Tech Data Offers Sapphire
by Bob Raikes
Sapphire graphics cards are now being distributed by Tech Data in France.
Tags:Distributors| France| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| TechData| Vol 21 - Issue 48
JCDecaux Follows Through on La Défense
by Raverstead
JCDecaux has unveiled its new street furniture in the La Défense business district of Paris. The company won the contract in November 2012 (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 46). In total 111 static billboards …
Tags:Digital Signage| France| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21
Plessey Expands European Reach
by Raverstead
Plessey has signed a distribution agreement with Syscom Electronique to expand its European network with coverage in the France and Tunisia markets for its GaN-on-Silicon LED products.
Tags:Distributors| France| Large Display Monitor| LED| Vol 21 - Issue 46
Medion Box Accepts Multiple Streaming Technologies
by Raverstead
Medion has launched a new media streaming box in France and Germany. The Medion Life Zoombox is connected to a TV via HDMI and can accept content from other devices via Miracast, WiDi and …
Tags:France| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Media Players
4Ever Captures and Tests Phase 2
by Raverstead
France’s 4Ever consortium has captured a basketball game and music concert (the Transmusicales music festival in Rennes) using the UltraHD Phase 2 format (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 35). These events tested the higher …
Tags:4k| France| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 21 - Issue 49
Fransat Commits to MPEG-4
by Raverstead
Fransat, the free-to-air French platform, will move all of its broadcasts to MPEG-4 by 2016. Any customers still using an SD receiver by this point will need to change to an HD- (and MPEG-4) …
Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| MPEG4 (H.264 MVC)| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 48
French Broadcasters Raise Spectrum Concerns
by Raverstead
The CEOs of French broadcasters TF1, Lagardere Active, NextRadioTV and NRJ have expressed their concerns about a repurposing of the 700MHz spectrum from DTT to mobile broadband. In a letter to Prime Minister Manuel …
Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 48
JCDecaux and Estée Lauder Paint Paris Red
by Raverstead
Estée Lauder and JCDecaux worked together on a signage campaign in Paris recently. Passers-by could play a slot machine-style game on interactive screens, installed at three bus shelters in the city, to win lipsticks …
Tags:Digital Signage| France| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45
Thomson Shows HD Broadcast on Single MUX
by Raverstead
Thomson Video Networks has tested the broadcast of five HD channels from a single 24.8Mbps multiplex, in France. The country currently uses three multiplexes for HD broadcast. Thomson used its ViBE EM4000 HD/SD encoder …
Tags:DVB-T & T2| France| Large Display Monitor| MPEG4 (H.264 AVC)| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 49
UltraHD Expands With Wuaki
by Raverstead
The Wuaki.tv streaming service will begin to offer UltraHD streaming on the 1st December. The service will be launched in Germany and France, although there are plans to bring it to Wuaki’s other markets …
Tags:4k| France| Germany| Large Display Monitor| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 21 - Issue 47
French Signage Market Remains Positive
by Raverstead
OVAB Europe has announced the results of its Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) (November/December) for France – Europe’s third-largest market for digital signage. Invidis carried out the survey, in partnership with Club du …
Tags:Digital Signage| Digital Signage Federation Europe (was OVAB)| France| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47
SGP Chooses Extenso
by Raverstead
SGP Technologies has chosen Extenso Telecom to distribute its Blackphone Android smartphone in France.
Tags:France| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 49
