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Microsoft Prepares for UK Hub Launch

Microsoft’s big news for education was (still) the Surface Hub (Microsoft Announces Surface Hub as a Collaborative Display Tool): a large-format collaborative display. Since being revealed last year, Microsoft has announced that the Hub will support all Windows Universal apps, like OneNote. The Hub was due to be released in the UK in September, distributed … Read more

JDI to Begin OLED Mass Production

JDI CEO Mitsuru Homma

Japan Display – the joint small panel venture between Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi – has announced that it will begin to mass produce OLED panels in 2018. JDI CEO Mitsuru Homma. Image: ReutersThe company will take advantage of its “advanced thin-film transistor technology”, JDI research centre chief Akio Takimoto told reporters, as it aims to … Read more

Zytronic Raises Ultra-Large Capacity

UK-based touch specialist, Zytronic has invested £1 million ($1.5 million) to raise its manufacturing capacity, with a focus on ultra large format touch senses for digital signage, tablet surfaces and similar applications. A 25% increase in the total ISO 5 (Class 100) cleanroom area, at Zytronic’s Newcastle (UK) site, was the largest investment. The expansion … Read more

A New Glass-Type Product Under Development: MAD Glass

Wearable glass type devices first appeared in the market several years ago. In a common configuration, the device is a monocle that is attached to one side of the frame of user worn glasses. As an augmented reality device, the system overlays a variety of information onto the user’s view of the real world. A … Read more

AR / VR Developments

Microsoft announced their Room2Room project that ups the typical Skype call to a full blown projection experience in a room. As the successor to an earlier project called RoomAlive, it uses the Kinect system in combination with a projector to bring the other person to life in the room. If anyone thinks “HoloDeck” right now, … Read more

Cisco & MaxLinear In SkyQ

It has been confirmed that the new SkyQ UltraHD STB will be based around MediaHighway middleware from Cisco and will include a MaxLinear MxL5x2 satellite receiver and EN5520 Channel Stacking IC. The receiver can tune and demodulate up to 12 satellite channels for recording and in-home distribution. The EN5520 will be used in systems for … Read more

Arris Completes Pace Acquisition

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In the flood of news at CES it looks as though the news that Arris has completed its acquisition of STB maker Pace of the UK for £1.4 billion slipped by us. Arris acquired Pace with a combination of stock and cash. The newly combined company is incorporated in the U.K., with operational and worldwide … Read more

NEC Display Vice President Richard Ventura Named Digital Signage Federation Vice Chairman

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NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today that Richard Ventura, Vice President of Business Development and Solutions, is the newly appointed Vice Chairman of the Digital Signage Federation’s (DSF) Executive Committee. As Vice Chairman of the DSF Board of Directors, Ventura provides strategic direction for … Read more

V-Nova is the winner of the 1st Diplomatic Council Global Media Innovator

The Diplomatic Council, a United Nations accredited think tank, will name the British corporation V-Nova ( www.v-nova.com), a leading provider of video compression solutions, as its first “DC Global Media Innovator”. Once a year, the Diplomatic Council gives exclusive credit to a media, technology and platform convergence company that has had the biggest impact on … Read more

Registration Opens for CES Asia 2016

Registration is open for CES AsiaTM 2016 which runs May 11-13, 2016 in Shanghai, China and will occupy expanded space in the Shanghai New International Exhibition Centre (SNIEC). Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™ – formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® – and co-produced by Intex Shanghai. “On the heels of another … Read more

NEC Display Solutions announces broader LED portfolio and fine pitch LED product range through partnership with S[quadrat]

NEC Display Solutions Europe (NEC) has announced a new range of fine pitch LED products that will be showcased at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2016. The new LED LiFT (LED intelligent Front Technology) range is the latest development following the partnership between NEC and S[quadrat], the LED manufacturer and media system integration specialist. The partnership … Read more