Ocean Expands Westfield Presence
Ocean Outdoor has launched ‘The Screen @ Southern Terrace’, a new full-motion 325 site in Westfield London. It measures 5.2m x 2.7m and has a 10.5mm pixel pitch.
Ocean Links Western Cities
The Great Western Link is Ocean Outdoor’s new display site in the UK, linking Bristol and Bath. With a landscape configuration on the A4320 road (leading to the A4 to Bath), the site is formed of two double-sided LED displays, each measuring 12.8m x 3.36m. The screens have a 10mm pixel pitch. They can reach … Read more
Pay-TV Rises in Portugal
Portugese regulator Anacom has said that there were about 3.3 million pay-TV subs in the country at the end of September. The figure represents a net addition of 46,500 QoQ (up 1.4%) and 132,000 YoY (up 4.2%). Pay-TV penetration in Portugal now exceeds 55%. Cable TV, with 1.37 million subscribers, was the most popular platform, … Read more
Pulse Laser Creates Mid-Air Holograms
Aerial Burton, a Japanese company, has developed a way to show holograms in mid-air, without needing a surface (like smoke or water vapour) to reflect light. Moving 3D images are created by combining a 1kHz infrared pulse laser with a 3D scanner. The scanner focuses the laser on specific points in the air; the laser … Read more
Q3’14 Worst on Record for US Pay-TV
The 13 largest pay-TV providers in the USA (representing 95.3 million video customers – about 95% of the market) lost around 150,000 net video subscribers in Q3’14 – compared to a loss of 25,000 in Q3’13. Leichtman Research Group (LRG) says that the top cable companies (49.5 million video subscribers) lost about 440,000 customers, compared … Read more
Qisda Enjoys Rising Shipments
Taiwanese OEM Qisda has raised its monitor and projector shipments by 20% and 40% YoY in Q1-Q3’14, according to company president Peter Chen. The results put shipments at 11.8 million and 1.2 million, respectively over the first three quarters. LCD monitor production has re-balanced to models with specific uses, such as gaming, graphics and medical. … Read more
Qualcomm Supports Higher Mobile Resolutions
Qualcomm has spoken out in support of UltraHD smartphone screens. By mid- to late-2015, there will be several smartphones on the market using the format, the company believes. In an open document, Qualcomm argues that the human eye can still perceive pixels at a 10″ distance (average smartphone viewing distance) on screens of up to … Read more
Quantel Shows 8k 60fps Post-Production
At Interbee 2014 (Tokyo, 19th – 21st November), Quantel will present what it says is the world’s first post-production technology demonstration in 8k at 60fps. Quantel’s Pablo Rio software and ‘multiple’ Nvidia Tesla GPUs will be used.
Roku Lead Narrows, Apple TV Loses to Chromecast
Sales of Google’s Chromecast streaming media stick surpassed the Apple TV in Q1-Q3’14 – although Roku devices still lead. Chromecast sales were not counted in 2013, but were comfortably ahead of the ageing Apple TV this year (20% vs 17% market share). Roku’s lead also narrowed considerably (falling from 46% to 29%), while Amazon entered … Read more
SBB Invests CHF15 Million in LED Displays
The Swiss railway operator, SBB, is installing signage systems in 17 stations around the country. By the end of next year 44 large-format LED displays will have replaced existing departure and arrival boards. The first is already in pilot operation in Neuchâtel; its settings have not yet been optimised. About CHF15 million ($15.5 million) has … Read more
Short Supply Boosts Panel Prices
TV panels in 32″, 40″, 42″, 48″ and 50″ sizes increased in price by between $1 and $2 at the beginning of December. According to DisplaySearch, this was largely due to increased demand due to a push by Samsung to meet expected demand in Q1’15. The price of 32″ open-cell TV panels also rose by … Read more
SkreensTV Brings Multi-Display to Consumer TVs
A device currently seeking funding on Indiegogo (24 days left of the campaign and 14% funded at the time of writing) promises to bring picture-by-picture functionality to any TV. ‘SkreensTV’ can handle up to five HDMI inputs and route them all to a TV as a single image. If funded, the product will come to … Read more
