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In early May we visited the annual Digital Television Group (DTG) Summit in London, which brings together stakeholders to discuss the UK TV industry. Now in its 10th year, the event was once again held at 90 York Place: home of the Guardian and Observer newspapers. DTG chairman David Docherty welcome attendees to the conference, … Read more
Google has announced that its Project Ara modular phone will become a reality this year. Developers will be able to buy a phone with six module slots in the autumn, with a consumer model going on sale in 2017. Sony, Panasonic, E Ink and Toshiba have been announced as module-making partners.
Mvix has released a whitepaper examining the use of digital signage in US education; specifically the ‘Kindergarten-to-12-year-old’, or K-12, segment. The paper looks at the student-teacher dynamic and how technology can aid it, especially as it regards the disconnect between digitally-savvy students and more conservative teachers. Find the whitepaper at http://tinyurl.com/hgk2jdc.
SID 2016 is ongoing at the time of writing, and we will have a full report for you in the coming weeks. For now, we have summarised some of the key announcements from the show below. AUO presented a series of technical papers concerning AMOLED technology. They dealt with topics such as flexible plastic-based panels; … Read more
Bloomberg reports that Samsung is seeking to enter the online TV world, in an attempt to compete with traditional broadcasters. People familiar with the matter said that Samsung has asked media companies how much they would charge to carry their TV networks in a bundle of channels, distributed via IPTV. It is possible that the … Read more
IMAX Corporation today announced its strategy to develop a premium location-based virtual reality offering that will deliver immersive, multi-dimensional experiences, including entertainment content and games, to multiplexes, malls and other commercial destinations. Following yesterday’s IMAX Google VR camera announcement, IMAX has expanded its initiative to include a joint venture agreement with Starbreeze AB, a Swedish-based … Read more
Exertis is now distributing projectors from InFocus in Belgium and the Netherlands.
IDTechEx has predicted that the OLED display market will reach a value of almost $16 billion this year, growing to $57 billion in 2026. The market for plastic and flexible AMOLED displays will reach $18 billion by 2020, says the firm. These products are mainly used in smartphones and wearable devices today. However, when the … Read more
Austrian outdoor advertising company Epamedia has launched an 8m-tall installation called the Epamedia Tower. It is a mobile solution available for rental. Three LED screens (4.5m x 1.5m) with an 8mm pixel pitch are used, with 5,200 cd/m² of brightness. They can be used to show linked or separate adverts.
Asian sources say that Compal Electronics will produce a Project Tango (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9) smartphone for Lenovo. Lenovo is expected to launch the phone on the 9th June (Lenovo Second Tech World Coming to San Francisco).
We attended the Digital Television Group (DTG) Summit in London in mid-May, which this year was themed around the topic of ‘tomorrow’s consumer’. Charles Dawes – senior director of international marketing for discovery firm Rovi – presented the results of an international survey that the firm had run in its seven largest markets. The results … Read more
That’s right – High Dynamic Range is coming to Comcast subscribers this summer – and it will be implemented on 1080p video, not UHD video. This possibility has been discussed for some time, but this is the first time we have heard of a company committing to delivering it to consumers. The news was delivered … Read more
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