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UK retailer Argos is planning to have opened 50 digital stores by Christmas. In the last 12 months, the chain has opened 32 digital stores across the UK trading in three different formats (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41). Argos’ parent company, the Home Retail Group, also announced its half yearly results this week, reporting … Read more
Tech Data in the UK is aiming to increase awareness of Panasonic’s Toughbook line of rugged handheld devices and is targeting the public sector, particularly the emergency services. The company has recently expanded its partnership with Panasonic to include notebooks, tablets and industrial handheld devices.
Ipsos Retail Performance is trialling a new footfall-tracking solution with UK chain Argos. The Ipsos Retail Performance Shopper Mobile system uses WiFi and Bluetooth signals from mobile devices to gather metrics on a store’s performance. Personal details are not stored, but the system can track a returning mobile (by registering data within a phone’s MAC … Read more
Ocean Outdoor’s new Ocean Labs division has rolled out Wi-Fi across Ocean’s DOOH locations so that users can connect to exclusive content. Brands operating on Ocean’s sites can now leverage Wi-Fi campaigns as needed. Trials have been running on the company’s screens at Canary Wharf, The Screen @Eat Street (London) and St Enoch (Glasgow). Wi-Fi … Read more
Google has confirmed that the next version of Android – 5.0, or Lollipop – will support UltraHD resolution and HEVC decoding from its rollout. The OS will be used to drive Android TV, with the first products expected in late Q1 or early Q2 next year.
Sources in the Asian supply chain have said that HP is still targeting ‘at least’ 31 million notebook shipments next year. Taiwanese makers had apparently been concerned that the company’s split (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 40) would mean a fall in notebook share.
There has been a significant increase in multitasking (including, but not limited to, second screen use) while people watch TV, says TiVo. 51% of 856 survey respondents said that they multitask every time or almost every time that they watch TV, compared to 36% last year. These activities are rarely related to the programme being … Read more
Qualcomm is developing an HDMI dongle to wirelessly transfer video from a mobile device to a TV. Patrick Moorhead, an analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, has seen a prototype of the unit. He said that the focus was on moving UltraHD content, although there may eventually be support for screen mirroring, as well as … Read more
Mario Queiro, VP of product management at Google, has said that the company will launch a second-generation Chromecast device. Although few details were shared, Queiro said that more advanced hardware will mean that it will be easier to use second screen solutions. To date, Chromecast users have sent content from their second screen devices more … Read more
The HBO cable network will launch a streaming service next year, aimed at cord-cutters. CEO Richard Plepler said that the OTT service, which will initially only be available in the USA, will not require a TV subscription. Pricing details have not been shared, but rumours suggest that it could be as much as $15 per … Read more
One Media will unveil a ‘next-generation’ broadcast transmission standard next month; the result of work between Coherent Logix and Sinclair Broadcast Group. The company will show how its platform, designed for US broadcasters, can deliver HD signals to fast- and slow-moving mobile devices and indoor receivers, while also delivering UltraHD signals to traditional OTT antenna … Read more
NTT Plala, the Japanese telco, will begin UltraHD broadcasting on 27th October.
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