Netflix Arrives on Panasonic’s Older TVs
UltraHD Netflix streams were made available on Panasonic’s AX800 TVs earlier this month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 44). The service has now arrived on the slightly older AX802 TV.
Ocean’s ‘Hybrid’ Screen Arrives in Westfield
Ocean Outdoor has extended its ‘Face @ Westfield’ screens. East Face @ Westfield is 15m x 9m and towers over the West Cross route, the main approach to the shopping centre. It is surrounded by a vinyl wrap (20.2m x 13.3m), which acts as an extension for branding. The LED display has a 20mm pixel … Read more
PS TV Comes to Germany
Sony’s Playstation TV (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 24) box is now available in Germany.
TV Shipment Growth in Double Digits
Worldwide TV shipments are expected to rise 10% next year, according to 376 sources, to around 230 million units. Large-size TV demand in mature markets and China, and small-size demand in emerging regions, will drive growth. There will be new UltraHD and quantum dot TVs, as well as lower-cost OLED models. The sources said Samsung … Read more
Vectra Grows TV Subscribers
Vectra, the Polish cable operator, ended Q3 with 911,300 subscribers; a 4.5% increase on last year. The majority of these (839,613) received TV services, of which 603,021 were taking digital programming.
Xbox Price Cut Rapidly Boosting Sales
Microsoft has said that sales of the Xbox One have ‘skyrocketed’ since the console’s price was cut (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 39) – more than tripling in the USA. It is on track to have sold more than 10 million units to retailers this year – a milestone than Sony’s Playstation 4 passed in … Read more
EC Appoints Ziggo Monitor
Following the final approval last month by the European Commission of Liberty Global’s acquisition of Dutch cable operator Ziggo, the Commission has appointed a monitoring trustee to oversee the transaction. CompetitionRx, a London-based company which specialises in overseeing the implementation of antitrust compliance programmes, will monitor whether Liberty Global adheres to the conditions set out … Read more
Eizo Brings Modular Monitor to RSNA
Eizo will show its newest medical monitors at RSNA 2014 (30th November – 4th December in Chicago). The flagship product will be the Radiforce RX850, but the CuratOR operating room solutions will also be on show.
End-of-Year DBCI Falls in DACH
The Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) for the DACH region has fallen slightly for the November-December period, compared to September-October. The Index, produced by OVAB Europe, was down from 54.55 to 54.15. However, this is such a small change that the current business situation is still seen as positive by respondents. OVAB’s DBCI covers … Read more
Graphics Market Begins Return to Traditional Trends
After the turmoil of the recession, the graphics chip market appears to be (finally) returning to its typical seasonality, says Jon Peddie Research (JPR), having estimated shipments in Q3’14. The third quarter is traditionally the biggest growth quarter of the year in terms of graphics chip shipments. Overall unit shipments were down 7% QoQ at … Read more
Inkjet Encapsulation Developed for Flexible OLEDs
Kateeva is the developer of the Yieldjet roll-to-roll inkjet OLED deposition system (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 45). The company has now announced a new flexible OLED thin film encapsulation system, based on the same process. ‘Yieldjet Flex’ will be shipped to the first customer, in Asia, this month (OLED-Info guesses that it is Samsung … Read more
Telefonica, Canal Plus Face Antitrust Probe
The proposed acquisition by Spain’s Telefonica of pay-TV company Digital+ (known as Canal+ in Spain) is to be investigated by the Spanish competition authority, the CNMC. In a statement, the CNMC was quoted as saying that the deal “could significantly hinder competition in the markets related to pay-TV, audiovisual content and electronic communications services”. In … Read more
