match, against Australia’s Mark De Mori, ...

NEC adds two 55-inch displays with S-IPS panels to its video wall solutions line-up

NEC Display Solutions Europe has added two large format videowall displays, the NEC MultiSync® X555UNS and the NEC MultiSync® X555UNV, to ...

GSMA Reports Record Attendance for Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016

The GSMA today reported that more than 53,000 unique visitors from 104 countries and territories attended the 2016 GSMA Mobile World ...

John Lewis’ EHT Sales Dip 3.2%

John Lewis reported “a solid performance” in the last week of October, though sales in the electrical and home technology sector ...

Harman Shareholders Try to Stop Sale to Samsung

Major Harman shareholders have filed a class action lawsuit to try and block the sale of the company to Samsung. The ...

SES Increases UHD Transmission in the US, Germany & Switzerland

SES is to broadcast The Country Network (TCN), a country music channel, in UltraHD in North America. Three satellites will be ...

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Jackson Updates on Sharp Plans for ISE

by Bob Raikes

Invidis has interviewed Birgit Jackson of Sharp Visual Solutions (Sharp Creates Commercial Director Role) who said that she would like to broaden the portfolio of products offered by the company in the LFD space. …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Videor Now Distributing Vestel Digital Signage in DACH

by Andrew Fenn

As of September 2017, Videor is authorised to distribute the entire Vestel range of digital signage products in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Vestel’s product range includes professional displays, LED and LCD video walls, totems, …

Tags:Austria| Distribution| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| Vestel| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Ströer Continues to Grow Despite Challenging Year for DOOH

by Andrew Fenn

Times are hard for the Digital-Out-of-Home advertising industry in Germany. Ströer spoke to Invidis and provided some insight into the state of today’s DOOH market. The 2017 general election, much like any other federal …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Neo Advertising Hamburg Taken Over by Ströer

by Andrew Fenn

Neo Advertising Hamburg has been taken over by Ströer, according to Invidis. The Neo takeover now puts Ströer in charge of the Digital-Out-of-Home advertising network for the Edeka supermarket chain in northern Germany, as …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Stroer| Vol 24 - Issue 43

IDC: Western European SMBs Increasing IT Spending

by Andrew Fenn

IT spending for the SMB market in Western Europe is expected to reach $125.3 billion in 2017, with growth of 3.4% over 2016. According to a new study from IDC, IT spending will exceed …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Epistar Sales are Up On Year But Down in October

by Yvette Raikes

LED wafer and chip specialist Epistar saw Q3 net profits of NT$804.2 million ($26.6 million) on revenue of NT$7.06 billion ($233.8 million), up 7.1% YoY. For the first three quarters there were profits of …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Top 10 US Pay-TV Providers Lose 835,000 Subscribers

by Andrew Fenn

The top 10 television service providers in the US lost 835,000 subscribers between them in the first quarter of 2017, according to the Informitv Multiscreen Index. DirecTV lost 251,000 television subscribers, falling to 20.6 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Insight Media Backs Samsung Resolution Proposal

by Bob Raikes

Insight Media’s Chris Chinnock, has written a white paper endorsing a proposal by Samsung to change the way that resolution is measured to make measurements more meaningful now that there is an increasing variety …

Tags:Insight Media| Large Display Monitor| Measurement| Mobile Display Monitor| Resolution| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 43

A Few (and only a few!) More Details on Barco UniSee

by Bob Raikes

Following the report by Matt on the launch of the Barco Unisee, we still had quite a few questions about the technology, so we jumped at the chance to interview Chris Sluys, who is …

Tags:Barco| Large Display Monitor| Video Walls| Vol 24 - Issue 43

iFixit Releases iPhone X Teardown

by Andrew Fenn

iFixit has examined the iPhone X, practically down to each individual screw, and scored it a 6 out of 10 for repairability. That’s a better score than it sounds, judging it against today’s smartphones …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Repair| Vol 24 - Issue 43| warranty

ABI: Wearables Begin to Find a Use Within the Enterprise Retail Market

by Andrew Fenn

Retail companies are beginning to use wearable technology to improve processes and customer satisfaction. Staff wearables provide shop floor staff with access to information such as stock levels, as well as to facilitate communication …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 24 - Issue 43| Wearables

Northamber Get Gaut

by Bob Raikes

Phil Gaut, who successfully ran the display division within Samsung UK for several years, has now joined distributor, Northamber Plc of the UK, as Director of AV. After leaving Samsung, he has had a …

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 43