subscribe

UK OOH Hits Record Revenue

The UK’s OOH revenue was at its highest-ever level in Q4’14, according to the Outdoor Media Centre – close to £300 million ($462.3 million). The sector was up 6.1% YoY in Q4 and 3% in 2014 overall. According to Nielsen, technology and banking were the top-spending product categories, although retail also grew significantly.

Ason Develops 50,000 cd/m² OLED

Photo credit: Sangyo TimesJapan’s Ason, which develops OLED lighting panels using a multi-stack structure, has a new unit that can go as high as 50,000 cd/m². In an interview with the Sangyo Times, CEO Yukikazu Nakagawa said that 12 emitting layers were used on the new unit. He did not reveal the product’s lifetime at … Read more

MWC 2015 is Upon Us

MWC is about to get underway in Barcelona, running from 2nd to 5th March. Here, we present a round-up of various companies and products that will be at what is being called the world’s largest mobile show. Two smartphones – one running Android and the other Windows – will be introduced by Acer. Kyocera and … Read more

DirecTV Warns Over OTT Margins

DirecTV added 149,000 subscribers in Q4’14, the company has said, ending the year with 20.35 million US subscribers. 903,000 subscribers joined the company in Latin America. CEO Mike White cautioned that OTT margins are “pretty thin”, and said “it’s not clear to me that it’s a particularly profitable idea”. He added that DirecTV was prepared … Read more

Nvidia Continues AIB Domination, Says Jon Peddie

Graphics add-in boards (aka graphics cards), suffered a seasonally-expected fall in Q4’14, says Jon Peddie Research. Shipments were down 0.68% QoQ and 17.52% YoY; much further than desktop PCs, which were down 0.72%. The decline, JPR feels, was somewhat due to the popularity of tablet PCs and embedded graphics. However, PC gaming momentum continues to … Read more

DARPA Working on the Future Display – The One Without Displays

darpa cortical modem augmented reality

When we talk about wearables, especially about augmented and virtual reality glasses, we always think of discrete imagers that create the best possible result in such applications. Discussions about LCOS, DMD, LCD and OLED often comes down to resolution, frame rates and the like. Now DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is working on … Read more

HUD Market Expected to Grow Strongly in Coming Years

Contiental HUD

The head up display (HUD) is making a big impact in new car models as one of the selling features that is pushed as a safety feature. Over the last few years, models including HUDs have mostly been higher end luxury cars, a fact that is changing more and more. Mid-size and even compact cars … Read more