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Hublot Launches Official 2018 FIFA World Cup Smartwatch

by Andrew Fenn

Swiss watchmaker Hublot has been announced as an official partner of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and is launching the Big Bang Referee 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia smartwatch, running Google’s Wear OS—formerly Android …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Wearable Technology Show More Interesting than Expected!

by Bob Raikes

The Wearable Technology Show took place at London’s Excel Centre and also included AR & VR topics which it labelled as the AVR360 Show, although it was effectively just a few of the booths …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Kopin| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 11| Waveguide Display| Wearable Technology 2018| Wearables

Spanish Broadcasters to Collaborate on New OTT TV Platform

by Andrew Fenn

Spanish broadcasters RTVE, Atresmedia and Mediaset España will team up to develop a joint OTT TV platform to rival big competitors such as Netflix in Spain, it has been announced. The trio will initially …

Tags:HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Spain| Vol 25 - Issue 12

MediaTek Sales to be Boosted by Helio P60 Shipments to China in 2018 Q2

by Andrew Fenn

MediaTek will see strong sales during the second quarter of 2018, according to Digitimes. Citing unnamed industry sources, the publication reported that the company expects its revenues, gross margins and net earnings to rebound …

Tags:Application Processors| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 12

AGC Demonstrates ‘Sound’ Glass

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent press release, Asahi Glass (AGC) announced the development of a ‘sound emitting’ glass. They will demonstrate this new material at Milan Design Week 2018. The new material is capable of creating …

Tags:audio| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Researchers Develop an Improved TADF Material

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers led by Tien-Lin Wu, a postdoc in the Department of Chemistry at the National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu, Taiwan) has developed a new Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) Organic Light …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| TADF| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Best Buy Will No Longer Sell Huawei Products

by Bob Raikes

Best Buy has announced that it will no longer carry Huawei laptops, smartwatches or phones, including the Honor sub-brand, due to increasing political pressure. Verizon and AT&T both recently backed out of partnerships with …

Tags:Best Buy| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Ericsson

Ericsson MediaFirst TV Platform Available on Amlogic STB Chipset

by Andrew Fenn

Ericsson Media Solutions has announced a collaboration to make its MediaFirst TV middleware available on system-on-a-chip provider Amlogic’s S905X chipset, which uses a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU and a penta-core ARM Mali-450 GPU to …

Tags:Ericsson| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| SOCs| Software| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Samsung Installs “Korea’s Largest” LED Signage in Seoul

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has installed its Smart LED Signage on the outer wall of the SM Town K-pop theme park in Gangnam-gu Seoul, Korea, claimed to be the country’s largest digital signage installation. The project took …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Outdoor Displays| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Leyard Shows Us Around

by Bob Raikes

We then had a quick briefing at each of the four key product demo areas Rental & Staging Corporate, Collaboration and Retail Broadcast Control Rooms Rental & Staging In rental, the key development recently …

Tags:Broadcast| Collaboration| Large Display Monitor| LED| Leyard Barcelona 2018| Rental and Staging| Retail| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Leyard Sets Out its Plans

by Bob Raikes

CEO of the European business, Marco Bruines, a veteran of the BarcoLeyard JV, opened the event. The company is developing its presence in Europe (the parent is, of course, Chinese – Man. Ed) and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Leyard Barcelona 2018| Outdoor Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Leyard Hosts Showroom Opening in Barcelona

by Bob Raikes

Leyard opened a new European showroom in Barcelona and invited us to visit for the opening event. We wouldn’t normally go all that way for such an event, but we were able to combine …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Leyard Barcelona 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 11