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Thoughts from IBC on the Broadcast Industry

I know that I am famous among some of my long term readers and subscribers for starting my editorials with a ...

Zytronics Enables Wroclaw Museum

Zytronic said that its PCap technology has been used by touch screen specialists Videofonika and has been installed in the recently ...

LG Adds 21:9 Monitors in US Including 38″

LG Electronics announced in the US and at IFA, three 21:9 monitors. There is a new 38″ curved unit,(model 38UC99) and ...

Iiyama Changes 84″ Plan to 86″

At the Technology Exposed show, Iiyama told us that it was planning a new 84″ multitouch display, but this seems to ...

Woman Injured by Falling Sign

A woman in London has been injured after a recently-installed digital sign fell on her during the morning rush hour. She ...

NEC NC1000C for Smaller Cinemas Uses Lamps

NEC has launched the NC1000C is an ‘all-in-one’ cinema projector which has 2048 x 1080 (DCI 2K) resolution, from three 0.69″ ...

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Shomi Stops Streaming

by Yvette Raikes

Canadian streaming service Shomi will be closing on 30th November. The company said that operating the business was more challenging than expected and cited changes in the business climate, as well as the market …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Mexico Welcomes Digital TV

by Milos Pavlovic

Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT), Mexico’s telecommunications regulator has revealed that the last phase of analogue TV switch-off will be completed in November. IFT says that most digital towers will start distributing digital signals by …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Samsung Galaxy On8 Released in India

by Milos Pavlovic

Samsung has released the Galaxy On8 in India. It has a 5.5″ Super AMOLED display with FullHD resolution. The chip has an octa core CPU (unidentified at the time of writing) with a clock …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Next Wearable is a Belt

by Bob Raikes

Although it doesn’t have a display, we couldn’t resist mentioning the Welt (Wellness belt), a kickstarter project to develop a ‘smart belt’. The company said that it had raised more than double its original …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38| Wearables

AMOLED to Beat A-Si This Year

by Milos Pavlovic

IHS has predicted that AMOLED revenues in the small/medium display segment this year will reach $14.3 billion, just ahead of the $14 billion of a-si TFT LCD, making OLED the second biggest segment behind …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Small Medium LCDs| Vol 23 - Issue 38

3M Hosts Multi-Touch Workshop

by Yvette Raikes

Interactive Scape of Berlin is holding a free multi-touch workshop, hosted by 3M, in Neuss, Germany, on 13th October. Aimed at project managers, designers and experts in the field of digital signage, the workshop …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Back Panel| DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38

OUE Tower Acquires Huge LED Art Wall

by Yvette Raikes

The OUE Tower in Los Angles is the 13th tallest skyscraper in the USA. Its lobby now boasts a 38.5m x 5.2m curved LED videowall, which it claims is the largest and highest resolution …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| SiliconCore| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Nessma Offers OTT Streaming Video

by Yvette Raikes

Tunisian commercial TV channel, Nessma TV, launched a mobile network called Nessma Mobile. The network has taken delivery of OTT online video technology from SotalCloud to provide streamed video for over 200,000 subscribers. SotalCloud …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Dolby Working On Broadcasters

by Bob Raikes

Dolby had its usual place on the show floor and was showing both its Dolby Vision developments and its Atmos audio, although we focused strongly on the video side when we went on the …

Tags:Dolby Atmos| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38

You.i TV Wants to Exploit GPUs

by Bob Raikes

We met with You.i TV, an Ottowa-based Canadian small company (200 staff) that is looking to develop apps for TV as the company believes that Apps are the future of TV. The company, which …

Tags:IBC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Are VRcades the Next Big Opportunity?

by Chris Chinnock

There is mounting evidence that VR is not necessarily an isolating experience, but one which can and will become very social. Virtual Reality Arcades or VRcades may indeed be one of the next big …

Tags:Theme Parks and Amusements| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 38