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The second panel of the day was called ‘What happens next in the UK TV market?’ It was moderated by Ed Corn, an associate director at MTM. Speakers were Sascha Prueter (head of Android TV at Google); Richard Halton (CEO of YouView); Stuart Savage (director of innovation in digital TV R&D at LG); and Sylvain … Read more
It’s the early hours of the morning and the jetlag has kicked in, so I thought I might as well get up and tell you some of the highlights of the SID Business Conference, yesterday in San Francisco. There were a number of points that caught my attention. First, there was a session led by … Read more
HP spin-off Leia, whom we have been covering since early 2015, has signed a deal with Altice to bring holographic smartphones to customers by the end of 2017. Leia’s ‘Holographic Reality’ platform will be combined with Altice’s content and assets to create new digital experiences. Altice says that it will distribute the phone to customers … Read more
JCDecaux, the number one outdoor company in the UK, today launches its digitisation of Europe’s busiest shopping destination, Oxford Street with 50 new double-sided digital 6-sheet sized screens at bus shelters located near premium retailers such as Selfridges, John Lewis, House of Fraser and Debenhams. The digital transformation of Oxford Street’s bus shelter network is … Read more
Experts from several companies will give presentations at Display Summit this year focusing on particular aspects of connectivity – both point-to-point and distributed connectivity. With ever increasing bandwidth needs, how can wired and wireless connections meet these challenges? This session will provide a nice overview and understanding of the topic. Cutting The Cord: An Update … Read more
Both corporations and users continue to lengthen their PC refresh rates, prolonging the PC market slide, says Jon Peddie Research (JPR). Once again, the gaming market (which uses high-end GPUs) was the stand-out segment for the market in Q1. The overall PC market was down 10.6% YoY and 15.1% QoQ. Notebooks were responsible for holding … Read more
Nanosys, Inc. announced today that Hitachi Chemical and Nanosys have partnered in the development of QDEF optical films for display applications. Hitachi Chemical plans to begin shipping QDEF to display manufacturers in mass production volumes during the 2nd half of 2016. This new supply of high quality and cost competitive QDEF will further accelerate the … Read more
Zytronic’s procap touch technology has been chosen for use in the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore: the location is an integrated resort for business and leisure, in the city’s Central Business District. Digital wayfinding company Abuzz commissioned Zytronic, after being engaged to develop and implement 29 new wayfinding points. Each of these points features 40″ … Read more
For the first time, the French Open tennis tournament is being filmed for a virtual reality audience. France Télévision’s RG Lab is recording certain live matches in 360° UltraHD, with an avatar creation booth and Web3D technology. France’s VideoStitch provided the technology for the event, including the Orah 4i Live Spherical VR Camera, which was … Read more
Datapath’s new multi-display controller, the Fx4, features the ability to support UltraHD at 60fps, and can adjust to input changes by automatically adjusting all scale factors, such as bezel correction. All interfaces support HDCP content and can be programmed and controlled independently. The Fx4 has DisplayPort and HDMI 1.4 (x2) inputs, as well as either … Read more
Since the last survey in January, the Digital Signage Federation Europe (previously OVAB Europe) reports that Russia’s Digital Signage Business Climate Index (tracking sentiment in the DOOH industry) has regained its positive trend. The DBCI dipped to negative figures at the start of the year (-3.56), but climbed to 31.55 in March/April. In January/February, 28.6% … Read more
JCDecaux has completed the installation of 50 new 84″ LCD displays along London’s Oxford Street. The displays have been installed in bus shelters as part of the company’s London Digital Network (JCDecaux Replaces Clear Channel in London), which will eventually consist of 1,000 screens.
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