Buy BenQ, Support Fight Against Cancer
BenQ America will donate $10 to Breast Cancer Awareness for every HT1075 projector sold in October. The campaign is part of the ‘BenQ Cares’ programme.
Christie Brings Movie Night to Hospital
Christie has donated the components of a small cinema to the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) in California. The cinema is intended to show films to children too ill to travel outside of the hospital. It was opened in mid-October, with Christie having provided a DHD555-GS projector, screen and sound system.
DTG’s Keith Hayler Awarded IET Medal
Keith Hayler, of the UK’s Digital Television Group (DTG), has been awarded an Achievement Medal by the Institute of Engineering and Technology. The IET recognised Hayler for his work in advancing digital TV and radio. From beginning his career with the BBC in 1973, Hayler also developed the technical specifications for the world’s first national … Read more
Konka Chooses DivX for HEVC
Konka has announced that it is using DivX’s HEVC UltraHD technology in all of its UltraHD TVs.
LG Remains EISA Winner for Third Year
LG’s 77″ EC980V (EC9800 outside Europe and an UltraHD OLED TV) has won an award from the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA). It was named as the ‘Best Product 2014-2015’ in the high-end TV sub-category. LG’s 55LB870V was also recognised in the Smart TV category. It is expected to start shipping in Germany in … Read more
Panasonic Celebrates 35 Years in China
Panasonic has celebrated 35 years of operation in China. Around 400 people attended a celebration at the China World Hotel Beijing, including the president of Panasonic, Kazuhiro Tsuga. Over the past 35 years, the company’s Chinese operations have moved from home appliance manufacturing to include R&D, sales and service.
Power Up With BenQ at ESWC
For the third year running, BenQ has been taken on as the exclusive supplier and offical partner of the Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) finals. The finals run between 29th October and 2nd November in Paris. BenQ will supply more than 200 of its XL-series monitors to the event.
Samsung Partners With RFU
The UK’s Rugby and Football Union (RFU) has entered into a three-year partnership with Samsung. Through the agreement, Samsung will install more than 700 Smart Signage digital displays at Twickenham Stadium, with more at the England rugby team’s training ground at Pennyhill Park. A competition has also been announced, running through the 2014/15 rugby season, … Read more
Stino Works With MMD at Viscom
Stino Eyevis and MMD will jointly showcase digital signage products at Viscom in Frankfurt next month. These will include the new iChannel 7 content management system; an in-store cloud radio service; and ePromoter, an Android-based smart remote screen management solution (all seen in Display Monitor Vol 21 No 39). TouchPromoter, multitouch and kiosk presentation software, … Read more
VESA Runs DisplayPort Workshop Covering New Standards
VESA will run a half-day workshop on its new DisplayPort 1.3 and DisplayPort Alt Mode standards in Taipei, Taiwan, on 13th November. Entrance is free to VESA members and non-members. Register at http://tinyurl.com/qzns96c.
AMD to Cut 7% of its Workforce
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has announced plans to restructure its business and has said that it will cut 7% of its global workforce, so the cut is estimated to be around 710 employees. The announcement came as AMD released its third quarter results, returning to profit in the quarter from a net loss of $36 … Read more
CBS Outdoor Rebrands as Outfront Media
Following its spin-off from parent company CBS Corp. (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 12), CBS Outdoor Americas has rebranded itself. From 20th November the company will be known as ‘Outfront Media’. More than 100,000 displays nationwide will be rebranded as part of the process.
